Zero Trust Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Zero Trust
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Zero Trust skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 113 114
Rank change year-on-year -7 +1 +36
Contract jobs citing Zero Trust 21 6 11
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.94% 0.35% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 0.37% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 4 9
10th Percentile £499 £533 £504
25th Percentile £572 £544 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -8.33% +13.21%
75th Percentile £731 £631 £725
90th Percentile £830 £733 £740
Central London median daily rate £638 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +15.91% -8.33% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £77.50
Median hourly rate - - £85.00
75th Percentile - - £92.50
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate - - £85.00

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Zero Trust falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,981 1,625 1,921
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.91% 94.09% 91.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,365 1,080 1,214
10th Percentile £366 £321 £370
25th Percentile £456 £419 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £766 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -3.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 21 18
10th Percentile £16.98 £17.08 £15.40
25th Percentile £17.60 £23.75 £20.88
Median hourly rate £21.00 £28.15 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% -14.05% +19.09%
75th Percentile £32.05 £56.75 £107.13
90th Percentile £50.59 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £28.33 £35.00
% change year-on-year -11.74% -19.07% +30.84%

Zero Trust
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Zero Trust relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Zero Trust job vacancy trend in the City of London

Zero Trust
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Zero Trust.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Zero Trust

Zero Trust
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Zero Trust in the City of London over the 6 months to 22 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Zero Trust in the City of London

Zero Trust
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (19.05%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (52.38%) Azure
1 11 (52.38%) Entra ID
2 8 (38.10%) SaaS
3 6 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (19.05%) AWS
4 4 (19.05%) OneDrive
5 2 (9.52%) GCP
6 1 (4.76%) Amazon Cognito
6 1 (4.76%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (4.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (4.76%) Azure Functions
6 1 (4.76%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (4.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (4.76%) GitHub
6 1 (4.76%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (4.76%) IaaS
6 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (4.76%) OCI
6 1 (4.76%) PaaS
6 1 (4.76%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (33.33%) Firewall
1 7 (33.33%) WAN
2 5 (23.81%) Network Security
3 4 (19.05%) LAN
4 3 (14.29%) DHCP
4 3 (14.29%) DNS
4 3 (14.29%) TCP/IP
4 3 (14.29%) Unified Communications
5 2 (9.52%) BIG-IP
5 2 (9.52%) VPN
5 2 (9.52%) Wireshark
6 1 (4.76%) BGP
6 1 (4.76%) Internet
6 1 (4.76%) Multicast
6 1 (4.76%) SD-WAN
6 1 (4.76%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Data Lake
1 1 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.76%) Delta Lake
1 1 (4.76%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) MSI
2 2 (9.52%) Fiddler
2 2 (9.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (28.57%) Finance
2 5 (23.81%) Banking
3 3 (14.29%) Investment Banking
3 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Manufacturing
4 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.76%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Architect
2 3 (14.29%) Cloud Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) Lead
3 2 (9.52%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (9.52%) Lead Architect
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Network Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Technical Architect
3 2 (9.52%) Technical Leader
4 1 (4.76%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Consultant
4 1 (4.76%) Information Assurance Consultant
4 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Network Architect
4 1 (4.76%) Network Security Architect
4 1 (4.76%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Security Architect
4 1 (4.76%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (23.81%) Terraform
2 2 (9.52%) .NET
2 2 (9.52%) .NET Framework
3 1 (4.76%) FIDO
3 1 (4.76%) Jakarta EE
3 1 (4.76%) JDBC
3 1 (4.76%) JSON
3 1 (4.76%) LDAP
3 1 (4.76%) OAuth
3 1 (4.76%) OpenID
3 1 (4.76%) REST
3 1 (4.76%) SAML
3 1 (4.76%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Data Centre
2 2 (9.52%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.76%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (23.81%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Migration
2 5 (23.81%) Cloud Security
2 5 (23.81%) Identity Access Management
2 5 (23.81%) Infrastructure as Code
2 5 (23.81%) Network Segmentation
2 5 (23.81%) Roadmaps
2 5 (23.81%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (19.05%) Security Architecture
3 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (19.05%) Strategic Roadmap
3 4 (19.05%) Technical Leadership
3 4 (19.05%) User Experience
4 3 (14.29%) Application Packaging
4 3 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (14.29%) DevOps
4 3 (14.29%) Identity Management
4 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
4 3 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 5 (23.81%) Python
3 2 (9.52%) Bicep
3 2 (9.52%) C++
4 1 (4.76%) Bash
4 1 (4.76%) Java
4 1 (4.76%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Azure Certification
1 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.76%) CCNA
3 1 (4.76%) CCNP
3 1 (4.76%) CCSP
3 1 (4.76%) CISM
3 1 (4.76%) CISSP
3 1 (4.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) NCSC
2 1 (4.76%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (4.76%) GDPR
2 1 (4.76%) HIPAA
2 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.76%) JSP 440
2 1 (4.76%) NIST
2 1 (4.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (4.76%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (9.52%) Ansible
2 2 (9.52%) FortiGate
3 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (23.81%) F5
3 4 (19.05%) Cisco
4 3 (14.29%) Palo Alto
4 3 (14.29%) SAP
5 2 (9.52%) Zscaler
6 1 (4.76%) Bloomberg
6 1 (4.76%) Citrix
6 1 (4.76%) Databricks
6 1 (4.76%) OneLogin
6 1 (4.76%) Oracle
6 1 (4.76%) Reuters
6 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow
6 1 (4.76%) Workday