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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 238 319
Rank change year-on-year +90 +81 -54
Permanent jobs citing NIST 396 206 261
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.85% 1.25% 0.82%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.05% 7.05% 6.35%
Number of salaries quoted 258 177 215
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £48,100
25th Percentile £56,375 £52,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,500 £67,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.37% -6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £84,919
90th Percentile £112,500 £101,440 £93,796
UK median annual salary £73,853 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +1.87% - +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 3,583 2,921 4,109
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.78% 17.71% 12.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,269 1,642 3,015
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £34,089
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £44,738
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -3.39%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,978 £96,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +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 15 July 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 6 (1.52%) SAS
2 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 165 (41.67%) Azure
2 115 (29.04%) AWS
3 73 (18.43%) SaaS
4 44 (11.11%) Entra ID
5 38 (9.60%) GCP
6 31 (7.83%) Microsoft 365
7 28 (7.07%) Google Workspace
8 12 (3.03%) Anthropic Claude
8 12 (3.03%) IaaS
8 12 (3.03%) PaaS
8 12 (3.03%) Zapier
9 10 (2.53%) Cloud Computing
10 9 (2.27%) Nutanix
11 8 (2.02%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (1.52%) Power Platform
13 5 (1.26%) Azure Sentinel
14 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (1.01%) Mimecast
14 4 (1.01%) Vertex AI
15 3 (0.76%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 60 (15.15%) Network Security
2 47 (11.87%) Firewall
3 30 (7.58%) Broadband
4 26 (6.57%) VPN
5 21 (5.30%) DNS
6 15 (3.79%) DHCP
7 14 (3.54%) SSH
7 14 (3.54%) SSL
8 13 (3.28%) CHAP
8 13 (3.28%) VLAN
9 12 (3.03%) WAN
10 11 (2.78%) HTTP
10 11 (2.78%) MPLS
10 11 (2.78%) SNMP
11 10 (2.53%) BGP
11 10 (2.53%) FTP
11 10 (2.53%) ICMP
11 10 (2.53%) IPsec
11 10 (2.53%) SD-WAN
12 7 (1.77%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.52%) Power BI
2 4 (1.01%) Tableau
3 1 (0.25%) Db2
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (1.26%) Git
1 5 (1.26%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.76%) JIRA
3 2 (0.51%) Yeoman
4 1 (0.25%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.25%) Metasploit
General
1 127 (32.07%) Social Skills
2 84 (21.21%) Finance
3 62 (15.66%) Law
4 56 (14.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 52 (13.13%) Analytical Skills
6 39 (9.85%) Organisational Skills
7 34 (8.59%) Banking
8 33 (8.33%) Legal
9 31 (7.83%) Public Sector
10 27 (6.82%) Retail
11 18 (4.55%) Financial Institution
12 13 (3.28%) Games
13 8 (2.02%) Aviation
14 7 (1.77%) Back Office
15 6 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (1.26%) French Language
16 5 (1.26%) German Language
17 2 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
17 2 (0.51%) Social Housing
18 1 (0.25%) Military
Job Titles
1 83 (20.96%) Architect
2 69 (17.42%) Senior
3 52 (13.13%) Consultant
4 47 (11.87%) IT Manager
5 44 (11.11%) IT Services Manager
5 44 (11.11%) Resilience Manager
5 44 (11.11%) Service Manager
6 42 (10.61%) Security Architect
7 41 (10.35%) Analyst
8 40 (10.10%) Security Consultant
9 38 (9.60%) Security Analyst
10 37 (9.34%) Security Manager
11 26 (6.57%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 23 (5.81%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 21 (5.30%) Solutions Architect
14 18 (4.55%) Senior Consultant
15 15 (3.79%) Auditor
15 15 (3.79%) Senior Manager
16 14 (3.54%) Senior Analyst
16 14 (3.54%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (11.36%) Middleware
2 41 (10.35%) OAuth
2 41 (10.35%) SAML
3 31 (7.83%) OpenID
4 27 (6.82%) REST
4 27 (6.82%) SOAP
5 26 (6.57%) GraphQL
5 26 (6.57%) LDAP
6 7 (1.77%) ARM Templates
6 7 (1.77%) Microsoft Graph
7 5 (1.26%) ModSecurity
8 4 (1.01%) RESTful
9 2 (0.51%) SailPoint
10 1 (0.25%) CSS
10 1 (0.25%) HTML
10 1 (0.25%) LangChain
10 1 (0.25%) LlamaIndex
10 1 (0.25%) pgvector
10 1 (0.25%) Semantic Kernel
10 1 (0.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 84 (21.21%) Cyber Threat
2 63 (15.91%) Security Posture
3 56 (14.14%) Cyberattack
4 53 (13.38%) Management Information System
5 28 (7.07%) Cloud Native
6 18 (4.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 15 (3.79%) PKI
8 14 (3.54%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (3.54%) Hybrid Cloud
8 14 (3.54%) Onboarding
8 14 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (3.03%) Blog
10 11 (2.78%) Cyber Defence
11 8 (2.02%) Cloud Security Posture
11 8 (2.02%) Operational Technology
12 7 (1.77%) Freedom of Information
12 7 (1.77%) Freedom of Information Act
13 6 (1.52%) Blockchain
13 6 (1.52%) Cyber Security Posture
14 4 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.04%) Windows
2 12 (3.03%) Linux
3 5 (1.26%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.25%) AIX
4 1 (0.25%) CentOS
4 1 (0.25%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (57.83%) Cybersecurity
2 183 (46.21%) Information Security
3 122 (30.81%) Risk Management
4 111 (28.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 103 (26.01%) Agile
6 96 (24.24%) Disaster Recovery
7 94 (23.74%) Incident Response
8 88 (22.22%) Cloud Security
9 85 (21.46%) Vulnerability Management
10 84 (21.21%) Roadmaps
11 83 (20.96%) Problem-Solving
12 79 (19.95%) Business Continuity
13 76 (19.19%) DevOps
14 74 (18.69%) Continuous Improvement
15 73 (18.43%) ITIL
16 66 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
17 65 (16.41%) Identity Access Management
18 62 (15.66%) SIEM
19 61 (15.40%) Programme Delivery
20 60 (15.15%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 60 (15.15%) PowerShell
2 28 (7.07%) Bash
3 26 (6.57%) T-SQL
4 23 (5.81%) Python
5 15 (3.79%) SQL
6 8 (2.02%) Bicep
7 2 (0.51%) Java
7 2 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.25%) Go
8 1 (0.25%) Rust
Qualifications
1 188 (47.47%) CISSP
2 171 (43.18%) CISM
3 77 (19.44%) Security Cleared
4 65 (16.41%) Degree
5 64 (16.16%) SC Cleared
6 47 (11.87%) CISA
7 44 (11.11%) CRISC
7 44 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
8 24 (6.06%) SANS
9 22 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
9 22 (5.56%) DV Cleared
10 17 (4.29%) ISACA
11 16 (4.04%) FFIEC
12 15 (3.79%) CEH
12 15 (3.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 13 (3.28%) CGEIT
13 13 (3.28%) CompTIA Security+
13 13 (3.28%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 12 (3.03%) GIAC
15 11 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 262 (66.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 100 (25.25%) GDPR
3 64 (16.16%) NCSC
4 63 (15.91%) GRC
5 56 (14.14%) PCI DSS
6 55 (13.89%) ISO 22301
7 44 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
8 30 (7.58%) COBIT
9 26 (6.57%) SOC 2
10 20 (5.05%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 20 (5.05%) NIST 800
11 18 (4.55%) JSP 440
11 18 (4.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 10 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 9 (2.27%) SOC 1
14 8 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 7 (1.77%) Government Security Classifications
16 6 (1.52%) Actionable Recommendations
17 5 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 4 (1.01%) Def Stans
System Software
1 43 (10.86%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.03%) Docker
3 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (4.55%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.53%) CASB
2 10 (2.53%) FortiGate
2 10 (2.53%) Terraform
3 9 (2.27%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.52%) RSA Archer
6 5 (1.26%) Ansible
6 5 (1.26%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 3 (0.76%) SCCM
8 1 (0.25%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.25%) Nessus
8 1 (0.25%) Nmap
8 1 (0.25%) OpenVAS
8 1 (0.25%) OpenView
8 1 (0.25%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.25%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 76 (19.19%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.30%) Google
3 17 (4.29%) Palo Alto
4 16 (4.04%) Cisco
5 13 (3.28%) OpenAI
6 11 (2.78%) VMware
7 9 (2.27%) Commvault
7 9 (2.27%) Splunk
8 8 (2.02%) Qualys
9 7 (1.77%) Tanium
10 6 (1.52%) Okta
10 6 (1.52%) Oracle
11 5 (1.26%) ForgeRock
12 4 (1.01%) Sophos
12 4 (1.01%) Tenable
12 4 (1.01%) Thales
13 3 (0.76%) CrowdStrike
13 3 (0.76%) Forcepoint
13 3 (0.76%) New Relic
13 3 (0.76%) Zerto