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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 196 314
Rank change year-on-year +28 +118 -62
Permanent jobs citing NIST 391 249 181
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.63% 1.53% 0.77%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.78% 8.32% 5.72%
Number of salaries quoted 256 207 121
10th Percentile £47,783 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £55,544 £53,649 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,706 £69,384 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.23% +6.74% -9.72%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,410 £91,991
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% 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 3,998 2,992 3,165
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.70% 18.44% 13.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,544 1,679 1,949
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £44,917 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £76,050 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £93,634 £95,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,500
% change year-on-year - +3.60% -7.50%

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

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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 10 September 2026.

NIST salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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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 (1.53%) SAS
2 1 (0.26%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 142 (36.32%) Azure
2 119 (30.43%) AWS
3 74 (18.93%) SaaS
4 38 (9.72%) GCP
5 32 (8.18%) Microsoft 365
6 25 (6.39%) Entra ID
7 12 (3.07%) Anthropic Claude
7 12 (3.07%) Zapier
8 10 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
9 9 (2.30%) AWS CloudFormation
10 8 (2.05%) IaaS
10 8 (2.05%) Mimecast
10 8 (2.05%) PaaS
11 7 (1.79%) Power Platform
12 5 (1.28%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (1.02%) Vertex AI
14 3 (0.77%) Azure Logic Apps
14 3 (0.77%) OCI
14 3 (0.77%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 74 (18.93%) Network Security
2 60 (15.35%) Firewall
3 29 (7.42%) VPN
4 16 (4.09%) DNS
5 15 (3.84%) WAN
6 14 (3.58%) SD-WAN
6 14 (3.58%) SSH
6 14 (3.58%) SSL
7 13 (3.32%) VLAN
8 11 (2.81%) DHCP
8 11 (2.81%) HTTP
9 10 (2.56%) BGP
9 10 (2.56%) FTP
9 10 (2.56%) ICMP
9 10 (2.56%) IPsec
9 10 (2.56%) MPLS
9 10 (2.56%) SNMP
10 9 (2.30%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (1.79%) Broadband
11 7 (1.79%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.53%) Power BI
2 4 (1.02%) Tableau
3 2 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.51%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 4 (1.02%) Jenkins
1 4 (1.02%) JIRA
2 2 (0.51%) Cypress.io
2 2 (0.51%) GitLab
2 2 (0.51%) JUnit
2 2 (0.51%) NUnit
2 2 (0.51%) Postman
2 2 (0.51%) Selenium
2 2 (0.51%) Snyk
2 2 (0.51%) SonarQube
2 2 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (0.51%) Yeoman
3 1 (0.26%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.26%) Git
3 1 (0.26%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.26%) TeamCity
General
1 130 (33.25%) Social Skills
2 68 (17.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 65 (16.62%) Finance
4 63 (16.11%) Law
5 57 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
6 42 (10.74%) Public Sector
7 30 (7.67%) Legal
8 25 (6.39%) Retail
9 23 (5.88%) Banking
10 19 (4.86%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (2.81%) Financial Institution
12 10 (2.56%) Aviation
12 10 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (2.30%) French Language
14 8 (2.05%) Aerospace
14 8 (2.05%) German Language
15 7 (1.79%) Back Office
16 6 (1.53%) Telecoms
17 4 (1.02%) Police
18 3 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 84 (21.48%) Architect
2 70 (17.90%) Consultant
3 62 (15.86%) Senior
4 60 (15.35%) Security Consultant
5 50 (12.79%) IT Manager
6 49 (12.53%) Security Architect
7 48 (12.28%) IT Services Manager
7 48 (12.28%) Resilience Manager
7 48 (12.28%) Service Manager
8 40 (10.23%) Analyst
9 37 (9.46%) Security Analyst
10 28 (7.16%) Security Manager
11 27 (6.91%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 24 (6.14%) Security Engineer
13 22 (5.63%) Senior Consultant
14 21 (5.37%) Solutions Architect
15 20 (5.12%) Cybersecurity Consultant
15 20 (5.12%) Cybersecurity Manager
15 20 (5.12%) Senior Security Consultant
16 15 (3.84%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (12.28%) Middleware
2 13 (3.32%) OAuth
2 13 (3.32%) SAML
2 13 (3.32%) Terraform
3 7 (1.79%) Microsoft Graph
3 7 (1.79%) ModSecurity
4 6 (1.53%) ARM Templates
4 6 (1.53%) RESTful
5 5 (1.28%) REST
5 5 (1.28%) SOAP
6 3 (0.77%) GraphQL
6 3 (0.77%) OpenID
7 2 (0.51%) .NET
7 2 (0.51%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.51%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.51%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.51%) LDAP
7 2 (0.51%) Node.js
7 2 (0.51%) pytest
7 2 (0.51%) React
Miscellaneous
1 76 (19.44%) Security Posture
2 71 (18.16%) Cyber Threat
3 50 (12.79%) Management Information System
4 30 (7.67%) Cloud Native
5 26 (6.65%) Cyberattack
6 20 (5.12%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 16 (4.09%) PKI
8 15 (3.84%) Data Protection Act
9 14 (3.58%) Cyber Defence
10 13 (3.32%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (3.07%) Onboarding
11 12 (3.07%) Operational Technology
12 10 (2.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 9 (2.30%) Cloud Security Posture
14 8 (2.05%) Blog
15 7 (1.79%) Cyber Security Posture
15 7 (1.79%) Freedom of Information
15 7 (1.79%) Freedom of Information Act
16 6 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
17 5 (1.28%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 15 (3.84%) Windows
2 8 (2.05%) Linux
3 6 (1.53%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.26%) CentOS
4 1 (0.26%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (59.08%) Cybersecurity
2 190 (48.59%) Information Security
3 125 (31.97%) Risk Management
4 118 (30.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 110 (28.13%) Agile
6 103 (26.34%) Cloud Security
7 95 (24.30%) Incident Response
8 90 (23.02%) Continuous Improvement
8 90 (23.02%) Disaster Recovery
9 82 (20.97%) Vulnerability Management
10 81 (20.72%) ITIL
11 79 (20.20%) Business Continuity
11 79 (20.20%) Problem-Solving
12 77 (19.69%) DevOps
13 71 (18.16%) Enterprise Architecture
13 71 (18.16%) SIEM
14 67 (17.14%) Threat Modelling
15 64 (16.37%) Roadmaps
15 64 (16.37%) Security Architecture
16 61 (15.60%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 30 (7.67%) PowerShell
2 24 (6.14%) Python
3 7 (1.79%) Java
4 6 (1.53%) Bash
4 6 (1.53%) Bicep
5 5 (1.28%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.02%) Go
7 3 (0.77%) C#
8 2 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.51%) SQL
8 2 (0.51%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.26%) Rust
Qualifications
1 195 (49.87%) CISSP
2 173 (44.25%) CISM
3 98 (25.06%) Security Cleared
4 80 (20.46%) SC Cleared
5 68 (17.39%) Degree
6 48 (12.28%) ITIL Certification
7 45 (11.51%) CRISC
8 33 (8.44%) CISA
9 25 (6.39%) DV Cleared
10 20 (5.12%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (4.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 14 (3.58%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 13 (3.32%) Cisco Certification
14 12 (3.07%) CEH
15 11 (2.81%) CREST Certified
16 10 (2.56%) Azure Certification
16 10 (2.56%) CompTIA Security+
16 10 (2.56%) GIAC
17 8 (2.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 8 (2.05%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 262 (67.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 91 (23.27%) GDPR
3 72 (18.41%) GRC
4 59 (15.09%) PCI DSS
5 54 (13.81%) ISO 22301
6 53 (13.55%) NCSC
7 49 (12.53%) Cyber Essentials
8 26 (6.65%) SOC 2
9 23 (5.88%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 23 (5.88%) NIST 800
10 21 (5.37%) COBIT
11 18 (4.60%) JSP 440
11 18 (4.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 10 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 10 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 9 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (2.05%) QA
15 7 (1.79%) SOC 1
16 5 (1.28%) Accessibility
17 4 (1.02%) HIPAA
System Software
1 18 (4.60%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.30%) Docker
3 4 (1.02%) Firmware
4 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (4.60%) Kubernetes
2 16 (4.09%) CASB
3 15 (3.84%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (2.56%) FortiGate
5 9 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.77%) Ansible
6 3 (0.77%) SCCM
7 2 (0.51%) Grafana
7 2 (0.51%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.26%) Nessus
8 1 (0.26%) Network Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.26%) Nmap
8 1 (0.26%) OpenVAS
8 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 79 (20.20%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.14%) Cisco
2 24 (6.14%) Palo Alto
3 15 (3.84%) Google
4 13 (3.32%) OpenAI
5 11 (2.81%) Splunk
6 10 (2.56%) Qualys
7 8 (2.05%) Tanium
8 7 (1.79%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (1.02%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.02%) Netskope
9 4 (1.02%) New Relic
9 4 (1.02%) SolarWinds
9 4 (1.02%) Sophos
9 4 (1.02%) Tenable
9 4 (1.02%) Thales
9 4 (1.02%) Zerto
9 4 (1.02%) Zscaler
10 3 (0.77%) CyberArk
10 3 (0.77%) Forcepoint