NIST Jobs in the South West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 190 198 228
Rank change year-on-year +8 +30 +51
Permanent jobs citing NIST 109 57 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.03% 0.88% 1.09%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.59% 4.91% 6.34%
Number of salaries quoted 74 51 45
10th Percentile £40,250 £51,500 £35,260
25th Percentile £50,313 £55,000 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £91,500 £70,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.71% +20.69% +8.92%
75th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £93,250 £76,250
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
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,269 1,162 1,498
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 12.01% 18.02% 17.21%
Number of salaries quoted 806 644 851
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,047 £38,265 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £54,882 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.98% +9.76% +11.11%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for NIST in the South West

NIST
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for NIST in the South West

NIST
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for NIST in the South West

NIST
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the South 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
Bristol +31 65 £70,000 +10.02% 12
Wiltshire +4 23 £91,500 +66.36% 5
Dorset -15 18 £45,000 -15.09% 2
Gloucestershire -31 3 £76,250 +8.93% 3
NIST
England

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 12 (11.01%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 22 (20.18%) AWS
2 18 (16.51%) Azure
3 4 (3.67%) Serverless
4 3 (2.75%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.83%) GCP
6 1 (0.92%) IaaS
6 1 (0.92%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.92%) PaaS
6 1 (0.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (38.53%) Network Security
2 8 (7.34%) Firewall
3 1 (0.92%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.92%) VPN
General
1 36 (33.03%) Social Skills
2 35 (32.11%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (27.52%) Military
4 26 (23.85%) Finance
4 26 (23.85%) Retail
5 10 (9.17%) Aerospace
5 10 (9.17%) Aviation
6 9 (8.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (7.34%) Law
7 8 (7.34%) Marketing
8 2 (1.83%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.92%) Legal
9 1 (0.92%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 62 (56.88%) Consultant
2 61 (55.96%) Security Consultant
3 42 (38.53%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 30 (27.52%) Lead
5 26 (23.85%) Senior
6 22 (20.18%) Analyst
7 18 (16.51%) Security Analyst
8 15 (13.76%) Cyber Defence Consultant
9 14 (12.84%) Lead Consultant
9 14 (12.84%) Lead Security Consultant
9 14 (12.84%) Senior Consultant
9 14 (12.84%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
9 14 (12.84%) Senior Security Consultant
10 12 (11.01%) Architect
11 10 (9.17%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 10 (9.17%) IT Analyst
11 10 (9.17%) IT Security Analyst
12 8 (7.34%) Security Specialist
13 7 (6.42%) Information Analyst
13 7 (6.42%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (14.68%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (1.83%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 36 (33.03%) Security Operations Centre
2 22 (20.18%) Cyber Defence
3 21 (19.27%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 15 (13.76%) CESG
4 15 (13.76%) Management Information System
5 12 (11.01%) Onboarding
6 9 (8.26%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (5.50%) Public Cloud
7 6 (5.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 5 (4.59%) Cloud Native
8 5 (4.59%) Replication
9 3 (2.75%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (1.83%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.92%) CCTV
11 1 (0.92%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.92%) Operational Technology
11 1 (0.92%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.92%) Linux
1 1 (0.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (86.24%) Cybersecurity
2 67 (61.47%) Information Security
3 49 (44.95%) SIEM
4 39 (35.78%) Security Operations
5 34 (31.19%) Agile
6 29 (26.61%) Cloud Security
7 27 (24.77%) Security Architecture
8 25 (22.94%) Vulnerability Management
9 23 (21.10%) Risk Management
10 22 (20.18%) Information Assurance
11 21 (19.27%) Mentoring
12 20 (18.35%) Coaching
13 19 (17.43%) Innovative Thinking
13 19 (17.43%) Programme Management
14 18 (16.51%) Incident Management
14 18 (16.51%) Matrix Organization
14 18 (16.51%) Resource Management
14 18 (16.51%) Scaled Agile Framework
15 17 (15.60%) Analytics
16 16 (14.68%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.50%) C
1 6 (5.50%) Java
1 6 (5.50%) Python
1 6 (5.50%) R
1 6 (5.50%) Scala
1 6 (5.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (56.88%) Security Cleared
2 46 (42.20%) DV Cleared
3 32 (29.36%) CISSP
4 17 (15.60%) CISMP
5 15 (13.76%) Degree
6 12 (11.01%) IISP
7 10 (9.17%) CISM
8 9 (8.26%) CEH
8 9 (8.26%) CompTIA CySA+
8 9 (8.26%) Master's Degree
9 8 (7.34%) AWS Certification
10 7 (6.42%) SC Cleared
11 6 (5.50%) CCSK
11 6 (5.50%) CISA
11 6 (5.50%) SANS
12 5 (4.59%) CCSP
12 5 (4.59%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (4.59%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (4.59%) CRISC
13 4 (3.67%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (29.36%) NIST 800
2 24 (22.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (21.10%) PCI DSS
4 15 (13.76%) JSP 440
5 13 (11.93%) GDPR
5 13 (11.93%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 13 (11.93%) RMADS
6 7 (6.42%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (3.67%) GRC
7 4 (3.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (1.83%) HIPAA
8 2 (1.83%) NCSC
8 2 (1.83%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.92%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (14.68%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (8.26%) CASB
2 1 (0.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (14.68%) SolarWinds
1 16 (14.68%) Tanium
1 16 (14.68%) Tripwire
2 13 (11.93%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.92%) Google