NIST Jobs with Work from Home Options

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring NIST skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited NIST over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 330 240 508
Rank change year-on-year -90 +268 -133
Permanent jobs citing NIST 218 452 466
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.78% 1.38% 0.59%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.98% 9.65% 3.69%
Number of salaries quoted 180 340 386
10th Percentile £48,000 £46,250 £42,375
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £84,919 £87,896 £82,375
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £69,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +0.72% -0.71% +7.69%

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 3,644 4,686 12,625
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.04% 14.28% 16.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2,573 3,463 6,469
10th Percentile £35,050 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,457 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.57% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £73,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% +2.33%

NIST
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

NIST trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing NIST.

NIST salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

NIST
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing NIST over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

NIST salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.38%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.92%) IIS
3 1 (0.46%) CMS
3 1 (0.46%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.92%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 69 (31.65%) Azure
2 63 (28.90%) AWS
3 14 (6.42%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (5.50%) SaaS
5 11 (5.05%) Amazon S3
6 10 (4.59%) Entra ID
6 10 (4.59%) PaaS
7 9 (4.13%) GCP
7 9 (4.13%) IaaS
8 8 (3.67%) AWS CloudFormation
9 7 (3.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 7 (3.21%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (3.21%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (3.21%) Serverless
9 7 (3.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 5 (2.29%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 5 (2.29%) AWS CloudTrail
11 4 (1.83%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (1.83%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 56 (25.69%) Firewall
2 40 (18.35%) Network Security
3 31 (14.22%) WAN
4 25 (11.47%) SD-WAN
5 7 (3.21%) Wireshark
6 6 (2.75%) BGP
6 6 (2.75%) DNS
6 6 (2.75%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 6 (2.75%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 6 (2.75%) OSPF
6 6 (2.75%) VPN
7 5 (2.29%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.83%) Internet
9 3 (1.38%) NGFW
10 2 (0.92%) DHCP
10 2 (0.92%) DMZ
10 2 (0.92%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (0.92%) Modbus
10 2 (0.92%) VLAN
10 2 (0.92%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.21%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (2.29%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.92%) Power BI
4 1 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 10 (4.59%) JIRA
2 6 (2.75%) GitLab
3 4 (1.83%) Burp Suite
3 4 (1.83%) Metasploit
3 4 (1.83%) sqlmap
4 1 (0.46%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.46%) Jenkins
General
1 53 (24.31%) Finance
2 48 (22.02%) Social Skills
3 22 (10.09%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (9.63%) Law
5 18 (8.26%) Public Sector
6 15 (6.88%) Legal
7 11 (5.05%) Retail
8 9 (4.13%) Aerospace
9 7 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (3.21%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.75%) Banking
10 6 (2.75%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.38%) Automotive
11 3 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.92%) Advertising
12 2 (0.92%) Games
12 2 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.46%) Local Government
13 1 (0.46%) Military
Job Titles
1 47 (21.56%) Analyst
2 35 (16.06%) Security Analyst
3 34 (15.60%) Architect
3 34 (15.60%) Senior
4 33 (15.14%) Security Engineer
5 32 (14.68%) Security Architect
6 31 (14.22%) Lead
7 27 (12.39%) Consultant
8 24 (11.01%) Lead Architect
8 24 (11.01%) Lead Security Architect
9 21 (9.63%) Information Analyst
9 21 (9.63%) Information Security Analyst
9 21 (9.63%) Security Consultant
10 16 (7.34%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 13 (5.96%) Information Officer
11 13 (5.96%) Information Security Officer
11 13 (5.96%) Security Officer
12 10 (4.59%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 10 (4.59%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 10 (4.59%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.29%) SailPoint
2 4 (1.83%) Kafka
2 4 (1.83%) REST
2 4 (1.83%) SOAP
2 4 (1.83%) Web Services
3 3 (1.38%) AWS SAM
3 3 (1.38%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.46%) LDAP
4 1 (0.46%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 62 (28.44%) Management Information System
2 33 (15.14%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 17 (7.80%) Operational Technology
4 16 (7.34%) Cyber Threat
5 12 (5.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 12 (5.50%) Product Ownership
5 12 (5.50%) Security Posture
6 8 (3.67%) Data Centre
6 8 (3.67%) Security Operations Centre
7 6 (2.75%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.29%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (2.29%) Cyberattack
8 5 (2.29%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.83%) IoT
9 4 (1.83%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 3 (1.38%) CESG
10 3 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.38%) SCADA
10 3 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.34%) Linux
2 15 (6.88%) Windows
3 7 (3.21%) Unix
4 4 (1.83%) CentOS
4 4 (1.83%) Solaris
4 4 (1.83%) Ubuntu
4 4 (1.83%) zOS
5 3 (1.38%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.46%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.46%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (61.01%) Information Security
2 116 (53.21%) Cybersecurity
3 64 (29.36%) Risk Management
4 52 (23.85%) Security Architecture
5 51 (23.39%) SIEM
6 45 (20.64%) Incident Response
7 38 (17.43%) Application Security
8 34 (15.60%) OWASP
9 30 (13.76%) CI/CD
9 30 (13.76%) Cloud Security
9 30 (13.76%) Problem-Solving
10 29 (13.30%) Secure Coding
10 29 (13.30%) Security Management
11 28 (12.84%) Identity Management
12 25 (11.47%) Incident Management
12 25 (11.47%) Information Security Management
12 25 (11.47%) Security Operations
13 24 (11.01%) ISMS
14 23 (10.55%) Vulnerability Management
15 22 (10.09%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (8.26%) Python
2 10 (4.59%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.29%) Bash
3 5 (2.29%) SQL
4 4 (1.83%) C++
5 1 (0.46%) Go
5 1 (0.46%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 104 (47.71%) CISSP
2 87 (39.91%) CISM
3 39 (17.89%) Degree
4 35 (16.06%) CISA
5 32 (14.68%) AWS Certification
6 31 (14.22%) Cisco Certification
7 30 (13.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 29 (13.30%) CCSP
9 28 (12.84%) Azure Certification
9 28 (12.84%) CCSK
10 24 (11.01%) Security Cleared
11 18 (8.26%) CRISC
12 17 (7.80%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 13 (5.96%) CompTIA Security+
13 13 (5.96%) SC Cleared
14 11 (5.05%) Master's Degree
15 8 (3.67%) CEH
15 8 (3.67%) CESG Certified Professional
15 8 (3.67%) GIAC
16 7 (3.21%) CASP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (56.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 41 (18.81%) GRC
3 40 (18.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 36 (16.51%) PCI DSS
5 34 (15.60%) NCSC
6 29 (13.30%) GDPR
7 17 (7.80%) SOC 2
8 15 (6.88%) NIST 800
9 12 (5.50%) COBIT
10 11 (5.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 11 (5.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 5 (2.29%) ISO 31000
11 5 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 5 (2.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (1.83%) HIPAA
13 3 (1.38%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.92%) GxP
14 2 (0.92%) ISO 22301
14 2 (0.92%) RMADS
14 2 (0.92%) Web Application Security Consortium
System Software
1 29 (13.30%) Docker
2 8 (3.67%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.46%) Firmware
4 1 (0.46%) Snort
4 1 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.46%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (13.30%) Kubernetes
2 26 (11.93%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (2.75%) Terraform
4 4 (1.83%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 3 (1.38%) Ansible
6 2 (0.92%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.92%) Nessus
6 2 (0.92%) QRadar
7 1 (0.46%) Argo
7 1 (0.46%) CASB
7 1 (0.46%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.46%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.46%) SCOM
7 1 (0.46%) SCOrch
7 1 (0.46%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 27 (12.39%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.88%) Splunk
3 11 (5.05%) ServiceNow
4 10 (4.59%) Fortinet
5 7 (3.21%) Qualys
6 6 (2.75%) Cisco
6 6 (2.75%) Palo Alto
7 4 (1.83%) Oracle
7 4 (1.83%) Rapid7
7 4 (1.83%) VMware
7 4 (1.83%) Zscaler
8 3 (1.38%) Blue Coat
8 3 (1.38%) CheckPoint
8 3 (1.38%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (1.38%) CyberArk
8 3 (1.38%) Netskope
8 3 (1.38%) Symantec
9 2 (0.92%) IBM
9 2 (0.92%) Tripwire
10 1 (0.46%) Sun