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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 221 338
Rank change year-on-year +53 +117 -87
Permanent jobs citing NIST 383 246 179
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.67% 1.49% 0.73%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.87% 8.25% 5.44%
Number of salaries quoted 257 212 127
10th Percentile £49,150 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £56,000 £54,437 £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +3.85% -10.96%
75th Percentile £88,750 £89,063 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £107,115 £93,194
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -0.69% +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 3,880 2,982 3,291
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.93% 18.01% 13.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,441 1,690 2,243
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,338 £60,000 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year -1.10% +2.04% -2.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £91,250 £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 20 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 (1.57%) SAS
2 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 139 (36.29%) Azure
2 116 (30.29%) AWS
3 74 (19.32%) SaaS
4 36 (9.40%) GCP
5 31 (8.09%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (4.96%) Entra ID
7 12 (3.13%) Anthropic Claude
7 12 (3.13%) Zapier
8 10 (2.61%) Cloud Computing
9 9 (2.35%) AWS CloudFormation
10 8 (2.09%) IaaS
10 8 (2.09%) PaaS
11 6 (1.57%) Power Platform
12 5 (1.31%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (1.31%) Mimecast
13 4 (1.04%) Nutanix
13 4 (1.04%) Vertex AI
14 3 (0.78%) Azure Logic Apps
14 3 (0.78%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 69 (18.02%) Network Security
2 54 (14.10%) Firewall
3 26 (6.79%) VPN
4 17 (4.44%) DNS
5 16 (4.18%) WAN
6 14 (3.66%) SD-WAN
6 14 (3.66%) SSH
6 14 (3.66%) SSL
7 13 (3.39%) VLAN
8 12 (3.13%) DHCP
9 11 (2.87%) HTTP
9 11 (2.87%) MPLS
9 11 (2.87%) SNMP
10 10 (2.61%) BGP
10 10 (2.61%) FTP
10 10 (2.61%) ICMP
10 10 (2.61%) IPsec
11 8 (2.09%) CHAP
11 8 (2.09%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (1.83%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.57%) Power BI
2 4 (1.04%) Tableau
3 2 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.52%) ZAP BI
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 5 (1.31%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.04%) JIRA
3 2 (0.52%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.52%) Git
3 2 (0.52%) GitLab
3 2 (0.52%) JUnit
3 2 (0.52%) NUnit
3 2 (0.52%) Postman
3 2 (0.52%) Selenium
3 2 (0.52%) Snyk
3 2 (0.52%) SonarQube
3 2 (0.52%) Yeoman
4 1 (0.26%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.26%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.26%) TeamCity
General
1 125 (32.64%) Social Skills
2 71 (18.54%) Finance
3 66 (17.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 62 (16.19%) Law
5 55 (14.36%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (9.66%) Public Sector
7 31 (8.09%) Legal
8 28 (7.31%) Banking
9 25 (6.53%) Retail
10 17 (4.44%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (4.18%) Financial Institution
12 10 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (2.35%) French Language
14 8 (2.09%) Aviation
14 8 (2.09%) German Language
15 7 (1.83%) Aerospace
15 7 (1.83%) Back Office
16 4 (1.04%) Military
16 4 (1.04%) Police
16 4 (1.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 78 (20.37%) Architect
2 63 (16.45%) Consultant
3 60 (15.67%) Senior
4 55 (14.36%) Security Consultant
5 50 (13.05%) IT Manager
6 48 (12.53%) IT Services Manager
6 48 (12.53%) Resilience Manager
6 48 (12.53%) Service Manager
7 43 (11.23%) Security Architect
8 40 (10.44%) Analyst
9 37 (9.66%) Security Analyst
10 31 (8.09%) Security Manager
11 27 (7.05%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 22 (5.74%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 21 (5.48%) Senior Consultant
13 21 (5.48%) Solutions Architect
14 20 (5.22%) Security Engineer
15 18 (4.70%) Senior Security Consultant
16 17 (4.44%) Cybersecurity Consultant
17 15 (3.92%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (12.53%) Middleware
2 13 (3.39%) OAuth
2 13 (3.39%) SAML
2 13 (3.39%) Terraform
3 7 (1.83%) Microsoft Graph
4 6 (1.57%) ARM Templates
4 6 (1.57%) ModSecurity
4 6 (1.57%) RESTful
5 4 (1.04%) REST
5 4 (1.04%) SOAP
6 3 (0.78%) OpenID
7 2 (0.52%) .NET
7 2 (0.52%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.52%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.52%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.52%) GraphQL
7 2 (0.52%) Node.js
7 2 (0.52%) pytest
7 2 (0.52%) React
7 2 (0.52%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 70 (18.28%) Cyber Threat
2 67 (17.49%) Security Posture
3 51 (13.32%) Management Information System
4 29 (7.57%) Cloud Native
5 27 (7.05%) Cyberattack
6 19 (4.96%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 14 (3.66%) Data Protection Act
7 14 (3.66%) PKI
8 13 (3.39%) Cyber Defence
8 13 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (3.13%) Onboarding
10 9 (2.35%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (2.35%) Operational Technology
11 8 (2.09%) Blog
12 7 (1.83%) Cloud Security Posture
12 7 (1.83%) Freedom of Information
12 7 (1.83%) Freedom of Information Act
13 6 (1.57%) Cyber Security Posture
13 6 (1.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 5 (1.31%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.44%) Windows
2 11 (2.87%) Linux
3 7 (1.83%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.26%) CentOS
4 1 (0.26%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (57.44%) Cybersecurity
2 190 (49.61%) Information Security
3 124 (32.38%) Risk Management
4 116 (30.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 112 (29.24%) Agile
6 99 (25.85%) Cloud Security
7 98 (25.59%) Incident Response
8 94 (24.54%) Disaster Recovery
9 86 (22.45%) Continuous Improvement
10 85 (22.19%) Vulnerability Management
11 81 (21.15%) Problem-Solving
12 79 (20.63%) Business Continuity
12 79 (20.63%) ITIL
13 78 (20.37%) DevOps
14 71 (18.54%) Enterprise Architecture
15 68 (17.75%) SIEM
16 63 (16.45%) Roadmaps
17 60 (15.67%) Test Automation
17 60 (15.67%) Threat Modelling
18 57 (14.88%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 32 (8.36%) PowerShell
2 27 (7.05%) Python
3 8 (2.09%) Java
4 6 (1.57%) Bicep
5 5 (1.31%) Bash
5 5 (1.31%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.04%) Go
7 3 (0.78%) C#
8 2 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.52%) SQL
9 1 (0.26%) Rust
9 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 190 (49.61%) CISSP
2 168 (43.86%) CISM
3 93 (24.28%) Security Cleared
4 75 (19.58%) SC Cleared
5 67 (17.49%) Degree
6 48 (12.53%) ITIL Certification
7 44 (11.49%) CRISC
8 35 (9.14%) CISA
9 23 (6.01%) DV Cleared
10 20 (5.22%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (4.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 15 (3.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 14 (3.66%) CEH
14 12 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
15 11 (2.87%) CREST Certified
15 11 (2.87%) FFIEC
15 11 (2.87%) GIAC
15 11 (2.87%) SANS
16 10 (2.61%) CompTIA Security+
17 9 (2.35%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 255 (66.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 96 (25.07%) GDPR
3 70 (18.28%) GRC
4 56 (14.62%) ISO 22301
5 55 (14.36%) PCI DSS
6 46 (12.01%) NCSC
7 45 (11.75%) Cyber Essentials
8 25 (6.53%) SOC 2
9 23 (6.01%) COBIT
10 22 (5.74%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 20 (5.22%) NIST 800
12 18 (4.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 17 (4.44%) JSP 440
14 9 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 9 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 7 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 7 (1.83%) QA
15 7 (1.83%) SOC 1
16 4 (1.04%) HIPAA
16 4 (1.04%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (4.44%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.61%) Docker
3 4 (1.04%) Firmware
4 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (4.96%) Kubernetes
2 15 (3.92%) CASB
3 10 (2.61%) FortiGate
3 10 (2.61%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (2.09%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.78%) Ansible
5 3 (0.78%) SCCM
6 2 (0.52%) Grafana
6 2 (0.52%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.26%) Nessus
7 1 (0.26%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.26%) Nmap
7 1 (0.26%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.26%) OpenView
7 1 (0.26%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 76 (19.84%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.22%) Cisco
2 20 (5.22%) Palo Alto
3 16 (4.18%) Google
4 13 (3.39%) OpenAI
4 13 (3.39%) Splunk
5 10 (2.61%) Qualys
6 8 (2.09%) Tanium
7 6 (1.57%) VMware
8 5 (1.31%) Sophos
9 4 (1.04%) Commvault
9 4 (1.04%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.04%) Netskope
9 4 (1.04%) New Relic
9 4 (1.04%) Oracle
9 4 (1.04%) SolarWinds
9 4 (1.04%) Tenable
9 4 (1.04%) Thales
9 4 (1.04%) Zerto
9 4 (1.04%) Zscaler