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 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 274 270
Rank change year-on-year +137 -4 +125
Permanent jobs citing NIST 357 198 240
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.23% 0.99% 1.09%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.53% 6.56% 7.27%
Number of salaries quoted 230 117 217
10th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £46,550
25th Percentile £52,313 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,384 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.74% -7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £89,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000

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 2,638 3,018 3,301
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.47% 15.13% 15.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,652 1,620 2,633
10th Percentile £33,125 £36,200 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,447
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,629 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.21% +4.38% +4.35%
75th Percentile £78,969 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +5.26%

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 7 November 2025.

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 18 (5.04%) IIS
2 15 (4.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.64%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (0.56%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.28%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 98 (27.45%) Azure
2 55 (15.41%) AWS
3 25 (7.00%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (6.44%) Entra ID
5 17 (4.76%) GCP
6 14 (3.92%) SaaS
7 13 (3.64%) PaaS
8 12 (3.36%) Azure Sentinel
9 10 (2.80%) Microsoft Purview
10 9 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (2.24%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (1.96%) dbt
13 6 (1.68%) Google Workspace
14 5 (1.40%) Power Platform
15 4 (1.12%) Nutanix
16 3 (0.84%) Amazon GuardDuty
16 3 (0.84%) AWS CloudFormation
16 3 (0.84%) AWS Lambda
16 3 (0.84%) Serverless
17 2 (0.56%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 62 (17.37%) Network Security
2 30 (8.40%) Firewall
3 18 (5.04%) VPN
4 12 (3.36%) WAN
5 11 (3.08%) LAN
5 11 (3.08%) Wireshark
6 10 (2.80%) SD-WAN
7 9 (2.52%) Broadband
7 9 (2.52%) Unified Communications
8 8 (2.24%) VoIP
8 8 (2.24%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (1.96%) Intrusion Detection
10 6 (1.68%) SSL
11 4 (1.12%) DNS
12 2 (0.56%) BGP
12 2 (0.56%) DHCP
12 2 (0.56%) DMZ
12 2 (0.56%) S/MIME
12 2 (0.56%) WLAN
12 2 (0.56%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.24%) NoSQL
2 5 (1.40%) Power BI
2 5 (1.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.28%) Git
1 1 (0.28%) JIRA
1 1 (0.28%) Metasploit
General
1 111 (31.09%) Finance
2 107 (29.97%) Social Skills
3 56 (15.69%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (15.13%) Public Sector
5 53 (14.85%) Telecoms
6 43 (12.04%) Manufacturing
6 43 (12.04%) Marketing
7 42 (11.76%) Electronics
8 28 (7.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 23 (6.44%) Legal
10 22 (6.16%) Law
11 20 (5.60%) Banking
12 14 (3.92%) Influencing Skills
12 14 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (2.52%) Games
14 7 (1.96%) Financial Institution
15 6 (1.68%) Retail
16 5 (1.40%) Back Office
17 4 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
18 2 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 89 (24.93%) Lead
2 69 (19.33%) Consultant
3 68 (19.05%) Security Consultant
4 49 (13.73%) Senior
5 46 (12.89%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 41 (11.48%) Architect
7 30 (8.40%) Security Architect
8 28 (7.84%) Analyst
9 27 (7.56%) Security Engineer
10 17 (4.76%) Security Manager
10 17 (4.76%) Security Specialist
11 16 (4.48%) Security Analyst
11 16 (4.48%) Senior Consultant
11 16 (4.48%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
11 16 (4.48%) Senior Security Consultant
12 12 (3.36%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 12 (3.36%) Cybersecurity Specialist
13 9 (2.52%) Information Analyst
13 9 (2.52%) Information Manager
13 9 (2.52%) Information Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.48%) SAP CAF
2 10 (2.80%) YAML
3 9 (2.52%) JSON
4 6 (1.68%) GraphQL
4 6 (1.68%) React
4 6 (1.68%) REST
4 6 (1.68%) SOAP
4 6 (1.68%) Spring Boot
5 5 (1.40%) LDAP
5 5 (1.40%) OAuth
5 5 (1.40%) OpenID
5 5 (1.40%) SAML
6 3 (0.84%) EDI
7 2 (0.56%) Django
7 2 (0.56%) EJB
7 2 (0.56%) RESTful
7 2 (0.56%) SLSA
7 2 (0.56%) Web Services
8 1 (0.28%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.28%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 101 (28.29%) Cyber Threat
2 83 (23.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 83 (23.25%) Operational Technology
3 81 (22.69%) Security Operations Centre
4 40 (11.20%) Security Posture
5 39 (10.92%) Management Information System
6 28 (7.84%) Analytical Mindset
7 17 (4.76%) Cloud Native
8 16 (4.48%) CESG
9 10 (2.80%) Cyberattack
10 9 (2.52%) Product Ownership
11 8 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (2.24%) PKI
11 8 (2.24%) Taxonomies
12 6 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.68%) Onboarding
13 4 (1.12%) Cyber Defence
13 4 (1.12%) Data Centre
13 4 (1.12%) SCADA
14 3 (0.84%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.60%) Windows
2 11 (3.08%) Linux
3 6 (1.68%) Unix
4 4 (1.12%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.56%) VMS
6 1 (0.28%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (55.74%) Cybersecurity
2 188 (52.66%) Risk Management
3 149 (41.74%) Vulnerability Management
4 129 (36.13%) Mentoring
5 105 (29.41%) Information Security
6 104 (29.13%) Security Operations
7 98 (27.45%) Roadmaps
8 97 (27.17%) Threat Intelligence
9 93 (26.05%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 91 (25.49%) SABSA
11 87 (24.37%) Stakeholder Management
12 84 (23.53%) Technology Roadmap
13 82 (22.97%) ITIL
14 77 (21.57%) Coaching
15 73 (20.45%) Cyber Intelligence
16 72 (20.17%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
17 71 (19.89%) Business Strategy
18 68 (19.05%) Change Advisory Board
19 66 (18.49%) Incident Response
20 48 (13.45%) ISMS
Programming Languages
1 35 (9.80%) PowerShell
2 22 (6.16%) Python
3 20 (5.60%) SQL
4 14 (3.92%) Java
5 8 (2.24%) Bash
5 8 (2.24%) C#
6 7 (1.96%) Kusto Query Language
7 5 (1.40%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.56%) Bicep
8 2 (0.56%) Go
8 2 (0.56%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 119 (33.33%) CISSP
2 88 (24.65%) Security Cleared
3 87 (24.37%) CISM
4 57 (15.97%) SC Cleared
5 41 (11.48%) Degree
6 39 (10.92%) CompTIA Security+
7 37 (10.36%) CEH
8 27 (7.56%) Azure Certification
9 26 (7.28%) CRISC
10 25 (7.00%) AWS Certification
11 24 (6.72%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 21 (5.88%) CISMP
13 19 (5.32%) Cisco Certification
14 17 (4.76%) CISA
15 16 (4.48%) CESG Certified Professional
15 16 (4.48%) IISP
16 15 (4.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 15 (4.20%) Master's Degree
17 12 (3.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
18 11 (3.08%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 257 (71.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 70 (19.61%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 70 (19.61%) NCSC
3 62 (17.37%) GDPR
4 51 (14.29%) PCI DSS
5 50 (14.01%) GRC
6 34 (9.52%) NIST 800
7 27 (7.56%) Cyber Essentials
8 24 (6.72%) JSP 440
9 23 (6.44%) SOC 2
10 17 (4.76%) RMADS
11 16 (4.48%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 12 (3.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 10 (2.80%) COBIT
13 10 (2.80%) HIPAA
14 9 (2.52%) QA
15 8 (2.24%) SOC 1
16 5 (1.40%) Data Quality
16 5 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 5 (1.40%) ITGC
System Software
1 20 (5.60%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.52%) Docker
3 8 (2.24%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.56%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (5.60%) Terraform
2 13 (3.64%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (2.52%) RSA Archer
4 4 (1.12%) QRadar
4 4 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.56%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 2 (0.56%) Nmap
5 2 (0.56%) Proxmox
5 2 (0.56%) Suricata
6 1 (0.28%) Ansible
6 1 (0.28%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 46 (12.89%) Microsoft
2 42 (11.76%) SAP
3 11 (3.08%) Cisco
4 10 (2.80%) Google
4 10 (2.80%) VMware
5 6 (1.68%) Splunk
6 4 (1.12%) Commvault
6 4 (1.12%) Palo Alto
6 4 (1.12%) Thales
7 3 (0.84%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.56%) arcserve
8 2 (0.56%) Forcepoint
8 2 (0.56%) Juniper
8 2 (0.56%) Rapid7
8 2 (0.56%) Ruckus Wireless
8 2 (0.56%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.56%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.56%) Sophos
9 1 (0.28%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.28%) Meraki