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 21 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 272 321
Rank change year-on-year +128 +49 -52
Permanent jobs citing NIST 366 174 310
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.81% 1.12% 0.89%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.18% 6.06% 7.12%
Number of salaries quoted 249 148 255
10th Percentile £49,950 £47,500 £40,250
25th Percentile £56,000 £53,649 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -3.57%
75th Percentile £92,500 £88,333 £84,919
90th Percentile £112,500 £97,500 £91,991
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
% 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 3,274 2,870 4,354
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.20% 18.52% 12.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,135 1,567 3,252
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,735 £34,218
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.17% +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

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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 21 June 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 1 (0.27%) SAS
1 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.46%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 143 (39.07%) Azure
2 66 (18.03%) AWS
3 65 (17.76%) Entra ID
4 49 (13.39%) Google Workspace
5 36 (9.84%) GCP
6 27 (7.38%) Microsoft 365
7 25 (6.83%) SaaS
8 12 (3.28%) Anthropic Claude
8 12 (3.28%) Zapier
9 10 (2.73%) Nutanix
10 9 (2.46%) IaaS
10 9 (2.46%) PaaS
11 8 (2.19%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (1.64%) Power Platform
13 5 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
14 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (1.09%) Mimecast
14 4 (1.09%) Vertex AI
15 3 (0.82%) Azure Sentinel
15 3 (0.82%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 62 (16.94%) Network Security
2 53 (14.48%) Firewall
3 52 (14.21%) Broadband
4 22 (6.01%) VPN
5 19 (5.19%) DNS
6 17 (4.64%) CHAP
7 13 (3.55%) DHCP
8 12 (3.28%) SSH
8 12 (3.28%) SSL
9 11 (3.01%) VLAN
10 10 (2.73%) WAN
11 9 (2.46%) HTTP
11 9 (2.46%) MPLS
11 9 (2.46%) SNMP
12 8 (2.19%) BGP
12 8 (2.19%) FTP
12 8 (2.19%) ICMP
12 8 (2.19%) IPsec
12 8 (2.19%) SD-WAN
13 7 (1.91%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.64%) Power BI
2 4 (1.09%) Tableau
3 1 (0.27%) Db2
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (1.37%) Git
1 5 (1.37%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.55%) JIRA
2 2 (0.55%) Yeoman
3 1 (0.27%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.27%) Metasploit
General
1 139 (37.98%) Social Skills
2 85 (23.22%) Finance
3 63 (17.21%) Organisational Skills
4 54 (14.75%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (14.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 37 (10.11%) Banking
6 34 (9.29%) Legal
7 31 (8.47%) Retail
8 30 (8.20%) Law
9 29 (7.92%) Public Sector
10 24 (6.56%) Games
11 18 (4.92%) Financial Institution
12 14 (3.83%) Aviation
13 6 (1.64%) Back Office
13 6 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.55%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.55%) Social Housing
15 1 (0.27%) French Language
15 1 (0.27%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 82 (22.40%) Architect
2 66 (18.03%) Senior
3 46 (12.57%) Consultant
4 44 (12.02%) Analyst
5 40 (10.93%) Security Architect
6 39 (10.66%) Security Analyst
7 37 (10.11%) Security Manager
8 34 (9.29%) Security Consultant
9 24 (6.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 24 (6.56%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 22 (6.01%) Solutions Architect
11 19 (5.19%) Auditor
12 17 (4.64%) Information Manager
12 17 (4.64%) Security Auditor
13 16 (4.37%) Developer
13 16 (4.37%) IAM Developer
13 16 (4.37%) Internal Auditor
13 16 (4.37%) Senior Manager
13 16 (4.37%) Systems Engineer
14 15 (4.10%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (16.67%) OAuth
1 61 (16.67%) SAML
2 53 (14.48%) OpenID
3 49 (13.39%) REST
3 49 (13.39%) SOAP
4 48 (13.11%) GraphQL
4 48 (13.11%) LDAP
5 7 (1.91%) Microsoft Graph
6 5 (1.37%) ModSecurity
7 4 (1.09%) ARM Templates
7 4 (1.09%) RESTful
8 1 (0.27%) CSS
8 1 (0.27%) HTML
8 1 (0.27%) JSP
8 1 (0.27%) LangChain
8 1 (0.27%) Middleware
8 1 (0.27%) pgvector
8 1 (0.27%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.27%) SAP CAF
8 1 (0.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 78 (21.31%) Cyberattack
2 65 (17.76%) Security Posture
3 59 (16.12%) Cyber Threat
4 46 (12.57%) Management Information System
5 27 (7.38%) Cloud Native
6 18 (4.92%) PKI
7 16 (4.37%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 15 (4.10%) Cyber Defence
9 14 (3.83%) Hybrid Cloud
10 13 (3.55%) Blog
10 13 (3.55%) Data Protection Act
10 13 (3.55%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (2.46%) Cyber Security Posture
11 9 (2.46%) Onboarding
12 8 (2.19%) Blockchain
12 8 (2.19%) Cloud Security Posture
12 8 (2.19%) Operational Technology
13 6 (1.64%) Freedom of Information
13 6 (1.64%) Freedom of Information Act
14 3 (0.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.92%) Windows
2 11 (3.01%) Linux
3 7 (1.91%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.27%) AIX
4 1 (0.27%) CentOS
4 1 (0.27%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 248 (67.76%) Cybersecurity
2 133 (36.34%) Information Security
3 116 (31.69%) Risk Management
4 96 (26.23%) Roadmaps
4 96 (26.23%) Vulnerability Management
5 91 (24.86%) Incident Response
6 83 (22.68%) Cloud Security
7 78 (21.31%) Identity Access Management
8 77 (21.04%) Problem-Solving
9 70 (19.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 65 (17.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 65 (17.76%) Mentoring
11 61 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
12 60 (16.39%) SIEM
13 59 (16.12%) Agile
13 59 (16.12%) Stakeholder Management
14 55 (15.03%) Security Architecture
15 54 (14.75%) Programme Delivery
16 48 (13.11%) Threat Modelling
17 46 (12.57%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 82 (22.40%) PowerShell
2 50 (13.66%) Bash
3 48 (13.11%) T-SQL
4 26 (7.10%) SQL
5 19 (5.19%) Python
6 5 (1.37%) Bicep
7 1 (0.27%) Java
7 1 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 138 (37.70%) CISSP
2 123 (33.61%) CISM
3 77 (21.04%) Security Cleared
4 64 (17.49%) SC Cleared
5 56 (15.30%) Degree
6 44 (12.02%) CISA
7 35 (9.56%) CRISC
8 30 (8.20%) SANS
9 25 (6.83%) DV Cleared
10 21 (5.74%) FFIEC
11 18 (4.92%) Computer Science Degree
11 18 (4.92%) ISACA
12 17 (4.64%) CGEIT
13 15 (4.10%) CEH
13 15 (4.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 14 (3.83%) CompTIA Security+
15 12 (3.28%) Cisco Certification
15 12 (3.28%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 11 (3.01%) Azure Certification
16 11 (3.01%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 265 (72.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 100 (27.32%) GDPR
3 86 (23.50%) NCSC
4 58 (15.85%) PCI DSS
5 56 (15.30%) GRC
6 46 (12.57%) Cyber Essentials
7 33 (9.02%) COBIT
8 21 (5.74%) SOC 2
9 19 (5.19%) JSP 440
9 19 (5.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 17 (4.64%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 17 (4.64%) NIST 800
11 11 (3.01%) ISO 22301
12 10 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 8 (2.19%) SOC 1
14 7 (1.91%) Government Security Classifications
14 7 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 6 (1.64%) Actionable Recommendations
16 5 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 5 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 70 (19.13%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.28%) Docker
3 4 (1.09%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (4.37%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (2.73%) Terraform
3 8 (2.19%) Ansible
3 8 (2.19%) CASB
3 8 (2.19%) FortiGate
3 8 (2.19%) RSA Archer
3 8 (2.19%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (1.91%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 6 (1.64%) SCCM
6 2 (0.55%) WSUS
7 1 (0.27%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.27%) Nessus
7 1 (0.27%) Nmap
7 1 (0.27%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.27%) OpenView
7 1 (0.27%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.27%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 68 (18.58%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.74%) Google
3 15 (4.10%) Palo Alto
3 15 (4.10%) VMware
4 14 (3.83%) Cisco
5 13 (3.55%) OpenAI
6 10 (2.73%) Commvault
7 9 (2.46%) Splunk
8 7 (1.91%) Qualys
9 5 (1.37%) ForgeRock
9 5 (1.37%) Okta
9 5 (1.37%) Oracle
9 5 (1.37%) Tenable
10 4 (1.09%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.09%) Sophos
10 4 (1.09%) Thales
11 3 (0.82%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (0.82%) Forcepoint
11 3 (0.82%) Fortinet
11 3 (0.82%) SAP