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 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 240 326
Rank change year-on-year +90 +86 -75
Permanent jobs citing NIST 390 213 238
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.80% 1.29% 0.82%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.76% 7.27% 6.28%
Number of salaries quoted 254 183 196
10th Percentile £49,750 £47,500 £49,881
25th Percentile £56,063 £48,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,706 £67,500 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year +9.19% -8.47% +5.36%
75th Percentile £88,750 £89,375 £84,919
90th Percentile £104,250 £105,380 £93,495
UK median annual salary £73,706 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +1.66% - +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 3,624 2,931 3,789
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.72% 17.78% 13.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,289 1,653 2,751
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -3.39%
75th Percentile £78,250 £75,900 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year - +7.48% -6.96%

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 22 July 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 6 (1.54%) SAS
2 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 156 (40.00%) Azure
2 116 (29.74%) AWS
3 76 (19.49%) SaaS
4 39 (10.00%) GCP
5 38 (9.74%) Entra ID
6 31 (7.95%) Microsoft 365
7 22 (5.64%) Google Workspace
8 12 (3.08%) Anthropic Claude
8 12 (3.08%) Zapier
9 11 (2.82%) IaaS
9 11 (2.82%) PaaS
10 10 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (2.05%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (1.79%) Nutanix
13 6 (1.54%) Power Platform
14 5 (1.28%) Azure Sentinel
15 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Purview
15 4 (1.03%) Mimecast
15 4 (1.03%) Vertex AI
16 3 (0.77%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 61 (15.64%) Network Security
2 48 (12.31%) Firewall
3 26 (6.67%) VPN
4 24 (6.15%) Broadband
5 21 (5.38%) DNS
6 15 (3.85%) DHCP
7 14 (3.59%) SSH
7 14 (3.59%) SSL
7 14 (3.59%) WAN
8 13 (3.33%) VLAN
9 12 (3.08%) SD-WAN
10 11 (2.82%) CHAP
10 11 (2.82%) HTTP
10 11 (2.82%) MPLS
10 11 (2.82%) SNMP
11 10 (2.56%) BGP
11 10 (2.56%) FTP
11 10 (2.56%) ICMP
11 10 (2.56%) IPsec
12 7 (1.79%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.54%) Power BI
2 4 (1.03%) Tableau
3 1 (0.26%) Db2
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 5 (1.28%) Git
1 5 (1.28%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.77%) JIRA
3 2 (0.51%) Yeoman
4 1 (0.26%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.26%) Metasploit
General
1 128 (32.82%) Social Skills
2 79 (20.26%) Finance
3 61 (15.64%) Law
4 59 (15.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 51 (13.08%) Analytical Skills
6 33 (8.46%) Legal
6 33 (8.46%) Organisational Skills
7 32 (8.21%) Banking
7 32 (8.21%) Public Sector
8 27 (6.92%) Retail
9 17 (4.36%) Financial Institution
10 9 (2.31%) Games
10 9 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (2.05%) Aviation
12 7 (1.79%) Back Office
12 7 (1.79%) French Language
13 6 (1.54%) German Language
14 2 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.51%) Social Housing
15 1 (0.26%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 79 (20.26%) Architect
2 68 (17.44%) Senior
3 56 (14.36%) Consultant
4 51 (13.08%) IT Manager
5 48 (12.31%) IT Services Manager
5 48 (12.31%) Resilience Manager
5 48 (12.31%) Service Manager
6 45 (11.54%) Security Consultant
7 43 (11.03%) Analyst
8 40 (10.26%) Security Analyst
8 40 (10.26%) Security Architect
9 38 (9.74%) Security Manager
10 26 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 25 (6.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 21 (5.38%) Senior Consultant
12 21 (5.38%) Solutions Architect
13 15 (3.85%) Senior Analyst
13 15 (3.85%) Senior Security Analyst
13 15 (3.85%) Senior Security Consultant
14 14 (3.59%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (12.56%) Middleware
2 35 (8.97%) OAuth
2 35 (8.97%) SAML
3 25 (6.41%) OpenID
4 21 (5.38%) REST
4 21 (5.38%) SOAP
5 20 (5.13%) GraphQL
5 20 (5.13%) LDAP
6 7 (1.79%) ARM Templates
6 7 (1.79%) Microsoft Graph
7 5 (1.28%) ModSecurity
8 4 (1.03%) RESTful
9 2 (0.51%) SailPoint
10 1 (0.26%) CSS
10 1 (0.26%) HTML
10 1 (0.26%) JSP
10 1 (0.26%) LangChain
10 1 (0.26%) LlamaIndex
10 1 (0.26%) pgvector
10 1 (0.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 85 (21.79%) Cyber Threat
2 64 (16.41%) Security Posture
3 52 (13.33%) Management Information System
4 50 (12.82%) Cyberattack
5 27 (6.92%) Cloud Native
6 17 (4.36%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 15 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (3.59%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (3.59%) Onboarding
9 12 (3.08%) Hybrid Cloud
9 12 (3.08%) PKI
10 11 (2.82%) Cyber Defence
11 10 (2.56%) Blog
12 8 (2.05%) Operational Technology
13 7 (1.79%) Cloud Security Posture
13 7 (1.79%) Freedom of Information
13 7 (1.79%) Freedom of Information Act
14 6 (1.54%) Cyber Security Posture
15 5 (1.28%) Blockchain
16 4 (1.03%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.10%) Windows
2 12 (3.08%) Linux
3 5 (1.28%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.26%) AIX
4 1 (0.26%) CentOS
4 1 (0.26%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (56.92%) Cybersecurity
2 184 (47.18%) Information Security
3 120 (30.77%) Risk Management
4 115 (29.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 108 (27.69%) Agile
6 98 (25.13%) Disaster Recovery
7 96 (24.62%) Incident Response
8 88 (22.56%) Cloud Security
9 84 (21.54%) Vulnerability Management
10 83 (21.28%) Problem-Solving
11 81 (20.77%) Business Continuity
12 80 (20.51%) DevOps
12 80 (20.51%) Roadmaps
13 78 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
14 77 (19.74%) ITIL
15 70 (17.95%) Enterprise Architecture
16 65 (16.67%) SIEM
17 61 (15.64%) Test Automation
18 59 (15.13%) Identity Access Management
19 56 (14.36%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 51 (13.08%) PowerShell
2 22 (5.64%) Bash
3 21 (5.38%) Python
4 20 (5.13%) T-SQL
5 12 (3.08%) SQL
6 7 (1.79%) Bicep
7 2 (0.51%) Java
7 2 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.26%) Go
8 1 (0.26%) Rust
Qualifications
1 186 (47.69%) CISSP
2 167 (42.82%) CISM
3 78 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 66 (16.92%) Degree
5 63 (16.15%) SC Cleared
6 48 (12.31%) ITIL Certification
7 40 (10.26%) CRISC
8 39 (10.00%) CISA
9 21 (5.38%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (5.13%) DV Cleared
11 17 (4.36%) SANS
12 16 (4.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 14 (3.59%) CEH
13 14 (3.59%) FFIEC
13 14 (3.59%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 13 (3.33%) CompTIA Security+
15 12 (3.08%) GIAC
15 12 (3.08%) ISACA
16 11 (2.82%) CGEIT
16 11 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 255 (65.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 98 (25.13%) GDPR
3 61 (15.64%) GRC
4 59 (15.13%) NCSC
5 58 (14.87%) ISO 22301
6 57 (14.62%) PCI DSS
7 46 (11.79%) Cyber Essentials
8 27 (6.92%) COBIT
9 26 (6.67%) SOC 2
10 20 (5.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 18 (4.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 16 (4.10%) JSP 440
12 16 (4.10%) NIST 800
13 9 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 9 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 8 (2.05%) SOC 1
15 6 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (1.54%) Government Security Classifications
16 5 (1.28%) Actionable Recommendations
16 5 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 37 (9.49%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.08%) Docker
3 1 (0.26%) Firmware
3 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (4.62%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.08%) CASB
3 10 (2.56%) FortiGate
4 9 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (2.31%) Terraform
5 8 (2.05%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (1.28%) Ansible
7 3 (0.77%) SCCM
8 1 (0.26%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.26%) Nessus
8 1 (0.26%) Nmap
8 1 (0.26%) OpenVAS
8 1 (0.26%) OpenView
8 1 (0.26%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 77 (19.74%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.38%) Google
3 18 (4.62%) Cisco
3 18 (4.62%) Palo Alto
4 13 (3.33%) OpenAI
5 10 (2.56%) Splunk
6 9 (2.31%) VMware
7 8 (2.05%) Qualys
7 8 (2.05%) Tanium
8 7 (1.79%) Commvault
9 6 (1.54%) Okta
10 5 (1.28%) ForgeRock
10 5 (1.28%) Oracle
11 4 (1.03%) Fortinet
11 4 (1.03%) Sophos
11 4 (1.03%) Tenable
11 4 (1.03%) Thales
12 3 (0.77%) CrowdStrike
12 3 (0.77%) New Relic
12 3 (0.77%) Zerto