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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 186 290
Rank change year-on-year +15 +104 -33
Permanent jobs citing NIST 382 267 191
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.52% 1.63% 0.92%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.47% 9.25% 6.20%
Number of salaries quoted 220 215 115
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £69,384 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.09% +6.74% -7.14%
75th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £77,625
90th Percentile £102,750 £107,500 £88,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +6.38% +0.71% -

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 4,033 2,885 3,083
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.02% 17.57% 14.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2,486 1,631 1,701
10th Percentile £33,500 £33,125 £36,250
25th Percentile £44,447 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,723 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.64% - +3.74%
75th Percentile £76,201 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,634 £96,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £58,465
% change year-on-year -4.35% -1.65% -2.56%

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 16 October 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 (1.57%) SAS
2 1 (0.26%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 148 (38.74%) Azure
2 126 (32.98%) AWS
3 85 (22.25%) SaaS
4 45 (11.78%) GCP
5 36 (9.42%) Microsoft 365
6 35 (9.16%) Entra ID
7 12 (3.14%) Anthropic Claude
7 12 (3.14%) Zapier
8 11 (2.88%) Microsoft Purview
8 11 (2.88%) Mimecast
9 10 (2.62%) AWS CloudFormation
9 10 (2.62%) Cloud Computing
10 9 (2.36%) Azure Sentinel
10 9 (2.36%) IaaS
10 9 (2.36%) PaaS
11 8 (2.09%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (2.09%) Google Compute Engine
11 8 (2.09%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 8 (2.09%) Power Platform
11 8 (2.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 79 (20.68%) Network Security
2 69 (18.06%) Firewall
3 40 (10.47%) VPN
4 18 (4.71%) BGP
5 15 (3.93%) SSL
6 14 (3.66%) SD-WAN
6 14 (3.66%) SSH
6 14 (3.66%) WAN
7 12 (3.14%) DNS
8 11 (2.88%) DHCP
8 11 (2.88%) HTTP
9 10 (2.62%) Cisco ISE
9 10 (2.62%) FTP
9 10 (2.62%) ICMP
9 10 (2.62%) Intrusion Detection
9 10 (2.62%) IPsec
9 10 (2.62%) MPLS
9 10 (2.62%) SNMP
9 10 (2.62%) TCP/IP
9 10 (2.62%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.09%) Amazon RDS
1 8 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (1.83%) Power BI
3 4 (1.05%) Tableau
4 2 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.52%) Metadata
4 2 (0.52%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 12 (3.14%) TeamCity
2 6 (1.57%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.31%) JIRA
4 2 (0.52%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.52%) GitLab
4 2 (0.52%) JUnit
4 2 (0.52%) MLflow
4 2 (0.52%) NUnit
4 2 (0.52%) Postman
4 2 (0.52%) Selenium
4 2 (0.52%) Snyk
4 2 (0.52%) SonarQube
4 2 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.52%) Yeoman
5 1 (0.26%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.26%) Metasploit
General
1 133 (34.82%) Social Skills
2 71 (18.59%) Finance
3 66 (17.28%) Law
4 57 (14.92%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (12.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 41 (10.73%) Public Sector
7 27 (7.07%) Legal
7 27 (7.07%) Retail
8 21 (5.50%) Banking
9 17 (4.45%) Financial Institution
9 17 (4.45%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (3.66%) Aviation
10 14 (3.66%) Back Office
11 9 (2.36%) French Language
12 8 (2.09%) Aerospace
12 8 (2.09%) German Language
13 7 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.57%) Telecoms
15 4 (1.05%) Police
Job Titles
1 73 (19.11%) Consultant
2 64 (16.75%) Architect
3 62 (16.23%) Senior
4 56 (14.66%) Security Consultant
5 51 (13.35%) Security Architect
6 50 (13.09%) IT Manager
7 49 (12.83%) Resilience Manager
8 48 (12.57%) IT Services Manager
8 48 (12.57%) Service Manager
9 46 (12.04%) Analyst
10 43 (11.26%) Security Analyst
11 36 (9.42%) Security Engineer
12 30 (7.85%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 24 (6.28%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 20 (5.24%) Senior Consultant
15 19 (4.97%) Senior Security Consultant
16 17 (4.45%) Lead
16 17 (4.45%) Security Manager
17 16 (4.19%) Cloud Engineer
18 15 (3.93%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (12.57%) Middleware
2 25 (6.54%) Terraform
3 14 (3.66%) OAuth
3 14 (3.66%) SAML
4 7 (1.83%) ARM Templates
4 7 (1.83%) Microsoft Graph
4 7 (1.83%) ModSecurity
5 6 (1.57%) REST
5 6 (1.57%) RESTful
5 6 (1.57%) SOAP
6 4 (1.05%) LDAP
6 4 (1.05%) OpenID
7 3 (0.79%) GraphQL
8 2 (0.52%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.52%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.52%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.52%) Node.js
8 2 (0.52%) pytest
8 2 (0.52%) React
8 2 (0.52%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 81 (21.20%) Security Posture
2 71 (18.59%) Cyber Threat
3 51 (13.35%) Management Information System
4 42 (10.99%) Cloud Native
5 22 (5.76%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 18 (4.71%) Operational Technology
6 18 (4.71%) PKI
7 15 (3.93%) Blog
8 14 (3.66%) Cyber Defence
9 13 (3.40%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 13 (3.40%) Onboarding
10 12 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (2.88%) Cloud Security Posture
12 10 (2.62%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (2.36%) SCADA
14 8 (2.09%) Distributed Systems
15 6 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
15 6 (1.57%) Freedom of Information
15 6 (1.57%) Freedom of Information Act
16 5 (1.31%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.45%) Windows
2 8 (2.09%) Linux
3 6 (1.57%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.26%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (61.26%) Cybersecurity
2 190 (49.74%) Information Security
3 118 (30.89%) Risk Management
4 111 (29.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 110 (28.80%) Cloud Security
6 105 (27.49%) Agile
7 95 (24.87%) Incident Response
8 88 (23.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 88 (23.04%) Disaster Recovery
8 88 (23.04%) Vulnerability Management
9 76 (19.90%) Business Continuity
10 75 (19.63%) Security Architecture
11 74 (19.37%) Threat Modelling
12 73 (19.11%) Enterprise Architecture
13 69 (18.06%) Problem-Solving
14 68 (17.80%) Identity Access Management
15 67 (17.54%) DevOps
15 67 (17.54%) Security Operations
15 67 (17.54%) SIEM
16 64 (16.75%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 37 (9.69%) Python
2 30 (7.85%) PowerShell
3 20 (5.24%) Java
4 15 (3.93%) Go
5 12 (3.14%) SQL
6 9 (2.36%) Bash
7 7 (1.83%) Bicep
8 5 (1.31%) C#
8 5 (1.31%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.05%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.79%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.52%) C
11 2 (0.52%) C++
12 1 (0.26%) Ruby
12 1 (0.26%) Rust
Qualifications
1 191 (50.00%) CISSP
2 166 (43.46%) CISM
3 96 (25.13%) Security Cleared
4 77 (20.16%) SC Cleared
5 60 (15.71%) Degree
6 50 (13.09%) ITIL Certification
7 42 (10.99%) CRISC
8 29 (7.59%) CISA
9 26 (6.81%) DV Cleared
10 22 (5.76%) Computer Science Degree
11 18 (4.71%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (4.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 14 (3.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 14 (3.66%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 11 (2.88%) Azure Certification
14 11 (2.88%) CCSP
15 10 (2.62%) CompTIA Security+
16 9 (2.36%) CEH
16 9 (2.36%) CREST Certified
16 9 (2.36%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 266 (69.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 85 (22.25%) GDPR
3 73 (19.11%) GRC
4 72 (18.85%) PCI DSS
5 59 (15.45%) NCSC
6 54 (14.14%) ISO 22301
7 46 (12.04%) Cyber Essentials
8 29 (7.59%) SOC 2
9 25 (6.54%) NIST 800
10 18 (4.71%) COBIT
10 18 (4.71%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 17 (4.45%) JSP 440
12 16 (4.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 13 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 10 (2.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 10 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 9 (2.36%) Accessibility
16 7 (1.83%) QA
17 6 (1.57%) SOC 1
18 4 (1.05%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (5.50%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.36%) Docker
3 4 (1.05%) Firmware
3 4 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (7.33%) Kubernetes
2 18 (4.71%) Single Sign-On
3 16 (4.19%) CASB
4 11 (2.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (2.62%) FortiGate
5 10 (2.62%) Grafana
6 8 (2.09%) Cilium
7 2 (0.52%) Ansible
7 2 (0.52%) 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%) SCCM
Vendors
1 92 (24.08%) Microsoft
2 26 (6.81%) Cisco
3 25 (6.54%) Palo Alto
4 21 (5.50%) Google
5 12 (3.14%) OpenAI
6 11 (2.88%) CrowdStrike
6 11 (2.88%) Qualys
6 11 (2.88%) Splunk
7 8 (2.09%) Tanium
8 5 (1.31%) Netskope
8 5 (1.31%) Tenable
9 4 (1.05%) New Relic
9 4 (1.05%) SolarWinds
9 4 (1.05%) Thales
9 4 (1.05%) Zerto
9 4 (1.05%) Zscaler
10 3 (0.79%) CheckPoint
10 3 (0.79%) CyberArk
10 3 (0.79%) Forcepoint
10 3 (0.79%) Oracle