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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 263 327
Rank change year-on-year +120 +64 -63
Permanent jobs citing NIST 354 169 307
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.80% 1.12% 0.90%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.19% 5.93% 7.13%
Number of salaries quoted 241 140 258
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £40,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £53,649 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -3.57%
75th Percentile £92,500 £88,333 £84,919
90th Percentile £112,500 £97,000 £90,597
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +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 3,163 2,852 4,303
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.06% 18.86% 12.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,031 1,522 3,254
10th Percentile £35,750 £34,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,104 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £79,250 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,773 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.95% +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 12 June 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:

Applications
1 9 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 140 (39.55%) Azure
2 64 (18.08%) Entra ID
3 63 (17.80%) AWS
4 51 (14.41%) Google Workspace
5 35 (9.89%) GCP
6 21 (5.93%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (5.65%) SaaS
8 12 (3.39%) Anthropic Claude
8 12 (3.39%) Zapier
9 11 (3.11%) Nutanix
10 9 (2.54%) IaaS
10 9 (2.54%) PaaS
11 8 (2.26%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (1.69%) Power Platform
13 4 (1.13%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (1.13%) Mimecast
13 4 (1.13%) Vertex AI
14 3 (0.85%) Serverless
15 2 (0.56%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 56 (15.82%) Network Security
2 54 (15.25%) Broadband
3 51 (14.41%) Firewall
4 20 (5.65%) CHAP
5 19 (5.37%) VPN
6 17 (4.80%) DNS
7 11 (3.11%) DHCP
7 11 (3.11%) SSL
8 10 (2.82%) SSH
9 9 (2.54%) VLAN
10 8 (2.26%) WAN
11 7 (1.98%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (1.98%) MPLS
11 7 (1.98%) NGFW
11 7 (1.98%) SNMP
12 6 (1.69%) BGP
12 6 (1.69%) DMZ
12 6 (1.69%) FTP
12 6 (1.69%) HTTP
12 6 (1.69%) ICMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.69%) Power BI
2 4 (1.13%) Tableau
3 1 (0.28%) Db2
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.28%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (1.41%) Git
1 5 (1.41%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.56%) Yeoman
3 1 (0.28%) JIRA
General
1 137 (38.70%) Social Skills
2 83 (23.45%) Finance
3 63 (17.80%) Organisational Skills
4 52 (14.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 50 (14.12%) Analytical Skills
6 38 (10.73%) Banking
7 30 (8.47%) Law
8 29 (8.19%) Legal
8 29 (8.19%) Retail
9 28 (7.91%) Public Sector
10 26 (7.34%) Games
11 21 (5.93%) Financial Institution
12 14 (3.95%) Aviation
13 6 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.13%) Back Office
15 3 (0.85%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.56%) Electronics
16 2 (0.56%) Marketing
16 2 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 78 (22.03%) Architect
2 60 (16.95%) Senior
3 41 (11.58%) Analyst
4 40 (11.30%) Consultant
5 37 (10.45%) Security Manager
6 36 (10.17%) Security Analyst
6 36 (10.17%) Security Architect
7 29 (8.19%) Security Consultant
8 23 (6.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 22 (6.21%) Auditor
9 22 (6.21%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 22 (6.21%) Solutions Architect
10 20 (5.65%) Security Auditor
11 19 (5.37%) Internal Auditor
12 18 (5.08%) Information Manager
13 17 (4.80%) Developer
13 17 (4.80%) IAM Developer
14 16 (4.52%) Security Specialist
14 16 (4.52%) Senior Manager
14 16 (4.52%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (17.23%) OAuth
1 61 (17.23%) SAML
2 55 (15.54%) OpenID
3 51 (14.41%) REST
3 51 (14.41%) SOAP
4 50 (14.12%) GraphQL
4 50 (14.12%) LDAP
5 7 (1.98%) Microsoft Graph
6 4 (1.13%) ARM Templates
6 4 (1.13%) ModSecurity
6 4 (1.13%) RESTful
7 2 (0.56%) SAP CAF
8 1 (0.28%) CSS
8 1 (0.28%) HTML
8 1 (0.28%) JSP
8 1 (0.28%) LangChain
8 1 (0.28%) Middleware
8 1 (0.28%) pgvector
8 1 (0.28%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 80 (22.60%) Cyberattack
2 61 (17.23%) Cyber Threat
2 61 (17.23%) Security Posture
3 46 (12.99%) Management Information System
4 25 (7.06%) Cloud Native
5 18 (5.08%) PKI
6 15 (4.24%) Cyber Defence
7 14 (3.95%) Hybrid Cloud
8 13 (3.67%) Blog
8 13 (3.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 11 (3.11%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (2.54%) Blockchain
10 9 (2.54%) Cyber Security Posture
10 9 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (2.26%) Cloud Security Posture
11 8 (2.26%) Onboarding
12 7 (1.98%) Operational Technology
13 4 (1.13%) Freedom of Information
13 4 (1.13%) Freedom of Information Act
14 3 (0.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.52%) Windows
2 9 (2.54%) Linux
3 6 (1.69%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.28%) AIX
4 1 (0.28%) CentOS
4 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (67.51%) Cybersecurity
2 128 (36.16%) Information Security
3 112 (31.64%) Risk Management
4 97 (27.40%) Roadmaps
5 96 (27.12%) Vulnerability Management
6 86 (24.29%) Incident Response
7 79 (22.32%) Cloud Security
8 75 (21.19%) Identity Access Management
9 73 (20.62%) Problem-Solving
10 70 (19.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 64 (18.08%) Mentoring
12 61 (17.23%) Regulatory Compliance
13 60 (16.95%) Continuous Improvement
14 56 (15.82%) Agile
14 56 (15.82%) Programme Delivery
14 56 (15.82%) Stakeholder Management
15 55 (15.54%) SIEM
16 50 (14.12%) Security Architecture
17 46 (12.99%) Threat Modelling
18 44 (12.43%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 83 (23.45%) PowerShell
2 52 (14.69%) Bash
3 50 (14.12%) T-SQL
4 26 (7.34%) SQL
5 19 (5.37%) Python
6 5 (1.41%) Bicep
7 1 (0.28%) Java
7 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 134 (37.85%) CISSP
2 119 (33.62%) CISM
3 71 (20.06%) Security Cleared
4 60 (16.95%) SC Cleared
5 55 (15.54%) Degree
6 43 (12.15%) CISA
7 33 (9.32%) SANS
8 29 (8.19%) CRISC
9 24 (6.78%) DV Cleared
10 23 (6.50%) FFIEC
11 20 (5.65%) CGEIT
12 17 (4.80%) Computer Science Degree
13 16 (4.52%) CEH
13 16 (4.52%) ISACA
14 15 (4.24%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 13 (3.67%) CompTIA Security+
16 12 (3.39%) Azure Certification
16 12 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
16 12 (3.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 9 (2.54%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 250 (70.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 96 (27.12%) GDPR
3 85 (24.01%) NCSC
4 55 (15.54%) PCI DSS
5 51 (14.41%) GRC
6 41 (11.58%) Cyber Essentials
7 33 (9.32%) COBIT
8 18 (5.08%) JSP 440
8 18 (5.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 17 (4.80%) SOC 2
10 16 (4.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 16 (4.52%) NIST 800
11 12 (3.39%) ISO 22301
12 10 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 7 (1.98%) Government Security Classifications
14 6 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 6 (1.69%) SOC 1
15 5 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
15 5 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 72 (20.34%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.39%) Docker
3 4 (1.13%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (4.24%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.82%) Terraform
3 9 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.26%) Ansible
4 8 (2.26%) RSA Archer
4 8 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.98%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 6 (1.69%) CASB
6 6 (1.69%) FortiGate
7 5 (1.41%) SCCM
8 2 (0.56%) WSUS
9 1 (0.28%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.28%) OpenView
9 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 59 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.65%) Google
3 16 (4.52%) VMware
4 13 (3.67%) OpenAI
5 12 (3.39%) Cisco
5 12 (3.39%) Palo Alto
6 11 (3.11%) Commvault
7 7 (1.98%) Splunk
8 5 (1.41%) ForgeRock
8 5 (1.41%) Okta
9 4 (1.13%) Qualys
9 4 (1.13%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.13%) SAP
9 4 (1.13%) Sophos
9 4 (1.13%) Tenable
9 4 (1.13%) Thales
10 3 (0.85%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (0.85%) Forcepoint
10 3 (0.85%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.85%) Oracle