NIST Jobs in the South West

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

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 192 215 224
Rank change year-on-year +23 +9 +53
Permanent jobs citing NIST 107 55 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.07% 0.83% 1.14%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.68% 4.58% 6.85%
Number of salaries quoted 73 51 46
10th Percentile £40,250 £51,500 £35,925
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £45,156
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £67,500 £57,750
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% +16.88% +15.50%
75th Percentile £100,000 £81,250 £71,875
90th Percentile £107,500 £93,250 £76,250
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £68,750
% change year-on-year -3.57% +1.82% +5.77%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South West

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 South West with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,233 1,201 1,401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 12.34% 18.16% 16.61%
Number of salaries quoted 804 642 857
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,094 £38,452 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £81,750
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 2 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 2 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 +42 66 £70,000 +7.90% 8
Wiltshire 0 18 £91,500 +66.36% 3
Dorset -10 18 £45,000 -15.09% 1
Gloucestershire -37 4 £60,000 -14.29% 2
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 (11.21%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 22 (20.56%) AWS
2 18 (16.82%) Azure
3 4 (3.74%) Serverless
4 3 (2.80%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.87%) GCP
6 1 (0.93%) IaaS
6 1 (0.93%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.93%) PaaS
6 1 (0.93%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (36.45%) Network Security
2 8 (7.48%) Firewall
3 1 (0.93%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.93%) VPN
General
1 36 (33.64%) Social Skills
2 35 (32.71%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (26.17%) Military
4 27 (25.23%) Finance
5 25 (23.36%) Retail
6 11 (10.28%) Aerospace
7 10 (9.35%) Aviation
8 9 (8.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (7.48%) Law
9 8 (7.48%) Marketing
10 3 (2.80%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.93%) Legal
11 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 60 (56.07%) Consultant
2 58 (54.21%) Security Consultant
3 37 (34.58%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 28 (26.17%) Lead
5 27 (25.23%) Senior
6 22 (20.56%) Analyst
7 18 (16.82%) Security Analyst
8 15 (14.02%) Cyber Defence Consultant
9 14 (13.08%) Senior Consultant
9 14 (13.08%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
9 14 (13.08%) Senior Security Consultant
10 13 (12.15%) Lead Consultant
10 13 (12.15%) Lead Security Consultant
11 12 (11.21%) Architect
12 9 (8.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 9 (8.41%) IT Analyst
12 9 (8.41%) IT Security Analyst
13 8 (7.48%) Information Security Analyst
13 8 (7.48%) Senior Analyst
13 8 (7.48%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (12.15%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (1.87%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 32 (29.91%) Security Operations Centre
2 20 (18.69%) Cyber Defence
3 18 (16.82%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 16 (14.95%) Management Information System
5 15 (14.02%) CESG
6 12 (11.21%) Onboarding
7 9 (8.41%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (5.61%) Public Cloud
8 6 (5.61%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 5 (4.67%) Cloud Native
9 5 (4.67%) Replication
10 3 (2.80%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (1.87%) Cyberattack
12 1 (0.93%) CCTV
12 1 (0.93%) Data Centre
12 1 (0.93%) Operational Technology
12 1 (0.93%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.93%) Linux
1 1 (0.93%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (85.05%) Cybersecurity
2 66 (61.68%) Information Security
3 46 (42.99%) SIEM
4 34 (31.78%) Security Operations
5 30 (28.04%) Agile
6 29 (27.10%) Cloud Security
7 25 (23.36%) Information Assurance
7 25 (23.36%) Risk Management
7 25 (23.36%) Security Architecture
8 23 (21.50%) Vulnerability Management
9 20 (18.69%) Coaching
9 20 (18.69%) Mentoring
10 19 (17.76%) Innovative Thinking
10 19 (17.76%) Programme Management
11 18 (16.82%) Matrix Organization
11 18 (16.82%) Resource Management
11 18 (16.82%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 16 (14.95%) Problem-Solving
13 15 (14.02%) Incident Management
13 15 (14.02%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.61%) C
1 6 (5.61%) Java
1 6 (5.61%) Python
1 6 (5.61%) R
1 6 (5.61%) Scala
1 6 (5.61%) SQL
Qualifications
1 60 (56.07%) Security Cleared
2 42 (39.25%) DV Cleared
3 33 (30.84%) CISSP
4 17 (15.89%) CISMP
5 16 (14.95%) Degree
6 12 (11.21%) IISP
7 11 (10.28%) CISM
8 10 (9.35%) SC Cleared
9 9 (8.41%) CEH
9 9 (8.41%) CompTIA CySA+
9 9 (8.41%) Master's Degree
10 8 (7.48%) AWS Certification
11 6 (5.61%) CCSK
11 6 (5.61%) CISA
11 6 (5.61%) SANS
12 5 (4.67%) CCSP
12 5 (4.67%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (4.67%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (4.67%) CRISC
13 4 (3.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (29.91%) NIST 800
2 26 (24.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (21.50%) PCI DSS
4 17 (15.89%) JSP 440
5 14 (13.08%) RMADS
6 13 (12.15%) GDPR
6 13 (12.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 7 (6.54%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (4.67%) GRC
9 4 (3.74%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (3.74%) NCSC
10 2 (1.87%) HIPAA
10 2 (1.87%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.93%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (12.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (8.41%) CASB
2 1 (0.93%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (12.15%) SolarWinds
1 13 (12.15%) Tanium
1 13 (12.15%) Tripwire
2 12 (11.21%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.93%) Google