NIST Jobs with Work from Home Options

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for NIST skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited NIST over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 319 283 429
Rank change year-on-year -36 +146 -93
Permanent jobs citing NIST 309 497 495
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.91% 1.17% 0.73%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.23% 7.97% 4.61%
Number of salaries quoted 265 417 411
10th Percentile £40,250 £47,160 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £66,500 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +3.70% +3.85%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

NIST is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,276 6,238 10,748
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.66% 14.71% 15.81%
Number of salaries quoted 3,247 4,220 6,050
10th Percentile £34,750 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

NIST
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

NIST trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing NIST.

NIST salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

NIST
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing NIST over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

NIST salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (3.88%) IIS
2 2 (0.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 114 (36.89%) Azure
2 82 (26.54%) AWS
3 39 (12.62%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (6.47%) Cloud Computing
5 19 (6.15%) Microsoft Purview
5 19 (6.15%) SaaS
6 18 (5.83%) Azure Sentinel
7 17 (5.50%) IaaS
7 17 (5.50%) PaaS
8 14 (4.53%) Entra ID
9 13 (4.21%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (3.56%) GCP
11 9 (2.91%) Amazon S3
11 9 (2.91%) Serverless
12 6 (1.94%) Azure Service Fabric
13 5 (1.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 5 (1.62%) Amazon EC2
13 5 (1.62%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (1.62%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (1.62%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 80 (25.89%) Firewall
2 54 (17.48%) WAN
3 52 (16.83%) Network Security
4 35 (11.33%) SD-WAN
5 21 (6.80%) TCP/IP
6 19 (6.15%) LAN
7 14 (4.53%) Wireshark
8 10 (3.24%) Wireless
9 9 (2.91%) VPN
10 6 (1.94%) Internet
11 5 (1.62%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (1.29%) DNS
13 3 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
14 2 (0.65%) DMZ
14 2 (0.65%) Modbus
14 2 (0.65%) VLAN
14 2 (0.65%) VoIP
15 1 (0.32%) SAN
15 1 (0.32%) SSL
15 1 (0.32%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.94%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.29%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.65%) Power BI
5 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 15 (4.85%) GitLab
2 9 (2.91%) JIRA
3 2 (0.65%) Burp Suite
3 2 (0.65%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.65%) sqlmap
4 1 (0.32%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 96 (31.07%) Finance
2 61 (19.74%) Social Skills
3 23 (7.44%) Public Sector
4 21 (6.80%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.47%) Retail
6 19 (6.15%) Aerospace
7 18 (5.83%) Law
8 12 (3.88%) Legal
9 11 (3.56%) Military
9 11 (3.56%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (3.24%) Aviation
11 9 (2.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.91%) Manufacturing
12 7 (2.27%) Banking
13 6 (1.94%) Marketing
13 6 (1.94%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.62%) Automotive
15 3 (0.97%) Games
15 3 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.97%) Police
Job Titles
1 61 (19.74%) Analyst
2 57 (18.45%) Architect
3 56 (18.12%) Senior
4 55 (17.80%) Security Engineer
5 52 (16.83%) Security Architect
6 47 (15.21%) Lead
7 46 (14.89%) Security Analyst
8 38 (12.30%) Consultant
9 33 (10.68%) Security Consultant
10 27 (8.74%) Lead Architect
10 27 (8.74%) Lead Security Architect
11 26 (8.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 22 (7.12%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 17 (5.50%) Information Analyst
13 17 (5.50%) Information Security Analyst
14 16 (5.18%) Security Manager
15 14 (4.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 14 (4.53%) Security Specialist
15 14 (4.53%) Senior Consultant
15 14 (4.53%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.59%) REST
1 8 (2.59%) SOAP
1 8 (2.59%) Web Services
2 4 (1.29%) Kafka
3 3 (0.97%) AWS SAM
3 3 (0.97%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.65%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 95 (30.74%) Management Information System
2 35 (11.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 25 (8.09%) Cyber Threat
4 19 (6.15%) Security Operations Centre
5 17 (5.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 15 (4.85%) Security Posture
7 14 (4.53%) CESG
8 12 (3.88%) Private Cloud
8 12 (3.88%) Product Ownership
9 11 (3.56%) Onboarding
9 11 (3.56%) Operational Technology
10 10 (3.24%) Cyber Defence
11 8 (2.59%) Cyberattack
11 8 (2.59%) Data Centre
12 7 (2.27%) PMI
12 7 (2.27%) Public Cloud
12 7 (2.27%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 6 (1.94%) Distributed Systems
14 5 (1.62%) IoT
15 3 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 40 (12.94%) Windows
2 17 (5.50%) Linux
3 13 (4.21%) Android
3 13 (4.21%) Apple iOS
4 10 (3.24%) Unix
4 10 (3.24%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.62%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.29%) CentOS
6 4 (1.29%) Solaris
6 4 (1.29%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.29%) zOS
7 2 (0.65%) AIX
7 2 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.32%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (62.46%) Cybersecurity
2 185 (59.87%) Information Security
3 87 (28.16%) Risk Management
4 83 (26.86%) Security Architecture
5 79 (25.57%) SIEM
6 67 (21.68%) Cloud Security
7 61 (19.74%) Application Security
7 61 (19.74%) OWASP
8 57 (18.45%) Security Operations
9 52 (16.83%) Incident Response
10 46 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
11 42 (13.59%) Security Management
12 41 (13.27%) Secure Coding
13 40 (12.94%) DevOps
14 39 (12.62%) Coaching
14 39 (12.62%) Mentoring
15 37 (11.97%) Zero Trust
16 36 (11.65%) Vulnerability Management
17 35 (11.33%) Identity Management
17 35 (11.33%) Information Security Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (9.06%) Python
2 23 (7.44%) PowerShell
3 8 (2.59%) SQL
4 6 (1.94%) Bash
5 4 (1.29%) C++
6 1 (0.32%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 150 (48.54%) CISSP
2 96 (31.07%) CISM
3 66 (21.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 66 (21.36%) Cisco Certification
4 65 (21.04%) CCSP
5 48 (15.53%) AWS Certification
6 46 (14.89%) Azure Certification
7 39 (12.62%) CCSK
8 38 (12.30%) Degree
8 38 (12.30%) Security Cleared
9 29 (9.39%) CEH
10 25 (8.09%) CISA
11 22 (7.12%) SANS
12 18 (5.83%) CRISC
13 17 (5.50%) SC Cleared
14 16 (5.18%) GIAC
15 13 (4.21%) CISMP
15 13 (4.21%) Master's Degree
15 13 (4.21%) OSCP
15 13 (4.21%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (48.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 57 (18.45%) PCI DSS
3 51 (16.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 40 (12.94%) NCSC
5 35 (11.33%) GRC
6 29 (9.39%) GDPR
6 29 (9.39%) NIST 800
7 20 (6.47%) COBIT
8 18 (5.83%) JSP 440
8 18 (5.83%) SOC 2
9 16 (5.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 14 (4.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 13 (4.21%) RMADS
12 11 (3.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 11 (3.56%) ISO 31000
13 6 (1.94%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (1.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (1.94%) Web Application Security Consortium
14 5 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 3 (0.97%) ITGC
System Software
1 36 (11.65%) Docker
2 16 (5.18%) Active Directory
3 13 (4.21%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.32%) Snort
Systems Management
1 37 (11.97%) Single Sign-On
2 36 (11.65%) Kubernetes
3 16 (5.18%) Terraform
4 14 (4.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (4.21%) Nmap
6 8 (2.59%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 4 (1.29%) QRadar
8 3 (0.97%) CASB
9 2 (0.65%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.65%) Nessus
10 1 (0.32%) Ansible
10 1 (0.32%) Packer
Vendors
1 46 (14.89%) Microsoft
2 32 (10.36%) Splunk
3 20 (6.47%) Qualys
4 15 (4.85%) Rapid7
5 13 (4.21%) Thycotic
6 12 (3.88%) Cisco
7 10 (3.24%) Fortinet
8 9 (2.91%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.27%) CrowdStrike
9 7 (2.27%) Symantec
10 6 (1.94%) Blue Coat
10 6 (1.94%) CheckPoint
10 6 (1.94%) Netskope
10 6 (1.94%) Palo Alto
10 6 (1.94%) Zscaler
11 4 (1.29%) IBM
11 4 (1.29%) Intel
11 4 (1.29%) Oracle
11 4 (1.29%) Tripwire
12 3 (0.97%) VMware