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 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 262 316
Rank change year-on-year +120 +54 -35
Permanent jobs citing NIST 339 183 307
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.80% 1.21% 0.94%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.20% 6.31% 7.31%
Number of salaries quoted 207 149 261
10th Percentile £50,000 £46,850 £40,250
25th Percentile £55,544 £52,500 £55,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £67,500 £67,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.63% +0.75% -4.29%
75th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £84,919
90th Percentile £112,500 £97,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £73,706 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +1.66% +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 3,026 2,899 4,202
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.10% 19.20% 12.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,886 1,589 3,248
10th Percentile £35,750 £35,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £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 £80,000 £75,874 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +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

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 20 May 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:

Applications
1 8 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 135 (39.82%) Azure
2 66 (19.47%) Entra ID
3 53 (15.63%) AWS
3 53 (15.63%) Google Workspace
4 28 (8.26%) GCP
5 20 (5.90%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (3.83%) Nutanix
7 12 (3.54%) SaaS
8 8 (2.36%) AWS CloudFormation
8 8 (2.36%) IaaS
8 8 (2.36%) PaaS
9 5 (1.47%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.18%) Anthropic Claude
10 4 (1.18%) Vertex AI
10 4 (1.18%) Zapier
11 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.88%) Mimecast
11 3 (0.88%) Serverless
12 2 (0.59%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.59%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 57 (16.81%) Broadband
2 46 (13.57%) Firewall
3 44 (12.98%) Network Security
4 21 (6.19%) CHAP
5 15 (4.42%) DNS
6 13 (3.83%) VPN
7 9 (2.65%) SSL
8 7 (2.06%) Intrusion Detection
9 6 (1.77%) DHCP
9 6 (1.77%) DMZ
9 6 (1.77%) NGFW
10 5 (1.47%) SSH
11 4 (1.18%) VLAN
12 3 (0.88%) SCCP
12 3 (0.88%) WAN
13 2 (0.59%) Cisco ISE
13 2 (0.59%) MPLS
13 2 (0.59%) SNMP
14 1 (0.29%) ICMP
14 1 (0.29%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.47%) Power BI
2 4 (1.18%) Tableau
3 1 (0.29%) DB2
3 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (1.77%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.47%) Git
3 1 (0.29%) Yeoman
General
1 135 (39.82%) Social Skills
2 95 (28.02%) Finance
3 65 (19.17%) Organisational Skills
4 52 (15.34%) Banking
5 49 (14.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 36 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
7 30 (8.85%) Retail
8 29 (8.55%) Games
9 28 (8.26%) Law
10 26 (7.67%) Legal
11 25 (7.37%) Public Sector
12 22 (6.49%) Financial Institution
13 14 (4.13%) Aviation
14 7 (2.06%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.77%) Electronics
15 6 (1.77%) Marketing
15 6 (1.77%) Telecoms
16 5 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
17 3 (0.88%) Back Office
18 2 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 59 (17.40%) Architect
2 51 (15.04%) Senior
3 43 (12.68%) Security Manager
4 37 (10.91%) Analyst
5 32 (9.44%) Consultant
5 32 (9.44%) Security Analyst
6 25 (7.37%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 24 (7.08%) Security Architect
8 23 (6.78%) Auditor
8 23 (6.78%) Solutions Architect
9 21 (6.19%) Security Auditor
9 21 (6.19%) Security Consultant
10 20 (5.90%) Internal Auditor
11 18 (5.31%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 18 (5.31%) Developer
11 18 (5.31%) IAM Developer
11 18 (5.31%) Information Manager
12 17 (5.01%) Security Specialist
13 16 (4.72%) Information Security Manager
13 16 (4.72%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (17.11%) OAuth
1 58 (17.11%) SAML
2 57 (16.81%) OpenID
3 54 (15.93%) REST
3 54 (15.93%) SOAP
4 53 (15.63%) GraphQL
5 52 (15.34%) LDAP
6 6 (1.77%) Microsoft Graph
6 6 (1.77%) SAP CAF
7 4 (1.18%) ARM Templates
7 4 (1.18%) RESTful
8 1 (0.29%) CSS
8 1 (0.29%) HTML
8 1 (0.29%) JSP
8 1 (0.29%) LangChain
8 1 (0.29%) LlamaIndex
8 1 (0.29%) Middleware
8 1 (0.29%) pgvector
8 1 (0.29%) Semantic Kernel
8 1 (0.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 83 (24.48%) Cyberattack
2 64 (18.88%) Cyber Threat
3 51 (15.04%) Management Information System
4 50 (14.75%) Security Posture
5 26 (7.67%) Cloud Native
6 19 (5.60%) Cyber Defence
7 17 (5.01%) PKI
8 16 (4.72%) Hybrid Cloud
9 13 (3.83%) Blog
10 10 (2.95%) Blockchain
10 10 (2.95%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 10 (2.95%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (2.95%) Onboarding
11 9 (2.65%) Cyber Security Posture
12 8 (2.36%) Operational Technology
13 7 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (1.77%) Cloud Security Posture
15 4 (1.18%) Digital Media
16 3 (0.88%) Driving Licence
16 3 (0.88%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 18 (5.31%) Windows
2 11 (3.24%) Linux
3 6 (1.77%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.29%) AIX
4 1 (0.29%) CentOS
4 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 125 (36.87%) Information Security
3 122 (35.99%) Risk Management
4 102 (30.09%) Roadmaps
5 87 (25.66%) Vulnerability Management
6 78 (23.01%) Incident Response
7 69 (20.35%) Identity Access Management
8 68 (20.06%) Mentoring
9 62 (18.29%) Cloud Security
9 62 (18.29%) Regulatory Compliance
10 59 (17.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 58 (17.11%) Problem-Solving
11 58 (17.11%) Programme Delivery
12 54 (15.93%) Stakeholder Management
13 53 (15.63%) Agile
14 52 (15.34%) Continuous Improvement
14 52 (15.34%) Risk Assessment
14 52 (15.34%) SIEM
15 43 (12.68%) Project Management
16 42 (12.39%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 87 (25.66%) PowerShell
2 55 (16.22%) Bash
3 52 (15.34%) T-SQL
4 26 (7.67%) SQL
5 20 (5.90%) Python
6 5 (1.47%) Bicep
7 1 (0.29%) C
7 1 (0.29%) C++
7 1 (0.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 138 (40.71%) CISSP
2 111 (32.74%) CISM
3 58 (17.11%) CISA
3 58 (17.11%) Security Cleared
4 54 (15.93%) Degree
5 46 (13.57%) SC Cleared
6 37 (10.91%) SANS
7 35 (10.32%) CRISC
8 22 (6.49%) CGEIT
8 22 (6.49%) FFIEC
9 18 (5.31%) CEH
10 17 (5.01%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (5.01%) DV Cleared
11 15 (4.42%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (4.42%) ISACA
12 13 (3.83%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 11 (3.24%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 10 (2.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 10 (2.95%) Azure Certification
15 9 (2.65%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 217 (64.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 84 (24.78%) GDPR
3 82 (24.19%) NCSC
4 60 (17.70%) PCI DSS
5 44 (12.98%) Cyber Essentials
5 44 (12.98%) GRC
6 31 (9.14%) COBIT
7 17 (5.01%) SOC 2
8 15 (4.42%) NIST 800
9 14 (4.13%) JSP 440
10 13 (3.83%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 12 (3.54%) ISO 22301
12 8 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 8 (2.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (2.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 7 (2.06%) Government Security Classifications
14 6 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 5 (1.47%) Actionable Recommendations
15 5 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 5 (1.47%) SOC 1
System Software
1 74 (21.83%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.54%) Docker
3 4 (1.18%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (4.13%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.95%) Terraform
3 9 (2.65%) Ansible
4 8 (2.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.36%) RSA Archer
5 7 (2.06%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 5 (1.47%) SCCM
7 2 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.59%) WSUS
8 1 (0.29%) CASB
8 1 (0.29%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.29%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.29%) OpenView
8 1 (0.29%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.29%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 48 (14.16%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.31%) Google
2 18 (5.31%) VMware
3 13 (3.83%) Commvault
4 8 (2.36%) SAP
5 6 (1.77%) Cisco
5 6 (1.77%) Palo Alto
6 5 (1.47%) ForgeRock
6 5 (1.47%) Okta
6 5 (1.47%) OpenAI
7 4 (1.18%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.18%) Sophos
7 4 (1.18%) Thales
8 3 (0.88%) Fortinet
8 3 (0.88%) Oracle
8 3 (0.88%) Splunk
9 2 (0.59%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (0.59%) CyberArk
9 2 (0.59%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.59%) Xero