Hybrid/Remote NIST Job Trends

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring NIST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 253 278
Rank change year-on-year +156 +25 +50
Permanent jobs citing NIST 425 217 208
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.78% 1.26% 1.01%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.78% 7.50% 6.66%
Number of salaries quoted 229 136 187
10th Percentile £47,500 £39,000 £39,150
25th Percentile £51,250 £48,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,384 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.74% - -10.34%
75th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £86,875 £91,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £71,500 £69,000
% change year-on-year -2.10% +3.62% -1.43%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

NIST falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,693 2,894 3,124
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.64% 16.85% 15.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,638 1,593 2,463
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,350 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,750 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +4.17% +3.45%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +4.35%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing NIST and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

NIST job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

NIST
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing NIST.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing NIST

NIST
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing NIST over the 6 months to 28 December 2025.

NIST salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

NIST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 17 (4.00%) IIS
2 9 (2.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (2.12%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.24%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.24%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 112 (26.35%) Azure
2 48 (11.29%) AWS
3 32 (7.53%) Entra ID
4 27 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
5 19 (4.47%) Google Workspace
6 18 (4.24%) SaaS
7 14 (3.29%) GCP
8 12 (2.82%) Nutanix
9 11 (2.59%) Microsoft Purview
10 10 (2.35%) PaaS
11 7 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (1.65%) dbt
12 6 (1.41%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (1.41%) Power Platform
13 5 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
14 4 (0.94%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 3 (0.71%) AWS CloudFormation
15 3 (0.71%) IaaS
16 1 (0.24%) AWS Lambda
16 1 (0.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 47 (11.06%) Network Security
2 28 (6.59%) Firewall
3 22 (5.18%) Broadband
4 17 (4.00%) VPN
5 10 (2.35%) CHAP
5 10 (2.35%) Wireshark
6 8 (1.88%) SD-WAN
6 8 (1.88%) VoIP
6 8 (1.88%) WAN
7 7 (1.65%) LAN
7 7 (1.65%) Unified Communications
7 7 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.41%) DNS
8 6 (1.41%) SSL
9 5 (1.18%) DMZ
10 3 (0.71%) Intrusion Detection
11 1 (0.24%) BGP
11 1 (0.24%) EIGRP
11 1 (0.24%) OSPF
11 1 (0.24%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.41%) Power BI
2 5 (1.18%) Tableau
3 3 (0.71%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Git
1 1 (0.24%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.24%) JIRA
General
1 165 (38.82%) Finance
2 120 (28.24%) Social Skills
3 73 (17.18%) Banking
4 65 (15.29%) Public Sector
5 62 (14.59%) Analytical Skills
6 58 (13.65%) Telecoms
7 51 (12.00%) Manufacturing
8 50 (11.76%) Electronics
8 50 (11.76%) Marketing
9 30 (7.06%) Organisational Skills
10 27 (6.35%) Law
11 18 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 17 (4.00%) Financial Institution
12 17 (4.00%) Games
13 16 (3.76%) Legal
14 10 (2.35%) Retail
15 6 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.71%) Back Office
17 2 (0.47%) Aviation
17 2 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 80 (18.82%) Consultant
2 79 (18.59%) Lead
3 78 (18.35%) Security Consultant
4 51 (12.00%) Senior
5 46 (10.82%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 35 (8.24%) Analyst
7 28 (6.59%) Security Manager
8 24 (5.65%) Security Analyst
9 21 (4.94%) Security Specialist
10 20 (4.71%) Architect
11 16 (3.76%) Security Engineer
11 16 (3.76%) Senior Consultant
11 16 (3.76%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
11 16 (3.76%) Senior Security Consultant
12 15 (3.53%) Security Architect
13 13 (3.06%) Head of IT
14 12 (2.82%) Information Security Manager
14 12 (2.82%) IT Manager
15 11 (2.59%) IT Security Manager
15 11 (2.59%) IT Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (5.88%) SAP CAF
2 21 (4.94%) GraphQL
2 21 (4.94%) REST
2 21 (4.94%) SOAP
3 19 (4.47%) LDAP
3 19 (4.47%) OAuth
3 19 (4.47%) OpenID
3 19 (4.47%) SAML
4 8 (1.88%) YAML
5 7 (1.65%) JSON
6 6 (1.41%) React
6 6 (1.41%) Spring Boot
7 3 (0.71%) EDI
8 2 (0.47%) ARM Templates
8 2 (0.47%) Django
8 2 (0.47%) SLSA
9 1 (0.24%) PyTorch
9 1 (0.24%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 114 (26.82%) Cyber Threat
2 89 (20.94%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 84 (19.76%) Operational Technology
4 81 (19.06%) Security Operations Centre
5 50 (11.76%) Management Information System
6 48 (11.29%) Security Posture
7 27 (6.35%) Analytical Mindset
8 22 (5.18%) Cyberattack
9 21 (4.94%) Cloud Native
10 16 (3.76%) CESG
11 15 (3.53%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (2.59%) Cyber Defence
13 9 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (2.12%) PKI
13 9 (2.12%) Product Ownership
14 7 (1.65%) Cloud Security Posture
14 7 (1.65%) Onboarding
15 6 (1.41%) Taxonomies
16 5 (1.18%) Blockchain
17 4 (0.94%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.00%) Windows
2 13 (3.06%) Linux
3 6 (1.41%) Unix
4 3 (0.71%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (56.94%) Risk Management
2 235 (55.29%) Cybersecurity
3 161 (37.88%) Vulnerability Management
4 154 (36.24%) Roadmaps
5 153 (36.00%) Information Security
6 136 (32.00%) Mentoring
7 106 (24.94%) Security Operations
8 101 (23.76%) Threat Intelligence
9 95 (22.35%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 95 (22.35%) Stakeholder Management
10 85 (20.00%) Incident Response
11 83 (19.53%) ITIL
12 82 (19.29%) Coaching
13 80 (18.82%) Technology Roadmap
14 77 (18.12%) Risk Assessment
14 77 (18.12%) SABSA
15 73 (17.18%) Cyber Intelligence
15 73 (17.18%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
16 70 (16.47%) Business Strategy
17 68 (16.00%) Change Advisory Board
Programming Languages
1 56 (13.18%) PowerShell
2 23 (5.41%) Bash
3 21 (4.94%) Python
4 19 (4.47%) T-SQL
5 16 (3.76%) SQL
6 9 (2.12%) Java
7 7 (1.65%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (0.94%) Bicep
9 3 (0.71%) C#
10 1 (0.24%) C
10 1 (0.24%) C++
Qualifications
1 195 (45.88%) CISSP
2 117 (27.53%) CISM
3 85 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 73 (17.18%) CISA
5 70 (16.47%) CRISC
6 52 (12.24%) SC Cleared
7 47 (11.06%) CEH
8 45 (10.59%) Degree
9 39 (9.18%) CompTIA Security+
10 33 (7.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 21 (4.94%) Azure Certification
12 20 (4.71%) AWS Certification
12 20 (4.71%) Cisco Certification
12 20 (4.71%) CISMP
13 16 (3.76%) CESG Certified Professional
13 16 (3.76%) IISP
14 14 (3.29%) DV Cleared
14 14 (3.29%) Master's Degree
14 14 (3.29%) SANS
15 13 (3.06%) CGEIT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 267 (62.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 98 (23.06%) PCI DSS
3 71 (16.71%) GDPR
4 70 (16.47%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 69 (16.24%) NCSC
6 63 (14.82%) GRC
7 38 (8.94%) Cyber Essentials
8 34 (8.00%) NIST 800
9 27 (6.35%) JSP 440
10 24 (5.65%) SOC 2
11 20 (4.71%) COBIT
12 16 (3.76%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 16 (3.76%) RMADS
13 12 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 10 (2.35%) ISO 22301
15 8 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 6 (1.41%) SOC 1
17 5 (1.18%) Data Quality
17 5 (1.18%) HIPAA
17 5 (1.18%) ITGC
System Software
1 24 (5.65%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.88%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (1.41%) Docker
3 6 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.47%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 18 (4.24%) Terraform
2 10 (2.35%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (1.65%) RSA Archer
4 4 (0.94%) QRadar
5 2 (0.47%) Ansible
5 2 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.47%) Suricata
6 1 (0.24%) Nessus
6 1 (0.24%) Nmap
6 1 (0.24%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.24%) SCCM
6 1 (0.24%) WSUS
Vendors
1 50 (11.76%) SAP
2 44 (10.35%) Microsoft
3 18 (4.24%) VMware
4 12 (2.82%) Commvault
5 8 (1.88%) Cisco
6 6 (1.41%) Splunk
7 5 (1.18%) Google
8 2 (0.47%) CyberArk
8 2 (0.47%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.47%) Tenable
9 1 (0.24%) AlienVault
9 1 (0.24%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.24%) Darktrace
9 1 (0.24%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.24%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.24%) Qualys
9 1 (0.24%) Salesforce