NIST Jobs in the West Midlands

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

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

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 196 145 209
Rank change year-on-year -51 +64 -41
Permanent jobs citing NIST 66 112 86
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.78% 1.94% 1.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.51% 7.32% 5.71%
Number of salaries quoted 63 99 39
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,450 £41,784
25th Percentile £53,750 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £61,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.89% -1.60% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,875 £79,375 £76,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £81,000
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
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,198 1,531 1,505
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 14.19% 26.46% 19.36%
Number of salaries quoted 873 673 870
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £28,558
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,750 £35,156
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £52,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% +9.47% +1.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for NIST in the West Midlands

NIST
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for NIST in the West Midlands

NIST
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for NIST in the West Midlands

NIST
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 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
Birmingham -30 26 £72,500 +13.28% 7
Staffordshire -23 17 £57,500 -11.54% 3
Solihull +1 9 £72,500 +70.59% 4
Warwickshire +8 5 £63,998 +16.36% 1
Worcestershire -28 1 £105,000 +78.72%
NIST
England

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (3.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.03%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (31.82%) AWS
2 15 (22.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 15 (22.73%) Amazon EC2
2 15 (22.73%) Amazon GuardDuty
2 15 (22.73%) Amazon S3
2 15 (22.73%) AWS CloudFormation
2 15 (22.73%) AWS CloudTrail
2 15 (22.73%) AWS Lambda
2 15 (22.73%) Serverless
2 15 (22.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
3 8 (12.12%) Azure
4 7 (10.61%) AWS Control Tower
5 3 (4.55%) Power Platform
6 2 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (3.03%) GCP
6 2 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (15.15%) Firewall
2 8 (12.12%) VPN
3 6 (9.09%) WAN
4 3 (4.55%) SD-WAN
5 2 (3.03%) LAN
6 1 (1.52%) Network Security
6 1 (1.52%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (22.73%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (4.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (4.55%) Burp Suite
1 3 (4.55%) Metasploit
1 3 (4.55%) sqlmap
2 2 (3.03%) GitLab
General
1 17 (25.76%) Finance
2 10 (15.15%) Retail
2 10 (15.15%) Social Skills
3 5 (7.58%) Automotive
4 3 (4.55%) Legal
5 2 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.03%) Law
6 1 (1.52%) Banking
6 1 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.52%) Marketing
6 1 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 14 (21.21%) AWS Engineer
3 12 (18.18%) DevSecOps Engineer
4 11 (16.67%) Analyst
5 9 (13.64%) Security Analyst
6 8 (12.12%) Operations Analyst
6 8 (12.12%) Security Manager
6 8 (12.12%) Security Operations Analyst
7 6 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 6 (9.09%) Lead
7 6 (9.09%) Python Engineer
8 5 (7.58%) Consultant
8 5 (7.58%) Security Consultant
9 4 (6.06%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 4 (6.06%) Head of Security
9 4 (6.06%) Information Manager
9 4 (6.06%) Information Security Manager
10 3 (4.55%) Head of Information Security
10 3 (4.55%) Lead Architect
10 3 (4.55%) Lead Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 12 (18.18%) Operational Technology
1 12 (18.18%) PropTech
2 9 (13.64%) Security Operations Centre
3 8 (12.12%) Management Information System
3 8 (12.12%) SCADA
4 5 (7.58%) Data Centre
5 3 (4.55%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (3.03%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (3.03%) Private Cloud
6 2 (3.03%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.52%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.52%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (15.15%) Windows
2 8 (12.12%) Linux
3 2 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (62.12%) Cybersecurity
2 37 (56.06%) Information Security
3 24 (36.36%) Incident Response
4 21 (31.82%) Risk Management
5 18 (27.27%) Infrastructure as Code
6 17 (25.76%) Threat Modelling
7 13 (19.70%) Security Operations
7 13 (19.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 12 (18.18%) DevSecOps
8 12 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (15.15%) Vulnerability Management
10 9 (13.64%) Risk Assessment
11 8 (12.12%) Data Security
12 7 (10.61%) Cloud Security
13 6 (9.09%) Business Development
13 6 (9.09%) Computer Science
13 6 (9.09%) Security Architecture
13 6 (9.09%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 5 (7.58%) Data Protection
14 5 (7.58%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 15 (22.73%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (36.36%) CISM
1 24 (36.36%) CISSP
2 18 (27.27%) AWS Certification
3 14 (21.21%) Degree
4 11 (16.67%) CISA
4 11 (16.67%) Security Cleared
5 6 (9.09%) SC Cleared
6 5 (7.58%) PCI QSA
7 4 (6.06%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (4.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (4.55%) Azure Certification
8 3 (4.55%) CCSK
8 3 (4.55%) CCSP
8 3 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (4.55%) CRISC
8 3 (4.55%) SSCP
9 2 (3.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 2 (3.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 1 (1.52%) Master's Degree
10 1 (1.52%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (72.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (19.70%) GDPR
3 10 (15.15%) PCI DSS
4 9 (13.64%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (10.61%) NIST 800
6 5 (7.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (6.06%) GRC
7 4 (6.06%) NCSC
8 2 (3.03%) ISO 22301
8 2 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (1.52%) ISO 31000
9 1 (1.52%) ISO 9001
9 1 (1.52%) JSP 440
9 1 (1.52%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (4.55%) Docker
2 2 (3.03%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (4.55%) Kubernetes
1 3 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.03%) Fortinet
2 2 (3.03%) Google
2 2 (3.03%) Rapid7
3 1 (1.52%) Facebook