NIST Job Trends in Yorkshire

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring NIST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 139 194
Rank change year-on-year -21 +55 +44
Permanent jobs citing NIST 38 17 35
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.57% 0.61% 0.54%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.87% 5.82% 4.42%
Number of salaries quoted 38 16 29
10th Percentile £51,250 £51,000 £35,920
25th Percentile - £52,188 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,239 £58,450 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.07% +16.90% -25.93%
75th Percentile £63,750 £72,750 £84,919
90th Percentile £88,750 £75,693 -
England median annual salary £73,853 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +1.87% +3.57% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Yorkshire

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 requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 553 292 792
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 8.26% 10.48% 12.24%
Number of salaries quoted 409 204 497
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £30,000 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,375 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.22% +11.94% -10.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £87,100 £77,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £59,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.48% +9.52% -8.70%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing NIST relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

NIST job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

NIST
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing NIST.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing NIST

NIST
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for NIST in Yorkshire

NIST
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 17 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Yorkshire -37 11 £87,500 +25.00% 7
South Yorkshire -33 4 £62,500 +13.64% 4
East Yorkshire - 1 £44,000 - 1
NIST
England

NIST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 21 (55.26%) Entra ID
1 21 (55.26%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (2.63%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 21 (55.26%) Firewall
2 4 (10.53%) Network Security
General
1 29 (76.32%) Social Skills
2 22 (57.89%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.53%) Advertising
3 4 (10.53%) Banking
3 4 (10.53%) Legal
4 3 (7.89%) Retail
5 1 (2.63%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 25 (65.79%) Lead
2 6 (15.79%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 6 (15.79%) Information Manager
2 6 (15.79%) Information Security Manager
2 6 (15.79%) Security Manager
3 5 (13.16%) Analyst
3 5 (13.16%) Security Analyst
4 4 (10.53%) Information Analyst
4 4 (10.53%) Information Security Analyst
5 3 (7.89%) Data Analyst
6 1 (2.63%) Digital Transformation Manager
6 1 (2.63%) Head of Security
6 1 (2.63%) Head of Testing
6 1 (2.63%) IT Analyst
6 1 (2.63%) IT Security Analyst
6 1 (2.63%) Risk Manager
6 1 (2.63%) Senior Manager
6 1 (2.63%) Senior Risk Manager
6 1 (2.63%) Senior Transformation Manager
6 1 (2.63%) Transformation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 27 (71.05%) Data Protection Act
2 8 (21.05%) Security Posture
3 6 (15.79%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (2.63%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (84.21%) Cybersecurity
1 32 (84.21%) SIEM
2 31 (81.58%) Incident Response
3 28 (73.68%) Data Protection
4 27 (71.05%) Risk Register
5 26 (68.42%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (65.79%) Security Architecture
6 25 (65.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 22 (57.89%) Disaster Recovery
8 21 (55.26%) BCP
8 21 (55.26%) Business Continuity
8 21 (55.26%) Business Continuity Planning
8 21 (55.26%) Decision-Making
8 21 (55.26%) Information Governance
8 21 (55.26%) Risk Management
9 12 (31.58%) Vulnerability Management
10 10 (26.32%) Information Security
11 7 (18.42%) Computer Science
12 6 (15.79%) Incident Management
12 6 (15.79%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 9 (23.68%) CISSP
2 7 (18.42%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (18.42%) Degree
3 4 (10.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 4 (10.53%) CCSP
3 4 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (10.53%) CISM
3 4 (10.53%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (2.63%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (73.68%) GDPR
3 25 (65.79%) Cyber Essentials
Vendors
1 22 (57.89%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.63%) Qualys