Zero Trust Contracts in the South West

Zero Trust
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 147 170
Rank change year-on-year +40 +23 -30
Contract jobs citing Zero Trust 48 20 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.50% 0.55% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.81% 0.62% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 12 4
10th Percentile £624 £418 £539
25th Percentile £625 £472 £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £575 £540
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +6.48% -12.20%
75th Percentile £675 £625 £593
90th Percentile £676 £675 £687
England median daily rate £675 £627 £650
% change year-on-year +7.73% -3.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 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 - - £65.73
England median hourly rate - £70.00 £59.25
% change year-on-year - +18.14% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,651 3,250 3,286
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.90% 89.63% 88.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,695 2,396 2,328
10th Percentile £217 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +6.84%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £590
90th Percentile £700 £719 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 332 335 194
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.44 £17.00 £20.08
Median hourly rate £50.00 £61.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -18.70% +26.16% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.36 £69.95
England median hourly rate £35.83 £37.50 £24.48
% change year-on-year -4.45% +53.20% +1.99%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Zero Trust as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Zero Trust in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Zero Trust in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Zero Trust in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Zero Trust in the South West over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Zero Trust in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Zero Trust in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Zero Trust in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Wiltshire +28 33 £650 +13.04%
Bristol +24 13 £675 +58.82% 1
Gloucestershire - 2 £500 -
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 35 (72.92%) PaaS
1 35 (72.92%) SaaS
2 28 (58.33%) IaaS
3 27 (56.25%) Cloud Computing
4 12 (25.00%) AWS
5 4 (8.33%) GCP
5 4 (8.33%) OCI
6 3 (6.25%) Azure
7 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 31 (64.58%) LAN
1 31 (64.58%) WAN
2 8 (16.67%) PBX
2 8 (16.67%) VoIP
3 4 (8.33%) Unified Communications
3 4 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (4.17%) DMZ
4 2 (4.17%) Firewall
4 2 (4.17%) Network Security
4 2 (4.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.33%) Data Lake
1 4 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (8.33%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (16.67%) Rational DOORS
General
1 37 (77.08%) Public Sector
2 8 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 7 (14.58%) Digital Economy
4 2 (4.17%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.08%) Finance
5 1 (2.08%) Legal
Job Titles
1 42 (87.50%) Architect
2 31 (64.58%) Network Architect
3 8 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
4 6 (12.50%) Lead
4 6 (12.50%) Lead Architect
5 4 (8.33%) Data Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) AWS Architect
6 2 (4.17%) Network Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) Network Security Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) Security Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) Technical Architect
6 2 (4.17%) Technical Leader
7 1 (2.08%) IT Architect
7 1 (2.08%) IT Security Architect
7 1 (2.08%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.33%) OpenID
1 4 (8.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 32 (66.67%) Data Centre
2 8 (16.67%) Blackberry
2 8 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (8.33%) Blockchain
4 2 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (4.17%) PKI
5 1 (2.08%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (64.58%) Network Management
2 27 (56.25%) Business Strategy
2 27 (56.25%) Open Source
3 9 (18.75%) ITIL
3 9 (18.75%) Roadmaps
4 8 (16.67%) ArchiMate
4 8 (16.67%) BPMN
4 8 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 8 (16.67%) TOGAF
5 7 (14.58%) Architecture Governance
5 7 (14.58%) Customer Engagement
5 7 (14.58%) Decision-Making
5 7 (14.58%) Digital Strategy
5 7 (14.58%) PQQ
5 7 (14.58%) Strategic Roadmap
6 5 (10.42%) IT Strategy
7 4 (8.33%) Event-Driven
7 4 (8.33%) Machine Learning
7 4 (8.33%) Microservices
7 4 (8.33%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 43 (89.58%) Security Cleared
2 41 (85.42%) DV Cleared
3 7 (14.58%) Degree
3 7 (14.58%) HND
3 7 (14.58%) TOGAF Certification
4 5 (10.42%) SC Cleared
5 3 (6.25%) CCNP
5 3 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (6.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (2.08%) CISM
6 1 (2.08%) CISSP
System Software
1 4 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.17%) Ansible
1 2 (4.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 8 (16.67%) Avaya
2 8 (16.67%) Cisco
2 8 (16.67%) Ericsson
2 8 (16.67%) Google
2 8 (16.67%) IBM
2 8 (16.67%) Juniper
2 8 (16.67%) Nokia
2 8 (16.67%) Ribbon
3 4 (8.33%) Oracle
3 4 (8.33%) VMware
4 2 (4.17%) F5
4 2 (4.17%) Fortinet
4 2 (4.17%) Palo Alto