Zero Trust Jobs with Work from Home Options

Zero Trust
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Zero Trust skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Zero Trust over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 512 473 777
Rank change year-on-year -39 +304 -236
Permanent jobs citing Zero Trust 77 195 65
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.23% 0.47% 0.095%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.49% 0.098%
Number of salaries quoted 64 52 53
10th Percentile £41,510 £55,025 £61,700
25th Percentile £55,563 £61,180 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £69,447 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% -10.39% +5.08%
75th Percentile £76,563 £83,125 £105,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £94,750 £122,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% -6.67% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,857 39,858 66,375
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.38% 96.10% 96.97%
Number of salaries quoted 23,439 27,686 41,025
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Zero Trust
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Zero Trust as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Zero Trust trend for jobs with a WFH option

Zero Trust
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Zero Trust.

Zero Trust salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Zero Trust
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Zero Trust over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Zero Trust salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Zero Trust
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 7 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (9.09%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 48 (62.34%) Azure
2 27 (35.06%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (22.08%) Azure Sentinel
4 17 (22.08%) Cloud Computing
5 15 (19.48%) AWS
6 13 (16.88%) Microsoft Purview
7 11 (14.29%) Entra ID
8 9 (11.69%) GCP
9 6 (7.79%) IaaS
9 6 (7.79%) PaaS
9 6 (7.79%) SaaS
10 4 (5.19%) Amazon S3
11 3 (3.90%) OneDrive
12 2 (2.60%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 52 (67.53%) Firewall
2 44 (57.14%) Network Security
3 37 (48.05%) LAN
4 34 (44.16%) WAN
5 22 (28.57%) TCP/IP
6 17 (22.08%) VPN
7 13 (16.88%) Wireshark
8 9 (11.69%) DNS
9 8 (10.39%) WLAN
10 7 (9.09%) MPLS
11 6 (7.79%) BGP
11 6 (7.79%) IGRP
11 6 (7.79%) Internet
11 6 (7.79%) VPLS
11 6 (7.79%) VRRP
11 6 (7.79%) Wireless
12 3 (3.90%) SAN
12 3 (3.90%) SD-WAN
13 2 (2.60%) NAS
14 1 (1.30%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.49%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 9 (11.69%) JIRA
General
1 20 (25.97%) Finance
2 15 (19.48%) Public Sector
3 10 (12.99%) Social Skills
4 7 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (6.49%) Banking
6 3 (3.90%) Local Government
6 3 (3.90%) Retail
7 1 (1.30%) Advertising
7 1 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (32.47%) Senior
2 17 (22.08%) Security Engineer
3 14 (18.18%) Consultant
4 13 (16.88%) Lead
5 11 (14.29%) Information Security Engineer
6 10 (12.99%) Azure Engineer
6 10 (12.99%) Cloud Engineer
6 10 (12.99%) Team Leader
7 9 (11.69%) Product Owner
7 9 (11.69%) Senior Product Owner
8 8 (10.39%) DevOps Engineer
9 7 (9.09%) Analyst
9 7 (9.09%) Network Engineer
9 7 (9.09%) Security Consultant
10 6 (7.79%) Senior Consultant
10 6 (7.79%) Solutions Consultant
11 5 (6.49%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 5 (6.49%) Microsoft Engineer
12 4 (5.19%) Data Engineer
12 4 (5.19%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.19%) Kafka
2 2 (2.60%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 22 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 13 (16.88%) Security Operations Centre
3 9 (11.69%) Product Ownership
4 8 (10.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 5 (6.49%) Data Centre
6 4 (5.19%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 4 (5.19%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (5.19%) Public Cloud
7 2 (2.60%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (2.60%) iPad
7 2 (2.60%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.60%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.30%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 29 (37.66%) Windows
2 13 (16.88%) Android
2 13 (16.88%) Apple iOS
3 10 (12.99%) Linux
4 8 (10.39%) CentOS
5 5 (6.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (6.49%) Unix
5 5 (6.49%) Windows 10
6 4 (5.19%) Solaris
6 4 (5.19%) Ubuntu
6 4 (5.19%) Windows Server
6 4 (5.19%) zOS
7 1 (1.30%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (42.86%) Identity Access Management
2 31 (40.26%) SIEM
3 29 (37.66%) Cloud Security
4 28 (36.36%) Roadmaps
5 27 (35.06%) Cybersecurity
6 26 (33.77%) Agile
6 26 (33.77%) DevOps
7 17 (22.08%) Ethical Hacking
7 17 (22.08%) Key Management
7 17 (22.08%) Security Management
7 17 (22.08%) Vulnerability Management
8 16 (20.78%) Information Security
9 14 (18.18%) Privileged Access Management
9 14 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
10 13 (16.88%) Cryptography
10 13 (16.88%) Data Loss Prevention
10 13 (16.88%) Project Roadmap
10 13 (16.88%) Regulatory Compliance
10 13 (16.88%) Secrets Management
10 13 (16.88%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 17 (22.08%) PowerShell
2 14 (18.18%) Python
3 2 (2.60%) Bash
4 1 (1.30%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (31.17%) CISSP
2 20 (25.97%) Cisco Certification
3 19 (24.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 19 (24.68%) CCSP
4 13 (16.88%) CEH
4 13 (16.88%) SANS
4 13 (16.88%) SSCP
5 6 (7.79%) CCIE
5 6 (7.79%) CCIE Security
5 6 (7.79%) CCNP
5 6 (7.79%) Degree
6 5 (6.49%) CISM
7 4 (5.19%) DV Cleared
7 4 (5.19%) Security Cleared
8 3 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (2.60%) Azure Certification
10 1 (1.30%) CCNA
10 1 (1.30%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (48.05%) NIST
2 23 (29.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (18.18%) PCI DSS
4 9 (11.69%) NCSC
5 4 (5.19%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (5.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (1.30%) COBIT
6 1 (1.30%) GDPR
6 1 (1.30%) GRC
6 1 (1.30%) ISO 31000
6 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (1.30%) NIST 800
6 1 (1.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 16 (20.78%) Active Directory
2 13 (16.88%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (5.19%) Docker
3 4 (5.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.60%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 22 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (16.88%) Nmap
3 8 (10.39%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (10.39%) Terraform
4 4 (5.19%) Ansible
Vendors
1 27 (35.06%) Cisco
2 26 (33.77%) Microsoft
2 26 (33.77%) Splunk
3 20 (25.97%) Zscaler
4 17 (22.08%) Meraki
4 17 (22.08%) Qualys
5 13 (16.88%) Rapid7
5 13 (16.88%) Thycotic
6 10 (12.99%) ServiceNow
7 8 (10.39%) CrowdStrike
8 7 (9.09%) Palo Alto
8 7 (9.09%) VMware
9 6 (7.79%) Blue Coat
9 6 (7.79%) CheckPoint
9 6 (7.79%) Fortinet
9 6 (7.79%) Netskope
9 6 (7.79%) Symantec
10 5 (6.49%) Red Hat
11 4 (5.19%) Intel
12 3 (3.90%) HP