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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 231 284
Rank change year-on-year +131 +53 +4
Permanent jobs citing NIST 418 212 278
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.65% 1.31% 1.04%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.01% 7.63% 7.43%
Number of salaries quoted 194 133 242
10th Percentile £48,750 £39,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +4.00% -11.35%
75th Percentile £91,250 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £71,000 £72,500 £69,000
% change year-on-year -2.07% +5.07% -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 2,785 2,777 3,740
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.64% 17.20% 13.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,641 1,498 2,932
10th Percentile £34,460 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,125 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.67% +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

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 1 February 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 8 (1.91%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (1.91%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.44%) IIS
3 1 (0.24%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.24%) GNU Octave
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 145 (34.69%) Azure
2 59 (14.11%) Entra ID
3 51 (12.20%) AWS
4 46 (11.00%) Google Workspace
5 24 (5.74%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (4.31%) SaaS
7 16 (3.83%) GCP
7 16 (3.83%) Nutanix
8 11 (2.63%) Microsoft Purview
9 7 (1.67%) PaaS
10 6 (1.44%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (1.44%) Azure Logic Apps
10 6 (1.44%) Power Platform
11 5 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (0.96%) IaaS
13 3 (0.72%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 3 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
14 2 (0.48%) dbt
15 1 (0.24%) AWS Direct Connect
15 1 (0.24%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 49 (11.72%) Broadband
2 28 (6.70%) Firewall
3 27 (6.46%) Network Security
4 17 (4.07%) CHAP
5 15 (3.59%) VPN
6 10 (2.39%) Wireshark
7 7 (1.67%) DMZ
8 6 (1.44%) DNS
8 6 (1.44%) SSL
9 5 (1.20%) SD-WAN
9 5 (1.20%) VoIP
9 5 (1.20%) WAN
10 4 (0.96%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.96%) LAN
10 4 (0.96%) Unified Communications
10 4 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.72%) SCCP
12 1 (0.24%) BGP
12 1 (0.24%) EIGRP
12 1 (0.24%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.44%) Power BI
2 5 (1.20%) Tableau
3 1 (0.24%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.48%) Git
1 2 (0.48%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.24%) JIRA
General
1 145 (34.69%) Finance
2 134 (32.06%) Social Skills
3 74 (17.70%) Banking
4 58 (13.88%) Organisational Skills
5 41 (9.81%) Public Sector
6 37 (8.85%) Analytical Skills
7 32 (7.66%) Telecoms
8 30 (7.18%) Games
9 28 (6.70%) Manufacturing
10 27 (6.46%) Electronics
10 27 (6.46%) Marketing
11 24 (5.74%) Financial Institution
12 23 (5.50%) Law
13 19 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 18 (4.31%) Legal
15 17 (4.07%) Retail
16 6 (1.44%) Aviation
17 5 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
18 3 (0.72%) Back Office
19 2 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 83 (19.86%) Lead
2 54 (12.92%) Senior
3 48 (11.48%) Consultant
4 44 (10.53%) Security Consultant
5 41 (9.81%) Analyst
6 29 (6.94%) Security Analyst
7 23 (5.50%) Architect
8 20 (4.78%) Security Manager
9 19 (4.55%) Developer
9 19 (4.55%) IAM Developer
10 18 (4.31%) Auditor
10 18 (4.31%) Security Auditor
10 18 (4.31%) Security Specialist
11 17 (4.07%) Internal Auditor
12 16 (3.83%) Security Architect
13 15 (3.59%) Security Engineer
14 13 (3.11%) Senior Developer
15 12 (2.87%) Information Analyst
15 12 (2.87%) Information Security Analyst
15 12 (2.87%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (11.48%) GraphQL
1 48 (11.48%) REST
1 48 (11.48%) SOAP
2 47 (11.24%) OAuth
2 47 (11.24%) OpenID
2 47 (11.24%) SAML
3 46 (11.00%) LDAP
4 26 (6.22%) SAP CAF
5 6 (1.44%) React
5 6 (1.44%) Spring Boot
6 3 (0.72%) ARM Templates
6 3 (0.72%) JSON
6 3 (0.72%) YAML
7 2 (0.48%) Django
7 2 (0.48%) SLSA
8 1 (0.24%) EDI
8 1 (0.24%) PyTorch
8 1 (0.24%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 134 (32.06%) Cyber Threat
2 89 (21.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 78 (18.66%) Operational Technology
3 78 (18.66%) Security Operations Centre
4 50 (11.96%) Cyberattack
5 48 (11.48%) Security Posture
6 43 (10.29%) Management Information System
7 22 (5.26%) Cloud Native
8 19 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
9 14 (3.35%) PKI
10 13 (3.11%) Cyber Defence
11 9 (2.15%) Blockchain
11 9 (2.15%) Cloud Security Posture
11 9 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (2.15%) Product Ownership
12 7 (1.67%) Blog
13 6 (1.44%) CESG
13 6 (1.44%) Onboarding
14 4 (0.96%) Cyber Security Posture
14 4 (0.96%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.31%) Windows
2 14 (3.35%) Linux
3 6 (1.44%) Unix
4 4 (0.96%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (55.74%) Risk Management
2 227 (54.31%) Cybersecurity
3 176 (42.11%) Roadmaps
4 145 (34.69%) Vulnerability Management
5 144 (34.45%) Information Security
6 138 (33.01%) Mentoring
7 104 (24.88%) Security Operations
8 103 (24.64%) Stakeholder Management
9 95 (22.73%) Threat Intelligence
10 89 (21.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 86 (20.57%) Coaching
12 80 (19.14%) ITIL
13 78 (18.66%) Incident Response
13 78 (18.66%) SABSA
14 77 (18.42%) Risk Assessment
14 77 (18.42%) Technology Roadmap
15 75 (17.94%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
16 73 (17.46%) Cyber Intelligence
17 71 (16.99%) Business Strategy
18 68 (16.27%) Change Advisory Board
Programming Languages
1 84 (20.10%) PowerShell
2 50 (11.96%) Bash
3 46 (11.00%) T-SQL
4 26 (6.22%) SQL
5 22 (5.26%) Python
6 7 (1.67%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (1.44%) Bicep
7 6 (1.44%) Java
8 1 (0.24%) C
8 1 (0.24%) C++
Qualifications
1 176 (42.11%) CISSP
2 115 (27.51%) CISM
3 85 (20.33%) CISA
4 68 (16.27%) CRISC
5 66 (15.79%) Security Cleared
6 54 (12.92%) SC Cleared
7 43 (10.29%) Degree
8 32 (7.66%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 29 (6.94%) SANS
10 22 (5.26%) CEH
11 19 (4.55%) CGEIT
12 18 (4.31%) Azure Certification
12 18 (4.31%) Cisco Certification
12 18 (4.31%) FFIEC
13 17 (4.07%) AWS Certification
14 16 (3.83%) DV Cleared
15 15 (3.59%) CompTIA Security+
16 12 (2.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 11 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
17 11 (2.63%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 264 (63.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 82 (19.62%) NCSC
3 77 (18.42%) PCI DSS
4 70 (16.75%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 68 (16.27%) GRC
6 66 (15.79%) GDPR
7 32 (7.66%) Cyber Essentials
8 29 (6.94%) COBIT
9 25 (5.98%) NIST 800
10 20 (4.78%) JSP 440
11 18 (4.31%) SOC 2
12 12 (2.87%) ISO 22301
13 9 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 8 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 7 (1.67%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 6 (1.44%) RMADS
17 5 (1.20%) Data Quality
17 5 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 5 (1.20%) ITGC
17 5 (1.20%) SLA
System Software
1 54 (12.92%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.91%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (1.67%) Docker
3 7 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.96%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 21 (5.02%) Terraform
2 10 (2.39%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.39%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (2.15%) RSA Archer
4 7 (1.67%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 5 (1.20%) Ansible
6 4 (0.96%) QRadar
7 3 (0.72%) SCCM
8 2 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.48%) Suricata
8 2 (0.48%) WSUS
9 1 (0.24%) Nessus
9 1 (0.24%) Nmap
Vendors
1 39 (9.33%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.94%) SAP
3 23 (5.50%) VMware
4 16 (3.83%) Commvault
5 6 (1.44%) Splunk
6 5 (1.20%) Cisco
6 5 (1.20%) Google
7 3 (0.72%) CyberArk
7 3 (0.72%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.72%) Tenable
8 2 (0.48%) Oracle
8 2 (0.48%) Sage
8 2 (0.48%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.48%) Xero
9 1 (0.24%) Darktrace
9 1 (0.24%) ForgeRock
9 1 (0.24%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.24%) Okta
9 1 (0.24%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.24%) Qualys