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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 266 311
Rank change year-on-year +123 +45 -39
Permanent jobs citing NIST 352 170 304
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.81% 1.13% 0.89%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.24% 6.00% 7.09%
Number of salaries quoted 240 140 256
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £40,250
25th Percentile £55,886 £53,649 £56,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £67,250
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +0.37% -3.93%
75th Percentile £92,500 £88,333 £84,919
90th Percentile £112,500 £104,125 £90,000
UK median annual salary £74,213 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +2.36% +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 3,131 2,834 4,290
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.09% 18.78% 12.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,006 1,512 3,246
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,778 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +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 9 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:

Applications
1 9 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 139 (39.49%) Azure
2 64 (18.18%) Entra ID
3 63 (17.90%) AWS
4 51 (14.49%) Google Workspace
5 35 (9.94%) GCP
6 22 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
7 18 (5.11%) SaaS
8 12 (3.41%) Anthropic Claude
8 12 (3.41%) Zapier
9 11 (3.13%) Nutanix
10 9 (2.56%) IaaS
10 9 (2.56%) PaaS
11 8 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (1.99%) Power Platform
13 6 (1.70%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
14 4 (1.14%) Vertex AI
15 3 (0.85%) Mimecast
15 3 (0.85%) Serverless
16 2 (0.57%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 56 (15.91%) Network Security
2 54 (15.34%) Broadband
3 49 (13.92%) Firewall
4 21 (5.97%) CHAP
5 18 (5.11%) DNS
5 18 (5.11%) VPN
6 12 (3.41%) SSL
7 11 (3.13%) DHCP
8 10 (2.84%) SSH
9 9 (2.56%) VLAN
10 8 (2.27%) WAN
11 7 (1.99%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (1.99%) MPLS
11 7 (1.99%) NGFW
11 7 (1.99%) SNMP
12 6 (1.70%) BGP
12 6 (1.70%) DMZ
12 6 (1.70%) FTP
12 6 (1.70%) ICMP
12 6 (1.70%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.99%) Power BI
2 4 (1.14%) Tableau
3 1 (0.28%) Db2
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.28%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (1.70%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.42%) Git
3 2 (0.57%) Yeoman
4 1 (0.28%) JIRA
General
1 134 (38.07%) Social Skills
2 80 (22.73%) Finance
3 63 (17.90%) Organisational Skills
4 52 (14.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 46 (13.07%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (10.51%) Banking
7 29 (8.24%) Law
7 29 (8.24%) Retail
8 28 (7.95%) Public Sector
9 27 (7.67%) Legal
10 26 (7.39%) Games
11 22 (6.25%) Financial Institution
12 14 (3.98%) Aviation
13 6 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.85%) Back Office
14 3 (0.85%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.57%) Electronics
15 2 (0.57%) Marketing
15 2 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 79 (22.44%) Architect
2 57 (16.19%) Senior
3 40 (11.36%) Analyst
3 40 (11.36%) Security Manager
4 37 (10.51%) Security Architect
5 36 (10.23%) Consultant
6 35 (9.94%) Security Analyst
7 25 (7.10%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 25 (7.10%) Security Consultant
8 23 (6.53%) Auditor
9 22 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
10 21 (5.97%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 21 (5.97%) Security Auditor
11 20 (5.68%) Internal Auditor
12 18 (5.11%) Information Manager
13 17 (4.83%) Developer
13 17 (4.83%) IAM Developer
14 16 (4.55%) Security Specialist
14 16 (4.55%) Senior Manager
14 16 (4.55%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (17.33%) OAuth
1 61 (17.33%) SAML
2 55 (15.63%) OpenID
3 51 (14.49%) REST
3 51 (14.49%) SOAP
4 50 (14.20%) GraphQL
4 50 (14.20%) LDAP
5 7 (1.99%) Microsoft Graph
6 4 (1.14%) ARM Templates
6 4 (1.14%) RESTful
7 3 (0.85%) ModSecurity
8 2 (0.57%) SAP CAF
9 1 (0.28%) CSS
9 1 (0.28%) HTML
9 1 (0.28%) JSP
9 1 (0.28%) LangChain
9 1 (0.28%) Middleware
9 1 (0.28%) pgvector
9 1 (0.28%) SailPoint
9 1 (0.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 80 (22.73%) Cyberattack
2 61 (17.33%) Cyber Threat
3 56 (15.91%) Security Posture
4 48 (13.64%) Management Information System
5 25 (7.10%) Cloud Native
6 18 (5.11%) PKI
7 16 (4.55%) Cyber Defence
8 15 (4.26%) Hybrid Cloud
9 13 (3.69%) Blog
9 13 (3.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 10 (2.84%) Blockchain
10 10 (2.84%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (2.56%) Cyber Security Posture
11 9 (2.56%) Onboarding
12 8 (2.27%) Cloud Security Posture
12 8 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (1.99%) Operational Technology
14 3 (0.85%) Driving Licence
14 3 (0.85%) Freedom of Information
14 3 (0.85%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.40%) Windows
2 11 (3.13%) Linux
3 7 (1.99%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.28%) AIX
4 1 (0.28%) CentOS
4 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (67.33%) Cybersecurity
2 125 (35.51%) Information Security
3 110 (31.25%) Risk Management
4 95 (26.99%) Roadmaps
5 94 (26.70%) Vulnerability Management
6 84 (23.86%) Incident Response
7 78 (22.16%) Cloud Security
8 75 (21.31%) Identity Access Management
9 70 (19.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 68 (19.32%) Problem-Solving
11 65 (18.47%) Mentoring
12 60 (17.05%) Regulatory Compliance
13 56 (15.91%) Agile
13 56 (15.91%) Programme Delivery
14 55 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
15 54 (15.34%) Stakeholder Management
16 53 (15.06%) SIEM
17 51 (14.49%) Security Architecture
18 45 (12.78%) Project Management
19 44 (12.50%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 85 (24.15%) PowerShell
2 53 (15.06%) Bash
3 50 (14.20%) T-SQL
4 26 (7.39%) SQL
5 20 (5.68%) Python
6 5 (1.42%) Bicep
7 1 (0.28%) C
7 1 (0.28%) C++
7 1 (0.28%) Java
7 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 130 (36.93%) CISSP
2 115 (32.67%) CISM
3 69 (19.60%) Security Cleared
4 58 (16.48%) SC Cleared
5 57 (16.19%) Degree
6 42 (11.93%) CISA
7 35 (9.94%) SANS
8 24 (6.82%) CRISC
9 23 (6.53%) DV Cleared
9 23 (6.53%) FFIEC
10 21 (5.97%) CGEIT
11 17 (4.83%) Computer Science Degree
12 15 (4.26%) CEH
12 15 (4.26%) ISACA
13 13 (3.69%) Cisco Certification
13 13 (3.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 12 (3.41%) Azure Certification
14 12 (3.41%) CompTIA Security+
15 11 (3.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 9 (2.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 246 (69.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 96 (27.27%) GDPR
3 85 (24.15%) NCSC
4 51 (14.49%) GRC
4 51 (14.49%) PCI DSS
5 43 (12.22%) Cyber Essentials
6 32 (9.09%) COBIT
7 17 (4.83%) JSP 440
7 17 (4.83%) NIST 800
7 17 (4.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 17 (4.83%) SOC 2
8 16 (4.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 12 (3.41%) ISO 22301
10 10 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 7 (1.99%) Government Security Classifications
12 6 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 5 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 5 (1.42%) QA
System Software
1 74 (21.02%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.41%) Docker
3 4 (1.14%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (4.26%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.84%) Terraform
3 9 (2.56%) Ansible
3 9 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.27%) RSA Archer
5 7 (1.99%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 7 (1.99%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.70%) CASB
6 6 (1.70%) FortiGate
7 5 (1.42%) SCCM
8 2 (0.57%) WSUS
9 1 (0.28%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.28%) OpenView
9 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 58 (16.48%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.68%) Google
3 16 (4.55%) VMware
4 13 (3.69%) OpenAI
5 11 (3.13%) Cisco
5 11 (3.13%) Commvault
5 11 (3.13%) Palo Alto
6 5 (1.42%) ForgeRock
6 5 (1.42%) Okta
6 5 (1.42%) Splunk
7 4 (1.14%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.14%) SAP
7 4 (1.14%) Sophos
7 4 (1.14%) Tenable
7 4 (1.14%) Thales
8 3 (0.85%) Fortinet
8 3 (0.85%) Oracle
9 2 (0.57%) Citrix
9 2 (0.57%) Qualys
9 2 (0.57%) Sage