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 job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for NIST skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited NIST over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 317 284 423
Rank change year-on-year -33 +139 -87
Permanent jobs citing NIST 313 506 498
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.93% 1.17% 0.75%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.31% 7.95% 4.74%
Number of salaries quoted 269 424 413
10th Percentile £40,200 £46,905 £43,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £99,075 £99,250
UK median annual salary £66,500 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +3.70% +3.85%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

NIST is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,284 6,368 10,499
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.70% 14.76% 15.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3,256 4,294 5,999
10th Percentile £34,750 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

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

NIST
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 27 April 2024.

NIST salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

NIST
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 12 (3.83%) IIS
2 1 (0.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 115 (36.74%) Azure
2 83 (26.52%) AWS
3 38 (12.14%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (6.39%) Azure Sentinel
4 20 (6.39%) Cloud Computing
5 19 (6.07%) Microsoft Purview
5 19 (6.07%) SaaS
6 17 (5.43%) IaaS
6 17 (5.43%) PaaS
7 14 (4.47%) Entra ID
8 13 (4.15%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (3.51%) GCP
10 9 (2.88%) Amazon S3
10 9 (2.88%) Serverless
11 6 (1.92%) Azure Service Fabric
12 5 (1.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 5 (1.60%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (1.60%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (1.60%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (1.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 81 (25.88%) Firewall
2 52 (16.61%) Network Security
2 52 (16.61%) WAN
3 35 (11.18%) SD-WAN
4 21 (6.71%) TCP/IP
5 17 (5.43%) LAN
6 14 (4.47%) Wireshark
7 10 (3.19%) Wireless
8 9 (2.88%) VPN
9 6 (1.92%) Internet
10 5 (1.60%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (1.28%) DNS
12 3 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
13 2 (0.64%) DMZ
13 2 (0.64%) Modbus
13 2 (0.64%) VLAN
13 2 (0.64%) VoIP
14 1 (0.32%) SAN
14 1 (0.32%) SSL
14 1 (0.32%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.28%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 15 (4.79%) GitLab
2 9 (2.88%) JIRA
3 2 (0.64%) Burp Suite
3 2 (0.64%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.64%) sqlmap
4 1 (0.32%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 96 (30.67%) Finance
2 63 (20.13%) Social Skills
3 23 (7.35%) Public Sector
4 20 (6.39%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (6.39%) Retail
5 19 (6.07%) Aerospace
6 17 (5.43%) Law
7 12 (3.83%) Legal
8 11 (3.51%) Military
8 11 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (3.19%) Aviation
10 9 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.88%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.24%) Banking
12 6 (1.92%) Marketing
12 6 (1.92%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.60%) Automotive
14 4 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.96%) Games
15 3 (0.96%) Police
Job Titles
1 62 (19.81%) Analyst
2 58 (18.53%) Architect
3 56 (17.89%) Security Engineer
3 56 (17.89%) Senior
4 53 (16.93%) Security Architect
5 48 (15.34%) Security Analyst
6 46 (14.70%) Lead
7 40 (12.78%) Consultant
8 35 (11.18%) Security Consultant
9 27 (8.63%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 27 (8.63%) Lead Architect
9 27 (8.63%) Lead Security Architect
10 23 (7.35%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 16 (5.11%) Information Analyst
11 16 (5.11%) Information Security Analyst
11 16 (5.11%) Security Manager
12 14 (4.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 14 (4.47%) Security Specialist
12 14 (4.47%) Senior Consultant
12 14 (4.47%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.56%) REST
1 8 (2.56%) SOAP
1 8 (2.56%) Web Services
2 4 (1.28%) Kafka
3 3 (0.96%) AWS SAM
3 3 (0.96%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.64%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 96 (30.67%) Management Information System
2 35 (11.18%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 26 (8.31%) Cyber Threat
4 19 (6.07%) Security Operations Centre
5 17 (5.43%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 14 (4.47%) CESG
6 14 (4.47%) Security Posture
7 12 (3.83%) Private Cloud
7 12 (3.83%) Product Ownership
8 11 (3.51%) Onboarding
9 10 (3.19%) Cyber Defence
10 9 (2.88%) Operational Technology
11 8 (2.56%) Cyberattack
11 8 (2.56%) Data Centre
12 7 (2.24%) PMI
12 7 (2.24%) Public Cloud
12 7 (2.24%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 6 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
14 5 (1.60%) IoT
15 3 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 42 (13.42%) Windows
2 20 (6.39%) Linux
3 13 (4.15%) Android
3 13 (4.15%) Apple iOS
4 10 (3.19%) Unix
5 9 (2.88%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.60%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.28%) CentOS
7 4 (1.28%) Solaris
7 4 (1.28%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.28%) zOS
8 2 (0.64%) AIX
8 2 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.32%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (63.26%) Cybersecurity
2 187 (59.74%) Information Security
3 87 (27.80%) Risk Management
4 84 (26.84%) Security Architecture
5 81 (25.88%) SIEM
6 68 (21.73%) Cloud Security
7 62 (19.81%) Application Security
8 61 (19.49%) OWASP
9 60 (19.17%) Security Operations
10 54 (17.25%) Incident Response
11 45 (14.38%) Problem-Solving
12 43 (13.74%) Security Management
13 41 (13.10%) Secure Coding
14 40 (12.78%) DevOps
15 39 (12.46%) Coaching
15 39 (12.46%) Mentoring
16 37 (11.82%) Zero Trust
17 36 (11.50%) Information Security Management
17 36 (11.50%) Vulnerability Management
18 35 (11.18%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (8.95%) Python
2 23 (7.35%) PowerShell
3 8 (2.56%) SQL
4 6 (1.92%) Bash
5 4 (1.28%) C++
6 1 (0.32%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 150 (47.92%) CISSP
2 95 (30.35%) CISM
3 68 (21.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 68 (21.73%) Cisco Certification
4 67 (21.41%) CCSP
5 48 (15.34%) AWS Certification
6 47 (15.02%) Azure Certification
7 39 (12.46%) CCSK
7 39 (12.46%) Degree
8 38 (12.14%) Security Cleared
9 29 (9.27%) CEH
10 23 (7.35%) CISA
11 22 (7.03%) SANS
12 18 (5.75%) SC Cleared
13 17 (5.43%) CRISC
14 16 (5.11%) GIAC
15 13 (4.15%) CISMP
15 13 (4.15%) CompTIA Security+
15 13 (4.15%) OSCP
15 13 (4.15%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (49.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 58 (18.53%) PCI DSS
3 52 (16.61%) Cyber Essentials
4 42 (13.42%) NCSC
5 35 (11.18%) GRC
6 30 (9.58%) GDPR
7 29 (9.27%) NIST 800
8 20 (6.39%) COBIT
8 20 (6.39%) SOC 2
9 18 (5.75%) JSP 440
10 16 (5.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 14 (4.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 14 (4.47%) RMADS
12 11 (3.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 11 (3.51%) ISO 31000
13 6 (1.92%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (1.92%) Web Application Security Consortium
14 5 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 3 (0.96%) ITGC
System Software
1 36 (11.50%) Docker
2 17 (5.43%) Active Directory
3 13 (4.15%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.32%) Snort
Systems Management
1 37 (11.82%) Single Sign-On
2 36 (11.50%) Kubernetes
3 16 (5.11%) Terraform
4 14 (4.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (4.15%) Nmap
6 8 (2.56%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 5 (1.60%) CASB
8 4 (1.28%) QRadar
9 2 (0.64%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.64%) Nessus
10 1 (0.32%) Ansible
10 1 (0.32%) Packer
Vendors
1 50 (15.97%) Microsoft
2 32 (10.22%) Splunk
3 20 (6.39%) Qualys
4 14 (4.47%) Rapid7
5 13 (4.15%) Thycotic
6 12 (3.83%) Cisco
7 9 (2.88%) Fortinet
7 9 (2.88%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.24%) CrowdStrike
8 7 (2.24%) Symantec
9 6 (1.92%) Blue Coat
9 6 (1.92%) CheckPoint
9 6 (1.92%) Netskope
9 6 (1.92%) Palo Alto
9 6 (1.92%) Zscaler
10 4 (1.28%) IBM
10 4 (1.28%) Intel
10 4 (1.28%) Oracle
10 4 (1.28%) Tripwire
11 3 (0.96%) VMware