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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 112 111
Rank change year-on-year -10 -1 +45
Contract jobs citing Zero Trust 17 10 15
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.71% 0.53% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 0.57% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 9 13
10th Percentile £463 £545 £288
25th Percentile £510 £550 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £600 £565
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% +6.19% +6.60%
75th Percentile £638 £751 £650
90th Percentile £675 £761 £720
Central London median daily rate £600 £600 £565
% change year-on-year - +6.19% -9.60%
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 2,085 1,761 1,911
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 86.77% 94.07% 91.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,408 1,135 1,301
10th Percentile £368 £335 £363
25th Percentile £456 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £676 £688
90th Percentile £775 £774 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 21 18
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.08 £19.71
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £20.88
Median hourly rate £19.50 £31.00 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.10% -7.46% -4.29%
75th Percentile £41.25 £56.75 £74.38
90th Percentile £60.78 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £23.16 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year -28.74% -1.52% -5.71%

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 24 July 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 (23.53%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (23.53%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.88%) Anypoint
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (52.94%) Entra ID
2 8 (47.06%) Azure
3 6 (35.29%) SaaS
4 5 (29.41%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (23.53%) OneDrive
6 3 (17.65%) AWS
7 2 (11.76%) GCP
8 1 (5.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (5.88%) Azure Functions
8 1 (5.88%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (5.88%) GitHub
8 1 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (5.88%) IaaS
8 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (5.88%) PaaS
8 1 (5.88%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (41.18%) Firewall
2 5 (29.41%) WAN
3 4 (23.53%) DNS
3 4 (23.53%) LAN
3 4 (23.53%) TCP/IP
3 4 (23.53%) VPN
4 3 (17.65%) DHCP
4 3 (17.65%) Network Security
4 3 (17.65%) Unified Communications
5 2 (11.76%) Wireshark
6 1 (5.88%) BGP
6 1 (5.88%) IPsec
6 1 (5.88%) MPLS
6 1 (5.88%) OSPF
6 1 (5.88%) SD-WAN
6 1 (5.88%) SSL
6 1 (5.88%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (5.88%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Fiddler
1 2 (11.76%) MSI
1 2 (11.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Banking
3 1 (5.88%) Financial Institution
3 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Architect
2 3 (17.65%) Senior
3 2 (11.76%) Cloud Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Network Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Administrator
4 1 (5.88%) Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Governance Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Information Assurance Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Integration Architect
4 1 (5.88%) MuleSoft Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Principal Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Security Administrator
4 1 (5.88%) Security Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) .NET
1 2 (11.76%) .NET Framework
1 2 (11.76%) JSON
1 2 (11.76%) OAuth
2 1 (5.88%) FIDO
2 1 (5.88%) Jakarta EE
2 1 (5.88%) JDBC
2 1 (5.88%) JWT
2 1 (5.88%) LDAP
2 1 (5.88%) OAuth2
2 1 (5.88%) OpenAPI
2 1 (5.88%) OpenID
2 1 (5.88%) RAML
2 1 (5.88%) REST
2 1 (5.88%) SailPoint
2 1 (5.88%) SAML
2 1 (5.88%) SOAP
2 1 (5.88%) Swagger
2 1 (5.88%) XML
2 1 (5.88%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.88%) Anti-Spyware
2 1 (5.88%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.88%) Operational Technology
2 1 (5.88%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (23.53%) Cloud Security
2 4 (23.53%) Infrastructure as Code
2 4 (23.53%) Migration
2 4 (23.53%) User Experience
3 3 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (17.65%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (17.65%) SIEM
4 2 (11.76%) AI
4 2 (11.76%) Application Packaging
4 2 (11.76%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (11.76%) DevOps
4 2 (11.76%) ERP
4 2 (11.76%) High Availability
4 2 (11.76%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (11.76%) Security Architecture
4 2 (11.76%) Security Monitoring
4 2 (11.76%) Security Operations
4 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (11.76%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 9 (52.94%) PowerShell
2 5 (29.41%) Python
3 2 (11.76%) C++
4 1 (5.88%) Bash
4 1 (5.88%) Bicep
4 1 (5.88%) Java
4 1 (5.88%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) CISSP
2 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) Azure Certification
3 2 (11.76%) CCNP
3 2 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (11.76%) CISM
4 1 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (5.88%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) Degree
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (5.88%) VCAP
4 1 (5.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (11.76%) NCSC
1 2 (11.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (5.88%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (5.88%) GDPR
2 1 (5.88%) HIPAA
2 1 (5.88%) JSP 440
2 1 (5.88%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
3 1 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.88%) VMware NSX
3 1 (5.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (35.29%) Terraform
2 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (11.76%) Ansible
4 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes
4 1 (5.88%) PowerCLI
4 1 (5.88%) QRadar
4 1 (5.88%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 10 (58.82%) Microsoft
2 3 (17.65%) F5
2 3 (17.65%) Palo Alto
2 3 (17.65%) SAP
3 2 (11.76%) Zscaler
4 1 (5.88%) Cisco
4 1 (5.88%) MuleSoft
4 1 (5.88%) Okta
4 1 (5.88%) Planon
4 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.88%) Splunk
4 1 (5.88%) VMware
4 1 (5.88%) Workday