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 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 204 338
Rank change year-on-year +41 +134 -90
Permanent jobs citing NIST 379 246 177
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.63% 1.49% 0.71%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.79% 8.20% 5.31%
Number of salaries quoted 252 211 121
10th Percentile £48,065 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £55,544 £54,700 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,706 £69,384 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.23% +6.74% -9.09%
75th Percentile £88,750 £89,375 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,125 £107,350 £91,991
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.38% -2.76% +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 3,873 3,000 3,331
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.64% 18.15% 13.42%
Number of salaries quoted 2,467 1,700 2,207
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,589 £60,000 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year -2.35% +2.04% -2.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,634 £92,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%

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 28 August 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 (1.58%) SAS
2 1 (0.26%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 141 (37.20%) Azure
2 118 (31.13%) AWS
3 74 (19.53%) SaaS
4 36 (9.50%) GCP
5 31 (8.18%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (5.80%) Entra ID
7 12 (3.17%) Anthropic Claude
7 12 (3.17%) Zapier
8 10 (2.64%) Cloud Computing
9 9 (2.37%) AWS CloudFormation
10 8 (2.11%) IaaS
10 8 (2.11%) PaaS
11 7 (1.85%) Power Platform
12 6 (1.58%) Mimecast
13 5 (1.32%) Azure Sentinel
13 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (1.06%) Vertex AI
15 3 (0.79%) Azure Logic Apps
15 3 (0.79%) OCI
15 3 (0.79%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 71 (18.73%) Network Security
2 55 (14.51%) Firewall
3 27 (7.12%) VPN
4 16 (4.22%) DNS
5 15 (3.96%) WAN
6 14 (3.69%) SD-WAN
6 14 (3.69%) SSH
6 14 (3.69%) SSL
7 13 (3.43%) VLAN
8 11 (2.90%) DHCP
8 11 (2.90%) HTTP
9 10 (2.64%) BGP
9 10 (2.64%) FTP
9 10 (2.64%) ICMP
9 10 (2.64%) IPsec
9 10 (2.64%) MPLS
9 10 (2.64%) SNMP
10 7 (1.85%) Broadband
10 7 (1.85%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (1.85%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.58%) Power BI
2 4 (1.06%) Tableau
3 2 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.53%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 4 (1.06%) Jenkins
1 4 (1.06%) JIRA
2 2 (0.53%) Cypress.io
2 2 (0.53%) GitLab
2 2 (0.53%) JUnit
2 2 (0.53%) NUnit
2 2 (0.53%) Postman
2 2 (0.53%) Selenium
2 2 (0.53%) Snyk
2 2 (0.53%) SonarQube
2 2 (0.53%) Yeoman
3 1 (0.26%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.26%) Git
3 1 (0.26%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.26%) TeamCity
General
1 124 (32.72%) Social Skills
2 66 (17.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 65 (17.15%) Finance
4 61 (16.09%) Law
5 56 (14.78%) Analytical Skills
6 39 (10.29%) Public Sector
7 28 (7.39%) Legal
8 25 (6.60%) Banking
8 25 (6.60%) Retail
9 17 (4.49%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (3.43%) Financial Institution
11 10 (2.64%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (2.37%) French Language
13 8 (2.11%) Aerospace
13 8 (2.11%) Aviation
13 8 (2.11%) German Language
14 7 (1.85%) Back Office
15 4 (1.06%) Police
15 4 (1.06%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 81 (21.37%) Architect
2 64 (16.89%) Consultant
3 59 (15.57%) Senior
4 56 (14.78%) Security Consultant
5 50 (13.19%) IT Manager
6 48 (12.66%) IT Services Manager
6 48 (12.66%) Resilience Manager
6 48 (12.66%) Service Manager
7 46 (12.14%) Security Architect
8 40 (10.55%) Analyst
9 37 (9.76%) Security Analyst
10 27 (7.12%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 27 (7.12%) Security Manager
11 22 (5.80%) Security Engineer
12 21 (5.54%) Solutions Architect
13 20 (5.28%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 20 (5.28%) Senior Consultant
14 18 (4.75%) Senior Security Consultant
15 17 (4.49%) Cybersecurity Consultant
16 15 (3.96%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (12.66%) Middleware
2 13 (3.43%) OAuth
2 13 (3.43%) SAML
2 13 (3.43%) Terraform
3 7 (1.85%) Microsoft Graph
3 7 (1.85%) ModSecurity
4 6 (1.58%) ARM Templates
4 6 (1.58%) RESTful
5 5 (1.32%) REST
5 5 (1.32%) SOAP
6 3 (0.79%) GraphQL
6 3 (0.79%) OpenID
7 2 (0.53%) .NET
7 2 (0.53%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.53%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.53%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.53%) Keycloak
7 2 (0.53%) LDAP
7 2 (0.53%) Node.js
7 2 (0.53%) React
Miscellaneous
1 70 (18.47%) Cyber Threat
1 70 (18.47%) Security Posture
2 49 (12.93%) Management Information System
3 30 (7.92%) Cloud Native
4 26 (6.86%) Cyberattack
5 20 (5.28%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 16 (4.22%) PKI
7 14 (3.69%) Cyber Defence
7 14 (3.69%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (3.43%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (3.17%) Onboarding
10 9 (2.37%) Cloud Security Posture
10 9 (2.37%) Operational Technology
11 8 (2.11%) Blog
12 7 (1.85%) Cyber Security Posture
12 7 (1.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 7 (1.85%) Freedom of Information
12 7 (1.85%) Freedom of Information Act
12 7 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (1.32%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 15 (3.96%) Windows
2 8 (2.11%) Linux
3 6 (1.58%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.26%) CentOS
4 1 (0.26%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (58.05%) Cybersecurity
2 186 (49.08%) Information Security
3 122 (32.19%) Risk Management
4 115 (30.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 110 (29.02%) Agile
6 100 (26.39%) Cloud Security
7 93 (24.54%) Incident Response
8 91 (24.01%) Disaster Recovery
9 87 (22.96%) Continuous Improvement
10 81 (21.37%) Vulnerability Management
11 80 (21.11%) Problem-Solving
12 79 (20.84%) ITIL
13 77 (20.32%) Business Continuity
13 77 (20.32%) DevOps
14 71 (18.73%) Enterprise Architecture
15 69 (18.21%) SIEM
16 64 (16.89%) Threat Modelling
17 61 (16.09%) Roadmaps
18 59 (15.57%) Security Architecture
19 57 (15.04%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 32 (8.44%) PowerShell
2 25 (6.60%) Python
3 7 (1.85%) Java
4 6 (1.58%) Bash
4 6 (1.58%) Bicep
5 5 (1.32%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.06%) Go
7 3 (0.79%) C#
8 2 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.53%) SQL
8 2 (0.53%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.26%) Rust
Qualifications
1 188 (49.60%) CISSP
2 168 (44.33%) CISM
3 95 (25.07%) Security Cleared
4 77 (20.32%) SC Cleared
5 66 (17.41%) Degree
6 48 (12.66%) ITIL Certification
7 44 (11.61%) CRISC
8 33 (8.71%) CISA
9 25 (6.60%) DV Cleared
10 19 (5.01%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (4.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 14 (3.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 13 (3.43%) CEH
14 11 (2.90%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (2.90%) CREST Certified
15 10 (2.64%) Azure Certification
15 10 (2.64%) CompTIA Security+
15 10 (2.64%) GIAC
16 9 (2.37%) FFIEC
17 8 (2.11%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 253 (66.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 92 (24.27%) GDPR
3 71 (18.73%) GRC
4 56 (14.78%) PCI DSS
5 55 (14.51%) ISO 22301
6 50 (13.19%) NCSC
7 46 (12.14%) Cyber Essentials
8 25 (6.60%) SOC 2
9 22 (5.80%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 21 (5.54%) COBIT
10 21 (5.54%) NIST 800
11 18 (4.75%) JSP 440
11 18 (4.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 10 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 9 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 8 (2.11%) QA
15 7 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 7 (1.85%) SOC 1
16 4 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
16 4 (1.06%) Def Stans
System Software
1 18 (4.75%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.37%) Docker
3 4 (1.06%) Firmware
4 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (4.75%) Kubernetes
2 16 (4.22%) CASB
3 12 (3.17%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (2.64%) FortiGate
5 9 (2.37%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.79%) SCCM
7 2 (0.53%) Ansible
7 2 (0.53%) Grafana
7 2 (0.53%) 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 75 (19.79%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.54%) Palo Alto
3 20 (5.28%) Cisco
4 14 (3.69%) Google
5 13 (3.43%) OpenAI
6 11 (2.90%) Splunk
7 10 (2.64%) Qualys
8 8 (2.11%) Tanium
9 5 (1.32%) Sophos
10 4 (1.06%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (1.06%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.06%) Netskope
10 4 (1.06%) New Relic
10 4 (1.06%) SolarWinds
10 4 (1.06%) Tenable
10 4 (1.06%) Thales
10 4 (1.06%) VMware
10 4 (1.06%) Zerto
10 4 (1.06%) Zscaler
11 3 (0.79%) CyberArk