Zero Trust Contracts in the South West

Zero Trust
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 109 147
Rank change year-on-year +7 +38 +23
Contract jobs citing Zero Trust 9 48 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.54% 1.50% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 1.81% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 30 12
10th Percentile £478 £624 £418
25th Percentile £544 £625 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 £575
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +13.04% +6.48%
75th Percentile £900 £675 £625
90th Percentile - £676 £675
England median daily rate £600 £680 £627
% change year-on-year -11.76% +8.52% -3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
England median hourly rate - - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - +18.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,516 2,656 3,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.35% 83.03% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 965 1,696 2,395
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 336 335
10th Percentile £18.33 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.48 £27.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.36
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Zero Trust as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Zero Trust in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Zero Trust in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Zero Trust in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Zero Trust in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Zero Trust in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Zero Trust in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Zero Trust in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Gloucestershire +19 4 £900 +80.00% 6
Wiltshire +2 3 £575 -11.54% 3
Bristol +8 2 £413 -38.89% 2
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
1 4 (44.44%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 2 (22.22%) Akamai
3 2 (22.22%) AWS
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Firewall
1 3 (33.33%) Network Security
2 2 (22.22%) DHCP
2 2 (22.22%) DNS
2 2 (22.22%) Wireless
3 1 (11.11%) VPN
General
1 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Military
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Architect
1 3 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Security Architect
1 3 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Lead
2 2 (22.22%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) SIEM Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) OAuth
1 1 (11.11%) OpenID
1 1 (11.11%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Security Posture
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (11.11%) PKI
2 1 (11.11%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
2 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (11.11%) Epics
3 1 (11.11%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (11.11%) RBAC
3 1 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
3 1 (11.11%) Security Analytics
3 1 (11.11%) SOAR
3 1 (11.11%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (11.11%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (11.11%) Technology Transformation
3 1 (11.11%) Threat Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Threat Detection
3 1 (11.11%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 6 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) CCNP
4 1 (11.11%) CCSA
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (11.11%) CISSP
4 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) PMO
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (11.11%) JSP 440
2 1 (11.11%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Aruba
2 2 (22.22%) CheckPoint
2 2 (22.22%) Extreme Networks
2 2 (22.22%) F5
2 2 (22.22%) Infoblox
2 2 (22.22%) Ruckus Wireless
2 2 (22.22%) Zscaler