National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 327 330 444
Rank change year-on-year +3 +114 +26
Permanent jobs citing NIST 865 1,052 1,266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.87% 1.04% 0.81%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.36% 5.50% 4.77%
Number of salaries quoted 705 739 766
10th Percentile £43,750 £45,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% +3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £84,919 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,250 £99,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,750 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.60% -3.85% +18.18%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,602 19,143 26,540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.72% 18.89% 16.91%
Number of salaries quoted 9,263 8,888 13,070
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 £73,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,650
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.93% +0.32%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for NIST in the UK

NIST
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for NIST in the UK

NIST
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for NIST in the UK

NIST
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 +27 794 £66,500 -5.00% 168
UK excluding London +20 551 £57,750 -7.60% 92
Work from Home -39 307 £65,000 -7.14% 79
London +13 273 £75,000 - 71
South East -18 158 £50,500 -20.78% 18
North of England +98 151 £57,500 -4.17% 15
South West +24 110 £61,250 -5.59% 18
North West +51 94 £60,000 +20.60% 8
Midlands -61 68 £66,500 +3.10% 19
West Midlands -47 56 £70,000 +7.69% 15
Scotland -51 41 £60,000 +8.67% 5
Yorkshire +79 33 £55,000 -18.52% 4
North East +16 24 £42,500 -14.36% 3
East of England +17 18 £72,500 +3.57% 11
East Midlands -11 9 £47,500 -15.93% 4
Isle of Man -18 4 £46,500 -17.33% 2
Wales +3 1 £85,000 +54.55% 4

NIST
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 15 (1.73%) IIS
2 4 (0.46%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.12%) Apache
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.35%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 219 (25.32%) Azure
2 169 (19.54%) AWS
3 96 (11.10%) Microsoft 365
4 35 (4.05%) SaaS
5 34 (3.93%) GCP
6 33 (3.82%) IaaS
6 33 (3.82%) PaaS
7 31 (3.58%) Cloud Computing
8 30 (3.47%) Azure Sentinel
9 27 (3.12%) Entra ID
10 26 (3.01%) Microsoft Purview
11 14 (1.62%) Amazon S3
11 14 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (1.62%) Serverless
12 13 (1.50%) Power Platform
13 10 (1.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 10 (1.16%) Amazon EC2
13 10 (1.16%) AWS CloudFormation
13 10 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
13 10 (1.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 164 (18.96%) Firewall
2 162 (18.73%) Network Security
3 61 (7.05%) WAN
4 43 (4.97%) Intrusion Detection
5 36 (4.16%) SD-WAN
6 33 (3.82%) VPN
7 29 (3.35%) TCP/IP
8 23 (2.66%) LAN
9 20 (2.31%) Internet
10 19 (2.20%) Wireshark
11 15 (1.73%) DNS
12 10 (1.16%) Wireless
13 7 (0.81%) DMZ
13 7 (0.81%) VoIP
14 5 (0.58%) 5G
15 4 (0.46%) SSL
15 4 (0.46%) tcpdump
15 4 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
16 3 (0.35%) Radio Access Network
16 3 (0.35%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.50%) Power BI
2 10 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (0.58%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.12%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.12%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.12%) Redis
5 1 (0.12%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (1.73%) GitLab
2 10 (1.16%) JIRA
3 3 (0.35%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.23%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.23%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.23%) sqlmap
5 1 (0.12%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.12%) Git
5 1 (0.12%) Jasmine
5 1 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 213 (24.62%) Finance
2 200 (23.12%) Social Skills
3 106 (12.25%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (7.40%) Legal
5 50 (5.78%) Law
6 49 (5.66%) Military
7 44 (5.09%) Retail
8 35 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 33 (3.82%) Public Sector
10 28 (3.24%) Aerospace
11 26 (3.01%) Marketing
12 23 (2.66%) Telecoms
13 19 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
14 16 (1.85%) Banking
15 12 (1.39%) Manufacturing
16 11 (1.27%) Aviation
17 8 (0.92%) Automotive
18 6 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
19 5 (0.58%) Advertising
20 4 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 175 (20.23%) Analyst
2 144 (16.65%) Consultant
3 138 (15.95%) Security Consultant
4 133 (15.38%) Security Analyst
5 121 (13.99%) Senior
6 111 (12.83%) Architect
7 99 (11.45%) Security Specialist
8 96 (11.10%) Lead
9 87 (10.06%) Security Architect
10 81 (9.36%) Cybersecurity Specialist
11 79 (9.13%) Security Engineer
12 77 (8.90%) Security Manager
13 72 (8.32%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 60 (6.94%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 54 (6.24%) Information Analyst
15 54 (6.24%) Information Security Analyst
16 40 (4.62%) Lead Architect
17 36 (4.16%) Information Manager
18 34 (3.93%) Information Security Manager
19 31 (3.58%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (3.12%) Elastic Stack
2 20 (2.31%) Web Services
3 12 (1.39%) OAuth
3 12 (1.39%) SAML
4 11 (1.27%) REST
5 9 (1.04%) SOAP
6 6 (0.69%) Middleware
7 4 (0.46%) Kafka
7 4 (0.46%) SailPoint
8 3 (0.35%) AWS SAM
9 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Graph
9 2 (0.23%) OpenID
9 2 (0.23%) Sass
10 1 (0.12%) AngularJS
10 1 (0.12%) CSS
10 1 (0.12%) Keycloak
10 1 (0.12%) NestJS
10 1 (0.12%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 177 (20.46%) Management Information System
2 93 (10.75%) Security Posture
3 86 (9.94%) Security Operations Centre
4 74 (8.55%) Cyber Threat
5 55 (6.36%) Cyber Defence
6 53 (6.13%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 52 (6.01%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 46 (5.32%) Operational Technology
9 28 (3.24%) Cyberattack
10 25 (2.89%) Public Cloud
11 23 (2.66%) Data Centre
12 22 (2.54%) Onboarding
13 21 (2.43%) Data Protection Act
13 21 (2.43%) Product Ownership
14 18 (2.08%) Cloud Native
15 17 (1.97%) CESG
16 15 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
17 12 (1.39%) Cloud Security Posture
17 12 (1.39%) Private Cloud
17 12 (1.39%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 68 (7.86%) Windows
2 37 (4.28%) Linux
3 22 (2.54%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.62%) Android
4 14 (1.62%) Apple iOS
5 12 (1.39%) Windows 10
6 11 (1.27%) Unix
7 8 (0.92%) Kali Linux
8 7 (0.81%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.58%) CentOS
9 5 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.46%) Solaris
10 4 (0.46%) zOS
11 3 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.23%) AIX
12 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.12%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 606 (70.06%) Cybersecurity
2 490 (56.65%) Information Security
3 226 (26.13%) Risk Management
4 197 (22.77%) SIEM
5 183 (21.16%) Security Architecture
6 179 (20.69%) Security Operations
7 155 (17.92%) Vulnerability Management
8 154 (17.80%) Cloud Security
9 147 (16.99%) Incident Response
10 125 (14.45%) Security Management
11 118 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
12 100 (11.56%) Application Security
13 95 (10.98%) OWASP
14 87 (10.06%) Information Security Management
15 83 (9.60%) Computer Science
16 78 (9.02%) Agile
17 77 (8.90%) Identity Access Management
18 75 (8.67%) Mentoring
19 74 (8.55%) Incident Management
20 72 (8.32%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 49 (5.66%) Python
2 32 (3.70%) PowerShell
3 15 (1.73%) SQL
4 8 (0.92%) Bash
5 6 (0.69%) C
5 6 (0.69%) Java
5 6 (0.69%) R
5 6 (0.69%) Scala
6 4 (0.46%) C++
7 1 (0.12%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.12%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 320 (36.99%) CISSP
2 214 (24.74%) CISM
3 143 (16.53%) Degree
4 139 (16.07%) Security Cleared
5 107 (12.37%) Cisco Certification
6 104 (12.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 101 (11.68%) CISA
8 96 (11.10%) CCSP
9 70 (8.09%) AWS Certification
10 60 (6.94%) Azure Certification
11 59 (6.82%) SC Cleared
12 57 (6.59%) CCSK
13 56 (6.47%) CRISC
14 55 (6.36%) DV Cleared
15 38 (4.39%) CEH
16 35 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
17 34 (3.93%) CompTIA Security+
18 32 (3.70%) PCI QSA
18 32 (3.70%) SANS
19 29 (3.35%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 425 (49.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 174 (20.12%) GRC
3 137 (15.84%) PCI DSS
4 132 (15.26%) GDPR
5 128 (14.80%) Cyber Essentials
6 84 (9.71%) NIST 800
7 82 (9.48%) NCSC
8 70 (8.09%) Def Stans
9 58 (6.71%) COBIT
10 37 (4.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 33 (3.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 32 (3.70%) JSP 440
13 28 (3.24%) SOC 2
14 27 (3.12%) RMADS
15 22 (2.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 15 (1.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 14 (1.62%) ISO 31000
18 10 (1.16%) HIPAA
19 8 (0.92%) ISO 22301
19 8 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 40 (4.62%) Docker
2 32 (3.70%) Active Directory
3 24 (2.77%) vSphere
4 14 (1.62%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.35%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.12%) Snort
Systems Management
1 50 (5.78%) Single Sign-On
2 45 (5.20%) Kubernetes
3 23 (2.66%) Terraform
4 19 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (1.62%) Nmap
6 13 (1.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 12 (1.39%) CASB
8 11 (1.27%) Nessus
9 5 (0.58%) Suricata
10 4 (0.46%) QRadar
11 3 (0.35%) Ansible
11 3 (0.35%) SELinux
12 2 (0.23%) Host Intrusion Detection System
12 2 (0.23%) Packer
12 2 (0.23%) SCCM
13 1 (0.12%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 1 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 159 (18.38%) Microsoft
2 39 (4.51%) Splunk
3 33 (3.82%) Qualys
4 28 (3.24%) Tripwire
5 26 (3.01%) Cisco
5 26 (3.01%) Tanium
6 24 (2.77%) SolarWinds
7 17 (1.97%) Rapid7
8 14 (1.62%) Thycotic
9 13 (1.50%) Fortinet
9 13 (1.50%) Google
10 11 (1.27%) Palo Alto
10 11 (1.27%) ServiceNow
11 8 (0.92%) CA
11 8 (0.92%) CrowdStrike
11 8 (0.92%) VMware
12 7 (0.81%) Juniper
12 7 (0.81%) Symantec
12 7 (0.81%) Zscaler
13 6 (0.69%) Netskope