NIST Jobs in England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 313 317 471
Rank change year-on-year +4 +154 +6
Permanent jobs citing NIST 801 890 1,086
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.88% 1.06% 0.77%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.63% 5.64% 4.56%
Number of salaries quoted 667 642 673
10th Percentile £43,750 £45,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £84,919 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% - +7.69%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 12,084 15,787 23,805
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.28% 18.76% 16.86%
Number of salaries quoted 8,321 7,618 11,992
10th Percentile £26,500 £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% -
75th Percentile £70,250 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for NIST in England

NIST
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for NIST in England

NIST
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for NIST in England

NIST
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
London +26 281 £75,000 - 76
South East -4 155 £50,500 -22.31% 25
North of England +79 153 £57,500 -4.17% 19
South West +25 107 £80,000 +18.52% 17
North West +31 95 £60,000 +20.00% 12
Midlands -52 74 £70,000 +16.67% 25
West Midlands -59 63 £72,500 +16.94% 19
Yorkshire +54 34 £55,000 -21.43% 6
North East +12 24 £42,500 -14.36% 1
East of England -6 17 £72,500 +3.57% 5
East Midlands -16 8 £47,500 -15.93% 6
NIST
UK

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 16 (2.00%) IIS
2 3 (0.37%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.25%) Confluence
4 1 (0.12%) Apache
4 1 (0.12%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.50%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 190 (23.72%) Azure
2 158 (19.73%) AWS
3 71 (8.86%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (4.24%) GCP
5 29 (3.62%) Cloud Computing
6 26 (3.25%) Azure Sentinel
7 23 (2.87%) Microsoft Purview
8 21 (2.62%) Amazon S3
8 21 (2.62%) Serverless
9 20 (2.50%) Entra ID
10 17 (2.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 17 (2.12%) Amazon EC2
10 17 (2.12%) AWS CloudFormation
10 17 (2.12%) AWS Lambda
10 17 (2.12%) SaaS
10 17 (2.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 16 (2.00%) IaaS
11 16 (2.00%) PaaS
12 15 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (1.75%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 149 (18.60%) Network Security
2 147 (18.35%) Firewall
3 66 (8.24%) WAN
4 36 (4.49%) SD-WAN
5 31 (3.87%) Intrusion Detection
6 28 (3.50%) LAN
7 27 (3.37%) TCP/IP
8 25 (3.12%) Wireshark
9 23 (2.87%) VPN
10 18 (2.25%) DNS
11 14 (1.75%) Internet
12 9 (1.12%) Wireless
13 7 (0.87%) SSL
13 7 (0.87%) VoIP
14 6 (0.75%) DMZ
15 5 (0.62%) 5G
16 4 (0.50%) tcpdump
16 4 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
17 3 (0.37%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 3 (0.37%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.12%) Amazon RDS
2 12 (1.50%) Power BI
3 6 (0.75%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.12%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.12%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.12%) Redis
4 1 (0.12%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (2.25%) GitLab
2 12 (1.50%) JIRA
3 4 (0.50%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.37%) Burp Suite
4 3 (0.37%) Metasploit
4 3 (0.37%) sqlmap
5 2 (0.25%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.12%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.12%) Git
6 1 (0.12%) Jasmine
6 1 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 201 (25.09%) Finance
2 184 (22.97%) Social Skills
3 102 (12.73%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (7.12%) Legal
5 48 (5.99%) Military
6 46 (5.74%) Retail
7 38 (4.74%) Law
8 31 (3.87%) Public Sector
9 27 (3.37%) Aerospace
9 27 (3.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 22 (2.75%) Telecoms
11 20 (2.50%) Banking
12 19 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
13 16 (2.00%) Marketing
14 11 (1.37%) Aviation
15 10 (1.25%) Manufacturing
16 8 (1.00%) Advertising
16 8 (1.00%) Automotive
17 6 (0.75%) Retail Banking
18 4 (0.50%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 158 (19.73%) Analyst
2 129 (16.10%) Consultant
3 123 (15.36%) Security Consultant
4 115 (14.36%) Security Analyst
5 109 (13.61%) Senior
6 99 (12.36%) Security Specialist
7 97 (12.11%) Lead
8 95 (11.86%) Architect
9 82 (10.24%) Security Engineer
10 81 (10.11%) Cybersecurity Specialist
11 75 (9.36%) Security Architect
12 70 (8.74%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 69 (8.61%) Security Manager
14 55 (6.87%) Information Analyst
14 55 (6.87%) Information Security Analyst
15 46 (5.74%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 35 (4.37%) Information Manager
17 34 (4.24%) Lead Architect
18 33 (4.12%) Information Security Manager
19 28 (3.50%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (4.00%) Elastic Stack
2 8 (1.00%) Web Services
3 6 (0.75%) SAML
4 5 (0.62%) REST
5 4 (0.50%) Kafka
5 4 (0.50%) OAuth
5 4 (0.50%) SailPoint
6 3 (0.37%) AWS SAM
6 3 (0.37%) Sass
6 3 (0.37%) SOAP
7 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (0.12%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.12%) CSS
8 1 (0.12%) Keycloak
8 1 (0.12%) NestJS
8 1 (0.12%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 157 (19.60%) Management Information System
2 86 (10.74%) Security Operations Centre
3 83 (10.36%) Security Posture
4 62 (7.74%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 61 (7.62%) Cyber Threat
6 57 (7.12%) Cyber Defence
7 48 (5.99%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 32 (4.00%) Operational Technology
9 25 (3.12%) Cyberattack
9 25 (3.12%) Onboarding
10 22 (2.75%) Data Centre
11 20 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
12 18 (2.25%) Cloud Native
12 18 (2.25%) Product Ownership
13 16 (2.00%) CESG
14 15 (1.87%) Public Cloud
15 14 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
16 13 (1.62%) Cyber Security Posture
17 12 (1.50%) Private Cloud
17 12 (1.50%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 72 (8.99%) Windows
2 40 (4.99%) Linux
3 26 (3.25%) Windows Server
4 16 (2.00%) Unix
5 14 (1.75%) Android
5 14 (1.75%) Apple iOS
6 13 (1.62%) Windows 10
7 8 (1.00%) Kali Linux
8 7 (0.87%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.62%) CentOS
11 4 (0.50%) Solaris
11 4 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (0.50%) Windows XP
11 4 (0.50%) zOS
12 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.12%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 554 (69.16%) Cybersecurity
2 448 (55.93%) Information Security
3 207 (25.84%) Risk Management
4 193 (24.09%) SIEM
5 163 (20.35%) Security Architecture
6 161 (20.10%) Security Operations
7 149 (18.60%) Cloud Security
8 146 (18.23%) Incident Response
9 141 (17.60%) Vulnerability Management
10 108 (13.48%) Security Management
11 106 (13.23%) Problem-Solving
12 83 (10.36%) Agile
13 80 (9.99%) OWASP
14 77 (9.61%) Incident Management
15 76 (9.49%) Application Security
16 70 (8.74%) Information Security Management
16 70 (8.74%) Mentoring
17 68 (8.49%) Data Loss Prevention
18 67 (8.36%) Coaching
18 67 (8.36%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 58 (7.24%) Python
2 31 (3.87%) PowerShell
3 10 (1.25%) SQL
4 7 (0.87%) Bash
4 7 (0.87%) Java
5 6 (0.75%) C
5 6 (0.75%) R
5 6 (0.75%) Scala
6 4 (0.50%) C++
7 2 (0.25%) Go
8 1 (0.12%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 281 (35.08%) CISSP
2 195 (24.34%) CISM
3 134 (16.73%) Security Cleared
4 129 (16.10%) Degree
5 94 (11.74%) CISA
6 88 (10.99%) Cisco Certification
7 84 (10.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 79 (9.86%) AWS Certification
9 77 (9.61%) CCSP
10 63 (7.87%) DV Cleared
11 56 (6.99%) Azure Certification
11 56 (6.99%) CRISC
12 55 (6.87%) CCSK
13 46 (5.74%) SC Cleared
14 38 (4.74%) CEH
15 31 (3.87%) PCI QSA
16 27 (3.37%) CompTIA Security+
16 27 (3.37%) SANS
17 26 (3.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
18 24 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 392 (48.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 176 (21.97%) GRC
3 132 (16.48%) PCI DSS
4 118 (14.73%) Cyber Essentials
5 113 (14.11%) GDPR
6 82 (10.24%) NIST 800
7 70 (8.74%) Def Stans
8 65 (8.11%) NCSC
9 44 (5.49%) COBIT
10 34 (4.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 32 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 29 (3.62%) JSP 440
13 26 (3.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 25 (3.12%) RMADS
15 16 (2.00%) SOC 2
16 15 (1.87%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 11 (1.37%) HIPAA
18 10 (1.25%) ISO 31000
19 7 (0.87%) GLBA
19 7 (0.87%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 45 (5.62%) Docker
2 33 (4.12%) Active Directory
3 29 (3.62%) vSphere
4 14 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.37%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.12%) Firmware
7 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.12%) Snort
7 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 50 (6.24%) Single Sign-On
2 41 (5.12%) Kubernetes
3 28 (3.50%) Terraform
4 18 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (1.75%) Nmap
6 13 (1.62%) CASB
7 7 (0.87%) Nessus
8 6 (0.75%) Ansible
8 6 (0.75%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 5 (0.62%) Suricata
10 4 (0.50%) QRadar
11 3 (0.37%) SELinux
12 2 (0.25%) Host Intrusion Detection System
12 2 (0.25%) Packer
13 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.12%) Kibana
13 1 (0.12%) logstash
13 1 (0.12%) SCOrch
13 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 144 (17.98%) Microsoft
2 37 (4.62%) Splunk
3 31 (3.87%) Qualys
4 30 (3.75%) Tripwire
5 29 (3.62%) Tanium
6 28 (3.50%) SolarWinds
7 21 (2.62%) Cisco
8 17 (2.12%) Rapid7
9 14 (1.75%) Thycotic
10 12 (1.50%) Google
10 12 (1.50%) ServiceNow
10 12 (1.50%) VMware
11 10 (1.25%) Fortinet
12 7 (0.87%) CA
12 7 (0.87%) Juniper
13 5 (0.62%) IBM
13 5 (0.62%) Intel
13 5 (0.62%) Palo Alto
14 4 (0.50%) Citrix
14 4 (0.50%) Dell