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 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 235 273
Rank change year-on-year +132 +38 +30
Permanent jobs citing NIST 430 195 316
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.61% 1.32% 1.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.93% 7.43% 8.00%
Number of salaries quoted 194 135 276
10th Percentile £48,750 £40,200 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,251 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £65,000 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.23% +2.36% -9.29%
75th Percentile £92,500 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £95,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £71,200 £74,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -4.43% +10.37% -3.57%

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 2,881 2,624 3,952
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.52% 17.73% 13.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,657 1,516 3,081
10th Percentile £34,460 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +6.84% -2.50%
75th Percentile £82,125 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -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

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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 1 March 2026.

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 5 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (1.16%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.23%) GNU Octave
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 163 (37.91%) Azure
2 72 (16.74%) Entra ID
3 58 (13.49%) Google Workspace
4 56 (13.02%) AWS
5 22 (5.12%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (4.88%) GCP
7 20 (4.65%) SaaS
8 19 (4.42%) Nutanix
9 10 (2.33%) PaaS
10 8 (1.86%) Microsoft Purview
11 7 (1.63%) AWS CloudFormation
11 7 (1.63%) IaaS
12 6 (1.40%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (0.70%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 3 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
14 2 (0.47%) Power Platform
15 1 (0.23%) Amazon EKS
15 1 (0.23%) AWS Direct Connect
15 1 (0.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 60 (13.95%) Broadband
2 32 (7.44%) Firewall
3 28 (6.51%) Network Security
4 21 (4.88%) CHAP
5 10 (2.33%) DNS
5 10 (2.33%) VPN
6 7 (1.63%) DMZ
7 6 (1.40%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (0.93%) DHCP
8 4 (0.93%) SSL
8 4 (0.93%) VoIP
8 4 (0.93%) WAN
9 3 (0.70%) LAN
9 3 (0.70%) SCCP
9 3 (0.70%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.47%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.47%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.23%) ATM
11 1 (0.23%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.47%) Power BI
2 1 (0.23%) DB2
2 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.23%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (1.16%) Git
1 5 (1.16%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.23%) JIRA
General
1 147 (34.19%) Finance
2 142 (33.02%) Social Skills
3 78 (18.14%) Banking
4 73 (16.98%) Organisational Skills
5 41 (9.53%) Public Sector
6 36 (8.37%) Games
7 32 (7.44%) Analytical Skills
8 29 (6.74%) Law
8 29 (6.74%) Telecoms
9 27 (6.28%) Financial Institution
9 27 (6.28%) Manufacturing
10 26 (6.05%) Electronics
10 26 (6.05%) Marketing
11 25 (5.81%) Legal
12 21 (4.88%) Retail
13 19 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (1.40%) Aviation
15 3 (0.70%) Back Office
16 2 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 84 (19.53%) Lead
2 56 (13.02%) Senior
3 43 (10.00%) Consultant
4 37 (8.60%) Analyst
5 36 (8.37%) Security Consultant
6 31 (7.21%) Security Manager
7 27 (6.28%) Architect
7 27 (6.28%) Security Analyst
8 23 (5.35%) Developer
8 23 (5.35%) IAM Developer
9 22 (5.12%) Auditor
10 21 (4.88%) Security Auditor
11 20 (4.65%) Internal Auditor
11 20 (4.65%) Security Specialist
12 18 (4.19%) Security Architect
13 16 (3.72%) Systems Engineer
14 15 (3.49%) Senior Developer
15 14 (3.26%) Security Engineer
16 13 (3.02%) Cybersecurity Manager
16 13 (3.02%) IT Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (14.42%) OAuth
1 62 (14.42%) OpenID
1 62 (14.42%) SAML
2 61 (14.19%) REST
2 61 (14.19%) SOAP
3 60 (13.95%) GraphQL
4 58 (13.49%) LDAP
5 25 (5.81%) SAP CAF
6 6 (1.40%) React
6 6 (1.40%) Spring Boot
7 4 (0.93%) ARM Templates
8 3 (0.70%) JSON
8 3 (0.70%) YAML
9 2 (0.47%) SLSA
10 1 (0.23%) CSS
10 1 (0.23%) EDI
10 1 (0.23%) HTML
10 1 (0.23%) JSP
10 1 (0.23%) Middleware
10 1 (0.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 144 (33.49%) Cyber Threat
2 79 (18.37%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 76 (17.67%) Operational Technology
4 75 (17.44%) Security Operations Centre
5 64 (14.88%) Cyberattack
6 45 (10.47%) Security Posture
7 43 (10.00%) Management Information System
8 26 (6.05%) Cloud Native
9 20 (4.65%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (3.26%) PKI
11 13 (3.02%) Cyber Defence
12 12 (2.79%) Blockchain
13 10 (2.33%) Blog
14 9 (2.09%) Cloud Security Posture
15 8 (1.86%) Onboarding
16 6 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
17 5 (1.16%) Product Ownership
18 4 (0.93%) Cyber Security Posture
18 4 (0.93%) Data Centre
18 4 (0.93%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.56%) Windows
2 9 (2.09%) Linux
3 5 (1.16%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.23%) AIX
4 1 (0.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (54.65%) Risk Management
2 232 (53.95%) Cybersecurity
3 192 (44.65%) Roadmaps
4 150 (34.88%) Mentoring
5 147 (34.19%) Information Security
6 142 (33.02%) Vulnerability Management
7 112 (26.05%) Stakeholder Management
8 101 (23.49%) Security Operations
9 87 (20.23%) Coaching
10 85 (19.77%) Threat Intelligence
11 79 (18.37%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 79 (18.37%) Risk Assessment
12 78 (18.14%) ITIL
12 78 (18.14%) SABSA
13 74 (17.21%) Business Strategy
13 74 (17.21%) Incident Response
13 74 (17.21%) Technology Roadmap
13 74 (17.21%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
14 70 (16.28%) Cyber Intelligence
15 68 (15.81%) Change Advisory Board
Programming Languages
1 102 (23.72%) PowerShell
2 62 (14.42%) Bash
3 58 (13.49%) T-SQL
4 31 (7.21%) SQL
5 26 (6.05%) Python
6 7 (1.63%) Bicep
6 7 (1.63%) Java
7 5 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.23%) C
8 1 (0.23%) C++
Qualifications
1 180 (41.86%) CISSP
2 114 (26.51%) CISM
3 85 (19.77%) CISA
4 71 (16.51%) Security Cleared
5 67 (15.58%) CRISC
6 57 (13.26%) SC Cleared
7 48 (11.16%) Degree
8 36 (8.37%) SANS
9 33 (7.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 23 (5.35%) CEH
10 23 (5.35%) CGEIT
11 22 (5.12%) FFIEC
12 19 (4.42%) Cisco Certification
13 18 (4.19%) DV Cleared
14 16 (3.72%) Azure Certification
14 16 (3.72%) CompTIA Security+
14 16 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
15 15 (3.49%) AWS Certification
16 14 (3.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 12 (2.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 285 (66.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 88 (20.47%) NCSC
3 85 (19.77%) PCI DSS
4 78 (18.14%) GDPR
5 69 (16.05%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 61 (14.19%) GRC
7 37 (8.60%) Cyber Essentials
8 27 (6.28%) COBIT
9 20 (4.65%) SOC 2
10 18 (4.19%) NIST 800
11 16 (3.72%) JSP 440
12 14 (3.26%) ISO 22301
13 9 (2.09%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 8 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 5 (1.16%) SLA
16 4 (0.93%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 4 (0.93%) Government Security Classifications
16 4 (0.93%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 2 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 70 (16.28%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.56%) Docker
3 5 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.93%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (4.42%) Terraform
2 14 (3.26%) Kubernetes
3 9 (2.09%) RSA Archer
4 8 (1.86%) Ansible
5 7 (1.63%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 7 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.70%) SCCM
7 2 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.47%) WSUS
8 1 (0.23%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.23%) Nessus
8 1 (0.23%) OpenView
8 1 (0.23%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 44 (10.23%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.51%) SAP
3 22 (5.12%) VMware
4 19 (4.42%) Commvault
5 11 (2.56%) Google
6 5 (1.16%) Cisco
7 4 (0.93%) ForgeRock
7 4 (0.93%) Okta
7 4 (0.93%) Splunk
8 3 (0.70%) CyberArk
8 3 (0.70%) Oracle
8 3 (0.70%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.70%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.47%) Sage
9 2 (0.47%) Tenable
9 2 (0.47%) Xero
10 1 (0.23%) AlienVault
10 1 (0.23%) Darktrace
10 1 (0.23%) ExtraHop
10 1 (0.23%) LogRhythm