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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 231 330
Rank change year-on-year +86 +99 -72
Permanent jobs citing NIST 392 210 256
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.84% 1.27% 0.80%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.98% 7.16% 6.24%
Number of salaries quoted 253 181 210
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,706 £69,384 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.23% -4.30% +3.57%
75th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £84,919
90th Percentile £105,000 £107,350 £95,000
UK median annual salary £73,706 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +1.66% - +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 3,571 2,933 4,102
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.72% 17.77% 12.90%
Number of salaries quoted 2,259 1,654 3,007
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £34,089
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £44,744
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -3.39%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,933 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +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 16 July 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 (1.53%) SAS
2 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 163 (41.58%) Azure
2 114 (29.08%) AWS
3 72 (18.37%) SaaS
4 44 (11.22%) Entra ID
5 37 (9.44%) GCP
6 31 (7.91%) Microsoft 365
7 28 (7.14%) Google Workspace
8 12 (3.06%) Anthropic Claude
8 12 (3.06%) IaaS
8 12 (3.06%) PaaS
8 12 (3.06%) Zapier
9 10 (2.55%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (2.04%) AWS CloudFormation
10 8 (2.04%) Nutanix
11 6 (1.53%) Power Platform
12 5 (1.28%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (1.02%) Mimecast
13 4 (1.02%) Vertex AI
14 3 (0.77%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 61 (15.56%) Network Security
2 47 (11.99%) Firewall
3 30 (7.65%) Broadband
4 26 (6.63%) VPN
5 21 (5.36%) DNS
6 15 (3.83%) DHCP
7 14 (3.57%) SSH
7 14 (3.57%) SSL
8 13 (3.32%) CHAP
8 13 (3.32%) VLAN
9 12 (3.06%) WAN
10 11 (2.81%) HTTP
10 11 (2.81%) MPLS
10 11 (2.81%) SNMP
11 10 (2.55%) BGP
11 10 (2.55%) FTP
11 10 (2.55%) ICMP
11 10 (2.55%) IPsec
11 10 (2.55%) SD-WAN
12 7 (1.79%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.53%) Power BI
2 4 (1.02%) Tableau
3 1 (0.26%) Db2
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.26%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (1.28%) Git
1 5 (1.28%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.77%) JIRA
3 2 (0.51%) Yeoman
4 1 (0.26%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.26%) Metasploit
General
1 127 (32.40%) Social Skills
2 83 (21.17%) Finance
3 62 (15.82%) Law
4 57 (14.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 52 (13.27%) Analytical Skills
6 39 (9.95%) Organisational Skills
7 34 (8.67%) Banking
8 33 (8.42%) Legal
9 31 (7.91%) Public Sector
10 27 (6.89%) Retail
11 18 (4.59%) Financial Institution
12 13 (3.32%) Games
13 8 (2.04%) Aviation
14 7 (1.79%) Back Office
15 6 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (1.28%) French Language
16 5 (1.28%) German Language
17 2 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
17 2 (0.51%) Social Housing
18 1 (0.26%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 83 (21.17%) Architect
2 70 (17.86%) Senior
3 54 (13.78%) Consultant
4 46 (11.73%) IT Manager
5 44 (11.22%) IT Services Manager
5 44 (11.22%) Resilience Manager
5 44 (11.22%) Service Manager
6 42 (10.71%) Security Architect
6 42 (10.71%) Security Consultant
7 41 (10.46%) Analyst
8 38 (9.69%) Security Analyst
9 37 (9.44%) Security Manager
10 26 (6.63%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 23 (5.87%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 21 (5.36%) Solutions Architect
13 19 (4.85%) Senior Consultant
14 15 (3.83%) Auditor
14 15 (3.83%) Senior Manager
15 14 (3.57%) Security Engineer
15 14 (3.57%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (11.48%) Middleware
2 41 (10.46%) OAuth
2 41 (10.46%) SAML
3 31 (7.91%) OpenID
4 27 (6.89%) REST
4 27 (6.89%) SOAP
5 26 (6.63%) GraphQL
5 26 (6.63%) LDAP
6 7 (1.79%) ARM Templates
6 7 (1.79%) Microsoft Graph
7 5 (1.28%) ModSecurity
8 4 (1.02%) RESTful
9 2 (0.51%) SailPoint
10 1 (0.26%) CSS
10 1 (0.26%) HTML
10 1 (0.26%) JSP
10 1 (0.26%) LangChain
10 1 (0.26%) LlamaIndex
10 1 (0.26%) pgvector
10 1 (0.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 84 (21.43%) Cyber Threat
2 64 (16.33%) Security Posture
3 56 (14.29%) Cyberattack
4 54 (13.78%) Management Information System
5 28 (7.14%) Cloud Native
6 18 (4.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 15 (3.83%) PKI
8 14 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (3.57%) Onboarding
8 14 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (3.32%) Hybrid Cloud
10 12 (3.06%) Blog
11 11 (2.81%) Cyber Defence
12 8 (2.04%) Cloud Security Posture
12 8 (2.04%) Operational Technology
13 7 (1.79%) Freedom of Information
13 7 (1.79%) Freedom of Information Act
14 6 (1.53%) Blockchain
14 6 (1.53%) Cyber Security Posture
15 4 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.08%) Windows
2 12 (3.06%) Linux
3 5 (1.28%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.26%) AIX
4 1 (0.26%) CentOS
4 1 (0.26%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (58.42%) Cybersecurity
2 181 (46.17%) Information Security
3 119 (30.36%) Risk Management
4 111 (28.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 104 (26.53%) Agile
6 95 (24.23%) Disaster Recovery
7 93 (23.72%) Incident Response
8 89 (22.70%) Cloud Security
9 85 (21.68%) Roadmaps
9 85 (21.68%) Vulnerability Management
10 83 (21.17%) Problem-Solving
11 78 (19.90%) Business Continuity
12 76 (19.39%) DevOps
13 74 (18.88%) Continuous Improvement
14 73 (18.62%) ITIL
15 66 (16.84%) Enterprise Architecture
16 65 (16.58%) Identity Access Management
17 63 (16.07%) SIEM
18 61 (15.56%) Programme Delivery
19 59 (15.05%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 59 (15.05%) PowerShell
2 28 (7.14%) Bash
3 26 (6.63%) T-SQL
4 22 (5.61%) Python
5 15 (3.83%) SQL
6 8 (2.04%) Bicep
7 2 (0.51%) Java
7 2 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.26%) Go
8 1 (0.26%) Rust
Qualifications
1 184 (46.94%) CISSP
2 167 (42.60%) CISM
3 79 (20.15%) Security Cleared
4 65 (16.58%) Degree
4 65 (16.58%) SC Cleared
5 44 (11.22%) ITIL Certification
6 42 (10.71%) CISA
7 39 (9.95%) CRISC
8 22 (5.61%) DV Cleared
9 21 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (5.10%) SANS
11 16 (4.08%) FFIEC
12 15 (3.83%) CEH
12 15 (3.83%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 13 (3.32%) CGEIT
13 13 (3.32%) CompTIA Security+
13 13 (3.32%) ISACA
13 13 (3.32%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 12 (3.06%) GIAC
15 11 (2.81%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 257 (65.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 101 (25.77%) GDPR
3 66 (16.84%) NCSC
4 60 (15.31%) GRC
5 57 (14.54%) PCI DSS
6 55 (14.03%) ISO 22301
7 44 (11.22%) Cyber Essentials
8 29 (7.40%) COBIT
9 26 (6.63%) SOC 2
10 20 (5.10%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 18 (4.59%) JSP 440
11 18 (4.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 17 (4.34%) NIST 800
13 10 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 8 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 8 (2.04%) SOC 1
15 7 (1.79%) Government Security Classifications
16 5 (1.28%) Actionable Recommendations
16 5 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 4 (1.02%) Def Stans
System Software
1 43 (10.97%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.06%) Docker
3 1 (0.26%) Firmware
3 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (4.59%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.55%) CASB
2 10 (2.55%) FortiGate
2 10 (2.55%) Terraform
3 9 (2.30%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.28%) Ansible
6 3 (0.77%) SCCM
7 1 (0.26%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.26%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.26%) Nessus
7 1 (0.26%) Nmap
7 1 (0.26%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.26%) OpenView
7 1 (0.26%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.26%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 76 (19.39%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.36%) Google
3 17 (4.34%) Palo Alto
4 16 (4.08%) Cisco
5 13 (3.32%) OpenAI
6 10 (2.55%) VMware
7 9 (2.30%) Splunk
8 8 (2.04%) Commvault
8 8 (2.04%) Qualys
9 7 (1.79%) Tanium
10 6 (1.53%) Okta
11 5 (1.28%) ForgeRock
11 5 (1.28%) Oracle
12 4 (1.02%) Sophos
12 4 (1.02%) Tenable
12 4 (1.02%) Thales
13 3 (0.77%) CrowdStrike
13 3 (0.77%) Forcepoint
13 3 (0.77%) New Relic
13 3 (0.77%) Zerto