NIST Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring NIST skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited NIST over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 236 347 246
Rank change year-on-year +111 -101 +240
Permanent jobs citing NIST 269 268 498
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.30% 0.79% 1.38%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.25% 6.31% 9.49%
Number of salaries quoted 161 223 380
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,042 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +3.57% +3.70%
75th Percentile £88,333 £84,919 £86,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £94,398 £105,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% +3.70% -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 3,262 4,249 5,247
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.81% 12.49% 14.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,850 3,093 3,695
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,815 £36,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £44,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

NIST
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

NIST trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing NIST.

NIST salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

NIST
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing NIST over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

NIST salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.49%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.37%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.12%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 118 (43.87%) AWS
2 83 (30.86%) Serverless
3 82 (30.48%) AWS Lambda
4 60 (22.30%) Azure
5 21 (7.81%) Entra ID
6 19 (7.06%) GCP
7 10 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (3.35%) Azure Sentinel
8 9 (3.35%) PaaS
9 8 (2.97%) SaaS
10 4 (1.49%) IaaS
11 3 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.74%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (0.74%) Azure API Management
12 2 (0.74%) Azure Key Vault
12 2 (0.74%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (0.74%) Azure Stack
12 2 (0.74%) Cloudflare
12 2 (0.74%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 85 (31.60%) SSL
2 82 (30.48%) Broadband
2 82 (30.48%) SSH
3 42 (15.61%) Network Security
4 33 (12.27%) Firewall
5 10 (3.72%) Intrusion Detection
5 10 (3.72%) VPN
6 5 (1.86%) DNS
6 5 (1.86%) LAN
6 5 (1.86%) WAN
7 3 (1.12%) DHCP
7 3 (1.12%) S/MIME
7 3 (1.12%) X.509
8 2 (0.74%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.74%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.74%) Wireless
8 2 (0.74%) WLAN
9 1 (0.37%) Modbus
9 1 (0.37%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.83%) NoSQL
2 2 (0.74%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.37%) JIRA
1 1 (0.37%) Metasploit
General
1 150 (55.76%) Social Skills
2 47 (17.47%) Finance
3 29 (10.78%) Legal
4 24 (8.92%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (8.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (5.95%) Electronics
6 16 (5.95%) Telecoms
7 11 (4.09%) Banking
7 11 (4.09%) Marketing
7 11 (4.09%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (4.09%) Public Sector
8 10 (3.72%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (3.72%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.23%) Aerospace
9 6 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.86%) Law
11 3 (1.12%) Retail
12 2 (0.74%) Back Office
13 1 (0.37%) Automotive
13 1 (0.37%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 85 (31.60%) Cloud Engineer
2 82 (30.48%) DevOps Engineer
3 47 (17.47%) Architect
4 27 (10.04%) Security Engineer
5 26 (9.67%) Security Architect
6 22 (8.18%) Analyst
7 19 (7.06%) Lead
7 19 (7.06%) Senior
8 15 (5.58%) AWS Architect
8 15 (5.58%) Solutions Architect
9 14 (5.20%) Consultant
9 14 (5.20%) Security Manager
10 13 (4.83%) AWS DevOps
10 13 (4.83%) AWS Solution Architect
10 13 (4.83%) DevOps Architect
10 13 (4.83%) Security Consultant
10 13 (4.83%) Senior Architect
10 13 (4.83%) Senior DevOps
10 13 (4.83%) Senior Solutions Architect
10 13 (4.83%) TOGAF Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (30.48%) RESTful
1 82 (30.48%) Web Services
2 3 (1.12%) EJB
2 3 (1.12%) JSON
2 3 (1.12%) YAML
3 2 (0.74%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 113 (42.01%) Management Information System
2 99 (36.80%) Cyber Threat
3 85 (31.60%) PKI
4 84 (31.23%) Cyberattack
4 84 (31.23%) Onboarding
5 17 (6.32%) Security Posture
6 14 (5.20%) Cloud Native
7 11 (4.09%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (3.35%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (2.60%) Taxonomies
10 3 (1.12%) Algorithms
10 3 (1.12%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.12%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.12%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.12%) Security Operations Centre
11 2 (0.74%) Cyber Security Posture
11 2 (0.74%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.74%) Enterprise Cloud
11 2 (0.74%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.09%) Windows
2 3 (1.12%) Linux
2 3 (1.12%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.74%) VMS
4 1 (0.37%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (69.14%) Cybersecurity
2 114 (42.38%) DevOps
3 111 (41.26%) Roadmaps
4 89 (33.09%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 85 (31.60%) Key Management
5 85 (31.60%) Use Case
6 82 (30.48%) Deployment Automation
6 82 (30.48%) Programme Delivery
7 70 (26.02%) Information Security
8 62 (23.05%) Risk Management
9 38 (14.13%) Vulnerability Management
10 35 (13.01%) SIEM
11 34 (12.64%) Security Architecture
12 32 (11.90%) Incident Response
12 32 (11.90%) Risk Assessment
13 29 (10.78%) TOGAF
14 26 (9.67%) Problem-Solving
15 23 (8.55%) Agile
15 23 (8.55%) Cloud Security
15 23 (8.55%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 108 (40.15%) Python
2 20 (7.43%) SQL
3 18 (6.69%) PowerShell
4 13 (4.83%) C#
4 13 (4.83%) Java
5 4 (1.49%) Bash
5 4 (1.49%) Perl
6 2 (0.74%) Go
6 2 (0.74%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 48 (17.84%) CISSP
2 46 (17.10%) CISM
3 44 (16.36%) Security Cleared
4 26 (9.67%) SC Cleared
5 21 (7.81%) Degree
6 17 (6.32%) AWS Certification
6 17 (6.32%) Azure Certification
6 17 (6.32%) CISA
7 15 (5.58%) CEH
8 13 (4.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 11 (4.09%) CompTIA Security+
10 8 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (2.97%) CRISC
10 8 (2.97%) Master's Degree
11 6 (2.23%) DV Cleared
12 5 (1.86%) CCNP
13 4 (1.49%) CCIE
13 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (1.49%) OSCP
13 4 (1.49%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 208 (77.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 54 (20.07%) GDPR
3 32 (11.90%) PCI DSS
4 30 (11.15%) NCSC
5 23 (8.55%) COBIT
5 23 (8.55%) Cyber Essentials
6 18 (6.69%) SOC 2
7 15 (5.58%) HIPAA
8 13 (4.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 13 (4.83%) GRC
9 12 (4.46%) NIST 800
10 8 (2.97%) QA
11 5 (1.86%) SOC 1
12 4 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (1.12%) RMADS
14 2 (0.74%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.74%) JSP 440
14 2 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
15 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 104 (38.66%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.20%) Docker
3 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 86 (31.97%) Terraform
2 14 (5.20%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.86%) RSA Archer
4 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 3 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.74%) Grafana
6 2 (0.74%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (0.74%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.74%) Puppet
7 1 (0.37%) Ansible
7 1 (0.37%) CASB
7 1 (0.37%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.37%) MaaS360
7 1 (0.37%) Nessus
7 1 (0.37%) Nmap
7 1 (0.37%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 85 (31.60%) Thales
2 36 (13.38%) Microsoft
3 14 (5.20%) Google
4 10 (3.72%) SAP
5 6 (2.23%) Cisco
6 4 (1.49%) Fortinet
6 4 (1.49%) Juniper
6 4 (1.49%) Okta
6 4 (1.49%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.12%) VMware
8 2 (0.74%) arcserve
8 2 (0.74%) ESRI
8 2 (0.74%) Forcepoint
8 2 (0.74%) Meraki
8 2 (0.74%) Rapid7
8 2 (0.74%) Ruckus Wireless
8 2 (0.74%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.74%) Sophos
8 2 (0.74%) Splunk
9 1 (0.37%) OneTrust