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 13 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 225 293
Rank change year-on-year +129 +68 0
Permanent jobs citing NIST 449 179 317
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.57% 1.37% 1.00%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.35% 7.71% 7.44%
Number of salaries quoted 225 140 274
10th Percentile £50,000 £39,450 £38,750
25th Percentile £55,544 £50,625 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £92,500 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £106,500 £92,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £73,706 £72,500 £69,000
% change year-on-year +1.66% +5.07% -1.43%

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 3,130 2,323 4,258
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.91% 17.73% 13.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,842 1,571 3,296
10th Percentile £35,750 £36,068 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,750 £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 £82,500 £76,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +14.29% -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

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 13 April 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 (0.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 154 (34.30%) Azure
2 69 (15.37%) Entra ID
3 57 (12.69%) AWS
4 56 (12.47%) Google Workspace
5 25 (5.57%) GCP
6 20 (4.45%) Nutanix
7 19 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
8 15 (3.34%) SaaS
9 10 (2.23%) PaaS
10 8 (1.78%) AWS CloudFormation
10 8 (1.78%) IaaS
11 4 (0.89%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (0.67%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 3 (0.67%) Serverless
12 3 (0.67%) Vertex AI
13 2 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (0.45%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Purview
14 1 (0.22%) Amazon EKS
14 1 (0.22%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 58 (12.92%) Broadband
2 42 (9.35%) Firewall
3 35 (7.80%) Network Security
4 25 (5.57%) CHAP
5 15 (3.34%) DNS
6 12 (2.67%) VPN
7 7 (1.56%) Intrusion Detection
8 6 (1.34%) DMZ
9 5 (1.11%) DHCP
10 4 (0.89%) SSL
11 3 (0.67%) SCCP
11 3 (0.67%) VLAN
12 2 (0.45%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.45%) WAN
13 1 (0.22%) ATM
13 1 (0.22%) HTTP
13 1 (0.22%) LAN
13 1 (0.22%) SMTP
13 1 (0.22%) SNMP
13 1 (0.22%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.22%) DB2
1 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database
1 1 (0.22%) Power BI
1 1 (0.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (1.34%) Git
1 6 (1.34%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.22%) JIRA
General
1 149 (33.18%) Social Skills
2 136 (30.29%) Finance
3 82 (18.26%) Banking
4 72 (16.04%) Organisational Skills
5 43 (9.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (7.57%) Games
7 33 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
8 32 (7.13%) Law
9 30 (6.68%) Financial Institution
9 30 (6.68%) Public Sector
10 27 (6.01%) Legal
11 23 (5.12%) Retail
12 17 (3.79%) Manufacturing
13 16 (3.56%) Telecoms
14 15 (3.34%) Electronics
14 15 (3.34%) Marketing
15 6 (1.34%) Aviation
16 4 (0.89%) Back Office
16 4 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
17 2 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 82 (18.26%) Lead
2 59 (13.14%) Senior
3 49 (10.91%) Architect
4 46 (10.24%) Security Manager
5 36 (8.02%) Consultant
6 34 (7.57%) Analyst
7 28 (6.24%) Security Consultant
8 27 (6.01%) Auditor
9 25 (5.57%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 25 (5.57%) Security Analyst
9 25 (5.57%) Security Auditor
10 24 (5.35%) Internal Auditor
11 21 (4.68%) Developer
11 21 (4.68%) IAM Developer
11 21 (4.68%) Solutions Architect
12 20 (4.45%) Security Architect
13 19 (4.23%) Security Specialist
14 17 (3.79%) Information Manager
15 16 (3.56%) Information Security Manager
15 16 (3.56%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (13.59%) OAuth
1 61 (13.59%) OpenID
1 61 (13.59%) SAML
2 59 (13.14%) REST
2 59 (13.14%) SOAP
3 58 (12.92%) GraphQL
4 56 (12.47%) LDAP
5 15 (3.34%) SAP CAF
6 5 (1.11%) ARM Templates
7 2 (0.45%) JSON
7 2 (0.45%) React
7 2 (0.45%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.45%) YAML
8 1 (0.22%) CSS
8 1 (0.22%) HTML
8 1 (0.22%) JSP
8 1 (0.22%) LangChain
8 1 (0.22%) Middleware
8 1 (0.22%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 139 (30.96%) Cyber Threat
2 82 (18.26%) Cyberattack
3 77 (17.15%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 74 (16.48%) Operational Technology
5 73 (16.26%) Security Operations Centre
6 53 (11.80%) Security Posture
7 52 (11.58%) Management Information System
8 30 (6.68%) Cloud Native
9 23 (5.12%) Hybrid Cloud
10 13 (2.90%) Blockchain
10 13 (2.90%) Blog
10 13 (2.90%) PKI
11 11 (2.45%) Cyber Defence
12 8 (1.78%) Cloud Security Posture
12 8 (1.78%) Cyber Security Posture
13 6 (1.34%) Onboarding
14 5 (1.11%) Data Centre
14 5 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
14 5 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
15 4 (0.89%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.67%) Windows
2 11 (2.45%) Linux
3 6 (1.34%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.22%) AIX
4 1 (0.22%) CentOS
4 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (52.56%) Cybersecurity
2 231 (51.45%) Risk Management
3 196 (43.65%) Roadmaps
4 158 (35.19%) Vulnerability Management
5 155 (34.52%) Information Security
6 144 (32.07%) Mentoring
7 122 (27.17%) Stakeholder Management
8 98 (21.83%) Security Operations
9 97 (21.60%) ITIL
10 89 (19.82%) Threat Intelligence
11 88 (19.60%) Coaching
12 87 (19.38%) Incident Response
13 85 (18.93%) Risk Assessment
14 81 (18.04%) Business Strategy
14 81 (18.04%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 78 (17.37%) SABSA
16 77 (17.15%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
17 70 (15.59%) Technology Roadmap
18 69 (15.37%) Cyber Intelligence
19 68 (15.14%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 100 (22.27%) PowerShell
2 60 (13.36%) Bash
3 56 (12.47%) T-SQL
4 28 (6.24%) Python
4 28 (6.24%) SQL
5 8 (1.78%) Bicep
6 3 (0.67%) Java
7 1 (0.22%) C
7 1 (0.22%) C++
7 1 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 183 (40.76%) CISSP
2 118 (26.28%) CISM
3 89 (19.82%) CISA
4 66 (14.70%) Security Cleared
5 65 (14.48%) CRISC
6 54 (12.03%) Degree
7 52 (11.58%) SC Cleared
8 41 (9.13%) SANS
9 27 (6.01%) CGEIT
10 26 (5.79%) FFIEC
11 24 (5.35%) CEH
12 20 (4.45%) Cisco Certification
12 20 (4.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 17 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
13 17 (3.79%) DV Cleared
14 15 (3.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 14 (3.12%) CompTIA Security+
16 13 (2.90%) Azure Certification
16 13 (2.90%) ISACA
17 11 (2.45%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 291 (64.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 91 (20.27%) GDPR
3 90 (20.04%) PCI DSS
4 83 (18.49%) NCSC
5 69 (15.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 49 (10.91%) GRC
7 47 (10.47%) Cyber Essentials
8 32 (7.13%) COBIT
9 22 (4.90%) SOC 2
10 15 (3.34%) ISO 22301
11 13 (2.90%) JSP 440
12 12 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 12 (2.67%) NIST 800
13 9 (2.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 8 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 8 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 7 (1.56%) Government Security Classifications
16 5 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
17 4 (0.89%) QA
17 4 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 71 (15.81%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.90%) Docker
3 4 (0.89%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (3.79%) Kubernetes
2 16 (3.56%) Terraform
3 9 (2.00%) Ansible
3 9 (2.00%) RSA Archer
4 7 (1.56%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 5 (1.11%) SCCM
6 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.45%) WSUS
7 1 (0.22%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.22%) Nessus
7 1 (0.22%) OpenView
7 1 (0.22%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 49 (10.91%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.57%) VMware
3 20 (4.45%) Commvault
4 17 (3.79%) SAP
5 16 (3.56%) Google
6 5 (1.11%) ForgeRock
6 5 (1.11%) Okta
7 4 (0.89%) Salesforce
7 4 (0.89%) ServiceNow
7 4 (0.89%) Sophos
8 3 (0.67%) Cisco
8 3 (0.67%) CyberArk
8 3 (0.67%) Fortinet
8 3 (0.67%) Oracle
8 3 (0.67%) Palo Alto
8 3 (0.67%) Splunk
9 2 (0.45%) Citrix
9 2 (0.45%) Sage
9 2 (0.45%) Tenable
9 2 (0.45%) Xero