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 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 264 320
Rank change year-on-year +118 +56 -53
Permanent jobs citing NIST 355 170 310
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.78% 1.11% 0.90%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.01% 5.94% 7.15%
Number of salaries quoted 241 143 260
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £40,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £53,649 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -3.57%
75th Percentile £92,500 £88,333 £84,919
90th Percentile £112,500 £97,500 £91,991
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +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 3,224 2,860 4,334
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.15% 18.63% 12.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,094 1,545 3,250
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,800 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,778 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,394 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.29% +9.52% -8.70%

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 17 June 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 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 140 (39.44%) Azure
2 65 (18.31%) AWS
3 63 (17.75%) Entra ID
4 49 (13.80%) Google Workspace
5 37 (10.42%) GCP
6 22 (6.20%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (6.20%) SaaS
7 12 (3.38%) Anthropic Claude
7 12 (3.38%) Zapier
8 10 (2.82%) Nutanix
9 9 (2.54%) IaaS
9 9 (2.54%) PaaS
10 8 (2.25%) AWS CloudFormation
11 6 (1.69%) Power Platform
12 4 (1.13%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (1.13%) Mimecast
12 4 (1.13%) Vertex AI
13 3 (0.85%) Serverless
14 2 (0.56%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 59 (16.62%) Network Security
2 52 (14.65%) Broadband
3 51 (14.37%) Firewall
4 20 (5.63%) VPN
5 18 (5.07%) CHAP
5 18 (5.07%) DNS
6 12 (3.38%) DHCP
6 12 (3.38%) SSL
7 11 (3.10%) SSH
8 10 (2.82%) VLAN
9 9 (2.54%) WAN
10 8 (2.25%) MPLS
10 8 (2.25%) SNMP
11 7 (1.97%) BGP
11 7 (1.97%) FTP
11 7 (1.97%) HTTP
11 7 (1.97%) ICMP
11 7 (1.97%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (1.97%) NGFW
11 7 (1.97%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.69%) Power BI
2 4 (1.13%) Tableau
3 1 (0.28%) Db2
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.28%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (1.41%) Git
1 5 (1.41%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.56%) Yeoman
3 1 (0.28%) JIRA
General
1 136 (38.31%) Social Skills
2 84 (23.66%) Finance
3 62 (17.46%) Organisational Skills
4 53 (14.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 51 (14.37%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (10.42%) Banking
7 31 (8.73%) Legal
8 30 (8.45%) Law
8 30 (8.45%) Retail
9 29 (8.17%) Public Sector
10 24 (6.76%) Games
11 19 (5.35%) Financial Institution
12 14 (3.94%) Aviation
13 6 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.41%) Back Office
15 3 (0.85%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.56%) Electronics
16 2 (0.56%) Marketing
16 2 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 81 (22.82%) Architect
2 62 (17.46%) Senior
3 42 (11.83%) Analyst
4 41 (11.55%) Consultant
5 39 (10.99%) Security Architect
6 37 (10.42%) Security Analyst
7 36 (10.14%) Security Manager
8 30 (8.45%) Security Consultant
9 23 (6.48%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 23 (6.48%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 22 (6.20%) Solutions Architect
11 20 (5.63%) Auditor
12 18 (5.07%) Security Auditor
13 17 (4.79%) Information Manager
13 17 (4.79%) Internal Auditor
14 16 (4.51%) Developer
14 16 (4.51%) IAM Developer
14 16 (4.51%) Senior Manager
14 16 (4.51%) Systems Engineer
15 15 (4.23%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (16.90%) OAuth
1 60 (16.90%) SAML
2 53 (14.93%) OpenID
3 49 (13.80%) REST
3 49 (13.80%) SOAP
4 48 (13.52%) GraphQL
4 48 (13.52%) LDAP
5 7 (1.97%) Microsoft Graph
6 4 (1.13%) ARM Templates
6 4 (1.13%) ModSecurity
6 4 (1.13%) RESTful
7 2 (0.56%) SAP CAF
8 1 (0.28%) HTML
8 1 (0.28%) LangChain
8 1 (0.28%) LlamaIndex
8 1 (0.28%) Middleware
8 1 (0.28%) pgvector
8 1 (0.28%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.28%) Semantic Kernel
8 1 (0.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 78 (21.97%) Cyberattack
2 62 (17.46%) Security Posture
3 58 (16.34%) Cyber Threat
4 44 (12.39%) Management Information System
5 26 (7.32%) Cloud Native
6 18 (5.07%) PKI
7 15 (4.23%) Cyber Defence
8 14 (3.94%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 13 (3.66%) Blog
9 13 (3.66%) Hybrid Cloud
10 12 (3.38%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (2.54%) Blockchain
12 9 (2.54%) Cyber Security Posture
12 9 (2.54%) Onboarding
13 8 (2.25%) Cloud Security Posture
14 7 (1.97%) Operational Technology
15 5 (1.41%) Freedom of Information
15 5 (1.41%) Freedom of Information Act
16 3 (0.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.51%) Windows
2 9 (2.54%) Linux
3 6 (1.69%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.28%) AIX
4 1 (0.28%) CentOS
4 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (67.04%) Cybersecurity
2 127 (35.77%) Information Security
3 113 (31.83%) Risk Management
4 95 (26.76%) Roadmaps
5 93 (26.20%) Vulnerability Management
6 88 (24.79%) Incident Response
7 80 (22.54%) Cloud Security
8 76 (21.41%) Identity Access Management
9 73 (20.56%) Problem-Solving
10 69 (19.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 62 (17.46%) Mentoring
12 61 (17.18%) Continuous Improvement
13 60 (16.90%) Regulatory Compliance
14 58 (16.34%) Agile
15 57 (16.06%) SIEM
15 57 (16.06%) Stakeholder Management
16 54 (15.21%) Programme Delivery
17 53 (14.93%) Security Architecture
18 48 (13.52%) Threat Modelling
19 44 (12.39%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 80 (22.54%) PowerShell
2 50 (14.08%) Bash
3 48 (13.52%) T-SQL
4 26 (7.32%) SQL
5 18 (5.07%) Python
6 5 (1.41%) Bicep
7 1 (0.28%) Java
7 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 134 (37.75%) CISSP
2 119 (33.52%) CISM
3 74 (20.85%) Security Cleared
4 62 (17.46%) SC Cleared
5 57 (16.06%) Degree
6 42 (11.83%) CISA
7 31 (8.73%) CRISC
7 31 (8.73%) SANS
8 24 (6.76%) DV Cleared
9 21 (5.92%) FFIEC
10 18 (5.07%) CGEIT
11 17 (4.79%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (4.79%) ISACA
12 15 (4.23%) CEH
12 15 (4.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 13 (3.66%) CompTIA Security+
14 12 (3.38%) Azure Certification
14 12 (3.38%) Cisco Certification
14 12 (3.38%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 9 (2.54%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 255 (71.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 98 (27.61%) GDPR
3 85 (23.94%) NCSC
4 57 (16.06%) PCI DSS
5 52 (14.65%) GRC
6 42 (11.83%) Cyber Essentials
7 32 (9.01%) COBIT
8 19 (5.35%) SOC 2
9 18 (5.07%) JSP 440
9 18 (5.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 17 (4.79%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 16 (4.51%) NIST 800
12 11 (3.10%) ISO 22301
13 10 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 7 (1.97%) Government Security Classifications
14 7 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 7 (1.97%) SOC 1
15 5 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
15 5 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 5 (1.41%) QA
System Software
1 70 (19.72%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.38%) Docker
3 4 (1.13%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (4.23%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.82%) Terraform
3 9 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.25%) Ansible
4 8 (2.25%) RSA Archer
4 8 (2.25%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.97%) CASB
5 7 (1.97%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 7 (1.97%) FortiGate
6 5 (1.41%) SCCM
7 2 (0.56%) WSUS
8 1 (0.28%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.28%) OpenView
8 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 62 (17.46%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.92%) Google
3 15 (4.23%) VMware
4 13 (3.66%) Cisco
4 13 (3.66%) OpenAI
4 13 (3.66%) Palo Alto
5 10 (2.82%) Commvault
6 7 (1.97%) Splunk
7 5 (1.41%) ForgeRock
7 5 (1.41%) Okta
8 4 (1.13%) Oracle
8 4 (1.13%) Qualys
8 4 (1.13%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.13%) SAP
8 4 (1.13%) Sophos
8 4 (1.13%) Tenable
8 4 (1.13%) Thales
9 3 (0.85%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (0.85%) Forcepoint
9 3 (0.85%) Fortinet