NIST Jobs in the Midlands

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with 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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 252 201 254
Rank change year-on-year -51 +53 -56
Permanent jobs citing NIST 69 125 109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.58% 1.35% 1.00%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.96% 5.00% 5.16%
Number of salaries quoted 65 105 57
10th Percentile £35,920 £47,500 £41,197
25th Percentile £43,750 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,500 £64,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.91% +11.30% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
England 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
Midlands

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 advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,741 2,502 2,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.67% 26.96% 19.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,267 937 1,321
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,750 £34,950
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +8.70% -3.16%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for NIST in the Midlands

NIST
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NIST in the Midlands.

Salary trend for NIST in the Midlands

NIST
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for NIST in the Midlands

NIST
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 May 2024. 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 Midlands -40 57 £70,000 +7.69% 19
East Midlands -2 9 £47,500 -15.93% 7
NIST
England

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (2.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.90%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (21.74%) AWS
2 9 (13.04%) Azure
3 8 (11.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 8 (11.59%) Amazon EC2
3 8 (11.59%) Amazon GuardDuty
3 8 (11.59%) Amazon S3
3 8 (11.59%) AWS CloudFormation
3 8 (11.59%) AWS CloudTrail
3 8 (11.59%) AWS Lambda
3 8 (11.59%) Cloud Computing
3 8 (11.59%) Serverless
3 8 (11.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 5 (7.25%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (5.80%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.90%) AWS Control Tower
6 2 (2.90%) GCP
7 1 (1.45%) IaaS
7 1 (1.45%) PaaS
7 1 (1.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (23.19%) Firewall
2 10 (14.49%) WAN
3 9 (13.04%) VPN
4 5 (7.25%) LAN
5 3 (4.35%) SD-WAN
6 2 (2.90%) SAN
6 2 (2.90%) Wireless
7 1 (1.45%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.59%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (5.80%) Power BI
3 1 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (4.35%) Burp Suite
1 3 (4.35%) Metasploit
1 3 (4.35%) sqlmap
2 2 (2.90%) GitLab
General
1 23 (33.33%) Finance
2 20 (28.99%) Social Skills
3 10 (14.49%) Retail
4 8 (11.59%) Automotive
5 6 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (7.25%) Legal
7 2 (2.90%) Banking
7 2 (2.90%) Fire and Rescue
7 2 (2.90%) Local Government
8 1 (1.45%) Advertising
8 1 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.45%) Law
8 1 (1.45%) Marketing
8 1 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (21.74%) Analyst
2 14 (20.29%) Security Engineer
3 13 (18.84%) Security Analyst
4 12 (17.39%) Security Manager
5 9 (13.04%) Lead
6 8 (11.59%) Operations Analyst
6 8 (11.59%) Security Operations Analyst
7 7 (10.14%) AWS Engineer
7 7 (10.14%) Information Manager
7 7 (10.14%) Information Security Manager
8 6 (8.70%) Consultant
8 6 (8.70%) Security Consultant
9 5 (7.25%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 5 (7.25%) DevSecOps Engineer
9 5 (7.25%) Information Analyst
9 5 (7.25%) Information Security Analyst
10 4 (5.80%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 4 (5.80%) Head of Security
10 4 (5.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (5.80%) Python Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (17.39%) Operational Technology
2 11 (15.94%) Management Information System
3 9 (13.04%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (8.70%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (8.70%) Data Centre
4 6 (8.70%) SCADA
5 5 (7.25%) PropTech
6 3 (4.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (2.90%) Private Cloud
7 2 (2.90%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.45%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.45%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 12 (17.39%) Windows
2 8 (11.59%) Linux
3 2 (2.90%) Unix
3 2 (2.90%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (65.22%) Information Security
3 30 (43.48%) Risk Management
4 20 (28.99%) Incident Response
5 14 (20.29%) Security Operations
6 11 (15.94%) Infrastructure as Code
7 10 (14.49%) Risk Assessment
7 10 (14.49%) Threat Modelling
7 10 (14.49%) Vulnerability Management
8 8 (11.59%) Data Security
8 8 (11.59%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 7 (10.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 7 (10.14%) Penetration Testing
10 6 (8.70%) Cloud Security
10 6 (8.70%) Computer Science
10 6 (8.70%) Data Protection
10 6 (8.70%) Due Diligence
10 6 (8.70%) ITIL
10 6 (8.70%) Security Architecture
10 6 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.59%) Python
Qualifications
1 29 (42.03%) CISM
1 29 (42.03%) CISSP
2 18 (26.09%) Degree
3 11 (15.94%) AWS Certification
4 10 (14.49%) CISA
5 8 (11.59%) Security Cleared
6 5 (7.25%) CRISC
6 5 (7.25%) PCI QSA
7 4 (5.80%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (5.80%) SC Cleared
8 3 (4.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (4.35%) Azure Certification
8 3 (4.35%) CCSK
8 3 (4.35%) CCSP
8 3 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (4.35%) SSCP
9 2 (2.90%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (1.45%) CESG Certified Professional
10 1 (1.45%) Master's Degree
10 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (69.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (20.29%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (18.84%) GDPR
4 10 (14.49%) PCI DSS
5 6 (8.70%) GRC
5 6 (8.70%) NIST 800
6 5 (7.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (5.80%) NCSC
8 3 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 3 (4.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (2.90%) COBIT
9 2 (2.90%) ISO 22301
9 2 (2.90%) ISO 31000
9 2 (2.90%) ISO 9001
10 1 (1.45%) Accessibility
10 1 (1.45%) SLA
10 1 (1.45%) SOC 2
10 1 (1.45%) TickIT
System Software
1 4 (5.80%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.35%) Kubernetes
1 3 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (2.90%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (20.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.90%) Fortinet
2 2 (2.90%) Google
2 2 (2.90%) Rapid7
3 1 (1.45%) Facebook