NIST Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring NIST skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited NIST over the 6 months leading up to 20 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 230 335 248
Rank change year-on-year +105 -87 +269
Permanent jobs citing NIST 292 243 466
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.37% 0.78% 1.37%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.28% 6.15% 9.62%
Number of salaries quoted 182 201 355
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £46,350
25th Percentile £50,563 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +3.57% +3.70%
75th Percentile £89,688 £84,919 £86,875
90th Percentile £106,365 £91,991 £105,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +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 3,525 3,951 4,843
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.56% 12.74% 14.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,951 2,830 3,536
10th Percentile £36,650 £34,750 £37,397
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,965 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.14% -3.39% +4.35%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,778 £97,500 £93,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

NIST
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

NIST trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing NIST.

NIST salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

NIST
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing NIST over the 6 months to 20 July 2025.

NIST salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.71%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.68%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.03%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 123 (42.12%) AWS
2 83 (28.42%) Serverless
3 82 (28.08%) AWS Lambda
4 66 (22.60%) Azure
5 21 (7.19%) GCP
6 20 (6.85%) Entra ID
7 12 (4.11%) PaaS
8 11 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (3.08%) SaaS
10 8 (2.74%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.37%) dbt
12 4 (1.37%) IaaS
13 2 (0.68%) AWS CloudFormation
13 2 (0.68%) Azure API Management
13 2 (0.68%) Azure Key Vault
13 2 (0.68%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (0.68%) Azure Stack
13 2 (0.68%) Cloudflare
13 2 (0.68%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 85 (29.11%) SSL
2 82 (28.08%) Broadband
2 82 (28.08%) SSH
3 53 (18.15%) Network Security
4 33 (11.30%) Firewall
5 11 (3.77%) VPN
6 9 (3.08%) Intrusion Detection
7 6 (2.05%) DNS
7 6 (2.05%) LAN
7 6 (2.05%) WAN
8 4 (1.37%) DHCP
9 3 (1.03%) S/MIME
9 3 (1.03%) SD-WAN
9 3 (1.03%) Unified Communications
9 3 (1.03%) X.509
10 2 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.68%) WLAN
11 1 (0.34%) SNMP
11 1 (0.34%) VoIP
11 1 (0.34%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.14%) NoSQL
2 2 (0.68%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.34%) JIRA
1 1 (0.34%) Metasploit
General
1 153 (52.40%) Social Skills
2 63 (21.58%) Finance
3 38 (13.01%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (9.93%) Telecoms
5 28 (9.59%) Electronics
5 28 (9.59%) Legal
6 24 (8.22%) Public Sector
7 23 (7.88%) Marketing
8 22 (7.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 22 (7.53%) Manufacturing
9 14 (4.79%) Banking
10 10 (3.42%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (2.40%) Law
12 6 (2.05%) Aerospace
12 6 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.68%) Back Office
14 1 (0.34%) Advertising
14 1 (0.34%) Automotive
14 1 (0.34%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 85 (29.11%) Cloud Engineer
2 82 (28.08%) DevOps Engineer
3 49 (16.78%) Architect
4 27 (9.25%) Security Architect
4 27 (9.25%) Security Engineer
5 26 (8.90%) Consultant
6 25 (8.56%) Security Consultant
7 22 (7.53%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 21 (7.19%) Senior
9 20 (6.85%) Analyst
10 19 (6.51%) Lead
11 17 (5.82%) AWS Architect
12 16 (5.48%) Security Manager
12 16 (5.48%) Solutions Architect
13 15 (5.14%) AWS DevOps
13 15 (5.14%) DevOps Architect
13 15 (5.14%) Senior Architect
13 15 (5.14%) Senior DevOps
13 15 (5.14%) Senior Solutions Architect
13 15 (5.14%) TOGAF Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (28.08%) RESTful
1 82 (28.08%) Web Services
2 6 (2.05%) YAML
3 5 (1.71%) JSON
4 3 (1.03%) EJB
5 2 (0.68%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.34%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 115 (39.38%) Management Information System
2 101 (34.59%) Cyber Threat
3 85 (29.11%) Onboarding
3 85 (29.11%) PKI
4 84 (28.77%) Cyberattack
5 25 (8.56%) Analytical Mindset
6 23 (7.88%) Security Posture
7 17 (5.82%) Cloud Native
8 10 (3.42%) Taxonomies
9 9 (3.08%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.71%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.37%) Security Operations Centre
12 3 (1.03%) Algorithms
12 3 (1.03%) Cyber Security Posture
12 3 (1.03%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (1.03%) Public Cloud
13 2 (0.68%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 2 (0.68%) Distributed Systems
13 2 (0.68%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.77%) Windows
2 4 (1.37%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.03%) Linux
4 2 (0.68%) VMS
5 1 (0.34%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (70.21%) Cybersecurity
2 118 (40.41%) DevOps
3 111 (38.01%) Roadmaps
4 89 (30.48%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 85 (29.11%) Key Management
5 85 (29.11%) Use Case
6 82 (28.08%) Deployment Automation
6 82 (28.08%) Programme Delivery
7 78 (26.71%) Information Security
8 69 (23.63%) Risk Management
9 56 (19.18%) Vulnerability Management
10 40 (13.70%) Incident Response
11 39 (13.36%) Security Architecture
12 37 (12.67%) Mentoring
13 35 (11.99%) Risk Assessment
13 35 (11.99%) SIEM
14 32 (10.96%) TOGAF
15 29 (9.93%) Problem-Solving
16 27 (9.25%) Agile
16 27 (9.25%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 110 (37.67%) Python
2 23 (7.88%) SQL
3 22 (7.53%) PowerShell
4 15 (5.14%) C#
4 15 (5.14%) Java
5 4 (1.37%) Bash
5 4 (1.37%) Perl
6 2 (0.68%) Go
6 2 (0.68%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 60 (20.55%) CISSP
2 56 (19.18%) Security Cleared
3 51 (17.47%) CISM
4 28 (9.59%) CEH
5 27 (9.25%) Degree
6 26 (8.90%) SC Cleared
7 25 (8.56%) CompTIA Security+
8 20 (6.85%) AWS Certification
8 20 (6.85%) Azure Certification
9 19 (6.51%) CISA
10 16 (5.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 13 (4.45%) CRISC
11 13 (4.45%) Master's Degree
12 7 (2.40%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (2.05%) DV Cleared
14 5 (1.71%) CCNP
15 4 (1.37%) CCIE
15 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (1.37%) SSCP
16 3 (1.03%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 232 (79.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (21.23%) GDPR
3 44 (15.07%) PCI DSS
4 36 (12.33%) NCSC
5 25 (8.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 23 (7.88%) SOC 2
7 21 (7.19%) COBIT
8 18 (6.16%) GRC
8 18 (6.16%) HIPAA
9 15 (5.14%) NIST 800
10 13 (4.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 9 (3.08%) SOC 1
12 8 (2.74%) QA
13 4 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 3 (1.03%) RMADS
15 2 (0.68%) Def Stans
15 2 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
16 1 (0.34%) GPG13
16 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 103 (35.27%) Active Directory
2 16 (5.48%) Docker
3 2 (0.68%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 86 (29.45%) Terraform
2 16 (5.48%) Kubernetes
3 9 (3.08%) RSA Archer
4 5 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.03%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 3 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.68%) Grafana
6 2 (0.68%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (0.68%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.68%) Proxmox
6 2 (0.68%) Puppet
7 1 (0.34%) Ansible
7 1 (0.34%) CASB
7 1 (0.34%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.34%) MaaS360
7 1 (0.34%) Nmap
Vendors
1 85 (29.11%) Thales
2 40 (13.70%) Microsoft
3 22 (7.53%) SAP
4 16 (5.48%) Google
5 4 (1.37%) Cisco
5 4 (1.37%) Juniper
5 4 (1.37%) Okta
5 4 (1.37%) VMware
6 3 (1.03%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.03%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.68%) arcserve
7 2 (0.68%) ESRI
7 2 (0.68%) Forcepoint
7 2 (0.68%) Rapid7
7 2 (0.68%) Ruckus Wireless
7 2 (0.68%) SolarWinds
7 2 (0.68%) Sophos
7 2 (0.68%) Splunk
8 1 (0.34%) Meraki
8 1 (0.34%) OneTrust