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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 277 320 292
Rank change year-on-year +43 -28 +149
Permanent jobs citing NIST 183 309 482
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.05% 0.91% 1.17%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.83% 7.18% 8.02%
Number of salaries quoted 148 264 403
10th Percentile £42,350 £40,250 £46,820
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.14% -6.07% +3.70%
75th Percentile £86,776 £84,042 £85,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £67,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +8.21% -4.29% +1.82%

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 3,138 4,305 6,009
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.01% 12.74% 14.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,808 3,250 4,075
10th Percentile £37,170 £34,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.30% -4.17% +8.81%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,250 £95,000 £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 12 May 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 1 (0.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.55%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 44 (24.04%) Azure
2 25 (13.66%) AWS
3 19 (10.38%) Entra ID
4 14 (7.65%) GCP
5 13 (7.10%) SaaS
6 8 (4.37%) PaaS
7 7 (3.83%) IaaS
7 7 (3.83%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (3.28%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (2.19%) WhatsApp
10 3 (1.64%) Azure AKS
11 2 (1.09%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (1.09%) Azure Key Vault
11 2 (1.09%) Cloudflare
11 2 (1.09%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.55%) Datadog
12 1 (0.55%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.55%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 31 (16.94%) Firewall
2 20 (10.93%) Network Security
3 10 (5.46%) VPN
4 7 (3.83%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (2.19%) VLAN
5 4 (2.19%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (1.64%) LAN
6 3 (1.64%) WAN
6 3 (1.64%) Wireless
7 2 (1.09%) DHCP
7 2 (1.09%) DNS
7 2 (1.09%) SAN
7 2 (1.09%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.55%) S/MIME
8 1 (0.55%) SSL
8 1 (0.55%) VSAN
8 1 (0.55%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.83%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.09%) Power BI
3 1 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (1.09%) JIRA
General
1 59 (32.24%) Social Skills
2 43 (23.50%) Legal
3 40 (21.86%) Finance
4 19 (10.38%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (7.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (7.65%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (4.92%) Electronics
6 9 (4.92%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (4.37%) Banking
8 6 (3.28%) Aerospace
8 6 (3.28%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.28%) Retail
9 5 (2.73%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.19%) Marketing
11 3 (1.64%) Law
11 3 (1.64%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.55%) Aviation
13 1 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (19.13%) Architect
2 33 (18.03%) Analyst
3 27 (14.75%) Security Engineer
4 25 (13.66%) Senior
5 21 (11.48%) Security Manager
6 19 (10.38%) Security Architect
7 14 (7.65%) Information Manager
7 14 (7.65%) Information Security Manager
7 14 (7.65%) Security Analyst
8 12 (6.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (6.01%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 11 (6.01%) Information Analyst
9 11 (6.01%) Solutions Architect
10 10 (5.46%) Auditor
10 10 (5.46%) Consultant
10 10 (5.46%) Governance Analyst
10 10 (5.46%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
10 10 (5.46%) IT Auditor
10 10 (5.46%) Lead
10 10 (5.46%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.64%) Azure Blueprints
2 2 (1.09%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.55%) AWS CDK
3 1 (0.55%) EJB
3 1 (0.55%) JSON
3 1 (0.55%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.55%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (17.49%) Management Information System
2 26 (14.21%) Security Posture
3 13 (7.10%) Cyber Threat
4 10 (5.46%) Cyber Security Posture
5 9 (4.92%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (4.37%) Cloud Native
7 6 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.19%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.19%) Operational Technology
8 4 (2.19%) Taxonomies
9 3 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.64%) IoT
9 3 (1.64%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 2 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (1.09%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (1.09%) Industrial Internet of Things
10 2 (1.09%) PKI
10 2 (1.09%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.83%) Windows
2 4 (2.19%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.64%) VMS
4 2 (1.09%) Linux
4 2 (1.09%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.55%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (56.83%) Cybersecurity
2 77 (42.08%) Information Security
3 59 (32.24%) Risk Management
4 33 (18.03%) DevOps
5 27 (14.75%) Security Architecture
6 26 (14.21%) Roadmaps
6 26 (14.21%) SIEM
7 25 (13.66%) CI/CD
7 25 (13.66%) Vulnerability Management
8 24 (13.11%) Security Management
9 23 (12.57%) Incident Response
10 22 (12.02%) Risk Assessment
11 21 (11.48%) ITIL
12 20 (10.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 20 (10.93%) Problem-Solving
13 19 (10.38%) Penetration Testing
14 18 (9.84%) Mentoring
14 18 (9.84%) OWASP
15 17 (9.29%) TOGAF
15 17 (9.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 20 (10.93%) Python
2 15 (8.20%) PowerShell
3 9 (4.92%) SQL
4 7 (3.83%) C#
4 7 (3.83%) Java
5 6 (3.28%) Bash
6 4 (2.19%) Perl
7 1 (0.55%) Go
7 1 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 53 (28.96%) CISM
2 47 (25.68%) CISSP
3 33 (18.03%) Security Cleared
4 20 (10.93%) SC Cleared
5 17 (9.29%) Degree
6 12 (6.56%) CISA
7 11 (6.01%) AWS Certification
7 11 (6.01%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (6.01%) CRISC
8 8 (4.37%) Azure Certification
9 7 (3.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (3.28%) CCSP
10 6 (3.28%) DV Cleared
11 5 (2.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (2.73%) CEH
11 5 (2.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 5 (2.73%) Master's Degree
12 4 (2.19%) CCNP
12 4 (2.19%) ISSAP
12 4 (2.19%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (67.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 64 (34.97%) GDPR
3 32 (17.49%) PCI DSS
4 27 (14.75%) Cyber Essentials
5 26 (14.21%) COBIT
6 19 (10.38%) NCSC
7 17 (9.29%) GRC
8 14 (7.65%) NIST 800
9 13 (7.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 13 (7.10%) SOC 2
10 11 (6.01%) HIPAA
11 7 (3.83%) QA
12 6 (3.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (2.19%) Def Stans
13 4 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 4 (2.19%) JSP 440
14 2 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (1.09%) RMADS
14 2 (1.09%) SOC 1
15 1 (0.55%) ITGC
System Software
1 15 (8.20%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.37%) Docker
3 5 (2.73%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.09%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.55%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (6.01%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.28%) Terraform
3 5 (2.73%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (2.19%) CASB
5 3 (1.64%) Istio
5 3 (1.64%) linkerd
6 2 (1.09%) Grafana
6 2 (1.09%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.09%) Nessus
6 2 (1.09%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.09%) Puppet
6 2 (1.09%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.55%) Ansible
7 1 (0.55%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.55%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.55%) MaaS360
Vendors
1 32 (17.49%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.46%) Google
3 8 (4.37%) Cisco
4 5 (2.73%) Okta
4 5 (2.73%) VMware
5 4 (2.19%) Palo Alto
6 3 (1.64%) SAP
6 3 (1.64%) Splunk
7 2 (1.09%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (1.09%) ESRI
7 2 (1.09%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.09%) Juniper
7 2 (1.09%) Meraki
7 2 (1.09%) Zscaler
8 1 (0.55%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.55%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.55%) Netskope
8 1 (0.55%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.55%) Tenable
8 1 (0.55%) Thales