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 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 111 143
Rank change year-on-year -2 +32 +50
Contract jobs citing Zero Trust 7 13 3
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.41% 0.62% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.67% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 11 1
10th Percentile - £510 -
25th Percentile £463 £556 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £700 £540
Median % change year-on-year -26.79% +29.63% +0.47%
75th Percentile £550 £775 -
90th Percentile - £800 -
Central London median daily rate £513 £700 £583
% change year-on-year -26.79% +20.17% +8.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £85.00 -
Central London median hourly rate - £85.00 -

All Process and 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 1,590 1,931 2,502
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.08% 91.60% 89.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,102 1,183 1,751
10th Percentile £328 £375 £363
25th Percentile £419 £469 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £585
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -1.71% +1.74%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £695
90th Percentile £750 £787 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 17 17
10th Percentile £16.90 £16.70 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.07 £23.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.75 £42.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.71% +54.55% -36.40%
75th Percentile £44.63 £112.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £70.75
Central London median hourly rate £27.75 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -20.71% +27.27% -36.05%

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
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 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) Entra ID
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (28.57%) AWS
3 2 (28.57%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (28.57%) GCP
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) Power Automate
4 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
4 1 (14.29%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) Firewall
2 2 (28.57%) BGP
2 2 (28.57%) VPN
3 1 (14.29%) DNS
3 1 (14.29%) Internet
3 1 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (14.29%) MPLS
3 1 (14.29%) Network Security
3 1 (14.29%) OSPF
3 1 (14.29%) SD-WAN
3 1 (14.29%) SSL
3 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
3 1 (14.29%) WAN
3 1 (14.29%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) MongoDB
1 1 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (14.29%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) GitLab
1 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Programme Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Security Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Cloud Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Transformation Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) WAN Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) LDAP
1 1 (14.29%) Node.js
1 1 (14.29%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Cloud Security
2 2 (28.57%) Analytics
2 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (28.57%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Automation
2 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) SIEM
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Data Governance
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) High Availability
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security
3 1 (14.29%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Open Source
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) Bash
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CISM
1 2 (28.57%) CISSP
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
2 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) GDPR
1 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (42.86%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (14.29%) Argo
2 1 (14.29%) CASB
2 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Palo Alto
2 2 (28.57%) Zscaler
3 1 (14.29%) Fortinet
3 1 (14.29%) Progress
3 1 (14.29%) Splunk