NIST Special Publication (SP) 800 Series
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for NIST 800 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited NIST 800 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 826 874 1150
Rank change year-on-year +48 +276 -284
Permanent jobs citing NIST 800 85 125 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.086% 0.12% 0.040%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.63% 0.64% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 60 78 38
10th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £51,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £64,063 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £74,589 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.80% +10.50% +14.89%
75th Percentile £107,500 £97,500 £76,250
90th Percentile - £113,375 £84,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% - +16.67%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

NIST 800 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 requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,508 19,614 26,247
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.71% 18.94% 16.77%
Number of salaries quoted 9,228 9,101 13,249
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,602
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.04% +0.22%

NIST 800
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing NIST 800 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for NIST 800 in the UK

NIST 800
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NIST 800.

Salary trend for NIST 800 in the UK

NIST 800
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST 800 over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for NIST 800 in the UK

NIST 800
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST 800 within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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
England +49 80 £72,500 -3.33% 17
UK excluding London +5 69 £72,500 +3.57% 9
South West -9 32 £105,000 +50.00% 2
Work from Home +50 29 £60,000 -17.24% 9
South East +14 17 £65,000 -31.58% 1
London +70 13 £95,000 +1.33% 7
North of England +38 6 £60,000 -14.29%
East of England +22 6 £72,500 +3.57% 4
Midlands +19 6 £57,500 -8.00% 2
North West +14 6 £60,000 -14.29%
West Midlands +18 5 £57,500 -4.17% 1
Scotland -64 2 £67,500 +4.17% 1

NIST 800
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (14.12%) IIS
2 1 (1.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.18%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 13 (15.29%) AWS
2 8 (9.41%) IaaS
2 8 (9.41%) PaaS
2 8 (9.41%) SaaS
3 6 (7.06%) Azure
4 5 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.53%) GCP
6 2 (2.35%) OCI
7 1 (1.18%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.18%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 29 (34.12%) Network Security
2 6 (7.06%) Firewall
3 4 (4.71%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.18%) SAN
4 1 (1.18%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.18%) Power BI
General
1 28 (32.94%) Military
2 23 (27.06%) Social Skills
3 21 (24.71%) Finance
4 20 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (21.18%) Aerospace
6 10 (11.76%) Aviation
7 9 (10.59%) Telecoms
8 7 (8.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (8.24%) Legal
9 3 (3.53%) Manufacturing
10 2 (2.35%) Law
10 2 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.18%) Advertising
11 1 (1.18%) Banking
11 1 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.18%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 38 (44.71%) Consultant
1 38 (44.71%) Security Consultant
2 19 (22.35%) Security Manager
3 17 (20.00%) Senior
4 16 (18.82%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 15 (17.65%) Senior Consultant
5 15 (17.65%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
5 15 (17.65%) Senior Security Consultant
6 11 (12.94%) Cyber Defence Consultant
7 8 (9.41%) Security Specialist
8 6 (7.06%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 6 (7.06%) Cybersecurity Specialist
8 6 (7.06%) Head of Compliance
8 6 (7.06%) Head of Information
8 6 (7.06%) Head of Information Assurance
8 6 (7.06%) Security Assurance Manager
8 6 (7.06%) Security Engineer
9 5 (5.88%) Information Manager
9 5 (5.88%) Information Security Manager
10 4 (4.71%) Engineering Manager
Miscellaneous
1 25 (29.41%) Management Information System
2 24 (28.24%) Cyber Defence
3 18 (21.18%) Security Operations Centre
4 12 (14.12%) CESG
5 11 (12.94%) Operational Technology
6 8 (9.41%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (9.41%) Security Posture
7 6 (7.06%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (7.06%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (5.88%) Cloud Native
8 5 (5.88%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (5.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 5 (5.88%) SCADA
9 2 (2.35%) Data Centre
9 2 (2.35%) IoT
9 2 (2.35%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.35%) AIX
1 2 (2.35%) Linux
1 2 (2.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (2.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (91.76%) Cybersecurity
2 66 (77.65%) Information Security
3 42 (49.41%) Risk Management
4 36 (42.35%) Security Architecture
5 27 (31.76%) Information Assurance
5 27 (31.76%) Mentoring
6 26 (30.59%) Agile
6 26 (30.59%) Security Operations
7 25 (29.41%) Coaching
8 24 (28.24%) Resource Management
9 21 (24.71%) Project Management
10 19 (22.35%) Programme Management
11 18 (21.18%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 18 (21.18%) SIEM
12 17 (20.00%) Security Management
13 16 (18.82%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 15 (17.65%) Cyber Assurance
15 13 (15.29%) Cloud Security
15 13 (15.29%) Decision-Making
16 12 (14.12%) Creative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.18%) Python
Qualifications
1 49 (57.65%) Security Cleared
2 22 (25.88%) CISSP
3 21 (24.71%) DV Cleared
4 17 (20.00%) CISM
5 16 (18.82%) Degree
6 12 (14.12%) CISMP
6 12 (14.12%) IISP
7 11 (12.94%) SC Cleared
8 9 (10.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 9 (10.59%) CCSP
8 9 (10.59%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (8.24%) CCSK
10 6 (7.06%) CEH
10 6 (7.06%) CESG Certified Professional
10 6 (7.06%) GIAC
10 6 (7.06%) GPEN
11 5 (5.88%) CRISC
11 5 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (4.71%) CASP
13 3 (3.53%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (98.82%) NIST
2 38 (44.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (24.71%) NCSC
4 19 (22.35%) GRC
5 14 (16.47%) JSP 440
6 12 (14.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 11 (12.94%) RMADS
8 7 (8.24%) GDPR
9 6 (7.06%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (7.06%) ISO 31000
10 5 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 4 (4.71%) PCI DSS
12 3 (3.53%) COBIT
13 2 (2.35%) ISO 22301
13 2 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (1.18%) Def Stans
14 1 (1.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (7.06%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (7.06%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 6 (7.06%) Nessus
1 6 (7.06%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.18%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 9 (10.59%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.24%) CA
3 6 (7.06%) Qualys
4 2 (2.35%) ArcSight
4 2 (2.35%) Cisco
4 2 (2.35%) Oracle
4 2 (2.35%) Red Hat
4 2 (2.35%) Sophos
4 2 (2.35%) Splunk
4 2 (2.35%) Tripwire
5 1 (1.18%) Databricks