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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 264 312
Rank change year-on-year +114 +48 -49
Permanent jobs citing NIST 364 176 307
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.79% 1.13% 0.90%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.97% 6.13% 7.17%
Number of salaries quoted 250 149 252
10th Percentile £49,750 £47,500 £40,250
25th Percentile £56,000 £53,649 £56,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -3.57%
75th Percentile £91,250 £88,333 £84,919
90th Percentile £112,500 £98,750 £91,991
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 3,319 2,869 4,279
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.29% 18.35% 12.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2,173 1,574 3,186
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,750 £34,089
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £78,750 £76,188 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.17% +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 25 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.55%) SAS
2 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.47%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 137 (37.64%) Azure
2 66 (18.13%) AWS
3 61 (16.76%) Entra ID
4 45 (12.36%) Google Workspace
5 36 (9.89%) GCP
6 27 (7.42%) Microsoft 365
7 26 (7.14%) SaaS
8 12 (3.30%) Anthropic Claude
8 12 (3.30%) Zapier
9 9 (2.47%) IaaS
9 9 (2.47%) Nutanix
9 9 (2.47%) PaaS
10 8 (2.20%) AWS CloudFormation
11 6 (1.65%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (1.65%) Power Platform
12 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (1.10%) Mimecast
12 4 (1.10%) Vertex AI
13 3 (0.82%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (0.82%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 61 (16.76%) Network Security
2 52 (14.29%) Firewall
3 48 (13.19%) Broadband
4 22 (6.04%) VPN
5 19 (5.22%) DNS
6 17 (4.67%) CHAP
7 13 (3.57%) DHCP
8 12 (3.30%) SSH
8 12 (3.30%) SSL
9 11 (3.02%) VLAN
10 10 (2.75%) WAN
11 9 (2.47%) HTTP
11 9 (2.47%) MPLS
11 9 (2.47%) SNMP
12 8 (2.20%) BGP
12 8 (2.20%) FTP
12 8 (2.20%) ICMP
12 8 (2.20%) IPsec
12 8 (2.20%) SD-WAN
13 7 (1.92%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.65%) Power BI
2 4 (1.10%) Tableau
3 1 (0.27%) Db2
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (1.37%) Git
1 5 (1.37%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.55%) JIRA
2 2 (0.55%) Yeoman
3 1 (0.27%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.27%) Metasploit
General
1 136 (37.36%) Social Skills
2 86 (23.63%) Finance
3 58 (15.93%) Organisational Skills
4 55 (15.11%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (15.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 38 (10.44%) Banking
6 35 (9.62%) Legal
7 32 (8.79%) Retail
8 29 (7.97%) Law
9 28 (7.69%) Public Sector
10 20 (5.49%) Games
11 19 (5.22%) Financial Institution
12 14 (3.85%) Aviation
13 7 (1.92%) Back Office
14 6 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.55%) French Language
15 2 (0.55%) German Language
15 2 (0.55%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.55%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 82 (22.53%) Architect
2 66 (18.13%) Senior
3 47 (12.91%) Consultant
4 45 (12.36%) Analyst
5 40 (10.99%) Security Analyst
5 40 (10.99%) Security Architect
6 36 (9.89%) Security Consultant
6 36 (9.89%) Security Manager
7 25 (6.87%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 24 (6.59%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 22 (6.04%) Solutions Architect
10 19 (5.22%) Auditor
11 17 (4.67%) Information Manager
11 17 (4.67%) Security Auditor
12 16 (4.40%) Internal Auditor
13 15 (4.12%) Developer
13 15 (4.12%) IAM Developer
13 15 (4.12%) Senior Manager
14 14 (3.85%) Information Security Manager
14 14 (3.85%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (15.66%) OAuth
1 57 (15.66%) SAML
2 49 (13.46%) OpenID
3 45 (12.36%) REST
3 45 (12.36%) SOAP
4 44 (12.09%) GraphQL
4 44 (12.09%) LDAP
5 7 (1.92%) Microsoft Graph
6 5 (1.37%) ModSecurity
7 4 (1.10%) ARM Templates
7 4 (1.10%) RESTful
8 1 (0.27%) CSS
8 1 (0.27%) HTML
8 1 (0.27%) LangChain
8 1 (0.27%) LlamaIndex
8 1 (0.27%) pgvector
8 1 (0.27%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.27%) SAP CAF
8 1 (0.27%) Semantic Kernel
8 1 (0.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 74 (20.33%) Cyberattack
2 64 (17.58%) Security Posture
3 55 (15.11%) Cyber Threat
4 49 (13.46%) Management Information System
5 27 (7.42%) Cloud Native
6 17 (4.67%) PKI
7 15 (4.12%) Cyber Defence
7 15 (4.12%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 14 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
10 12 (3.30%) Blog
11 10 (2.75%) Onboarding
12 9 (2.47%) Cyber Security Posture
13 8 (2.20%) Blockchain
13 8 (2.20%) Operational Technology
14 7 (1.92%) Cloud Security Posture
14 7 (1.92%) Freedom of Information
14 7 (1.92%) Freedom of Information Act
15 3 (0.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.95%) Windows
2 11 (3.02%) Linux
3 7 (1.92%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.27%) AIX
4 1 (0.27%) CentOS
4 1 (0.27%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (67.58%) Cybersecurity
2 138 (37.91%) Information Security
3 118 (32.42%) Risk Management
4 95 (26.10%) Vulnerability Management
5 93 (25.55%) Incident Response
5 93 (25.55%) Roadmaps
6 82 (22.53%) Cloud Security
7 79 (21.70%) Problem-Solving
8 75 (20.60%) Identity Access Management
9 70 (19.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 67 (18.41%) Continuous Improvement
11 62 (17.03%) Mentoring
11 62 (17.03%) SIEM
12 61 (16.76%) Agile
13 59 (16.21%) Stakeholder Management
14 58 (15.93%) Regulatory Compliance
15 54 (14.84%) Security Architecture
16 50 (13.74%) Programme Delivery
17 47 (12.91%) Threat Modelling
18 46 (12.64%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 77 (21.15%) PowerShell
2 46 (12.64%) Bash
3 44 (12.09%) T-SQL
4 26 (7.14%) SQL
5 18 (4.95%) Python
6 5 (1.37%) Bicep
7 1 (0.27%) Java
7 1 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 141 (38.74%) CISSP
2 125 (34.34%) CISM
3 76 (20.88%) Security Cleared
4 64 (17.58%) SC Cleared
5 58 (15.93%) Degree
6 46 (12.64%) CISA
7 37 (10.16%) CRISC
8 30 (8.24%) SANS
9 24 (6.59%) DV Cleared
10 21 (5.77%) FFIEC
11 19 (5.22%) Computer Science Degree
11 19 (5.22%) ISACA
12 17 (4.67%) CGEIT
13 15 (4.12%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 14 (3.85%) CEH
14 14 (3.85%) CompTIA Security+
15 12 (3.30%) Cisco Certification
15 12 (3.30%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 11 (3.02%) Azure Certification
16 11 (3.02%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 266 (73.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 101 (27.75%) GDPR
3 81 (22.25%) NCSC
4 58 (15.93%) PCI DSS
5 57 (15.66%) GRC
6 47 (12.91%) Cyber Essentials
7 34 (9.34%) COBIT
8 22 (6.04%) SOC 2
9 19 (5.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 18 (4.95%) JSP 440
10 18 (4.95%) NIST 800
11 17 (4.67%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 10 (2.75%) ISO 22301
13 9 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 9 (2.47%) SOC 1
14 7 (1.92%) Government Security Classifications
14 7 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 6 (1.65%) Actionable Recommendations
16 5 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 5 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 66 (18.13%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.30%) Docker
3 4 (1.10%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (4.40%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (2.75%) Terraform
3 8 (2.20%) Ansible
3 8 (2.20%) CASB
3 8 (2.20%) FortiGate
3 8 (2.20%) RSA Archer
3 8 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (1.92%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 6 (1.65%) SCCM
6 2 (0.55%) WSUS
7 1 (0.27%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.27%) Nessus
7 1 (0.27%) Nmap
7 1 (0.27%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.27%) OpenView
7 1 (0.27%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.27%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 69 (18.96%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.77%) Google
3 15 (4.12%) Palo Alto
4 14 (3.85%) Cisco
4 14 (3.85%) VMware
5 13 (3.57%) OpenAI
6 9 (2.47%) Commvault
6 9 (2.47%) Splunk
7 7 (1.92%) Qualys
8 5 (1.37%) ForgeRock
8 5 (1.37%) Okta
8 5 (1.37%) Oracle
8 5 (1.37%) Tenable
9 4 (1.10%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.10%) Sophos
9 4 (1.10%) Tanium
9 4 (1.10%) Thales
10 3 (0.82%) Forcepoint
10 3 (0.82%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.82%) SAP