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 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 235 283
Rank change year-on-year +138 +48 +6
Permanent jobs citing NIST 431 219 243
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.77% 1.34% 1.00%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.59% 7.79% 7.00%
Number of salaries quoted 210 138 208
10th Percentile £48,750 £39,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £53,813 £48,000 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £62,500 £61,272
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +2.00% -15.49%
75th Percentile £92,188 £80,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £87,875 £90,000
UK median annual salary £71,000 £70,750 £67,500
% change year-on-year +0.35% +4.81% -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 2,764 2,812 3,470
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.78% 17.15% 14.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,653 1,509 2,726
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,750 £48,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,750 £60,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -2.08% +7.14% -2.61%

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 23 January 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 16 (3.71%) IIS
2 8 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.86%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.23%) GNU Octave
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.23%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 140 (32.48%) Azure
2 53 (12.30%) Entra ID
3 52 (12.06%) AWS
4 40 (9.28%) Google Workspace
5 26 (6.03%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (3.94%) SaaS
7 15 (3.48%) GCP
8 14 (3.25%) Nutanix
9 11 (2.55%) Microsoft Purview
10 8 (1.86%) PaaS
11 6 (1.39%) AWS CloudFormation
11 6 (1.39%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (1.39%) Power Platform
12 5 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (0.93%) IaaS
14 3 (0.70%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 2 (0.46%) dbt
16 1 (0.23%) Amazon EKS
16 1 (0.23%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 43 (9.98%) Broadband
2 33 (7.66%) Firewall
3 29 (6.73%) Network Security
4 17 (3.94%) VPN
5 16 (3.71%) CHAP
6 10 (2.32%) Wireshark
7 7 (1.62%) DMZ
7 7 (1.62%) SD-WAN
7 7 (1.62%) VoIP
7 7 (1.62%) WAN
8 6 (1.39%) DNS
8 6 (1.39%) LAN
8 6 (1.39%) SSL
8 6 (1.39%) Unified Communications
8 6 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.93%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.70%) SCCP
11 1 (0.23%) BGP
11 1 (0.23%) EIGRP
11 1 (0.23%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.39%) Power BI
2 5 (1.16%) Tableau
3 1 (0.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.46%) Git
1 2 (0.46%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.23%) JIRA
General
1 152 (35.27%) Finance
2 134 (31.09%) Social Skills
3 76 (17.63%) Banking
4 52 (12.06%) Organisational Skills
5 44 (10.21%) Public Sector
6 41 (9.51%) Analytical Skills
7 35 (8.12%) Telecoms
8 29 (6.73%) Games
8 29 (6.73%) Manufacturing
9 28 (6.50%) Electronics
9 28 (6.50%) Marketing
10 26 (6.03%) Law
11 23 (5.34%) Financial Institution
12 20 (4.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 20 (4.64%) Legal
13 15 (3.48%) Retail
14 6 (1.39%) Aviation
15 5 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.70%) Back Office
17 2 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 83 (19.26%) Lead
2 61 (14.15%) Senior
3 60 (13.92%) Consultant
4 56 (12.99%) Security Consultant
5 39 (9.05%) Analyst
6 27 (6.26%) Security Analyst
7 25 (5.80%) Architect
8 24 (5.57%) Security Manager
9 23 (5.34%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 19 (4.41%) Security Architect
11 18 (4.18%) Security Specialist
12 17 (3.94%) Developer
12 17 (3.94%) IAM Developer
12 17 (3.94%) Senior Consultant
13 16 (3.71%) Auditor
13 16 (3.71%) Internal Auditor
13 16 (3.71%) Security Auditor
13 16 (3.71%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
13 16 (3.71%) Senior Security Consultant
14 15 (3.48%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (9.74%) GraphQL
1 42 (9.74%) REST
1 42 (9.74%) SOAP
2 41 (9.51%) OAuth
2 41 (9.51%) OpenID
2 41 (9.51%) SAML
3 40 (9.28%) LDAP
4 26 (6.03%) SAP CAF
5 6 (1.39%) React
5 6 (1.39%) Spring Boot
6 4 (0.93%) JSON
6 4 (0.93%) YAML
7 3 (0.70%) ARM Templates
8 2 (0.46%) Django
8 2 (0.46%) EDI
8 2 (0.46%) SLSA
9 1 (0.23%) PyTorch
9 1 (0.23%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 128 (29.70%) Cyber Threat
2 89 (20.65%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 80 (18.56%) Operational Technology
4 79 (18.33%) Security Operations Centre
5 54 (12.53%) Management Information System
6 50 (11.60%) Security Posture
7 44 (10.21%) Cyberattack
8 23 (5.34%) Cloud Native
9 17 (3.94%) Hybrid Cloud
10 16 (3.71%) CESG
11 14 (3.25%) PKI
12 13 (3.02%) Cyber Defence
13 9 (2.09%) Cloud Security Posture
13 9 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (2.09%) Product Ownership
14 8 (1.86%) Blockchain
15 7 (1.62%) Blog
16 6 (1.39%) Onboarding
17 4 (0.93%) Cyber Security Posture
17 4 (0.93%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.18%) Windows
2 14 (3.25%) Linux
3 6 (1.39%) Unix
4 4 (0.93%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 248 (57.54%) Risk Management
2 240 (55.68%) Cybersecurity
3 173 (40.14%) Roadmaps
4 157 (36.43%) Information Security
5 144 (33.41%) Vulnerability Management
6 134 (31.09%) Mentoring
7 106 (24.59%) Security Operations
8 104 (24.13%) Stakeholder Management
9 95 (22.04%) Threat Intelligence
10 89 (20.65%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 86 (19.95%) Coaching
12 83 (19.26%) Incident Response
13 82 (19.03%) ITIL
14 79 (18.33%) SABSA
15 78 (18.10%) Risk Assessment
16 77 (17.87%) Technology Roadmap
17 75 (17.40%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
18 73 (16.94%) Cyber Intelligence
19 71 (16.47%) Business Strategy
20 68 (15.78%) Change Advisory Board
Programming Languages
1 78 (18.10%) PowerShell
2 44 (10.21%) Bash
3 40 (9.28%) T-SQL
4 22 (5.10%) SQL
5 21 (4.87%) Python
6 7 (1.62%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (1.39%) Bicep
7 6 (1.39%) Java
8 1 (0.23%) C
8 1 (0.23%) C++
Qualifications
1 190 (44.08%) CISSP
2 128 (29.70%) CISM
3 83 (19.26%) CISA
4 70 (16.24%) CRISC
5 67 (15.55%) Security Cleared
6 54 (12.53%) SC Cleared
7 45 (10.44%) Degree
8 33 (7.66%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 28 (6.50%) SANS
10 24 (5.57%) CEH
11 20 (4.64%) Azure Certification
11 20 (4.64%) Cisco Certification
11 20 (4.64%) CISMP
12 19 (4.41%) AWS Certification
13 18 (4.18%) CGEIT
14 17 (3.94%) DV Cleared
14 17 (3.94%) FFIEC
15 16 (3.71%) CESG Certified Professional
15 16 (3.71%) CompTIA Security+
15 16 (3.71%) IISP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 264 (61.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 86 (19.95%) NCSC
3 81 (18.79%) PCI DSS
4 70 (16.24%) GDPR
4 70 (16.24%) GRC
4 70 (16.24%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 36 (8.35%) NIST 800
6 34 (7.89%) Cyber Essentials
7 30 (6.96%) JSP 440
8 27 (6.26%) COBIT
9 18 (4.18%) SOC 2
10 17 (3.94%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 16 (3.71%) RMADS
12 11 (2.55%) ISO 22301
13 10 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 9 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (1.16%) Data Quality
15 5 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 5 (1.16%) ITGC
15 5 (1.16%) SLA
System Software
1 48 (11.14%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.86%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (1.62%) Docker
3 7 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.93%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 22 (5.10%) Terraform
2 11 (2.55%) Kubernetes
3 10 (2.32%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (2.32%) RSA Archer
4 7 (1.62%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 5 (1.16%) Ansible
6 4 (0.93%) QRadar
7 3 (0.70%) SCCM
8 2 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.46%) Suricata
8 2 (0.46%) WSUS
9 1 (0.23%) Nessus
9 1 (0.23%) Nmap
Vendors
1 43 (9.98%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.73%) SAP
3 21 (4.87%) VMware
4 14 (3.25%) Commvault
5 7 (1.62%) Cisco
5 7 (1.62%) Splunk
6 6 (1.39%) Google
7 3 (0.70%) CyberArk
7 3 (0.70%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.70%) Tenable
8 2 (0.46%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.23%) AlienVault
9 1 (0.23%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.23%) Darktrace
9 1 (0.23%) ForgeRock
9 1 (0.23%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.23%) Okta
9 1 (0.23%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.23%) Sage
9 1 (0.23%) Xero