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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 219 330
Rank change year-on-year +55 +111 -87
Permanent jobs citing NIST 390 239 182
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.72% 1.45% 0.73%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.12% 7.99% 5.43%
Number of salaries quoted 258 205 140
10th Percentile £49,300 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £55,658 £53,649 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,706 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.19% +3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £107,500 £97,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% - +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 3,852 2,993 3,352
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.00% 18.15% 13.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2,399 1,699 2,355
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 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,756 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.59%

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 8 August 2026.

NIST salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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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 (1.54%) SAS
2 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 144 (36.92%) Azure
2 120 (30.77%) AWS
3 75 (19.23%) SaaS
4 39 (10.00%) GCP
5 32 (8.21%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (5.64%) Entra ID
7 12 (3.08%) Anthropic Claude
7 12 (3.08%) Zapier
8 10 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (2.56%) IaaS
8 10 (2.56%) PaaS
9 9 (2.31%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (1.54%) Power Platform
11 5 (1.28%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.28%) Google Workspace
11 5 (1.28%) Mimecast
11 5 (1.28%) Nutanix
12 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (1.03%) Vertex AI
13 3 (0.77%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 66 (16.92%) Network Security
2 55 (14.10%) Firewall
3 26 (6.67%) VPN
4 20 (5.13%) DNS
5 16 (4.10%) WAN
6 14 (3.59%) DHCP
6 14 (3.59%) SD-WAN
6 14 (3.59%) SSH
6 14 (3.59%) SSL
7 13 (3.33%) VLAN
8 11 (2.82%) HTTP
8 11 (2.82%) MPLS
8 11 (2.82%) SNMP
9 10 (2.56%) BGP
9 10 (2.56%) FTP
9 10 (2.56%) ICMP
9 10 (2.56%) IPsec
10 9 (2.31%) Broadband
10 9 (2.31%) CHAP
10 9 (2.31%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.54%) Power BI
2 4 (1.03%) Tableau
3 2 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.51%) ZAP BI
4 1 (0.26%) Db2
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 7 (1.79%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.03%) Git
3 3 (0.77%) JIRA
4 2 (0.51%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.51%) GitLab
4 2 (0.51%) JUnit
4 2 (0.51%) NUnit
4 2 (0.51%) Postman
4 2 (0.51%) Selenium
4 2 (0.51%) Snyk
4 2 (0.51%) SonarQube
4 2 (0.51%) Yeoman
5 1 (0.26%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.26%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.26%) TeamCity
General
1 128 (32.82%) Social Skills
2 79 (20.26%) Finance
3 67 (17.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 65 (16.67%) Law
5 55 (14.10%) Analytical Skills
6 35 (8.97%) Legal
7 34 (8.72%) Public Sector
8 31 (7.95%) Banking
9 29 (7.44%) Retail
10 17 (4.36%) Financial Institution
11 15 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (2.31%) French Language
14 8 (2.05%) Aviation
14 8 (2.05%) German Language
15 7 (1.79%) Back Office
16 5 (1.28%) Aerospace
17 4 (1.03%) Military
17 4 (1.03%) Telecoms
18 3 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 78 (20.00%) Architect
2 65 (16.67%) Senior
3 61 (15.64%) Consultant
4 51 (13.08%) Security Consultant
5 50 (12.82%) IT Manager
6 48 (12.31%) IT Services Manager
6 48 (12.31%) Resilience Manager
6 48 (12.31%) Service Manager
7 43 (11.03%) Analyst
8 41 (10.51%) Security Architect
9 40 (10.26%) Security Analyst
10 37 (9.49%) Security Manager
11 26 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 25 (6.41%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 23 (5.90%) Senior Consultant
14 21 (5.38%) Solutions Architect
15 19 (4.87%) Security Engineer
16 18 (4.62%) Senior Security Consultant
17 16 (4.10%) Cybersecurity Consultant
18 15 (3.85%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (12.56%) Middleware
2 17 (4.36%) OAuth
2 17 (4.36%) SAML
3 7 (1.79%) Microsoft Graph
3 7 (1.79%) OpenID
4 6 (1.54%) ARM Templates
4 6 (1.54%) REST
4 6 (1.54%) RESTful
4 6 (1.54%) SOAP
5 5 (1.28%) GraphQL
5 5 (1.28%) ModSecurity
6 3 (0.77%) LDAP
7 2 (0.51%) .NET
7 2 (0.51%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.51%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.51%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.51%) Node.js
7 2 (0.51%) pytest
7 2 (0.51%) React
7 2 (0.51%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 71 (18.21%) Cyber Threat
2 70 (17.95%) Security Posture
3 57 (14.62%) Management Information System
4 32 (8.21%) Cyberattack
5 31 (7.95%) Cloud Native
6 18 (4.62%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 16 (4.10%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (3.59%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (3.59%) Onboarding
9 13 (3.33%) PKI
10 12 (3.08%) Cyber Defence
11 10 (2.56%) Blog
11 10 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
12 8 (2.05%) Operational Technology
13 7 (1.79%) Cloud Security Posture
13 7 (1.79%) Freedom of Information
13 7 (1.79%) Freedom of Information Act
14 6 (1.54%) Cyber Security Posture
14 6 (1.54%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 5 (1.28%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.36%) Windows
2 12 (3.08%) Linux
3 6 (1.54%) 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
1 221 (56.67%) Cybersecurity
2 197 (50.51%) Information Security
3 127 (32.56%) Risk Management
4 115 (29.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 113 (28.97%) Agile
6 100 (25.64%) Incident Response
7 97 (24.87%) Cloud Security
8 96 (24.62%) Disaster Recovery
9 88 (22.56%) Continuous Improvement
10 87 (22.31%) Vulnerability Management
11 84 (21.54%) Problem-Solving
12 81 (20.77%) Business Continuity
13 80 (20.51%) DevOps
14 79 (20.26%) ITIL
15 71 (18.21%) Enterprise Architecture
16 68 (17.44%) Roadmaps
16 68 (17.44%) SIEM
17 61 (15.64%) Test Automation
18 58 (14.87%) Threat Modelling
19 56 (14.36%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 35 (8.97%) PowerShell
2 26 (6.67%) Python
3 8 (2.05%) Bash
3 8 (2.05%) Java
4 6 (1.54%) Bicep
5 5 (1.28%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.03%) Go
7 3 (0.77%) C#
7 3 (0.77%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.51%) SQL
9 1 (0.26%) Rust
Qualifications
1 190 (48.72%) CISSP
2 167 (42.82%) CISM
3 90 (23.08%) Security Cleared
4 72 (18.46%) Degree
5 70 (17.95%) SC Cleared
6 48 (12.31%) ITIL Certification
7 44 (11.28%) CRISC
8 36 (9.23%) CISA
9 22 (5.64%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (5.38%) DV Cleared
11 18 (4.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 16 (4.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 14 (3.59%) CEH
13 14 (3.59%) SANS
14 12 (3.08%) CompTIA Security+
14 12 (3.08%) FFIEC
14 12 (3.08%) GIAC
15 11 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
15 11 (2.82%) CREST Certified
15 11 (2.82%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 259 (66.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 99 (25.38%) GDPR
3 68 (17.44%) GRC
4 58 (14.87%) PCI DSS
5 57 (14.62%) ISO 22301
6 48 (12.31%) NCSC
7 46 (11.79%) Cyber Essentials
8 26 (6.67%) SOC 2
9 24 (6.15%) COBIT
10 22 (5.64%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 19 (4.87%) NIST 800
12 18 (4.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 17 (4.36%) JSP 440
14 9 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 9 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 7 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 7 (1.79%) SOC 1
16 6 (1.54%) Government Security Classifications
16 6 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 5 (1.28%) QA
System Software
1 21 (5.38%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.08%) Docker
3 4 (1.03%) Firmware
4 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (5.13%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.59%) CASB
3 12 (3.08%) Terraform
4 10 (2.56%) FortiGate
5 9 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (2.05%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (1.03%) Ansible
8 3 (0.77%) SCCM
9 2 (0.51%) Grafana
9 2 (0.51%) 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 78 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.13%) Cisco
2 20 (5.13%) Google
2 20 (5.13%) Palo Alto
3 13 (3.33%) OpenAI
4 12 (3.08%) Splunk
5 9 (2.31%) Qualys
6 8 (2.05%) Tanium
7 7 (1.79%) VMware
8 5 (1.28%) Commvault
8 5 (1.28%) Okta
8 5 (1.28%) Sophos
9 4 (1.03%) ForgeRock
9 4 (1.03%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.03%) Netskope
9 4 (1.03%) Oracle
9 4 (1.03%) Tenable
9 4 (1.03%) Thales
9 4 (1.03%) Zscaler
10 3 (0.77%) New Relic