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 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 247 282
Rank change year-on-year +154 +35 +14
Permanent jobs citing NIST 423 212 223
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.82% 1.28% 1.03%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 16.00% 7.58% 7.02%
Number of salaries quoted 215 130 195
10th Percentile £47,500 £38,950 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +6.20% -15.58%
75th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £87,625 £90,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.45% +7.41% -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 2,644 2,798 3,178
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.63% 16.96% 14.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,602 1,505 2,505
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,250 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.40% +4.17% +2.56%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £57,982
% change year-on-year -3.33% +3.48% +0.84%

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 11 January 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 16 (3.78%) IIS
2 8 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.89%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.24%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.24%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 124 (29.31%) Azure
2 49 (11.58%) AWS
3 43 (10.17%) Entra ID
4 31 (7.33%) Google Workspace
5 26 (6.15%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (4.26%) SaaS
7 13 (3.07%) GCP
8 12 (2.84%) Nutanix
9 11 (2.60%) Microsoft Purview
10 8 (1.89%) PaaS
11 6 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.42%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (1.42%) Power Platform
12 5 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (0.95%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 4 (0.95%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (0.95%) dbt
14 3 (0.71%) IaaS
15 1 (0.24%) CloudFront
15 1 (0.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 38 (8.98%) Network Security
2 34 (8.04%) Broadband
3 30 (7.09%) Firewall
4 18 (4.26%) VPN
5 14 (3.31%) CHAP
6 10 (2.36%) Wireshark
7 8 (1.89%) SD-WAN
7 8 (1.89%) VoIP
7 8 (1.89%) WAN
8 7 (1.65%) LAN
8 7 (1.65%) Unified Communications
8 7 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (1.42%) DMZ
9 6 (1.42%) SSL
10 5 (1.18%) DNS
11 3 (0.71%) Intrusion Detection
12 2 (0.47%) SCCP
13 1 (0.24%) EIGRP
13 1 (0.24%) Modbus
13 1 (0.24%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.42%) Power BI
2 5 (1.18%) Tableau
3 1 (0.24%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Git
1 1 (0.24%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.24%) JIRA
General
1 153 (36.17%) Finance
2 128 (30.26%) Social Skills
3 76 (17.97%) Banking
4 55 (13.00%) Public Sector
5 51 (12.06%) Analytical Skills
6 47 (11.11%) Telecoms
7 43 (10.17%) Organisational Skills
8 40 (9.46%) Manufacturing
9 39 (9.22%) Electronics
9 39 (9.22%) Marketing
10 26 (6.15%) Law
11 23 (5.44%) Games
12 21 (4.96%) Financial Institution
13 18 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 17 (4.02%) Legal
15 12 (2.84%) Retail
16 5 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (0.95%) Aviation
18 3 (0.71%) Back Office
19 2 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 79 (18.68%) Lead
2 70 (16.55%) Consultant
3 68 (16.08%) Security Consultant
4 55 (13.00%) Senior
5 38 (8.98%) Analyst
6 35 (8.27%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 26 (6.15%) Security Analyst
7 26 (6.15%) Security Manager
8 22 (5.20%) Architect
9 18 (4.26%) Security Specialist
10 17 (4.02%) Security Architect
11 16 (3.78%) Senior Consultant
11 16 (3.78%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
11 16 (3.78%) Senior Security Consultant
12 15 (3.55%) Security Engineer
13 14 (3.31%) Auditor
13 14 (3.31%) Developer
13 14 (3.31%) IAM Developer
13 14 (3.31%) Internal Auditor
13 14 (3.31%) Security Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (7.80%) GraphQL
1 33 (7.80%) REST
1 33 (7.80%) SOAP
2 31 (7.33%) LDAP
2 31 (7.33%) OAuth
2 31 (7.33%) OpenID
2 31 (7.33%) SAML
3 26 (6.15%) SAP CAF
4 6 (1.42%) JSON
4 6 (1.42%) React
4 6 (1.42%) Spring Boot
4 6 (1.42%) YAML
5 3 (0.71%) EDI
6 2 (0.47%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.47%) Django
6 2 (0.47%) SLSA
7 1 (0.24%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.24%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 123 (29.08%) Cyber Threat
2 90 (21.28%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 84 (19.86%) Operational Technology
4 80 (18.91%) Security Operations Centre
5 51 (12.06%) Management Information System
6 47 (11.11%) Security Posture
7 34 (8.04%) Cyberattack
8 21 (4.96%) Cloud Native
9 16 (3.78%) CESG
10 15 (3.55%) Analytical Mindset
10 15 (3.55%) Hybrid Cloud
11 13 (3.07%) Cyber Defence
12 11 (2.60%) PKI
13 9 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (2.13%) Product Ownership
14 8 (1.89%) Cloud Security Posture
15 7 (1.65%) Blockchain
16 6 (1.42%) Onboarding
17 5 (1.18%) Blog
18 4 (0.95%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.02%) Windows
2 13 (3.07%) Linux
3 6 (1.42%) Unix
4 3 (0.71%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (57.45%) Risk Management
2 237 (56.03%) Cybersecurity
3 164 (38.77%) Roadmaps
4 153 (36.17%) Vulnerability Management
5 150 (35.46%) Information Security
6 135 (31.91%) Mentoring
7 106 (25.06%) Security Operations
8 102 (24.11%) Stakeholder Management
9 98 (23.17%) Threat Intelligence
10 92 (21.75%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 86 (20.33%) Incident Response
12 84 (19.86%) Coaching
13 82 (19.39%) ITIL
14 79 (18.68%) Risk Assessment
15 78 (18.44%) SABSA
15 78 (18.44%) Technology Roadmap
16 73 (17.26%) Cyber Intelligence
16 73 (17.26%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
17 70 (16.55%) Business Strategy
18 68 (16.08%) Change Advisory Board
Programming Languages
1 66 (15.60%) PowerShell
2 35 (8.27%) Bash
3 31 (7.33%) T-SQL
4 19 (4.49%) Python
4 19 (4.49%) SQL
5 7 (1.65%) Java
5 7 (1.65%) Kusto Query Language
6 4 (0.95%) Bicep
7 1 (0.24%) C
7 1 (0.24%) C#
7 1 (0.24%) C++
Qualifications
1 188 (44.44%) CISSP
2 118 (27.90%) CISM
3 76 (17.97%) Security Cleared
4 75 (17.73%) CISA
5 67 (15.84%) CRISC
6 54 (12.77%) SC Cleared
7 44 (10.40%) Degree
8 34 (8.04%) CEH
8 34 (8.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 26 (6.15%) CompTIA Security+
10 20 (4.73%) Azure Certification
10 20 (4.73%) Cisco Certification
10 20 (4.73%) CISMP
11 19 (4.49%) AWS Certification
12 18 (4.26%) SANS
13 17 (4.02%) CGEIT
14 16 (3.78%) CESG Certified Professional
14 16 (3.78%) DV Cleared
14 16 (3.78%) IISP
15 15 (3.55%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 259 (61.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 87 (20.57%) PCI DSS
3 78 (18.44%) NCSC
4 70 (16.55%) GDPR
4 70 (16.55%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 63 (14.89%) GRC
6 36 (8.51%) Cyber Essentials
7 31 (7.33%) NIST 800
8 28 (6.62%) JSP 440
9 23 (5.44%) COBIT
10 20 (4.73%) SOC 2
11 16 (3.78%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 16 (3.78%) RMADS
12 10 (2.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (2.36%) ISO 22301
13 9 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 5 (1.18%) Data Quality
14 5 (1.18%) ITGC
14 5 (1.18%) SLA
15 4 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 37 (8.75%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.18%) Docker
5 2 (0.47%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 19 (4.49%) Terraform
2 10 (2.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (2.13%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.95%) QRadar
4 4 (0.95%) RSA Archer
5 3 (0.71%) Ansible
6 2 (0.47%) SCCM
6 2 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.47%) Suricata
6 2 (0.47%) WSUS
7 1 (0.24%) Nessus
7 1 (0.24%) Nmap
Vendors
1 44 (10.40%) Microsoft
2 39 (9.22%) SAP
3 18 (4.26%) VMware
4 12 (2.84%) Commvault
5 8 (1.89%) Cisco
6 7 (1.65%) Splunk
7 4 (0.95%) Google
8 3 (0.71%) CyberArk
8 3 (0.71%) Tenable
9 2 (0.47%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.47%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.24%) AlienVault
10 1 (0.24%) CrowdStrike
10 1 (0.24%) Darktrace
10 1 (0.24%) LogRhythm
10 1 (0.24%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.24%) Qualys