Zero Trust Contracts in England

Zero Trust
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Zero Trust skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Zero Trust 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 388 493 675
Rank change year-on-year +105 +182 -69
Contract jobs citing Zero Trust 149 162 107
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.40% 0.32% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.36% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 94 75
10th Percentile £520 £463 £509
25th Percentile £625 £525 £554
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £685 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year +9.60% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £825 £700 £747
90th Percentile £850 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £685 £625 £625
% change year-on-year +9.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 14 2
10th Percentile - - £53.38
25th Percentile - - £55.44
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £59.25
Median % change year-on-year - +18.14% -
75th Percentile - - £63.44
90th Percentile - £70.18 £65.73
UK median hourly rate - £70.00 £52.00
% change year-on-year - +34.62% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Zero Trust is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,110 45,282 64,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.56% 90.21% 90.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,055 31,791 45,856
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £528
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.17% +8.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,255 1,587 1,766
10th Percentile £12.95 £10.94 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £37.34 £24.30
Median % change year-on-year -3.59% +53.69% +1.23%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.68
UK median hourly rate £35.58 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -1.18% +44.00% -

Zero Trust
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Zero Trust as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Zero Trust in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Zero Trust in England.

Daily rate trend for Zero Trust in England

Zero Trust
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Zero Trust in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Zero Trust in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Zero Trust in England.

Hourly rate trend for Zero Trust in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Zero Trust within the England region 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West +54 47 £650 +13.04% 3
North of England +58 45 £850 +50.71% 1
North West +47 44 £850 +50.71%
London +62 30 £575 -8.73% 11
South East +21 14 £628 -10.10% 7
Midlands +27 4 £750 +42.86% 2
West Midlands +23 4 £750 +42.86%
Yorkshire +18 1 £525 -16.00% 1
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Zero Trust
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 5 (3.36%) Confluence
2 3 (2.01%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.34%) nginx
4 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.34%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 39 (26.17%) PaaS
1 39 (26.17%) SaaS
2 32 (21.48%) IaaS
3 27 (18.12%) AWS
3 27 (18.12%) Azure
3 27 (18.12%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (4.03%) GCP
5 4 (2.68%) Cloudflare
5 4 (2.68%) GitHub
5 4 (2.68%) OCI
6 3 (2.01%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.34%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (1.34%) Amazon S3
7 2 (1.34%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.34%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.34%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.67%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 56 (37.58%) VPN
2 49 (32.89%) Firewall
3 39 (26.17%) WAN
4 34 (22.82%) LAN
5 8 (5.37%) PBX
5 8 (5.37%) VoIP
6 7 (4.70%) Network Security
7 5 (3.36%) MPLS
8 4 (2.68%) Unified Communications
8 4 (2.68%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (2.01%) Kerberos
10 2 (1.34%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (1.34%) DHCP
10 2 (1.34%) DMZ
10 2 (1.34%) DNS
10 2 (1.34%) NetScaler
10 2 (1.34%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.67%) BGP
11 1 (0.67%) OSPF
11 1 (0.67%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.36%) NoSQL
2 4 (2.68%) Data Lake
2 4 (2.68%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.34%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.67%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (5.37%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (1.34%) JIRA
3 1 (0.67%) Jenkins
General
1 47 (31.54%) Public Sector
2 18 (12.08%) Social Skills
3 11 (7.38%) Finance
4 8 (5.37%) Banking
4 8 (5.37%) Telecoms
5 7 (4.70%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.70%) Digital Economy
5 7 (4.70%) Legal
6 6 (4.03%) Financial Institution
7 3 (2.01%) Retail
8 2 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.67%) Law
9 1 (0.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 113 (75.84%) Architect
2 43 (28.86%) Technical Architect
3 37 (24.83%) Lead
3 37 (24.83%) Lead Architect
4 32 (21.48%) Network Architect
5 31 (20.81%) Technical Leader
6 18 (12.08%) Security Architect
7 13 (8.72%) Solutions Architect
8 10 (6.71%) Cloud Architect
8 10 (6.71%) Network Engineer
9 7 (4.70%) Network Specialist
10 5 (3.36%) Digital Architect
10 5 (3.36%) Digital Technical Architect
11 4 (2.68%) Azure Architect
11 4 (2.68%) Cloud Engineer
11 4 (2.68%) Data Engineer
11 4 (2.68%) Security Engineer
12 3 (2.01%) AWS Architect
12 3 (2.01%) Consultant
12 3 (2.01%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (30.20%) Node.js
2 8 (5.37%) OpenID
3 4 (2.68%) LDAP
3 4 (2.68%) OAuth
3 4 (2.68%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (2.68%) SAML
4 3 (2.01%) SailPoint
5 2 (1.34%) Kafka
5 2 (1.34%) React Native
5 2 (1.34%) Regular Expression
5 2 (1.34%) XACML
6 1 (0.67%) JWT
6 1 (0.67%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 35 (23.49%) Public Cloud
2 33 (22.15%) Data Centre
3 11 (7.38%) PKI
3 11 (7.38%) Security Posture
4 10 (6.71%) Product Ownership
4 10 (6.71%) Video Conferencing
5 8 (5.37%) Blackberry
6 7 (4.70%) Mobile App
7 6 (4.03%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.68%) Blockchain
8 4 (2.68%) Private Cloud
9 3 (2.01%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 3 (2.01%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (1.34%) IoT
10 2 (1.34%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.67%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.67%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 48 (32.21%) Windows
2 43 (28.86%) Android
2 43 (28.86%) Apple iOS
2 43 (28.86%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.36%) Linux
4 2 (1.34%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.34%) Mac OS X
4 2 (1.34%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.34%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (36.91%) Security Architecture
2 44 (29.53%) CI/CD
2 44 (29.53%) Risk Management
3 42 (28.19%) Mobile Device Management
4 41 (27.52%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 41 (27.52%) Threat Intelligence
5 36 (24.16%) Agile
5 36 (24.16%) DevOps
6 32 (21.48%) Design Patterns
7 31 (20.81%) Network Management
8 30 (20.13%) Open Source
9 27 (18.12%) Business Strategy
9 27 (18.12%) Roadmaps
10 18 (12.08%) Microservices
10 18 (12.08%) Network Architecture
11 17 (11.41%) Cybersecurity
11 17 (11.41%) Strategic Roadmap
12 11 (7.38%) ArchiMate
12 11 (7.38%) Containerisation
12 11 (7.38%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.37%) Python
2 5 (3.36%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.01%) Java
4 2 (1.34%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.34%) Kotlin
4 2 (1.34%) Perl
5 1 (0.67%) C
Qualifications
1 82 (55.03%) Security Cleared
2 46 (30.87%) DV Cleared
3 43 (28.86%) SC Cleared
4 10 (6.71%) Degree
5 9 (6.04%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (4.70%) CISSP
6 7 (4.70%) HND
6 7 (4.70%) TOGAF Certification
7 6 (4.03%) CCIE
8 4 (2.68%) CCNP
8 4 (2.68%) CISM
9 3 (2.01%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (5.37%) NIST
3 4 (2.68%) PCI DSS
4 3 (2.01%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.34%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (1.34%) NCSC
6 1 (0.67%) GDPR
6 1 (0.67%) GRC
System Software
1 7 (4.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.68%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.34%) Squid
3 2 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.34%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.34%) vSphere
4 1 (0.67%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (4.03%) Terraform
2 5 (3.36%) Ansible
3 3 (2.01%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.01%) PingFederate
4 2 (1.34%) HAProxy
4 2 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.67%) CASB
5 1 (0.67%) Consul
5 1 (0.67%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (14.09%) Microsoft
2 19 (12.75%) Cisco
3 13 (8.72%) Google
4 9 (6.04%) F5
4 9 (6.04%) Fortinet
4 9 (6.04%) Juniper
5 8 (5.37%) Avaya
5 8 (5.37%) Ericsson
5 8 (5.37%) IBM
5 8 (5.37%) Nokia
5 8 (5.37%) Ribbon
6 7 (4.70%) VMware
7 6 (4.03%) Zscaler
8 5 (3.36%) Apple
8 5 (3.36%) Citrix
8 5 (3.36%) Palo Alto
9 4 (2.68%) CheckPoint
9 4 (2.68%) CyberArk
9 4 (2.68%) Oracle
9 4 (2.68%) Splunk