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 5 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 230 284
Rank change year-on-year +130 +54 +1
Permanent jobs citing NIST 437 176 316
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.57% 1.37% 1.00%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.29% 7.66% 7.42%
Number of salaries quoted 212 140 274
10th Percentile £50,000 £39,450 £38,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £92,500 £82,200 £83,750
90th Percentile £107,250 £92,750 £89,250
UK median annual salary £73,706 £71,746 £68,500
% change year-on-year +2.73% +4.74% -2.14%

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 3,058 2,299 4,257
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.99% 17.86% 13.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,804 1,558 3,287
10th Percentile £35,750 £35,925 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,397 £46,309 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,624 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.03% +5.43% -4.17%
75th Percentile £82,219 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +14.29% -8.70%

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 5 April 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 1 (0.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 154 (35.24%) Azure
2 68 (15.56%) Entra ID
3 58 (13.27%) AWS
4 56 (12.81%) Google Workspace
5 22 (5.03%) GCP
6 21 (4.81%) Nutanix
7 18 (4.12%) Microsoft 365
8 14 (3.20%) SaaS
9 9 (2.06%) PaaS
10 7 (1.60%) AWS CloudFormation
10 7 (1.60%) IaaS
11 4 (0.92%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (0.69%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 2 (0.46%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (0.46%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Purview
14 1 (0.23%) Amazon Bedrock
14 1 (0.23%) Azure Cognitive Search
14 1 (0.23%) Copilot Studio
14 1 (0.23%) Google Gemini
Communications & Networking
1 58 (13.27%) Broadband
2 40 (9.15%) Firewall
3 34 (7.78%) Network Security
4 24 (5.49%) CHAP
5 14 (3.20%) DNS
6 11 (2.52%) VPN
7 7 (1.60%) Intrusion Detection
8 6 (1.37%) DMZ
9 5 (1.14%) DHCP
10 4 (0.92%) SSL
11 3 (0.69%) SCCP
11 3 (0.69%) VLAN
12 2 (0.46%) TCP/IP
13 1 (0.23%) ATM
13 1 (0.23%) HTTP
13 1 (0.23%) LAN
13 1 (0.23%) MPLS
13 1 (0.23%) SNMP
13 1 (0.23%) VoIP
13 1 (0.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.23%) DB2
1 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database
1 1 (0.23%) Power BI
1 1 (0.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (1.37%) Git
1 6 (1.37%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.23%) JIRA
General
1 146 (33.41%) Social Skills
2 131 (29.98%) Finance
3 78 (17.85%) Banking
4 72 (16.48%) Organisational Skills
5 37 (8.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (7.78%) Games
7 32 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
7 32 (7.32%) Law
8 29 (6.64%) Financial Institution
8 29 (6.64%) Public Sector
9 26 (5.95%) Legal
10 22 (5.03%) Retail
11 17 (3.89%) Manufacturing
11 17 (3.89%) Telecoms
12 16 (3.66%) Electronics
12 16 (3.66%) Marketing
13 6 (1.37%) Aviation
14 3 (0.69%) Back Office
14 3 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 82 (18.76%) Lead
2 57 (13.04%) Senior
3 42 (9.61%) Architect
4 41 (9.38%) Security Manager
5 36 (8.24%) Consultant
6 34 (7.78%) Analyst
7 28 (6.41%) Security Consultant
8 26 (5.95%) Auditor
9 25 (5.72%) Security Analyst
10 24 (5.49%) Security Auditor
11 23 (5.26%) Internal Auditor
12 21 (4.81%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 21 (4.81%) Developer
12 21 (4.81%) IAM Developer
12 21 (4.81%) Security Specialist
13 17 (3.89%) Security Architect
13 17 (3.89%) Solutions Architect
14 16 (3.66%) Senior Manager
14 16 (3.66%) Systems Engineer
15 15 (3.43%) IT Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (13.96%) OAuth
1 61 (13.96%) OpenID
1 61 (13.96%) SAML
2 59 (13.50%) REST
2 59 (13.50%) SOAP
3 58 (13.27%) GraphQL
4 56 (12.81%) LDAP
5 16 (3.66%) SAP CAF
6 4 (0.92%) ARM Templates
6 4 (0.92%) React
6 4 (0.92%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.46%) JSON
7 2 (0.46%) YAML
8 1 (0.23%) CSS
8 1 (0.23%) HTML
8 1 (0.23%) JSP
8 1 (0.23%) LangChain
8 1 (0.23%) Middleware
8 1 (0.23%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 139 (31.81%) Cyber Threat
2 78 (17.85%) Cyberattack
3 77 (17.62%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 74 (16.93%) Operational Technology
4 74 (16.93%) Security Operations Centre
5 50 (11.44%) Management Information System
6 48 (10.98%) Security Posture
7 26 (5.95%) Cloud Native
8 23 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
9 13 (2.97%) Blockchain
9 13 (2.97%) Blog
9 13 (2.97%) PKI
10 11 (2.52%) Cyber Defence
11 8 (1.83%) Cloud Security Posture
12 6 (1.37%) Onboarding
13 5 (1.14%) Cyber Security Posture
14 4 (0.92%) Data Centre
14 4 (0.92%) Digital Media
15 3 (0.69%) Driving Licence
15 3 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.52%) Windows
2 10 (2.29%) Linux
3 6 (1.37%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.23%) AIX
4 1 (0.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (52.86%) Cybersecurity
2 228 (52.17%) Risk Management
3 192 (43.94%) Roadmaps
4 152 (34.78%) Vulnerability Management
5 149 (34.10%) Information Security
6 145 (33.18%) Mentoring
7 119 (27.23%) Stakeholder Management
8 97 (22.20%) Security Operations
9 92 (21.05%) ITIL
10 86 (19.68%) Threat Intelligence
11 85 (19.45%) Coaching
12 82 (18.76%) Incident Response
12 82 (18.76%) Risk Assessment
13 80 (18.31%) Business Strategy
14 79 (18.08%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 77 (17.62%) SABSA
15 77 (17.62%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
16 69 (15.79%) Cyber Intelligence
16 69 (15.79%) Technology Roadmap
17 68 (15.56%) Change Advisory Board
Programming Languages
1 100 (22.88%) PowerShell
2 60 (13.73%) Bash
3 56 (12.81%) T-SQL
4 30 (6.86%) SQL
5 28 (6.41%) Python
6 7 (1.60%) Bicep
7 5 (1.14%) Java
8 3 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.23%) C
9 1 (0.23%) C++
Qualifications
1 177 (40.50%) CISSP
2 112 (25.63%) CISM
3 87 (19.91%) CISA
4 64 (14.65%) CRISC
4 64 (14.65%) Security Cleared
5 51 (11.67%) Degree
6 50 (11.44%) SC Cleared
7 40 (9.15%) SANS
8 26 (5.95%) CGEIT
9 25 (5.72%) CEH
9 25 (5.72%) FFIEC
10 21 (4.81%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 18 (4.12%) Cisco Certification
12 17 (3.89%) DV Cleared
13 16 (3.66%) CompTIA Security+
14 15 (3.43%) Computer Science Degree
15 13 (2.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 12 (2.75%) Azure Certification
16 12 (2.75%) ISACA
17 11 (2.52%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 285 (65.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 87 (19.91%) PCI DSS
3 85 (19.45%) GDPR
4 83 (18.99%) NCSC
5 69 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 50 (11.44%) GRC
7 44 (10.07%) Cyber Essentials
8 30 (6.86%) COBIT
9 21 (4.81%) SOC 2
10 16 (3.66%) ISO 22301
11 13 (2.97%) JSP 440
11 13 (2.97%) NIST 800
12 11 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (1.83%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 8 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 8 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 7 (1.60%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
16 4 (0.92%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 4 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 70 (16.02%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.75%) Docker
3 4 (0.92%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (3.66%) Kubernetes
2 15 (3.43%) Terraform
3 9 (2.06%) Ansible
3 9 (2.06%) RSA Archer
4 7 (1.60%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 4 (0.92%) SCCM
6 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.46%) WSUS
7 1 (0.23%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.23%) Nessus
7 1 (0.23%) OpenView
7 1 (0.23%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 48 (10.98%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.72%) VMware
3 21 (4.81%) Commvault
4 18 (4.12%) SAP
5 16 (3.66%) Google
6 5 (1.14%) ForgeRock
6 5 (1.14%) Okta
7 4 (0.92%) Salesforce
7 4 (0.92%) Sophos
8 3 (0.69%) Cisco
8 3 (0.69%) CyberArk
8 3 (0.69%) Fortinet
8 3 (0.69%) Oracle
8 3 (0.69%) Palo Alto
8 3 (0.69%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.69%) Splunk
9 2 (0.46%) Sage
9 2 (0.46%) Tenable
9 2 (0.46%) Xero
10 1 (0.23%) OpenAI