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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 240 279
Rank change year-on-year +142 +39 +12
Permanent jobs citing NIST 426 216 255
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.73% 1.32% 1.00%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.40% 7.70% 7.09%
Number of salaries quoted 202 135 219
10th Percentile £48,750 £39,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £53,813 £51,250 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £65,000 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year +13.46% +6.20% -15.58%
75th Percentile £91,250 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £88,750 £88,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.45% +7.41% -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 2,767 2,805 3,599
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.74% 17.19% 14.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,647 1,504 2,829
10th Percentile £34,460 £37,387 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,750 £48,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +0.10%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.50% +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 26 January 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 13 (3.05%) IIS
2 8 (1.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.88%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (0.70%) 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
1 144 (33.80%) Azure
2 56 (13.15%) Entra ID
3 53 (12.44%) AWS
4 43 (10.09%) Google Workspace
5 25 (5.87%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (4.23%) SaaS
7 17 (3.99%) GCP
8 15 (3.52%) Nutanix
9 11 (2.58%) Microsoft Purview
10 7 (1.64%) PaaS
11 6 (1.41%) AWS CloudFormation
11 6 (1.41%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (1.41%) Power Platform
12 5 (1.17%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (0.94%) IaaS
14 3 (0.70%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 3 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
15 2 (0.47%) dbt
16 1 (0.23%) AWS KMS
16 1 (0.23%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 46 (10.80%) Broadband
2 32 (7.51%) Firewall
3 28 (6.57%) Network Security
4 16 (3.76%) CHAP
4 16 (3.76%) VPN
5 10 (2.35%) Wireshark
6 7 (1.64%) DMZ
7 6 (1.41%) DNS
7 6 (1.41%) SD-WAN
7 6 (1.41%) SSL
7 6 (1.41%) VoIP
7 6 (1.41%) WAN
8 5 (1.17%) LAN
8 5 (1.17%) Unified Communications
8 5 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.94%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.70%) SCCP
11 1 (0.23%) BGP
11 1 (0.23%) EIGRP
11 1 (0.23%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.41%) Power BI
2 5 (1.17%) Tableau
3 1 (0.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.47%) Git
1 2 (0.47%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.23%) JIRA
General
1 148 (34.74%) Finance
2 132 (30.99%) Social Skills
3 74 (17.37%) Banking
4 55 (12.91%) Organisational Skills
5 42 (9.86%) Public Sector
6 39 (9.15%) Analytical Skills
7 33 (7.75%) Telecoms
8 29 (6.81%) Games
9 28 (6.57%) Manufacturing
10 27 (6.34%) Electronics
10 27 (6.34%) Marketing
11 23 (5.40%) Financial Institution
11 23 (5.40%) Law
12 19 (4.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 18 (4.23%) Legal
14 15 (3.52%) Retail
15 6 (1.41%) Aviation
16 5 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
17 3 (0.70%) Back Office
18 2 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 83 (19.48%) Lead
2 59 (13.85%) Senior
3 57 (13.38%) Consultant
4 53 (12.44%) Security Consultant
5 39 (9.15%) Analyst
6 27 (6.34%) Security Analyst
7 23 (5.40%) Architect
7 23 (5.40%) Security Manager
8 19 (4.46%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 18 (4.23%) Developer
9 18 (4.23%) IAM Developer
10 17 (3.99%) Security Architect
10 17 (3.99%) Security Specialist
11 16 (3.76%) Auditor
11 16 (3.76%) Internal Auditor
11 16 (3.76%) Security Auditor
12 15 (3.52%) Security Engineer
12 15 (3.52%) Senior Consultant
13 14 (3.29%) Senior Security Consultant
14 13 (3.05%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (10.56%) GraphQL
1 45 (10.56%) REST
1 45 (10.56%) SOAP
2 44 (10.33%) OAuth
2 44 (10.33%) OpenID
2 44 (10.33%) SAML
3 43 (10.09%) LDAP
4 26 (6.10%) SAP CAF
5 6 (1.41%) React
5 6 (1.41%) Spring Boot
6 3 (0.70%) ARM Templates
6 3 (0.70%) JSON
6 3 (0.70%) YAML
7 2 (0.47%) Django
7 2 (0.47%) SLSA
8 1 (0.23%) EDI
8 1 (0.23%) PyTorch
8 1 (0.23%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 131 (30.75%) Cyber Threat
2 89 (20.89%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 79 (18.54%) Operational Technology
4 78 (18.31%) Security Operations Centre
5 51 (11.97%) Management Information System
6 49 (11.50%) Security Posture
7 47 (11.03%) Cyberattack
8 23 (5.40%) Cloud Native
9 18 (4.23%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (3.29%) PKI
11 13 (3.05%) CESG
11 13 (3.05%) Cyber Defence
12 9 (2.11%) Cloud Security Posture
12 9 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (2.11%) Product Ownership
13 8 (1.88%) Blockchain
14 7 (1.64%) Blog
15 6 (1.41%) Onboarding
16 4 (0.94%) Cyber Security Posture
16 4 (0.94%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.23%) Windows
2 14 (3.29%) Linux
3 6 (1.41%) Unix
4 4 (0.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (57.28%) Risk Management
2 235 (55.16%) Cybersecurity
3 175 (41.08%) Roadmaps
4 153 (35.92%) Information Security
5 143 (33.57%) Vulnerability Management
6 135 (31.69%) Mentoring
7 105 (24.65%) Security Operations
7 105 (24.65%) Stakeholder Management
8 95 (22.30%) Threat Intelligence
9 89 (20.89%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 86 (20.19%) Coaching
11 81 (19.01%) Incident Response
11 81 (19.01%) ITIL
12 78 (18.31%) SABSA
13 77 (18.08%) Technology Roadmap
14 76 (17.84%) Risk Assessment
15 75 (17.61%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
16 73 (17.14%) Cyber Intelligence
17 71 (16.67%) Business Strategy
18 68 (15.96%) Change Advisory Board
Programming Languages
1 80 (18.78%) PowerShell
2 47 (11.03%) Bash
3 43 (10.09%) T-SQL
4 25 (5.87%) SQL
5 21 (4.93%) Python
6 7 (1.64%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (1.41%) Bicep
7 6 (1.41%) Java
8 1 (0.23%) C
8 1 (0.23%) C++
Qualifications
1 185 (43.43%) CISSP
2 123 (28.87%) CISM
3 84 (19.72%) CISA
4 69 (16.20%) CRISC
5 66 (15.49%) Security Cleared
6 54 (12.68%) SC Cleared
7 42 (9.86%) Degree
8 33 (7.75%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 28 (6.57%) SANS
10 23 (5.40%) CEH
11 19 (4.46%) Azure Certification
11 19 (4.46%) Cisco Certification
12 18 (4.23%) AWS Certification
12 18 (4.23%) CGEIT
13 17 (3.99%) CISMP
13 17 (3.99%) DV Cleared
13 17 (3.99%) FFIEC
14 15 (3.52%) CompTIA Security+
15 13 (3.05%) CESG Certified Professional
15 13 (3.05%) IISP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 265 (62.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 85 (19.95%) NCSC
3 81 (19.01%) PCI DSS
4 70 (16.43%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 69 (16.20%) GDPR
5 69 (16.20%) GRC
6 34 (7.98%) Cyber Essentials
7 32 (7.51%) NIST 800
8 28 (6.57%) COBIT
9 27 (6.34%) JSP 440
10 18 (4.23%) SOC 2
11 14 (3.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 13 (3.05%) RMADS
13 11 (2.58%) ISO 22301
14 10 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 9 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 5 (1.17%) Data Quality
16 5 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 5 (1.17%) ITGC
16 5 (1.17%) SLA
System Software
1 51 (11.97%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.88%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (1.64%) Docker
3 7 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.94%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 22 (5.16%) Terraform
2 11 (2.58%) Kubernetes
3 10 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (2.11%) RSA Archer
5 7 (1.64%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 5 (1.17%) Ansible
7 4 (0.94%) QRadar
8 3 (0.70%) SCCM
9 2 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.47%) Suricata
9 2 (0.47%) WSUS
10 1 (0.23%) Nessus
10 1 (0.23%) Nmap
Vendors
1 41 (9.62%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.81%) SAP
3 22 (5.16%) VMware
4 15 (3.52%) Commvault
5 6 (1.41%) Cisco
5 6 (1.41%) Google
5 6 (1.41%) Splunk
6 3 (0.70%) CyberArk
6 3 (0.70%) Salesforce
6 3 (0.70%) Tenable
7 2 (0.47%) Oracle
7 2 (0.47%) Sage
7 2 (0.47%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.47%) Xero
8 1 (0.23%) AlienVault
8 1 (0.23%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.23%) ForgeRock
8 1 (0.23%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.23%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.23%) Qualys