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 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 323 324 435
Rank change year-on-year +1 +111 +31
Permanent jobs citing NIST 864 1,075 1,284
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.88% 1.04% 0.82%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.39% 5.44% 4.92%
Number of salaries quoted 708 754 793
10th Percentile £43,525 £45,250 £43,350
25th Percentile £49,750 £52,563 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,750 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.64% +3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £84,919 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,250 £98,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £64,750 £63,750
% change year-on-year -11.20% +1.57% +15.91%

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 13,527 19,771 26,120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.73% 19.05% 16.73%
Number of salaries quoted 9,247 9,144 13,200
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 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,602
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.04% +0.21%

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 2 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 2 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 +20 790 £66,500 -5.00% 194
UK excluding London +4 549 £57,500 -11.20% 113
Work from Home -37 311 £65,000 -7.14% 86
London +21 274 £75,000 - 86
South East -2 157 £50,500 -22.31% 24
North of England +85 151 £57,500 -4.17% 16
South West +15 110 £61,250 -5.77% 23
North West +41 95 £60,000 +5.73% 10
Midlands -53 64 £65,750 +2.73% 23
West Midlands -45 53 £68,750 +6.59% 18
Scotland -40 44 £60,000 +8.26% 9
Yorkshire +80 32 £55,000 -18.52% 4
North East +13 24 £42,500 -14.36% 2
East of England +13 18 £72,500 +3.57% 12
East Midlands -9 9 £47,500 -15.93% 4
Isle of Man -18 4 £46,500 -17.33% 1
Wales +12 1 £85,000 +54.55% 6

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 (1.74%) 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
1 224 (25.93%) Azure
2 168 (19.44%) AWS
3 99 (11.46%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (4.17%) SaaS
5 34 (3.94%) GCP
5 34 (3.94%) IaaS
5 34 (3.94%) PaaS
6 32 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
7 30 (3.47%) Cloud Computing
8 28 (3.24%) Entra ID
9 27 (3.13%) Microsoft Purview
10 14 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (1.50%) Power Platform
12 12 (1.39%) Amazon S3
12 12 (1.39%) Serverless
13 8 (0.93%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 8 (0.93%) Amazon EC2
13 8 (0.93%) AWS CloudFormation
13 8 (0.93%) AWS Lambda
13 8 (0.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 167 (19.33%) Firewall
2 161 (18.63%) Network Security
3 58 (6.71%) WAN
4 44 (5.09%) Intrusion Detection
5 36 (4.17%) SD-WAN
6 32 (3.70%) VPN
7 29 (3.36%) TCP/IP
8 22 (2.55%) LAN
9 19 (2.20%) Internet
10 18 (2.08%) Wireshark
11 15 (1.74%) 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%) tcpdump
15 4 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
16 3 (0.35%) Modbus
16 3 (0.35%) Radio Access Network
16 3 (0.35%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.50%) Power BI
2 8 (0.93%) 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 (1.74%) 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
1 212 (24.54%) Finance
2 200 (23.15%) Social Skills
3 107 (12.38%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (7.06%) Legal
5 51 (5.90%) Law
6 49 (5.67%) Military
7 42 (4.86%) Retail
8 34 (3.94%) 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 15 (1.74%) Banking
15 12 (1.39%) Manufacturing
16 11 (1.27%) Aviation
17 8 (0.93%) Automotive
18 6 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
19 5 (0.58%) Advertising
20 4 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 173 (20.02%) Analyst
2 144 (16.67%) Consultant
3 138 (15.97%) Security Consultant
4 132 (15.28%) Security Analyst
5 124 (14.35%) Senior
6 111 (12.85%) Architect
7 100 (11.57%) Security Specialist
8 96 (11.11%) Lead
9 88 (10.19%) Security Architect
10 82 (9.49%) Cybersecurity Specialist
11 80 (9.26%) Security Engineer
12 76 (8.80%) Security Manager
13 72 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 61 (7.06%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 51 (5.90%) Information Analyst
15 51 (5.90%) Information Security Analyst
16 40 (4.63%) Lead Architect
17 35 (4.05%) Information Manager
18 33 (3.82%) Information Security Manager
18 33 (3.82%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (3.13%) Elastic Stack
2 19 (2.20%) Web Services
3 13 (1.50%) OAuth
3 13 (1.50%) SAML
4 11 (1.27%) REST
5 9 (1.04%) SOAP
6 6 (0.69%) Middleware
7 5 (0.58%) SailPoint
8 4 (0.46%) Kafka
9 3 (0.35%) AWS SAM
9 3 (0.35%) OpenID
10 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Graph
10 2 (0.23%) Sass
11 1 (0.12%) AngularJS
11 1 (0.12%) CSS
11 1 (0.12%) FIDO
11 1 (0.12%) Keycloak
11 1 (0.12%) LDAP
11 1 (0.12%) NestJS
11 1 (0.12%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 175 (20.25%) Management Information System
2 96 (11.11%) Security Posture
3 86 (9.95%) Security Operations Centre
4 76 (8.80%) Cyber Threat
5 54 (6.25%) Cyber Defence
6 53 (6.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 52 (6.02%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 42 (4.86%) Operational Technology
9 28 (3.24%) Cyberattack
10 25 (2.89%) Public Cloud
11 22 (2.55%) Data Centre
11 22 (2.55%) Product Ownership
12 21 (2.43%) Data Protection Act
12 21 (2.43%) Onboarding
13 19 (2.20%) Cloud Native
14 17 (1.97%) CESG
15 15 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
16 12 (1.39%) Cloud Security Posture
16 12 (1.39%) Private Cloud
16 12 (1.39%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 69 (7.99%) Windows
2 37 (4.28%) Linux
3 23 (2.66%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.62%) Android
4 14 (1.62%) Apple iOS
5 12 (1.39%) Windows 10
6 10 (1.16%) Unix
7 7 (0.81%) Kali Linux
7 7 (0.81%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.58%) CentOS
8 5 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.46%) Solaris
9 4 (0.46%) zOS
10 3 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.23%) AIX
11 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.12%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 612 (70.83%) Cybersecurity
2 492 (56.94%) Information Security
3 221 (25.58%) Risk Management
4 197 (22.80%) SIEM
5 181 (20.95%) Security Architecture
5 181 (20.95%) Security Operations
6 153 (17.71%) Vulnerability Management
7 151 (17.48%) Cloud Security
8 143 (16.55%) Incident Response
9 125 (14.47%) Security Management
10 118 (13.66%) Problem-Solving
11 102 (11.81%) Application Security
12 95 (11.00%) OWASP
13 85 (9.84%) Computer Science
13 85 (9.84%) Information Security Management
14 78 (9.03%) Agile
15 76 (8.80%) Mentoring
16 75 (8.68%) Identity Access Management
17 74 (8.56%) Vulnerability Assessment
18 71 (8.22%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (5.32%) Python
2 32 (3.70%) PowerShell
3 15 (1.74%) SQL
4 8 (0.93%) 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
1 325 (37.62%) CISSP
2 217 (25.12%) CISM
3 144 (16.67%) Degree
4 139 (16.09%) Security Cleared
5 112 (12.96%) Cisco Certification
6 109 (12.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 100 (11.57%) CCSP
7 100 (11.57%) CISA
8 66 (7.64%) AWS Certification
9 61 (7.06%) Azure Certification
10 59 (6.83%) SC Cleared
11 58 (6.71%) CCSK
12 54 (6.25%) CRISC
12 54 (6.25%) DV Cleared
13 38 (4.40%) CEH
14 37 (4.28%) Computer Science Degree
15 35 (4.05%) CompTIA Security+
16 32 (3.70%) PCI QSA
16 32 (3.70%) SANS
17 31 (3.59%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 427 (49.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 171 (19.79%) GRC
3 137 (15.86%) PCI DSS
4 136 (15.74%) GDPR
5 129 (14.93%) Cyber Essentials
6 84 (9.72%) NIST 800
7 82 (9.49%) NCSC
8 70 (8.10%) Def Stans
9 54 (6.25%) COBIT
10 38 (4.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 32 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 32 (3.70%) JSP 440
12 31 (3.59%) SOC 2
13 28 (3.24%) RMADS
14 21 (2.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 15 (1.74%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 15 (1.74%) ISO 31000
16 11 (1.27%) HIPAA
17 8 (0.93%) ISO 22301
17 8 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 39 (4.51%) Docker
2 36 (4.17%) Active Directory
3 24 (2.78%) 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 (5.79%) Single Sign-On
2 45 (5.21%) Kubernetes
3 22 (2.55%) Terraform
4 19 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (1.62%) CASB
5 14 (1.62%) Nmap
6 13 (1.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 11 (1.27%) Nessus
8 4 (0.46%) QRadar
8 4 (0.46%) Suricata
9 3 (0.35%) Ansible
9 3 (0.35%) SELinux
10 2 (0.23%) CSIRT
10 2 (0.23%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 2 (0.23%) Packer
10 2 (0.23%) SCCM
11 1 (0.12%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 1 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 163 (18.87%) Microsoft
2 38 (4.40%) Splunk
3 33 (3.82%) Qualys
4 28 (3.24%) Tripwire
5 26 (3.01%) Tanium
6 24 (2.78%) Cisco
6 24 (2.78%) SolarWinds
7 17 (1.97%) Rapid7
8 14 (1.62%) Google
8 14 (1.62%) Thycotic
9 13 (1.50%) Fortinet
10 10 (1.16%) Palo Alto
11 9 (1.04%) ServiceNow
12 8 (0.93%) CA
12 8 (0.93%) CrowdStrike
13 7 (0.81%) Symantec
13 7 (0.81%) VMware
13 7 (0.81%) Zscaler
14 6 (0.69%) Blue Coat
14 6 (0.69%) CheckPoint