Zero Trust Contracts in London

Zero Trust
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Zero Trust skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Zero Trust over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 283 359 420
Rank change year-on-year +76 +61 +102
Contract jobs citing Zero Trust 71 31 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.57% 0.18% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.20% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 22 47
10th Percentile £440 £424 £450
25th Percentile £524 £531 £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £601 £600 £627
Median % change year-on-year +0.08% -4.24% -3.60%
75th Percentile £775 £703 £738
90th Percentile £860 £750 £760
England median daily rate £588 £700 £625
% change year-on-year -16.07% +12.00% -1.96%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,535 15,477 23,531
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.19% 88.65% 90.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,808 11,095 16,979
10th Percentile £350 £343 £375
25th Percentile £435 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £593
Median % change year-on-year - -7.17% +3.04%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £700
90th Percentile £807 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 307 269
10th Percentile £16.10 £15.77 £18.40
25th Percentile £22.83 £20.00 £22.49
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.84 £37.34
Median % change year-on-year +22.13% -25.44% -0.43%
75th Percentile £50.75 £48.75 £64.25
90th Percentile £63.75 £66.85 £82.30
England median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -21.23% +1.39% +44.00%

Zero Trust
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Zero Trust as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Zero Trust in London

Zero Trust
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Zero Trust in London.

Daily rate trend for Zero Trust in London

Zero Trust
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Zero Trust in London over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Zero Trust in London

Zero Trust
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Zero Trust within the London region over the 6 months to 17 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +12 11 £625 +12.15% 2
South London - 3 £525 - 1
East London - 1 £775 - 1
Zero Trust
England

Zero Trust
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 6 (8.45%) Confluence
2 1 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.41%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 53 (74.65%) Azure
2 34 (47.89%) GCP
3 32 (45.07%) AWS
4 19 (26.76%) Entra ID
5 14 (19.72%) IaaS
5 14 (19.72%) PaaS
5 14 (19.72%) SaaS
6 11 (15.49%) Serverless
7 10 (14.08%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (11.27%) AWS CloudFormation
8 8 (11.27%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (9.86%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (5.63%) Azure AKS
10 4 (5.63%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 4 (5.63%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (4.23%) Azure Event Grid
11 3 (4.23%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (4.23%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (4.23%) GitHub
12 1 (1.41%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 22 (30.99%) Firewall
2 18 (25.35%) VPN
3 10 (14.08%) Network Security
4 5 (7.04%) DHCP
4 5 (7.04%) DNS
4 5 (7.04%) MPLS
4 5 (7.04%) WAN
5 3 (4.23%) 4G
5 3 (4.23%) ISDN
5 3 (4.23%) LAN
5 3 (4.23%) PSTN
6 2 (2.82%) BGP
6 2 (2.82%) NGFW
6 2 (2.82%) SD-WAN
6 2 (2.82%) VLAN
6 2 (2.82%) Wireless
7 1 (1.41%) HTTPS
7 1 (1.41%) OSPF
7 1 (1.41%) SAN
7 1 (1.41%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.86%) Data Lake
2 3 (4.23%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (2.82%) Big Data
3 2 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.41%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 7 (9.86%) JIRA
2 4 (5.63%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.82%) GitLab
4 1 (1.41%) MSI
4 1 (1.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (25.35%) Finance
2 11 (15.49%) Social Skills
3 9 (12.68%) Marketing
4 4 (5.63%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.23%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.41%) Banking
7 1 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.41%) Legal
7 1 (1.41%) Local Government
7 1 (1.41%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (28.17%) Architect
2 14 (19.72%) Consultant
3 13 (18.31%) Security Engineer
4 9 (12.68%) Security Consultant
5 8 (11.27%) Azure Architect
5 8 (11.27%) Security Architect
6 6 (8.45%) Azure Engineer
6 6 (8.45%) Cloud Architect
6 6 (8.45%) Project Manager
7 5 (7.04%) GCP Engineer
7 5 (7.04%) Lead
7 5 (7.04%) Network Architect
7 5 (7.04%) Technical Manager
7 5 (7.04%) Technical Project Manager
8 4 (5.63%) Cloud Engineer
9 3 (4.23%) Analyst
9 3 (4.23%) Network Engineer
9 3 (4.23%) Network Security Engineer
10 2 (2.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 2 (2.82%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.86%) ARM Templates
2 4 (5.63%) SailPoint
3 3 (4.23%) Azure Blueprints
3 3 (4.23%) OAuth
3 3 (4.23%) OpenID
3 3 (4.23%) SAML
4 2 (2.82%) OAuth2
5 1 (1.41%) FIDO
5 1 (1.41%) JWT
5 1 (1.41%) LDAP
5 1 (1.41%) React
5 1 (1.41%) Spring
5 1 (1.41%) Spring Boot
5 1 (1.41%) WebAuthn
Miscellaneous
1 13 (18.31%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (7.04%) Cloud Native
3 4 (5.63%) Data Centre
3 4 (5.63%) Reinsurance
4 3 (4.23%) CMDB
4 3 (4.23%) Enterprise Cloud
4 3 (4.23%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (4.23%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.82%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.41%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.41%) Hedge funds
6 1 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.41%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.41%) PKI
6 1 (1.41%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.27%) Windows
2 4 (5.63%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.23%) Linux
4 2 (2.82%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.82%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.41%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (26.76%) Cloud Security
2 17 (23.94%) Migration
3 16 (22.54%) DevOps
4 15 (21.13%) Infrastructure as Code
5 14 (19.72%) Agile
5 14 (19.72%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (19.72%) Risk Management
6 12 (16.90%) Analytics
6 12 (16.90%) Identity Access Management
7 11 (15.49%) RBAC
8 10 (14.08%) ETL
8 10 (14.08%) Information Security
8 10 (14.08%) Roadmaps
9 9 (12.68%) Cost Management
9 9 (12.68%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (12.68%) FinOps
9 9 (12.68%) GAP Analysis
9 9 (12.68%) Identity Management
9 9 (12.68%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (11.27%) Cost Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 13 (18.31%) Bicep
2 11 (15.49%) PowerShell
3 7 (9.86%) Python
4 4 (5.63%) Bash
4 4 (5.63%) SQL
5 1 (1.41%) Java
Qualifications
1 17 (23.94%) Azure Certification
2 11 (15.49%) CISSP
3 9 (12.68%) Security Cleared
4 8 (11.27%) SC Cleared
5 6 (8.45%) CISM
6 5 (7.04%) CCNP
6 5 (7.04%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (7.04%) Degree
7 3 (4.23%) AWS Certification
8 2 (2.82%) CEH
8 2 (2.82%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (2.82%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.41%) CCSA
9 1 (1.41%) CISA
9 1 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.41%) CRISC
9 1 (1.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (1.41%) JNCIP
9 1 (1.41%) Master's Degree
9 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (25.35%) NIST
2 10 (14.08%) GDPR
2 10 (14.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (7.04%) PCI DSS
3 5 (7.04%) SOC 2
4 3 (4.23%) GRC
4 3 (4.23%) HIPAA
5 2 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.82%) NIST 800
6 1 (1.41%) Data Quality
6 1 (1.41%) NCSC
6 1 (1.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (23.94%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.45%) Docker
3 5 (7.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (4.23%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (2.82%) BitLocker
6 1 (1.41%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.41%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.41%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 20 (28.17%) Terraform
2 12 (16.90%) Kubernetes
3 8 (11.27%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (2.82%) Ansible
5 2 (2.82%) SCCM
6 1 (1.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (1.41%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 24 (33.80%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.86%) Google
2 7 (9.86%) Okta
3 6 (8.45%) Palo Alto
3 6 (8.45%) VMware
4 5 (7.04%) CheckPoint
4 5 (7.04%) CyberArk
4 5 (7.04%) Ping Identity
5 4 (5.63%) Cisco
6 3 (4.23%) Databricks
6 3 (4.23%) F5
6 3 (4.23%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.82%) Aruba
7 2 (2.82%) Extreme Networks
7 2 (2.82%) Infoblox
7 2 (2.82%) Ruckus Wireless
7 2 (2.82%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.82%) Zscaler
8 1 (1.41%) SonicWALL
8 1 (1.41%) Splunk