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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 225 319
Rank change year-on-year +63 +94 -60
Permanent jobs citing NIST 386 235 193
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.73% 1.42% 0.76%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.29% 7.89% 5.68%
Number of salaries quoted 252 202 151
10th Percentile £48,400 £47,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,544 £52,500 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,706 £67,500 £66,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.19% +1.50% -5.00%
75th Percentile £88,750 £89,688 £81,875
90th Percentile £104,750 £107,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £74,213 £71,250 £72,500
% change year-on-year +4.16% -1.72% +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 3,753 2,978 3,395
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.85% 18.05% 13.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,350 1,694 2,388
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £60,000 £58,465
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +2.63% -2.56%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.54%

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 4 August 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 (1.55%) SAS
2 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 143 (37.05%) Azure
2 117 (30.31%) AWS
3 75 (19.43%) SaaS
4 38 (9.84%) GCP
5 31 (8.03%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (6.74%) Entra ID
7 12 (3.11%) Anthropic Claude
7 12 (3.11%) Zapier
8 10 (2.59%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (2.59%) IaaS
8 10 (2.59%) PaaS
9 9 (2.33%) AWS CloudFormation
9 9 (2.33%) Google Workspace
10 6 (1.55%) Power Platform
11 5 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.30%) Nutanix
12 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (1.04%) Mimecast
12 4 (1.04%) Vertex AI
13 3 (0.78%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 63 (16.32%) Network Security
2 52 (13.47%) Firewall
3 25 (6.48%) VPN
4 20 (5.18%) DNS
5 15 (3.89%) WAN
6 14 (3.63%) DHCP
6 14 (3.63%) SSH
6 14 (3.63%) SSL
7 13 (3.37%) Broadband
7 13 (3.37%) SD-WAN
7 13 (3.37%) VLAN
8 11 (2.85%) HTTP
8 11 (2.85%) MPLS
8 11 (2.85%) SNMP
9 10 (2.59%) BGP
9 10 (2.59%) FTP
9 10 (2.59%) ICMP
9 10 (2.59%) IPsec
10 9 (2.33%) CHAP
11 8 (2.07%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.55%) Power BI
2 4 (1.04%) Tableau
3 2 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.52%) ZAP BI
4 1 (0.26%) Db2
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 7 (1.81%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.04%) Git
3 3 (0.78%) JIRA
4 2 (0.52%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.52%) GitLab
4 2 (0.52%) JUnit
4 2 (0.52%) NUnit
4 2 (0.52%) Postman
4 2 (0.52%) Selenium
4 2 (0.52%) Snyk
4 2 (0.52%) SonarQube
4 2 (0.52%) Yeoman
5 1 (0.26%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.26%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.26%) TeamCity
General
1 126 (32.64%) Social Skills
2 77 (19.95%) Finance
3 65 (16.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 64 (16.58%) Law
5 54 (13.99%) Analytical Skills
6 34 (8.81%) Legal
6 34 (8.81%) Public Sector
7 31 (8.03%) Banking
8 29 (7.51%) Retail
9 19 (4.92%) Organisational Skills
10 16 (4.15%) Financial Institution
11 12 (3.11%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (2.07%) Aviation
12 8 (2.07%) French Language
13 7 (1.81%) Back Office
13 7 (1.81%) German Language
14 4 (1.04%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.04%) Military
15 3 (0.78%) Police
15 3 (0.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 77 (19.95%) Architect
2 64 (16.58%) Senior
3 59 (15.28%) Consultant
4 50 (12.95%) IT Manager
5 49 (12.69%) Security Consultant
6 48 (12.44%) IT Services Manager
6 48 (12.44%) Resilience Manager
6 48 (12.44%) Service Manager
7 43 (11.14%) Analyst
8 40 (10.36%) Security Analyst
8 40 (10.36%) Security Architect
9 37 (9.59%) Security Manager
10 26 (6.74%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 25 (6.48%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 22 (5.70%) Senior Consultant
13 21 (5.44%) Solutions Architect
14 17 (4.40%) Senior Security Consultant
15 16 (4.15%) Cybersecurity Consultant
15 16 (4.15%) Security Engineer
16 15 (3.89%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (12.69%) Middleware
2 21 (5.44%) OAuth
2 21 (5.44%) SAML
3 11 (2.85%) OpenID
4 10 (2.59%) REST
4 10 (2.59%) SOAP
5 9 (2.33%) GraphQL
6 7 (1.81%) LDAP
6 7 (1.81%) Microsoft Graph
7 6 (1.55%) ARM Templates
7 6 (1.55%) RESTful
8 5 (1.30%) ModSecurity
9 2 (0.52%) .NET
9 2 (0.52%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.52%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.52%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.52%) Node.js
9 2 (0.52%) pytest
9 2 (0.52%) React
9 2 (0.52%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 74 (19.17%) Cyber Threat
2 68 (17.62%) Security Posture
3 55 (14.25%) Management Information System
4 36 (9.33%) Cyberattack
5 30 (7.77%) Cloud Native
6 17 (4.40%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 16 (4.15%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (3.63%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (3.63%) Onboarding
9 13 (3.37%) PKI
10 11 (2.85%) Cyber Defence
11 10 (2.59%) Blog
11 10 (2.59%) Hybrid Cloud
12 8 (2.07%) Operational Technology
13 7 (1.81%) Cloud Security Posture
13 7 (1.81%) Freedom of Information
13 7 (1.81%) Freedom of Information Act
14 6 (1.55%) Cyber Security Posture
15 5 (1.30%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
16 4 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.15%) Windows
2 11 (2.85%) Linux
3 5 (1.30%) 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
1 220 (56.99%) Cybersecurity
2 192 (49.74%) Information Security
3 124 (32.12%) Risk Management
4 114 (29.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 112 (29.02%) Agile
6 97 (25.13%) Incident Response
7 95 (24.61%) Disaster Recovery
8 94 (24.35%) Cloud Security
9 85 (22.02%) Continuous Improvement
9 85 (22.02%) Vulnerability Management
10 84 (21.76%) Problem-Solving
11 80 (20.73%) Business Continuity
11 80 (20.73%) DevOps
12 79 (20.47%) ITIL
13 71 (18.39%) Enterprise Architecture
13 71 (18.39%) Roadmaps
14 66 (17.10%) SIEM
15 61 (15.80%) Test Automation
16 56 (14.51%) Threat Modelling
17 55 (14.25%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 37 (9.59%) PowerShell
2 23 (5.96%) Python
3 12 (3.11%) Bash
4 7 (1.81%) Java
4 7 (1.81%) T-SQL
5 6 (1.55%) Bicep
5 6 (1.55%) SQL
6 4 (1.04%) Go
6 4 (1.04%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.52%) C#
7 2 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.26%) Rust
Qualifications
1 186 (48.19%) CISSP
2 164 (42.49%) CISM
3 88 (22.80%) Security Cleared
4 69 (17.88%) Degree
4 69 (17.88%) SC Cleared
5 48 (12.44%) ITIL Certification
6 42 (10.88%) CRISC
7 36 (9.33%) CISA
8 20 (5.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (5.18%) DV Cleared
9 18 (4.66%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 16 (4.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 14 (3.63%) SANS
12 13 (3.37%) CEH
13 12 (3.11%) FFIEC
14 11 (2.85%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (2.85%) CompTIA Security+
14 11 (2.85%) CREST Certified
14 11 (2.85%) GIAC
14 11 (2.85%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 256 (66.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 96 (24.87%) GDPR
3 66 (17.10%) GRC
4 57 (14.77%) ISO 22301
4 57 (14.77%) PCI DSS
5 51 (13.21%) NCSC
6 44 (11.40%) Cyber Essentials
7 26 (6.74%) SOC 2
8 24 (6.22%) COBIT
9 22 (5.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 18 (4.66%) NIST 800
10 18 (4.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 16 (4.15%) JSP 440
12 9 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 9 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 7 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 7 (1.81%) SOC 1
14 6 (1.55%) Government Security Classifications
14 6 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 4 (1.04%) Def Stans
System Software
1 25 (6.48%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.11%) Docker
3 3 (0.78%) Firmware
4 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (4.92%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.37%) CASB
3 11 (2.85%) Terraform
4 10 (2.59%) FortiGate
5 9 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (2.07%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (1.04%) Ansible
8 3 (0.78%) SCCM
9 2 (0.52%) Grafana
9 2 (0.52%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.26%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.26%) Nessus
10 1 (0.26%) Nmap
10 1 (0.26%) OpenVAS
10 1 (0.26%) OpenView
10 1 (0.26%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 76 (19.69%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.18%) Google
3 19 (4.92%) Cisco
3 19 (4.92%) Palo Alto
4 13 (3.37%) OpenAI
5 11 (2.85%) Splunk
6 8 (2.07%) Qualys
6 8 (2.07%) Tanium
7 7 (1.81%) VMware
8 5 (1.30%) Commvault
8 5 (1.30%) Okta
9 4 (1.04%) ForgeRock
9 4 (1.04%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.04%) Oracle
9 4 (1.04%) Sophos
9 4 (1.04%) Tenable
9 4 (1.04%) Thales
10 3 (0.78%) New Relic
10 3 (0.78%) SolarWinds
10 3 (0.78%) Zerto