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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 197 | 311 | 258 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +114 | -53 | +201 |
| Permanent jobs citing NIST | 256 | 193 | 303 |
| As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option | 1.57% | 0.82% | 1.23% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 8.50% | 6.05% | 8.64% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 211 | 124 | 271 |
| 10th Percentile | £47,500 | £43,750 | £45,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £53,074 | £51,250 | £55,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £69,384 | £65,000 | £72,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.74% | -10.34% | +3.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £90,000 | £80,000 | £89,082 |
| 90th Percentile | £107,500 | £91,991 | £105,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £71,250 | £72,500 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.72% | +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 | 3,013 | 3,189 | 3,508 |
| As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option | 18.49% | 13.61% | 14.29% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,670 | 1,922 | 2,879 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £36,250 | £37,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,500 | £45,000 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.17% | - | +4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £78,750 | £77,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £105,000 | £95,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £57,500 | £57,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.88% | -5.00% | +9.09% |
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
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options
Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing NIST.
NIST
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option
Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing NIST over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.
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:
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||