NIST Jobs with Work from Home Options

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 320 278 470
Rank change year-on-year -42 +192 -112
Permanent jobs citing NIST 307 448 496
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.88% 1.16% 0.67%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.13% 7.92% 4.10%
Number of salaries quoted 259 382 404
10th Percentile £40,250 £46,275 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,750 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% +3.70% +2.20%
75th Percentile £84,919 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £104,750 £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
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,303 5,659 12,104
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.39% 14.71% 16.29%
Number of salaries quoted 3,229 3,821 6,241
10th Percentile £34,905 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

NIST
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

NIST trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing NIST.

NIST salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

NIST
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing NIST over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

NIST salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 13 (4.23%) IIS
2 2 (0.65%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.65%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 112 (36.48%) Azure
2 84 (27.36%) AWS
3 34 (11.07%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (5.86%) Cloud Computing
5 17 (5.54%) Azure Sentinel
6 16 (5.21%) SaaS
7 15 (4.89%) Microsoft Purview
8 14 (4.56%) IaaS
8 14 (4.56%) PaaS
9 13 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (3.91%) Entra ID
10 12 (3.91%) GCP
11 10 (3.26%) Amazon S3
11 10 (3.26%) Serverless
12 6 (1.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 6 (1.95%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (1.95%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (1.95%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (1.95%) Azure Service Fabric
12 6 (1.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 78 (25.41%) Firewall
2 57 (18.57%) Network Security
3 55 (17.92%) WAN
4 35 (11.40%) SD-WAN
5 21 (6.84%) TCP/IP
6 18 (5.86%) LAN
7 17 (5.54%) Wireshark
8 9 (2.93%) Wireless
9 8 (2.61%) VPN
10 6 (1.95%) DNS
11 5 (1.63%) Internet
11 5 (1.63%) Intrusion Detection
12 3 (0.98%) BGP
12 3 (0.98%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 3 (0.98%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 3 (0.98%) OSPF
12 3 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
13 2 (0.65%) DMZ
13 2 (0.65%) Modbus
13 2 (0.65%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.95%) Amazon RDS
1 6 (1.95%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (1.63%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.65%) Power BI
4 1 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 17 (5.54%) GitLab
2 10 (3.26%) JIRA
3 3 (0.98%) Burp Suite
3 3 (0.98%) Metasploit
3 3 (0.98%) sqlmap
4 2 (0.65%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.33%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.33%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 103 (33.55%) Finance
2 63 (20.52%) Social Skills
3 24 (7.82%) Public Sector
4 21 (6.84%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (6.84%) Law
4 21 (6.84%) Retail
5 19 (6.19%) Aerospace
6 12 (3.91%) Legal
7 11 (3.58%) Military
7 11 (3.58%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (3.26%) Aviation
8 10 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (3.26%) Manufacturing
9 7 (2.28%) Banking
10 6 (1.95%) Marketing
10 6 (1.95%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.63%) Automotive
12 3 (0.98%) Games
12 3 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 58 (18.89%) Architect
1 58 (18.89%) Senior
2 57 (18.57%) Analyst
3 56 (18.24%) Security Engineer
4 53 (17.26%) Security Architect
5 49 (15.96%) Lead
6 44 (14.33%) Security Analyst
7 36 (11.73%) Consultant
8 31 (10.10%) Security Consultant
9 27 (8.79%) Lead Architect
9 27 (8.79%) Lead Security Architect
10 23 (7.49%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 21 (6.84%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 20 (6.51%) Information Analyst
12 20 (6.51%) Information Security Analyst
13 16 (5.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 15 (4.89%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
15 14 (4.56%) Senior Consultant
15 14 (4.56%) Senior Security Consultant
16 13 (4.23%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.61%) REST
1 8 (2.61%) SOAP
1 8 (2.61%) Web Services
2 4 (1.30%) Kafka
3 3 (0.98%) AWS SAM
3 3 (0.98%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.65%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 94 (30.62%) Management Information System
2 39 (12.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 20 (6.51%) Cyber Threat
4 19 (6.19%) Security Operations Centre
5 17 (5.54%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 16 (5.21%) Security Posture
7 14 (4.56%) CESG
7 14 (4.56%) Operational Technology
8 12 (3.91%) Private Cloud
8 12 (3.91%) Product Ownership
9 11 (3.58%) Onboarding
10 10 (3.26%) Cyber Defence
11 8 (2.61%) Cyberattack
11 8 (2.61%) Data Centre
12 7 (2.28%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (2.28%) PMI
12 7 (2.28%) Public Cloud
13 6 (1.95%) IoT
13 6 (1.95%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 3 (0.98%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 36 (11.73%) Windows
2 17 (5.54%) Linux
3 13 (4.23%) Android
3 13 (4.23%) Apple iOS
4 10 (3.26%) Unix
5 8 (2.61%) Windows Server
6 6 (1.95%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.30%) CentOS
7 4 (1.30%) Solaris
7 4 (1.30%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.30%) zOS
8 2 (0.65%) AIX
8 2 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.33%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (59.93%) Cybersecurity
2 180 (58.63%) Information Security
3 83 (27.04%) Risk Management
3 83 (27.04%) Security Architecture
4 77 (25.08%) SIEM
5 65 (21.17%) Cloud Security
6 62 (20.20%) OWASP
7 58 (18.89%) Application Security
8 52 (16.94%) Incident Response
8 52 (16.94%) Security Operations
9 45 (14.66%) Problem-Solving
10 42 (13.68%) DevOps
11 41 (13.36%) Secure Coding
11 41 (13.36%) Security Management
12 39 (12.70%) Coaching
13 38 (12.38%) Vulnerability Management
14 37 (12.05%) Identity Access Management
14 37 (12.05%) Zero Trust
15 36 (11.73%) Identity Management
15 36 (11.73%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 31 (10.10%) Python
2 21 (6.84%) PowerShell
3 9 (2.93%) SQL
4 6 (1.95%) Bash
5 4 (1.30%) C++
6 1 (0.33%) Go
6 1 (0.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 144 (46.91%) CISSP
2 96 (31.27%) CISM
3 62 (20.20%) Cisco Certification
4 61 (19.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 60 (19.54%) CCSP
6 49 (15.96%) AWS Certification
7 42 (13.68%) Azure Certification
8 39 (12.70%) CCSK
8 39 (12.70%) Degree
9 37 (12.05%) Security Cleared
10 29 (9.45%) CEH
10 29 (9.45%) CISA
11 23 (7.49%) SANS
12 18 (5.86%) CRISC
13 16 (5.21%) GIAC
13 16 (5.21%) SC Cleared
14 13 (4.23%) CISMP
14 13 (4.23%) Master's Degree
14 13 (4.23%) OSCP
14 13 (4.23%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (47.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 59 (19.22%) PCI DSS
3 50 (16.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 41 (13.36%) NCSC
5 38 (12.38%) GRC
6 26 (8.47%) GDPR
6 26 (8.47%) NIST 800
7 19 (6.19%) COBIT
8 18 (5.86%) JSP 440
9 17 (5.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 15 (4.89%) SOC 2
11 14 (4.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 12 (3.91%) RMADS
13 11 (3.58%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 10 (3.26%) ISO 31000
15 8 (2.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 6 (1.95%) Actionable Recommendations
16 6 (1.95%) Web Application Security Consortium
17 5 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27005
18 4 (1.30%) HIPAA
System Software
1 37 (12.05%) Docker
2 13 (4.23%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (3.91%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.33%) Firmware
5 1 (0.33%) Snort
5 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 39 (12.70%) Single Sign-On
2 37 (12.05%) Kubernetes
3 17 (5.54%) Terraform
4 14 (4.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (4.23%) Nmap
6 8 (2.61%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 4 (1.30%) QRadar
8 3 (0.98%) Ansible
9 2 (0.65%) Nessus
10 1 (0.33%) CASB
10 1 (0.33%) Packer
10 1 (0.33%) SCOM
10 1 (0.33%) SCOrch
10 1 (0.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 39 (12.70%) Microsoft
2 32 (10.42%) Splunk
3 20 (6.51%) Qualys
4 15 (4.89%) Rapid7
5 13 (4.23%) Thycotic
6 12 (3.91%) Fortinet
7 11 (3.58%) Cisco
8 10 (3.26%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.95%) CrowdStrike
9 6 (1.95%) Symantec
9 6 (1.95%) Zscaler
10 5 (1.63%) Blue Coat
10 5 (1.63%) CheckPoint
10 5 (1.63%) Netskope
10 5 (1.63%) Oracle
10 5 (1.63%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.30%) IBM
11 4 (1.30%) Intel
11 4 (1.30%) Tripwire
11 4 (1.30%) VMware