NIST Jobs in Central London

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 9 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 126 177
Rank change year-on-year -1 +51 +72
Permanent jobs citing NIST 33 60 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 1.41% 1.62% 1.28%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.85% 13.10% 8.65%
Number of salaries quoted 25 50 54
10th Percentile £51,200 £62,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £55,750 £67,000 £58,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £79,921 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% -0.10% +14.29%
75th Percentile £90,000 £99,375 £91,250
90th Percentile £108,500 £118,750 £100,000
London median annual salary £82,500 £79,842 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% +6.46% +3.45%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 373 458 740
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 15.97% 12.37% 14.81%
Number of salaries quoted 252 370 633
10th Percentile £41,775 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,250 £67,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% -4.29% +3.70%
75th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £105,000 £102,500
London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +3.70% +3.85%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for NIST in Central London

NIST
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NIST in Central London.

Salary trend for NIST in Central London

NIST
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST in Central London over the 6 months to 9 July 2025.

Salary histogram for NIST in Central London

NIST
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the Central London region over the 6 months to 9 July 2025. 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
City of London +1 24 £75,000 -6.16% 23
West End of London +13 3 £58,250 -29.39%
Camden - 2 £55,000 -
NIST
London

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Cloud Services
1 14 (42.42%) Azure
2 8 (24.24%) Entra ID
3 5 (15.15%) PaaS
4 4 (12.12%) AWS
4 4 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (6.06%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (6.06%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (6.06%) IaaS
6 2 (6.06%) SaaS
7 1 (3.03%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (3.03%) Azure Stack
7 1 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (3.03%) Serverless
7 1 (3.03%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (24.24%) Firewall
2 3 (9.09%) VPN
3 2 (6.06%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (6.06%) Network Security
3 2 (6.06%) WAN
4 1 (3.03%) Broadband
4 1 (3.03%) LAN
4 1 (3.03%) SD-WAN
4 1 (3.03%) SSH
4 1 (3.03%) SSL
4 1 (3.03%) VLAN
4 1 (3.03%) Wireless
General
1 13 (39.39%) Social Skills
2 8 (24.24%) Finance
3 6 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.12%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Banking
5 2 (6.06%) Local Government
5 2 (6.06%) Retail
6 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (27.27%) Security Engineer
2 5 (15.15%) Security Manager
3 4 (12.12%) Information Manager
3 4 (12.12%) Information Security Manager
3 4 (12.12%) Senior
4 3 (9.09%) Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Architect
4 3 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Junior
4 3 (9.09%) Lead
5 2 (6.06%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) IT Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) IT Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) IT Security Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Security Architect
6 1 (3.03%) Automation Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Junior Automation Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Technology Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) RESTful
1 1 (3.03%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Greenfield Project
1 4 (12.12%) Management Information System
1 4 (12.12%) Security Posture
1 4 (12.12%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (6.06%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 2 (6.06%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.03%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (3.03%) Cyberattack
4 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (3.03%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.03%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.03%) PKI
4 1 (3.03%) SCADA
4 1 (3.03%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (3.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.21%) Windows
2 2 (6.06%) VMS
2 2 (6.06%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.03%) Linux
3 1 (3.03%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (45.45%) Risk Management
3 12 (36.36%) Information Security
4 8 (24.24%) Disaster Recovery
5 7 (21.21%) Cloud Security
5 7 (21.21%) ITIL
5 7 (21.21%) SIEM
6 6 (18.18%) Incident Response
6 6 (18.18%) IT Governance
7 5 (15.15%) Business Continuity
7 5 (15.15%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 5 (15.15%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 5 (15.15%) Vulnerability Management
8 4 (12.12%) Dashboard Development
8 4 (12.12%) Database Security
8 4 (12.12%) Due Diligence
8 4 (12.12%) Identity Access Management
8 4 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (12.12%) Roadmaps
8 4 (12.12%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 13 (39.39%) PowerShell
2 10 (30.30%) Python
3 6 (18.18%) SQL
4 5 (15.15%) Bash
5 4 (12.12%) Perl
6 1 (3.03%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 10 (30.30%) CISSP
2 7 (21.21%) CISM
2 7 (21.21%) Degree
3 4 (12.12%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (12.12%) Master's Degree
4 3 (9.09%) CCSP
4 3 (9.09%) CRISC
5 2 (6.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (6.06%) Azure Certification
5 2 (6.06%) CCNA
5 2 (6.06%) CISA
5 2 (6.06%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (3.03%) AWS Certification
6 1 (3.03%) CCIE
6 1 (3.03%) CCNP
6 1 (3.03%) CEH
6 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.03%) CREST Certified
6 1 (3.03%) MCSA
6 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (39.39%) GDPR
3 8 (24.24%) GRC
4 6 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (18.18%) PCI DSS
5 3 (9.09%) COBIT
5 3 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (6.06%) QA
7 1 (3.03%) HIPAA
7 1 (3.03%) NIST 800
System Software
1 6 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) Terraform
2 1 (3.03%) Ansible
2 1 (3.03%) CASB
2 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.03%) Nessus
Vendors
1 12 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.12%) Okta
3 2 (6.06%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (6.06%) VMware
4 1 (3.03%) Cisco
4 1 (3.03%) Intel
4 1 (3.03%) Juniper
4 1 (3.03%) Rapid7
4 1 (3.03%) SolarWinds
4 1 (3.03%) Tenable
4 1 (3.03%) Thales
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