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 8 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 255 325
Rank change year-on-year +103 +70 -74
Permanent jobs citing NIST 394 195 268
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.86% 1.20% 0.82%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.17% 6.70% 6.41%
Number of salaries quoted 258 167 223
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £56,750 £52,500 £57,042
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £90,000 £88,333 £84,919
90th Percentile £112,500 £97,500 £94,398
UK median annual salary £73,706 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +1.66% - +4.69%

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 3,526 2,909 4,181
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.69% 17.89% 12.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2,251 1,630 3,089
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £33,954
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.87% +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 8 July 2026.

NIST salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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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 4 (1.02%) SAS
2 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.28%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 162 (41.12%) Azure
2 99 (25.13%) AWS
3 58 (14.72%) SaaS
4 54 (13.71%) Entra ID
5 39 (9.90%) GCP
6 37 (9.39%) Google Workspace
7 30 (7.61%) Microsoft 365
8 12 (3.05%) Anthropic Claude
8 12 (3.05%) IaaS
8 12 (3.05%) PaaS
8 12 (3.05%) Zapier
9 10 (2.54%) AWS CloudFormation
10 9 (2.28%) Nutanix
11 8 (2.03%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (1.52%) Power Platform
13 5 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
14 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (1.02%) Mimecast
14 4 (1.02%) Vertex AI
15 3 (0.76%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 62 (15.74%) Network Security
2 50 (12.69%) Firewall
3 40 (10.15%) Broadband
4 26 (6.60%) VPN
5 21 (5.33%) DNS
6 15 (3.81%) CHAP
6 15 (3.81%) DHCP
7 14 (3.55%) SSH
7 14 (3.55%) SSL
8 13 (3.30%) VLAN
9 12 (3.05%) WAN
10 11 (2.79%) HTTP
10 11 (2.79%) MPLS
10 11 (2.79%) SNMP
11 10 (2.54%) BGP
11 10 (2.54%) FTP
11 10 (2.54%) ICMP
11 10 (2.54%) IPsec
11 10 (2.54%) SD-WAN
12 7 (1.78%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.52%) Power BI
2 4 (1.02%) Tableau
3 1 (0.25%) Db2
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (1.27%) Git
1 5 (1.27%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.76%) JIRA
3 2 (0.51%) Yeoman
4 1 (0.25%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.25%) Metasploit
General
1 135 (34.26%) Social Skills
2 90 (22.84%) Finance
3 60 (15.23%) Law
4 57 (14.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 54 (13.71%) Analytical Skills
6 49 (12.44%) Organisational Skills
7 35 (8.88%) Banking
7 35 (8.88%) Legal
8 31 (7.87%) Retail
9 30 (7.61%) Public Sector
10 19 (4.82%) Financial Institution
11 18 (4.57%) Games
12 12 (3.05%) Aviation
13 7 (1.78%) Back Office
14 6 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (1.02%) French Language
15 4 (1.02%) German Language
16 2 (0.51%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.51%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 82 (20.81%) Architect
2 68 (17.26%) Senior
3 50 (12.69%) Consultant
4 44 (11.17%) Analyst
5 42 (10.66%) Security Architect
6 41 (10.41%) Security Analyst
7 39 (9.90%) Security Consultant
8 38 (9.64%) Security Manager
9 33 (8.38%) IT Manager
10 29 (7.36%) IT Services Manager
10 29 (7.36%) Resilience Manager
10 29 (7.36%) Service Manager
11 26 (6.60%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 25 (6.35%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 21 (5.33%) Solutions Architect
14 17 (4.31%) Auditor
14 17 (4.31%) Information Manager
15 15 (3.81%) Security Specialist
15 15 (3.81%) Senior Consultant
15 15 (3.81%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (12.94%) OAuth
1 51 (12.94%) SAML
2 41 (10.41%) OpenID
3 37 (9.39%) REST
3 37 (9.39%) SOAP
4 36 (9.14%) GraphQL
4 36 (9.14%) LDAP
5 30 (7.61%) Middleware
6 7 (1.78%) ARM Templates
6 7 (1.78%) Microsoft Graph
7 5 (1.27%) ModSecurity
8 4 (1.02%) RESTful
9 1 (0.25%) CSS
9 1 (0.25%) HTML
9 1 (0.25%) JSP
9 1 (0.25%) LangChain
9 1 (0.25%) pgvector
9 1 (0.25%) SailPoint
9 1 (0.25%) SAP CAF
9 1 (0.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 78 (19.80%) Cyber Threat
2 66 (16.75%) Cyberattack
3 65 (16.50%) Security Posture
4 53 (13.45%) Management Information System
5 29 (7.36%) Cloud Native
6 18 (4.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 15 (3.81%) PKI
8 14 (3.55%) Cyber Defence
8 14 (3.55%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (3.55%) Hybrid Cloud
8 14 (3.55%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (3.05%) Blog
9 12 (3.05%) Onboarding
10 8 (2.03%) Cloud Security Posture
10 8 (2.03%) Cyber Security Posture
10 8 (2.03%) Operational Technology
11 7 (1.78%) Blockchain
11 7 (1.78%) Freedom of Information
11 7 (1.78%) Freedom of Information Act
12 3 (0.76%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.57%) Windows
2 12 (3.05%) Linux
3 7 (1.78%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.25%) AIX
4 1 (0.25%) CentOS
4 1 (0.25%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (60.91%) Cybersecurity
2 170 (43.15%) Information Security
3 122 (30.96%) Risk Management
4 98 (24.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 96 (24.37%) Incident Response
6 91 (23.10%) Vulnerability Management
7 90 (22.84%) Agile
7 90 (22.84%) Roadmaps
8 87 (22.08%) Cloud Security
9 83 (21.07%) Problem-Solving
10 79 (20.05%) Disaster Recovery
11 75 (19.04%) Continuous Improvement
12 73 (18.53%) Identity Access Management
13 71 (18.02%) Programme Delivery
14 62 (15.74%) Business Continuity
14 62 (15.74%) SIEM
15 61 (15.48%) DevOps
16 58 (14.72%) Mentoring
16 58 (14.72%) Stakeholder Management
17 57 (14.47%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 72 (18.27%) PowerShell
2 38 (9.64%) Bash
3 36 (9.14%) T-SQL
4 22 (5.58%) Python
5 20 (5.08%) SQL
6 8 (2.03%) Bicep
7 2 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.25%) Java
Qualifications
1 175 (44.42%) CISSP
2 158 (40.10%) CISM
3 75 (19.04%) Security Cleared
4 65 (16.50%) Degree
5 62 (15.74%) SC Cleared
6 48 (12.18%) CISA
7 42 (10.66%) CRISC
8 29 (7.36%) ITIL Certification
9 28 (7.11%) SANS
10 23 (5.84%) Computer Science Degree
11 22 (5.58%) DV Cleared
12 19 (4.82%) ISACA
13 18 (4.57%) FFIEC
14 16 (4.06%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 15 (3.81%) CEH
15 15 (3.81%) CGEIT
16 14 (3.55%) CompTIA Security+
17 13 (3.30%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
18 12 (3.05%) Cisco Certification
18 12 (3.05%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 269 (68.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 102 (25.89%) GDPR
3 73 (18.53%) NCSC
4 62 (15.74%) GRC
5 59 (14.97%) PCI DSS
6 46 (11.68%) Cyber Essentials
7 39 (9.90%) ISO 22301
8 32 (8.12%) COBIT
9 24 (6.09%) SOC 2
10 20 (5.08%) NIST 800
11 19 (4.82%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 18 (4.57%) JSP 440
12 18 (4.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 9 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 9 (2.28%) SOC 1
14 7 (1.78%) Government Security Classifications
14 7 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 6 (1.52%) Actionable Recommendations
16 5 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 5 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 55 (13.96%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.55%) Docker
3 3 (0.76%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (4.82%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.05%) Terraform
3 10 (2.54%) CASB
3 10 (2.54%) FortiGate
4 8 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.03%) RSA Archer
4 8 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.78%) Ansible
5 7 (1.78%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 5 (1.27%) SCCM
7 1 (0.25%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.25%) Nessus
7 1 (0.25%) Nmap
7 1 (0.25%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.25%) OpenView
7 1 (0.25%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.25%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 75 (19.04%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.58%) Google
3 17 (4.31%) Palo Alto
4 16 (4.06%) Cisco
5 13 (3.30%) OpenAI
5 13 (3.30%) VMware
6 9 (2.28%) Commvault
6 9 (2.28%) Splunk
7 8 (2.03%) Qualys
8 6 (1.52%) Oracle
9 5 (1.27%) ForgeRock
9 5 (1.27%) Okta
9 5 (1.27%) Tanium
10 4 (1.02%) Sophos
10 4 (1.02%) Tenable
10 4 (1.02%) Thales
11 3 (0.76%) Forcepoint
11 3 (0.76%) Fortinet
11 3 (0.76%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.76%) SAP