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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 198 296
Rank change year-on-year +28 +98 -29
Permanent jobs citing NIST 376 260 193
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.52% 1.55% 0.89%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.54% 8.70% 6.17%
Number of salaries quoted 220 212 116
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £50,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £69,692 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.62% +7.22% -7.14%
75th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £101,375 £107,500 £88,125
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £71,820
% change year-on-year +3.45% +0.95% +2.60%

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 3,941 2,988 3,130
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.90% 17.80% 14.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,452 1,630 1,748
10th Percentile £33,500 £34,450 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,447 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,591 £62,500 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.85% +0.81% +3.13%
75th Percentile £76,388 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,634 £96,300 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%

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 9 October 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 6 (1.60%) SAS
2 1 (0.27%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 142 (37.77%) Azure
2 122 (32.45%) AWS
3 80 (21.28%) SaaS
4 43 (11.44%) GCP
5 34 (9.04%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (7.98%) Entra ID
7 12 (3.19%) Anthropic Claude
7 12 (3.19%) Zapier
8 10 (2.66%) AWS CloudFormation
8 10 (2.66%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (2.66%) Mimecast
9 9 (2.39%) IaaS
9 9 (2.39%) Microsoft Purview
9 9 (2.39%) PaaS
10 8 (2.13%) Azure Sentinel
11 7 (1.86%) Power Platform
12 6 (1.60%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (1.60%) Google Compute Engine
12 6 (1.60%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 6 (1.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 74 (19.68%) Network Security
2 64 (17.02%) Firewall
3 35 (9.31%) VPN
4 16 (4.26%) BGP
5 14 (3.72%) SD-WAN
5 14 (3.72%) SSH
5 14 (3.72%) SSL
5 14 (3.72%) WAN
6 11 (2.93%) DNS
6 11 (2.93%) HTTP
7 10 (2.66%) DHCP
7 10 (2.66%) FTP
7 10 (2.66%) ICMP
7 10 (2.66%) Intrusion Detection
7 10 (2.66%) IPsec
7 10 (2.66%) MPLS
7 10 (2.66%) SNMP
7 10 (2.66%) VLAN
8 9 (2.39%) Cisco ISE
9 7 (1.86%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
1 6 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
1 6 (1.60%) Power BI
2 4 (1.06%) Tableau
3 2 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.53%) Metadata
3 2 (0.53%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 10 (2.66%) TeamCity
2 6 (1.60%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.06%) JIRA
4 2 (0.53%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.53%) GitLab
4 2 (0.53%) JUnit
4 2 (0.53%) MLflow
4 2 (0.53%) NUnit
4 2 (0.53%) Postman
4 2 (0.53%) Selenium
4 2 (0.53%) Snyk
4 2 (0.53%) SonarQube
4 2 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.53%) Yeoman
5 1 (0.27%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.27%) Metasploit
General
1 133 (35.37%) Social Skills
2 69 (18.35%) Finance
3 65 (17.29%) Law
4 57 (15.16%) Analytical Skills
5 54 (14.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 42 (11.17%) Public Sector
7 28 (7.45%) Retail
8 26 (6.91%) Legal
9 23 (6.12%) Banking
10 18 (4.79%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (3.99%) Financial Institution
12 14 (3.72%) Aviation
13 13 (3.46%) Back Office
14 9 (2.39%) French Language
15 8 (2.13%) Aerospace
15 8 (2.13%) German Language
16 7 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (1.60%) Telecoms
18 5 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
19 4 (1.06%) Police
Job Titles
1 72 (19.15%) Consultant
2 67 (17.82%) Architect
3 60 (15.96%) Senior
4 56 (14.89%) Security Consultant
5 50 (13.30%) IT Manager
6 49 (13.03%) Resilience Manager
6 49 (13.03%) Security Architect
7 48 (12.77%) IT Services Manager
7 48 (12.77%) Service Manager
8 44 (11.70%) Analyst
9 41 (10.90%) Security Analyst
10 32 (8.51%) Security Engineer
11 29 (7.71%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 23 (6.12%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 19 (5.05%) Senior Consultant
14 18 (4.79%) Senior Security Consultant
15 17 (4.52%) Security Manager
16 15 (3.99%) Cybersecurity Engineer
16 15 (3.99%) Senior Analyst
16 15 (3.99%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (12.77%) Middleware
2 23 (6.12%) Terraform
3 13 (3.46%) OAuth
3 13 (3.46%) SAML
4 7 (1.86%) ARM Templates
4 7 (1.86%) Microsoft Graph
4 7 (1.86%) ModSecurity
5 6 (1.60%) REST
5 6 (1.60%) RESTful
5 6 (1.60%) SOAP
6 3 (0.80%) GraphQL
6 3 (0.80%) LDAP
6 3 (0.80%) OpenID
7 2 (0.53%) .NET
7 2 (0.53%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.53%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.53%) Keycloak
7 2 (0.53%) Node.js
7 2 (0.53%) pytest
7 2 (0.53%) React
Miscellaneous
1 78 (20.74%) Security Posture
2 72 (19.15%) Cyber Threat
3 49 (13.03%) Management Information System
4 41 (10.90%) Cloud Native
5 21 (5.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 17 (4.52%) Operational Technology
6 17 (4.52%) PKI
7 14 (3.72%) Cyber Defence
8 13 (3.46%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (3.19%) Blog
9 12 (3.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 12 (3.19%) Onboarding
10 10 (2.66%) Cloud Security Posture
11 9 (2.39%) Cyberattack
12 8 (2.13%) SCADA
13 7 (1.86%) Freedom of Information
13 7 (1.86%) Freedom of Information Act
14 6 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
14 6 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.26%) Windows
2 8 (2.13%) Linux
3 6 (1.60%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.27%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (59.84%) Cybersecurity
2 189 (50.27%) Information Security
3 116 (30.85%) Risk Management
4 113 (30.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 107 (28.46%) Agile
5 107 (28.46%) Cloud Security
6 93 (24.73%) Incident Response
7 89 (23.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 88 (23.40%) Disaster Recovery
9 84 (22.34%) Vulnerability Management
10 76 (20.21%) Business Continuity
11 72 (19.15%) Enterprise Architecture
11 72 (19.15%) Threat Modelling
12 71 (18.88%) Problem-Solving
13 70 (18.62%) DevOps
13 70 (18.62%) Security Architecture
14 67 (17.82%) SIEM
15 66 (17.55%) Security Operations
16 64 (17.02%) Identity Access Management
16 64 (17.02%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 35 (9.31%) Python
2 30 (7.98%) PowerShell
3 18 (4.79%) Java
4 13 (3.46%) Go
5 9 (2.39%) Bash
5 9 (2.39%) SQL
6 7 (1.86%) Bicep
7 5 (1.33%) C#
7 5 (1.33%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.06%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.80%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.53%) C
10 2 (0.53%) C++
11 1 (0.27%) Rust
Qualifications
1 188 (50.00%) CISSP
2 165 (43.88%) CISM
3 93 (24.73%) Security Cleared
4 75 (19.95%) SC Cleared
5 63 (16.76%) Degree
6 49 (13.03%) ITIL Certification
7 41 (10.90%) CRISC
8 30 (7.98%) CISA
9 23 (6.12%) DV Cleared
10 22 (5.85%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (4.26%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (3.72%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 13 (3.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 12 (3.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 11 (2.93%) Azure Certification
16 10 (2.66%) CCSP
17 9 (2.39%) CEH
17 9 (2.39%) CompTIA Security+
17 9 (2.39%) CREST Certified
17 9 (2.39%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 257 (68.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 84 (22.34%) GDPR
3 70 (18.62%) GRC
4 69 (18.35%) PCI DSS
5 57 (15.16%) NCSC
6 54 (14.36%) ISO 22301
7 43 (11.44%) Cyber Essentials
8 28 (7.45%) SOC 2
9 25 (6.65%) NIST 800
10 19 (5.05%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 18 (4.79%) COBIT
12 16 (4.26%) JSP 440
12 16 (4.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 11 (2.93%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 10 (2.66%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 9 (2.39%) Accessibility
16 8 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 7 (1.86%) SOC 1
18 6 (1.60%) QA
19 4 (1.06%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (5.05%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.39%) Docker
3 4 (1.06%) Firmware
3 4 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (6.91%) Kubernetes
2 17 (4.52%) Single Sign-On
3 16 (4.26%) CASB
4 11 (2.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (2.66%) FortiGate
6 8 (2.13%) Grafana
7 6 (1.60%) Cilium
8 2 (0.53%) Ansible
8 2 (0.53%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.27%) Nessus
9 1 (0.27%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.27%) Nmap
9 1 (0.27%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 86 (22.87%) Microsoft
2 25 (6.65%) Cisco
3 23 (6.12%) Palo Alto
4 18 (4.79%) Google
5 12 (3.19%) OpenAI
6 11 (2.93%) Qualys
6 11 (2.93%) Splunk
7 10 (2.66%) CrowdStrike
8 8 (2.13%) Tanium
9 5 (1.33%) Netskope
9 5 (1.33%) Tenable
10 4 (1.06%) New Relic
10 4 (1.06%) SolarWinds
10 4 (1.06%) Thales
10 4 (1.06%) Zerto
10 4 (1.06%) Zscaler
11 3 (0.80%) CheckPoint
11 3 (0.80%) CyberArk
11 3 (0.80%) Forcepoint
11 3 (0.80%) Oracle