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 remote or hybrid work 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 324 267 476
Rank change year-on-year -57 +209 -111
Permanent jobs citing NIST 307 469 488
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.86% 1.25% 0.64%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.02% 8.48% 3.99%
Number of salaries quoted 258 381 396
10th Percentile £40,250 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +3.70% +2.20%
75th Percentile £84,919 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,597 £105,000 £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
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,376 5,533 12,234
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.31% 14.76% 16.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3,243 3,757 6,200
10th Percentile £34,750 £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 12 June 2024.

NIST salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

NIST
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
1 107 (34.85%) Azure
2 87 (28.34%) AWS
3 28 (9.12%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (5.86%) SaaS
5 14 (4.56%) IaaS
5 14 (4.56%) PaaS
6 13 (4.23%) Azure Sentinel
6 13 (4.23%) Cloud Computing
7 12 (3.91%) Entra ID
7 12 (3.91%) GCP
8 11 (3.58%) Amazon S3
8 11 (3.58%) Microsoft Purview
8 11 (3.58%) Serverless
9 9 (2.93%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (2.61%) AWS CloudFormation
11 7 (2.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 7 (2.28%) Amazon EC2
11 7 (2.28%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (2.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 6 (1.95%) Azure Service Fabric
Communications & Networking
1 74 (24.10%) Firewall
2 54 (17.59%) Network Security
3 49 (15.96%) WAN
4 34 (11.07%) SD-WAN
5 17 (5.54%) TCP/IP
6 15 (4.89%) Wireshark
7 12 (3.91%) LAN
8 8 (2.61%) Wireless
9 7 (2.28%) VPN
10 6 (1.95%) DNS
11 5 (1.63%) BGP
11 5 (1.63%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 5 (1.63%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 5 (1.63%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (1.63%) OSPF
12 4 (1.30%) Internet
13 2 (0.65%) DMZ
13 2 (0.65%) VLAN
13 2 (0.65%) VoIP
13 2 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.28%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (1.95%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (1.63%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.65%) Power BI
5 1 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 17 (5.54%) GitLab
2 10 (3.26%) JIRA
3 4 (1.30%) Burp Suite
3 4 (1.30%) Metasploit
3 4 (1.30%) sqlmap
4 2 (0.65%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.33%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.33%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 101 (32.90%) Finance
2 63 (20.52%) Social Skills
3 24 (7.82%) Public Sector
4 22 (7.17%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.17%) Law
4 22 (7.17%) Retail
5 18 (5.86%) Aerospace
6 14 (4.56%) Legal
7 11 (3.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (3.58%) Military
7 11 (3.58%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (3.26%) Aviation
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 53 (17.26%) Security Architect
3 53 (17.26%) Security Engineer
4 46 (14.98%) Lead
5 44 (14.33%) Security Analyst
6 36 (11.73%) Consultant
7 31 (10.10%) Security Consultant
8 27 (8.79%) Lead Architect
8 27 (8.79%) Lead Security Architect
9 25 (8.14%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 21 (6.84%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 20 (6.51%) Information Analyst
11 20 (6.51%) Information Security Analyst
12 17 (5.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 17 (5.54%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
13 14 (4.56%) Senior Consultant
13 14 (4.56%) Senior Security Consultant
14 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 91 (29.64%) Management Information System
2 40 (13.03%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 21 (6.84%) Cyber Threat
4 17 (5.54%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 17 (5.54%) Security Operations Centre
5 16 (5.21%) Security Posture
6 15 (4.89%) 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 32 (10.42%) Windows
2 18 (5.86%) Linux
3 9 (2.93%) Android
3 9 (2.93%) Apple iOS
3 9 (2.93%) Unix
4 8 (2.61%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.95%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.30%) CentOS
6 4 (1.30%) Solaris
6 4 (1.30%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.30%) zOS
7 2 (0.65%) AIX
7 2 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.33%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (59.28%) Cybersecurity
2 179 (58.31%) Information Security
3 85 (27.69%) Risk Management
4 83 (27.04%) Security Architecture
5 73 (23.78%) SIEM
6 63 (20.52%) OWASP
7 61 (19.87%) Cloud Security
8 58 (18.89%) Incident Response
9 56 (18.24%) Application Security
10 49 (15.96%) Security Operations
11 44 (14.33%) Problem-Solving
12 41 (13.36%) Secure Coding
12 41 (13.36%) Security Management
13 39 (12.70%) Coaching
13 39 (12.70%) DevOps
14 36 (11.73%) Identity Management
14 36 (11.73%) Mentoring
15 35 (11.40%) Vulnerability Management
16 34 (11.07%) Information Security Management
17 33 (10.75%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 29 (9.45%) Python
2 18 (5.86%) PowerShell
3 9 (2.93%) SQL
4 7 (2.28%) Bash
5 4 (1.30%) C++
6 1 (0.33%) Go
6 1 (0.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 145 (47.23%) CISSP
2 101 (32.90%) CISM
3 56 (18.24%) Cisco Certification
4 55 (17.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 54 (17.59%) CCSP
6 51 (16.61%) AWS Certification
7 42 (13.68%) Azure Certification
8 40 (13.03%) Degree
9 39 (12.70%) CCSK
10 35 (11.40%) Security Cleared
11 33 (10.75%) CISA
12 26 (8.47%) CEH
13 20 (6.51%) CRISC
14 19 (6.19%) SANS
15 16 (5.21%) GIAC
15 16 (5.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 14 (4.56%) SC Cleared
17 13 (4.23%) CISMP
17 13 (4.23%) Master's Degree
17 13 (4.23%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (48.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 61 (19.87%) PCI DSS
3 51 (16.61%) Cyber Essentials
4 41 (13.36%) GRC
5 39 (12.70%) NCSC
6 28 (9.12%) GDPR
6 28 (9.12%) NIST 800
7 20 (6.51%) COBIT
8 19 (6.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 16 (5.21%) JSP 440
10 14 (4.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 13 (4.23%) SOC 2
12 11 (3.58%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 11 (3.58%) RMADS
13 10 (3.26%) ISO 31000
14 8 (2.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 6 (1.95%) Actionable Recommendations
15 6 (1.95%) Web Application Security Consortium
16 5 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 4 (1.30%) HIPAA
System Software
1 37 (12.05%) Docker
2 11 (3.58%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.93%) Virtual Desktop
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 18 (5.86%) Terraform
4 10 (3.26%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (2.93%) 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%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.33%) Packer
10 1 (0.33%) SCOM
10 1 (0.33%) SCOrch
10 1 (0.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 33 (10.75%) Microsoft
2 28 (9.12%) Splunk
3 16 (5.21%) Qualys
4 12 (3.91%) Fortinet
5 11 (3.58%) Rapid7
6 10 (3.26%) Cisco
6 10 (3.26%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.93%) Thycotic
8 5 (1.63%) CrowdStrike
8 5 (1.63%) Oracle
8 5 (1.63%) Symantec
8 5 (1.63%) Zscaler
9 4 (1.30%) Blue Coat
9 4 (1.30%) CheckPoint
9 4 (1.30%) IBM
9 4 (1.30%) Intel
9 4 (1.30%) Netskope
9 4 (1.30%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.30%) Tripwire
9 4 (1.30%) VMware