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 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 234 256
Rank change year-on-year +134 +22 +33
Permanent jobs citing NIST 427 204 315
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.61% 1.33% 1.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.00% 7.55% 8.15%
Number of salaries quoted 189 136 276
10th Percentile £48,750 £39,514 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,251 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £65,000 £63,141
Median % change year-on-year +19.23% +2.94% -9.80%
75th Percentile £92,500 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £93,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £71,000 £72,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -2.07% +7.41% -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 2,847 2,701 3,865
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.38% 17.62% 13.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,646 1,522 3,031
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,716 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,104 £50,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.94% -0.74%
75th Percentile £81,250 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £92,500
UK median annual salary £59,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.67% +9.09% -4.35%

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 22 February 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 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (1.41%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.23%) GNU Octave
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 162 (37.94%) Azure
2 73 (17.10%) Entra ID
3 58 (13.58%) Google Workspace
4 57 (13.35%) AWS
5 22 (5.15%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (4.92%) GCP
7 20 (4.68%) SaaS
8 17 (3.98%) Nutanix
9 10 (2.34%) PaaS
10 9 (2.11%) Microsoft Purview
11 7 (1.64%) AWS CloudFormation
11 7 (1.64%) IaaS
12 6 (1.41%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (0.70%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 3 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.70%) Power Platform
14 2 (0.47%) Azure Sentinel
15 1 (0.23%) AWS Direct Connect
15 1 (0.23%) AWS KMS
15 1 (0.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 60 (14.05%) Broadband
2 31 (7.26%) Firewall
3 28 (6.56%) Network Security
4 19 (4.45%) CHAP
5 12 (2.81%) VPN
6 10 (2.34%) DNS
7 7 (1.64%) DMZ
8 6 (1.41%) Intrusion Detection
9 5 (1.17%) VoIP
9 5 (1.17%) WAN
10 4 (0.94%) DHCP
10 4 (0.94%) LAN
10 4 (0.94%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.94%) SSL
11 3 (0.70%) SCCP
11 3 (0.70%) Unified Communications
11 3 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.70%) Wireshark
12 2 (0.47%) TCP/IP
13 1 (0.23%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.70%) Power BI
2 2 (0.47%) Tableau
3 1 (0.23%) DB2
3 1 (0.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (1.17%) Git
1 5 (1.17%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.23%) JIRA
General
1 147 (34.43%) Finance
2 142 (33.26%) Social Skills
3 75 (17.56%) Banking
4 73 (17.10%) Organisational Skills
5 42 (9.84%) Public Sector
6 36 (8.43%) Games
7 34 (7.96%) Analytical Skills
8 31 (7.26%) Telecoms
9 28 (6.56%) Law
9 28 (6.56%) Manufacturing
10 27 (6.32%) Electronics
10 27 (6.32%) Marketing
11 25 (5.85%) Legal
12 24 (5.62%) Financial Institution
13 21 (4.92%) Retail
14 18 (4.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (1.41%) Aviation
16 3 (0.70%) Back Office
17 2 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
17 2 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 83 (19.44%) Lead
2 57 (13.35%) Senior
3 44 (10.30%) Consultant
4 39 (9.13%) Analyst
5 37 (8.67%) Security Consultant
6 28 (6.56%) Security Analyst
6 28 (6.56%) Security Manager
7 27 (6.32%) Architect
8 23 (5.39%) Developer
8 23 (5.39%) IAM Developer
9 20 (4.68%) Auditor
10 19 (4.45%) Security Auditor
10 19 (4.45%) Security Specialist
11 18 (4.22%) Internal Auditor
11 18 (4.22%) Security Architect
12 16 (3.75%) Systems Engineer
13 15 (3.51%) Senior Developer
14 14 (3.28%) Security Engineer
15 12 (2.81%) Information Analyst
15 12 (2.81%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (14.52%) OAuth
1 62 (14.52%) OpenID
1 62 (14.52%) SAML
2 60 (14.05%) GraphQL
2 60 (14.05%) REST
2 60 (14.05%) SOAP
3 58 (13.58%) LDAP
4 26 (6.09%) SAP CAF
5 6 (1.41%) React
5 6 (1.41%) Spring Boot
6 4 (0.94%) ARM Templates
7 3 (0.70%) JSON
7 3 (0.70%) YAML
8 2 (0.47%) SLSA
9 1 (0.23%) EDI
9 1 (0.23%) Middleware
9 1 (0.23%) PyTorch
9 1 (0.23%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 143 (33.49%) Cyber Threat
2 81 (18.97%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 77 (18.03%) Operational Technology
4 75 (17.56%) Security Operations Centre
5 64 (14.99%) Cyberattack
6 46 (10.77%) Security Posture
7 42 (9.84%) Management Information System
8 26 (6.09%) Cloud Native
9 18 (4.22%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (3.28%) PKI
11 13 (3.04%) Cyber Defence
12 11 (2.58%) Blockchain
13 10 (2.34%) Blog
14 9 (2.11%) Cloud Security Posture
15 8 (1.87%) Onboarding
16 7 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
17 6 (1.41%) Product Ownership
18 4 (0.94%) Cyber Security Posture
18 4 (0.94%) Data Centre
18 4 (0.94%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.81%) Windows
2 10 (2.34%) Linux
3 4 (0.94%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.47%) Unix
5 1 (0.23%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (54.57%) Risk Management
2 230 (53.86%) Cybersecurity
3 191 (44.73%) Roadmaps
4 151 (35.36%) Mentoring
5 144 (33.72%) Information Security
6 139 (32.55%) Vulnerability Management
7 112 (26.23%) Stakeholder Management
8 101 (23.65%) Security Operations
9 87 (20.37%) Coaching
9 87 (20.37%) Threat Intelligence
10 81 (18.97%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 79 (18.50%) ITIL
12 78 (18.27%) SABSA
13 77 (18.03%) Risk Assessment
14 75 (17.56%) Technology Roadmap
14 75 (17.56%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
15 74 (17.33%) Business Strategy
16 70 (16.39%) Cyber Intelligence
16 70 (16.39%) Incident Response
17 68 (15.93%) Change Advisory Board
Programming Languages
1 99 (23.19%) PowerShell
2 62 (14.52%) Bash
3 58 (13.58%) T-SQL
4 30 (7.03%) SQL
5 24 (5.62%) Python
6 7 (1.64%) Bicep
7 6 (1.41%) Java
8 5 (1.17%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.23%) C
9 1 (0.23%) C++
Qualifications
1 178 (41.69%) CISSP
2 113 (26.46%) CISM
3 84 (19.67%) CISA
4 72 (16.86%) Security Cleared
5 68 (15.93%) CRISC
6 58 (13.58%) SC Cleared
7 50 (11.71%) Degree
8 34 (7.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 34 (7.96%) SANS
9 22 (5.15%) CEH
10 21 (4.92%) CGEIT
11 20 (4.68%) Cisco Certification
11 20 (4.68%) FFIEC
12 18 (4.22%) DV Cleared
13 17 (3.98%) Azure Certification
14 16 (3.75%) AWS Certification
14 16 (3.75%) CompTIA Security+
14 16 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
15 14 (3.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 12 (2.81%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 280 (65.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 88 (20.61%) NCSC
3 83 (19.44%) PCI DSS
4 73 (17.10%) GDPR
5 69 (16.16%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 64 (14.99%) GRC
7 36 (8.43%) Cyber Essentials
8 26 (6.09%) COBIT
9 20 (4.68%) SOC 2
10 18 (4.22%) NIST 800
11 16 (3.75%) JSP 440
12 13 (3.04%) ISO 22301
13 9 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 8 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 7 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 5 (1.17%) SLA
17 4 (0.94%) California Consumer Privacy Act
17 4 (0.94%) Government Security Classifications
17 4 (0.94%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 2 (0.47%) SOC 1
System Software
1 69 (16.16%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.58%) Docker
3 6 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.94%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (4.68%) Terraform
2 14 (3.28%) Kubernetes
3 9 (2.11%) RSA Archer
4 8 (1.87%) Ansible
4 8 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.64%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 3 (0.70%) SCCM
7 2 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.47%) WSUS
8 1 (0.23%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.23%) Nessus
8 1 (0.23%) OpenView
8 1 (0.23%) QRadar
8 1 (0.23%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 41 (9.60%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.79%) SAP
3 21 (4.92%) VMware
4 17 (3.98%) Commvault
5 11 (2.58%) Google
6 6 (1.41%) Cisco
7 4 (0.94%) ForgeRock
7 4 (0.94%) Okta
8 3 (0.70%) CyberArk
8 3 (0.70%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.70%) Splunk
9 2 (0.47%) Oracle
9 2 (0.47%) Sage
9 2 (0.47%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.47%) Tenable
9 2 (0.47%) Xero
10 1 (0.23%) AlienVault
10 1 (0.23%) ArcSight
10 1 (0.23%) Darktrace
10 1 (0.23%) ExtraHop