NIST Jobs in England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring NIST skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited NIST over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 316 319 477
Rank change year-on-year +3 +158 +14
Permanent jobs citing NIST 801 878 1,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.84% 1.07% 0.75%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.47% 5.80% 4.42%
Number of salaries quoted 663 645 671
10th Percentile £43,750 £45,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £53,750
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 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £68,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -2.86% - +7.69%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

NIST falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 12,374 15,129 24,518
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.95% 18.43% 16.97%
Number of salaries quoted 8,353 7,545 11,941
10th Percentile £26,500 £32,200 £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 £71,000 £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 12 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 12 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 +5 274 £75,000 -3.23% 105
North of England +57 156 £57,500 -4.17% 18
South East -2 154 £50,500 -20.78% 19
South West +8 109 £91,500 +30.71% 27
North West +9 95 £60,000 +20.00% 13
Midlands -74 80 £70,000 +21.74% 22
West Midlands -49 69 £72,500 +17.89% 15
Yorkshire +58 35 £50,000 -28.57% 5
North East +7 26 £42,500 -14.36%
East of England -17 17 £72,500 +3.57% 4
East Midlands -33 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 15 (1.87%) IIS
2 3 (0.37%) Confluence
2 3 (0.37%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.12%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 10 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.50%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 186 (23.22%) Azure
2 162 (20.22%) AWS
3 66 (8.24%) Microsoft 365
4 35 (4.37%) GCP
5 23 (2.87%) Amazon S3
5 23 (2.87%) Cloud Computing
5 23 (2.87%) Serverless
6 21 (2.62%) AWS CloudFormation
6 21 (2.62%) Azure Sentinel
7 20 (2.50%) Entra ID
8 19 (2.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 19 (2.37%) Amazon EC2
8 19 (2.37%) AWS Lambda
8 19 (2.37%) SaaS
8 19 (2.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 18 (2.25%) Microsoft Purview
10 17 (2.12%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 17 (2.12%) AWS CloudTrail
11 16 (2.00%) IaaS
11 16 (2.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 149 (18.60%) Network Security
2 142 (17.73%) Firewall
3 60 (7.49%) WAN
4 35 (4.37%) SD-WAN
5 28 (3.50%) Intrusion Detection
6 23 (2.87%) Wireshark
7 22 (2.75%) LAN
7 22 (2.75%) VPN
8 21 (2.62%) TCP/IP
9 18 (2.25%) DNS
10 14 (1.75%) Internet
11 8 (1.00%) SSL
11 8 (1.00%) Wireless
12 7 (0.87%) VoIP
13 6 (0.75%) DMZ
14 5 (0.62%) 5G
14 5 (0.62%) BGP
14 5 (0.62%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 5 (0.62%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 5 (0.62%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (2.50%) 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 13 (1.62%) JIRA
3 4 (0.50%) Burp Suite
3 4 (0.50%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.50%) Metasploit
3 4 (0.50%) sqlmap
4 2 (0.25%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.12%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.12%) Git
5 1 (0.12%) Jasmine
5 1 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 199 (24.84%) Finance
2 182 (22.72%) Social Skills
3 104 (12.98%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (7.12%) Legal
5 50 (6.24%) Military
6 46 (5.74%) Retail
7 39 (4.87%) Law
8 29 (3.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 29 (3.62%) Public Sector
9 26 (3.25%) Aerospace
10 21 (2.62%) Banking
10 21 (2.62%) Telecoms
11 19 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
12 16 (2.00%) Marketing
13 11 (1.37%) Aviation
14 10 (1.25%) Manufacturing
15 8 (1.00%) Automotive
16 7 (0.87%) Advertising
16 7 (0.87%) Retail Banking
17 4 (0.50%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 155 (19.35%) Analyst
2 128 (15.98%) Consultant
3 123 (15.36%) Security Consultant
4 114 (14.23%) Security Analyst
5 103 (12.86%) Senior
6 100 (12.48%) Security Specialist
7 98 (12.23%) Lead
8 96 (11.99%) Architect
9 81 (10.11%) Cybersecurity Specialist
9 81 (10.11%) Security Engineer
10 79 (9.86%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 75 (9.36%) Security Architect
12 65 (8.11%) Security Manager
13 53 (6.62%) Information Analyst
13 53 (6.62%) Information Security Analyst
14 46 (5.74%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 34 (4.24%) Lead Architect
16 32 (4.00%) Information Manager
16 32 (4.00%) Information Security Manager
17 27 (3.37%) Lead Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (4.37%) Elastic Stack
2 8 (1.00%) Web Services
3 6 (0.75%) SAML
4 5 (0.62%) REST
4 5 (0.62%) SailPoint
5 4 (0.50%) Kafka
5 4 (0.50%) OAuth
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%) AWS CDK
8 1 (0.12%) CSS
8 1 (0.12%) Keycloak
8 1 (0.12%) NestJS
8 1 (0.12%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 149 (18.60%) Management Information System
2 90 (11.24%) Security Operations Centre
3 83 (10.36%) Security Posture
4 65 (8.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 60 (7.49%) Cyber Threat
6 59 (7.37%) Cyber Defence
7 47 (5.87%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 33 (4.12%) 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 19 (2.37%) Cloud Native
13 18 (2.25%) CESG
13 18 (2.25%) Product Ownership
14 15 (1.87%) Public Cloud
15 14 (1.75%) Cyber Security Posture
15 14 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
16 13 (1.62%) PropTech
17 12 (1.50%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 71 (8.86%) Windows
2 44 (5.49%) Linux
3 27 (3.37%) Windows Server
4 16 (2.00%) Unix
5 13 (1.62%) Windows 10
6 9 (1.12%) Android
6 9 (1.12%) Apple iOS
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
1 558 (69.66%) Cybersecurity
2 439 (54.81%) Information Security
3 204 (25.47%) Risk Management
4 193 (24.09%) SIEM
5 166 (20.72%) Security Architecture
6 165 (20.60%) Security Operations
7 157 (19.60%) Incident Response
8 146 (18.23%) Cloud Security
9 140 (17.48%) Vulnerability Management
10 107 (13.36%) Problem-Solving
11 105 (13.11%) Security Management
12 84 (10.49%) Agile
13 80 (9.99%) Incident Management
14 79 (9.86%) OWASP
15 73 (9.11%) Application Security
16 72 (8.99%) Mentoring
17 69 (8.61%) Coaching
17 69 (8.61%) Information Security Management
18 68 (8.49%) Threat Intelligence
19 67 (8.36%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 57 (7.12%) Python
2 28 (3.50%) PowerShell
3 10 (1.25%) SQL
4 8 (1.00%) Bash
5 7 (0.87%) Java
6 6 (0.75%) C
6 6 (0.75%) R
6 6 (0.75%) Scala
7 4 (0.50%) C++
8 3 (0.37%) Go
9 2 (0.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 283 (35.33%) CISSP
2 204 (25.47%) CISM
3 135 (16.85%) Security Cleared
4 132 (16.48%) Degree
5 96 (11.99%) CISA
6 83 (10.36%) AWS Certification
7 80 (9.99%) Cisco Certification
8 76 (9.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 69 (8.61%) CCSP
10 68 (8.49%) DV Cleared
11 56 (6.99%) Azure Certification
12 55 (6.87%) CCSK
13 54 (6.74%) CRISC
14 41 (5.12%) SC Cleared
15 34 (4.24%) CEH
16 30 (3.75%) PCI QSA
17 27 (3.37%) CompTIA Security+
17 27 (3.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
18 25 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
19 22 (2.75%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 389 (48.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 174 (21.72%) GRC
3 130 (16.23%) PCI DSS
4 120 (14.98%) Cyber Essentials
5 111 (13.86%) GDPR
6 85 (10.61%) NIST 800
7 70 (8.74%) Def Stans
8 64 (7.99%) NCSC
9 47 (5.87%) COBIT
10 36 (4.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 32 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 25 (3.12%) JSP 440
12 25 (3.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 21 (2.62%) RMADS
14 15 (1.87%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 13 (1.62%) SOC 2
16 10 (1.25%) HIPAA
16 10 (1.25%) ISO 31000
17 8 (1.00%) ISO 22301
18 7 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 46 (5.74%) Docker
2 32 (4.00%) Active Directory
2 32 (4.00%) vSphere
3 9 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.37%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.25%) 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 31 (3.87%) Terraform
4 13 (1.62%) CASB
4 13 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (1.12%) Nmap
6 8 (1.00%) Nessus
7 6 (0.75%) Ansible
7 6 (0.75%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 5 (0.62%) Suricata
9 4 (0.50%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.50%) QRadar
10 3 (0.37%) SELinux
11 2 (0.25%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 2 (0.25%) Packer
12 1 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.12%) Kibana
12 1 (0.12%) logstash
12 1 (0.12%) SCOrch
12 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 140 (17.48%) Microsoft
2 33 (4.12%) Splunk
2 33 (4.12%) Tripwire
3 32 (4.00%) SolarWinds
3 32 (4.00%) Tanium
4 26 (3.25%) Qualys
5 22 (2.75%) Cisco
6 13 (1.62%) VMware
7 12 (1.50%) Google
7 12 (1.50%) Rapid7
7 12 (1.50%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.37%) Fortinet
9 9 (1.12%) Thycotic
10 7 (0.87%) CA
10 7 (0.87%) Juniper
11 5 (0.62%) IBM
11 5 (0.62%) Intel
11 5 (0.62%) Palo Alto
12 4 (0.50%) Citrix
12 4 (0.50%) Dell