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 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 258 310
Rank change year-on-year +105 +52 -40
Permanent jobs citing NIST 357 181 303
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.75% 1.16% 0.90%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.79% 6.31% 7.10%
Number of salaries quoted 250 153 248
10th Percentile £49,975 £47,500 £40,250
25th Percentile £56,063 £53,649 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -1.82% -1.79%
75th Percentile £91,250 £88,333 £84,919
90th Percentile £112,500 £97,500 £91,991
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £70,750
% change year-on-year +3.45% +2.47% +1.07%

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 3,309 2,868 4,265
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.24% 18.33% 12.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,170 1,577 3,174
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,750 £34,089
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,508
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.17% +9.52% -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 26 June 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 2 (0.56%) SAS
2 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 131 (36.69%) Azure
2 66 (18.49%) AWS
3 56 (15.69%) Entra ID
4 40 (11.20%) Google Workspace
5 36 (10.08%) GCP
6 27 (7.56%) Microsoft 365
7 26 (7.28%) SaaS
8 12 (3.36%) Anthropic Claude
8 12 (3.36%) Zapier
9 9 (2.52%) IaaS
9 9 (2.52%) Nutanix
9 9 (2.52%) PaaS
10 7 (1.96%) AWS CloudFormation
11 6 (1.68%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (1.68%) Power Platform
12 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (1.12%) Mimecast
12 4 (1.12%) Vertex AI
13 3 (0.84%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (0.84%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 60 (16.81%) Network Security
2 50 (14.01%) Firewall
3 43 (12.04%) Broadband
4 21 (5.88%) VPN
5 19 (5.32%) DNS
6 17 (4.76%) CHAP
7 13 (3.64%) DHCP
8 12 (3.36%) SSH
8 12 (3.36%) SSL
9 11 (3.08%) VLAN
10 10 (2.80%) WAN
11 9 (2.52%) HTTP
11 9 (2.52%) MPLS
11 9 (2.52%) SNMP
12 8 (2.24%) BGP
12 8 (2.24%) FTP
12 8 (2.24%) ICMP
12 8 (2.24%) IPsec
12 8 (2.24%) SD-WAN
13 7 (1.96%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.68%) Power BI
2 4 (1.12%) Tableau
3 1 (0.28%) Db2
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.28%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (1.40%) Git
1 5 (1.40%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.56%) JIRA
2 2 (0.56%) Yeoman
3 1 (0.28%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.28%) Metasploit
General
1 135 (37.82%) Social Skills
2 86 (24.09%) Finance
3 56 (15.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 54 (15.13%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (14.85%) Organisational Skills
6 38 (10.64%) Banking
7 35 (9.80%) Legal
8 30 (8.40%) Law
8 30 (8.40%) Retail
9 29 (8.12%) Public Sector
10 20 (5.60%) Games
11 19 (5.32%) Financial Institution
12 12 (3.36%) Aviation
13 7 (1.96%) Back Office
14 6 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.56%) French Language
15 2 (0.56%) German Language
15 2 (0.56%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.56%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 83 (23.25%) Architect
2 64 (17.93%) Senior
3 47 (13.17%) Consultant
4 43 (12.04%) Analyst
5 41 (11.48%) Security Architect
6 38 (10.64%) Security Analyst
7 36 (10.08%) Security Consultant
7 36 (10.08%) Security Manager
8 24 (6.72%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 23 (6.44%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 22 (6.16%) Solutions Architect
11 19 (5.32%) Auditor
12 17 (4.76%) Information Manager
12 17 (4.76%) Security Auditor
13 16 (4.48%) Internal Auditor
14 15 (4.20%) Senior Manager
15 14 (3.92%) Information Security Manager
15 14 (3.92%) Security Engineer
15 14 (3.92%) Security Specialist
16 13 (3.64%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (14.57%) OAuth
1 52 (14.57%) SAML
2 44 (12.32%) OpenID
3 40 (11.20%) REST
3 40 (11.20%) SOAP
4 39 (10.92%) GraphQL
4 39 (10.92%) LDAP
5 7 (1.96%) Microsoft Graph
6 5 (1.40%) ModSecurity
7 4 (1.12%) ARM Templates
7 4 (1.12%) RESTful
8 1 (0.28%) CSS
8 1 (0.28%) HTML
8 1 (0.28%) JSP
8 1 (0.28%) LangChain
8 1 (0.28%) Middleware
8 1 (0.28%) pgvector
8 1 (0.28%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.28%) SAP CAF
8 1 (0.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 69 (19.33%) Cyberattack
2 62 (17.37%) Security Posture
3 50 (14.01%) Cyber Threat
4 49 (13.73%) Management Information System
5 26 (7.28%) Cloud Native
6 17 (4.76%) PKI
7 15 (4.20%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 14 (3.92%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (3.64%) Cyber Defence
9 13 (3.64%) Hybrid Cloud
10 12 (3.36%) Blog
11 10 (2.80%) Onboarding
12 8 (2.24%) Blockchain
12 8 (2.24%) Cyber Security Posture
12 8 (2.24%) Operational Technology
13 7 (1.96%) Cloud Security Posture
13 7 (1.96%) Freedom of Information
13 7 (1.96%) Freedom of Information Act
14 3 (0.84%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.76%) Windows
2 11 (3.08%) Linux
3 6 (1.68%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.28%) AIX
4 1 (0.28%) CentOS
4 1 (0.28%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (66.95%) Cybersecurity
2 137 (38.38%) Information Security
3 118 (33.05%) Risk Management
4 93 (26.05%) Vulnerability Management
5 91 (25.49%) Incident Response
6 88 (24.65%) Roadmaps
7 82 (22.97%) Cloud Security
8 78 (21.85%) Problem-Solving
9 71 (19.89%) Identity Access Management
9 71 (19.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 66 (18.49%) Continuous Improvement
11 61 (17.09%) SIEM
12 60 (16.81%) Agile
13 57 (15.97%) Mentoring
14 54 (15.13%) Security Architecture
14 54 (15.13%) Stakeholder Management
15 53 (14.85%) Regulatory Compliance
16 48 (13.45%) Threat Modelling
17 45 (12.61%) Programme Delivery
17 45 (12.61%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 71 (19.89%) PowerShell
2 41 (11.48%) Bash
3 39 (10.92%) T-SQL
4 21 (5.88%) SQL
5 18 (5.04%) Python
6 5 (1.40%) Bicep
7 1 (0.28%) Java
7 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 141 (39.50%) CISSP
2 126 (35.29%) CISM
3 76 (21.29%) Security Cleared
4 64 (17.93%) SC Cleared
5 58 (16.25%) Degree
6 46 (12.89%) CISA
7 37 (10.36%) CRISC
8 30 (8.40%) SANS
9 23 (6.44%) DV Cleared
10 21 (5.88%) FFIEC
11 19 (5.32%) ISACA
12 18 (5.04%) Computer Science Degree
13 17 (4.76%) CGEIT
14 15 (4.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 14 (3.92%) CEH
15 14 (3.92%) CompTIA Security+
16 12 (3.36%) Cisco Certification
16 12 (3.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 11 (3.08%) Azure Certification
17 11 (3.08%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 260 (72.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 100 (28.01%) GDPR
3 77 (21.57%) NCSC
4 57 (15.97%) GRC
4 57 (15.97%) PCI DSS
5 46 (12.89%) Cyber Essentials
6 34 (9.52%) COBIT
7 22 (6.16%) SOC 2
8 19 (5.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 18 (5.04%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 18 (5.04%) JSP 440
9 18 (5.04%) NIST 800
10 10 (2.80%) ISO 22301
11 9 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 9 (2.52%) SOC 1
12 7 (1.96%) Government Security Classifications
12 7 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 6 (1.68%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 5 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 59 (16.53%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.08%) Docker
3 3 (0.84%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (4.20%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (2.52%) Terraform
3 8 (2.24%) CASB
3 8 (2.24%) FortiGate
3 8 (2.24%) RSA Archer
3 8 (2.24%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (1.96%) Ansible
4 7 (1.96%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 5 (1.40%) SCCM
6 1 (0.28%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (0.28%) Nessus
6 1 (0.28%) Nmap
6 1 (0.28%) OpenVAS
6 1 (0.28%) OpenView
6 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.28%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.28%) WSUS
Vendors
1 67 (18.77%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.60%) Google
3 15 (4.20%) Palo Alto
4 14 (3.92%) Cisco
5 13 (3.64%) OpenAI
5 13 (3.64%) VMware
6 9 (2.52%) Commvault
6 9 (2.52%) Splunk
7 7 (1.96%) Qualys
8 5 (1.40%) ForgeRock
8 5 (1.40%) Okta
8 5 (1.40%) Oracle
9 4 (1.12%) Sophos
9 4 (1.12%) Tanium
9 4 (1.12%) Tenable
9 4 (1.12%) Thales
10 3 (0.84%) Forcepoint
10 3 (0.84%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.84%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.84%) SAP