NIST Jobs in the North West

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring NIST skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited NIST over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 218 227 205
Rank change year-on-year +9 -22 +37
Permanent jobs citing NIST 95 63 145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.83% 0.87% 1.46%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.09% 4.26% 8.23%
Number of salaries quoted 87 41 94
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,250 £47,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -18.37% +32.43%
75th Percentile £84,919 £68,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +3.70% +3.85%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,339 1,479 1,762
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 11.74% 20.37% 17.75%
Number of salaries quoted 917 477 882
10th Percentile £25,750 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £35,237
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £76,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for NIST in the North West

NIST
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for NIST in the North West

NIST
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST in the North West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for NIST in the North West

NIST
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the North West region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Manchester +26 55 £62,783 +4.64% 9
Lancashire +5 23 £60,000 -14.29% 2
Merseyside -2 9 £50,000 +1.01%
Cheshire - 5 £45,000 - 3
Cumbria -10 3 - -
NIST
England

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (3.16%) Confluence
2 1 (1.05%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 29 (30.53%) Azure
2 28 (29.47%) AWS
3 11 (11.58%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (4.21%) IaaS
4 4 (4.21%) PaaS
4 4 (4.21%) SaaS
5 3 (3.16%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.11%) GCP
6 2 (2.11%) GitHub
7 1 (1.05%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.05%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 18 (18.95%) Network Security
2 16 (16.84%) SD-WAN
2 16 (16.84%) WAN
3 14 (14.74%) Firewall
4 6 (6.32%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (3.16%) PPP
6 2 (2.11%) DNS
7 1 (1.05%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.05%) tcpdump
7 1 (1.05%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (1.05%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (9.47%) JIRA
2 6 (6.32%) GitLab
3 2 (2.11%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.05%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.05%) Jasmine
4 1 (1.05%) Jenkins
General
1 17 (17.89%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (16.84%) Social Skills
3 15 (15.79%) Public Sector
4 14 (14.74%) Finance
5 7 (7.37%) Aerospace
6 6 (6.32%) Legal
7 3 (3.16%) Law
7 3 (3.16%) Retail
8 2 (2.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 22 (23.16%) Architect
1 22 (23.16%) Security Architect
2 18 (18.95%) Senior
3 15 (15.79%) Lead
4 12 (12.63%) Security Engineer
4 12 (12.63%) Security Manager
5 11 (11.58%) Analyst
5 11 (11.58%) Security Specialist
6 9 (9.47%) Lead Architect
6 9 (9.47%) Lead Security Architect
6 9 (9.47%) Senior Architect
6 9 (9.47%) Senior Security Architect
7 7 (7.37%) Systems Manager
8 6 (6.32%) Cybersecurity Specialist
8 6 (6.32%) Product Owner
8 6 (6.32%) Senior Product Owner
9 5 (5.26%) Security Analyst
10 4 (4.21%) Enterprise Architect
10 4 (4.21%) Information Manager
10 4 (4.21%) Information Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.11%) SAML
2 1 (1.05%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.05%) AWS CDK
2 1 (1.05%) CSS
2 1 (1.05%) Keycloak
2 1 (1.05%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 35 (36.84%) Management Information System
2 18 (18.95%) Security Posture
3 16 (16.84%) Cyber Threat
4 15 (15.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 7 (7.37%) Cyberattack
5 7 (7.37%) Product Ownership
6 6 (6.32%) PMI
7 4 (4.21%) Data Centre
7 4 (4.21%) Private Cloud
7 4 (4.21%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (4.21%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (3.16%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (3.16%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 3 (3.16%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (3.16%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (3.16%) Smart Energy
9 1 (1.05%) CSOC
9 1 (1.05%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.05%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.21%) Linux
1 4 (4.21%) Windows
2 3 (3.16%) Kali Linux
2 3 (3.16%) Ubuntu
2 3 (3.16%) Windows 10
2 3 (3.16%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (2.11%) Unix
4 1 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.05%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (1.05%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (65.26%) Cybersecurity
2 58 (61.05%) Information Security
3 35 (36.84%) Risk Management
4 29 (30.53%) Security Architecture
5 24 (25.26%) Coaching
6 22 (23.16%) Mentoring
6 22 (23.16%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (18.95%) Incident Response
7 18 (18.95%) Project Management
8 17 (17.89%) Identity Management
8 17 (17.89%) SIEM
9 16 (16.84%) Application Security
9 16 (16.84%) ISMS
10 15 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (15.79%) Data Security
10 15 (15.79%) Decision-Making
10 15 (15.79%) Information Security Management
10 15 (15.79%) OWASP
10 15 (15.79%) Secure Coding
10 15 (15.79%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.32%) Python
2 5 (5.26%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.16%) Go
4 2 (2.11%) Bash
4 2 (2.11%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.05%) C++
5 1 (1.05%) Java
Qualifications
1 34 (35.79%) CISSP
2 32 (33.68%) CISM
3 25 (26.32%) Degree
4 15 (15.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 15 (15.79%) AWS Certification
4 15 (15.79%) Azure Certification
4 15 (15.79%) CCSK
4 15 (15.79%) CCSP
4 15 (15.79%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (9.47%) CISA
6 6 (6.32%) CEH
6 6 (6.32%) PCI QSA
6 6 (6.32%) PMI Certification
7 5 (5.26%) CompTIA Security+
7 5 (5.26%) CRISC
7 5 (5.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 4 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (4.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 4 (4.21%) ISSMP
9 3 (3.16%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (61.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (21.05%) Cyber Essentials
2 20 (21.05%) PCI DSS
3 15 (15.79%) GDPR
3 15 (15.79%) NCSC
4 11 (11.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 7 (7.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 7 (7.37%) NIST 800
6 4 (4.21%) TickIT
7 3 (3.16%) COSO
7 3 (3.16%) GRC
7 3 (3.16%) ISO 31000
7 3 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (3.16%) ITGC
8 2 (2.11%) Def Stans
8 2 (2.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (18.95%) Docker
2 3 (3.16%) Terminal Services
2 3 (3.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.05%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.05%) Firmware
3 1 (1.05%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.05%) Snort
Systems Management
1 18 (18.95%) Kubernetes
2 16 (16.84%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (8.42%) Terraform
4 4 (4.21%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (3.16%) Ansible
5 3 (3.16%) SELinux
6 1 (1.05%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 17 (17.89%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.37%) Cisco
3 6 (6.32%) ServiceNow
3 6 (6.32%) Splunk
4 4 (4.21%) Citrix
4 4 (4.21%) Dell
5 3 (3.16%) Atlassian
5 3 (3.16%) VMware
6 1 (1.05%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.05%) Darktrace
6 1 (1.05%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.05%) Qualys
6 1 (1.05%) Snow
6 1 (1.05%) Symantec