Zero Trust Contract Job Trends in Kent

Zero Trust
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Zero Trust skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Zero Trust 10 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 4.33% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.58% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £575 £536 £650
% change year-on-year +7.28% -17.54% -6.88%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 152 104 118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 65.80% 83.20% 65.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 81 66
10th Percentile £181 £160 £154
25th Percentile £193 £250 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -6.25% -15.79%
75th Percentile £625 £500 £540
90th Percentile £649 £623 £675
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 4 15
10th Percentile £14.20 - -
25th Percentile £21.00 £16.36 £15.00
Median hourly rate £37.63 £18.38 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +104.75% -23.42% -64.04%
75th Percentile £42.00 £20.66 £54.18
90th Percentile £53.90 £21.12 £62.96
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £21.74 £57.35
% change year-on-year +153.02% -62.10% +14.70%

Zero Trust
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Zero Trust job vacancy trend in Kent

Zero Trust
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Cloud Services
1 10 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 7 (70.00%) Azure
3 4 (40.00%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (40.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Architect
1 4 (40.00%) Dynamics 365 Architect
1 4 (40.00%) Security Architect
2 3 (30.00%) Technology Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) IAM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) LDAP
1 3 (30.00%) OAuth
1 3 (30.00%) OpenID
1 3 (30.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Security Posture
2 4 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (30.00%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (30.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (40.00%) Architecture Governance
2 4 (40.00%) Configuration Management
2 4 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 4 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
2 4 (40.00%) Programme Delivery
2 4 (40.00%) RBAC
2 4 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 4 (40.00%) Security Architecture
3 3 (30.00%) Information Security
3 3 (30.00%) ITIL
3 3 (30.00%) Product Roadmap
3 3 (30.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (30.00%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (20.00%) Agile
4 2 (20.00%) Architecture Roadmap
4 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
4 2 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (10.00%) Cyber Resilience
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
1 4 (40.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) GRC
1 4 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (40.00%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (30.00%) OpenAM
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft