Zero Trust Contracts in the UK excluding London

Zero Trust
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Zero Trust skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Zero Trust over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 279 390 482
Rank change year-on-year +111 +92 -66
Contract jobs citing Zero Trust 114 69 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.55% 0.29% 0.087%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 0.32% 0.098%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 40 19
10th Percentile £520 £463 £434
25th Percentile £625 £541 £527
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £594 £590
Median % change year-on-year +22.11% +0.64% +0.51%
75th Percentile £850 £698 £688
90th Percentile - £698 £800
UK median daily rate £685 £628 £625
% change year-on-year +9.03% +0.53% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 2
10th Percentile - - £53.38
25th Percentile - - £55.44
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £59.25
Median % change year-on-year - +18.14% -
75th Percentile - - £63.44
90th Percentile - - £65.73
UK median hourly rate - £70.00 £59.25
% change year-on-year - +18.14% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Zero Trust is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,621 21,550 27,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.74% 89.52% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,547 14,954 19,191
10th Percentile £246 £255 £231
25th Percentile £378 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,041 1,307 1,363
10th Percentile £12.30 £11.00 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.25 £16.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +80.00% -7.24%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £46.10
90th Percentile £72.50 £72.98 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -4.83% +49.20% -

Zero Trust
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Zero Trust in the UK excluding London

Zero Trust
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Zero Trust in the UK excluding London

Zero Trust
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Zero Trust in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Zero Trust in the UK excluding London

Zero Trust
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Zero Trust in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Zero Trust in the UK excluding London

Zero Trust
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
South West +40 48 £650 +13.04% 3
North of England +56 46 £850 +50.71%
North West +53 45 £850 +50.71%
South East +13 14 £628 -10.10% 6
Midlands +31 5 £750 +34.83% 2
West Midlands - 5 £750 -
Scotland +34 1 - -
Yorkshire +21 1 £525 -16.00%
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Zero Trust
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 3 (2.63%) Confluence
1 3 (2.63%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 36 (31.58%) PaaS
1 36 (31.58%) SaaS
2 29 (25.44%) IaaS
3 27 (23.68%) Cloud Computing
4 22 (19.30%) AWS
5 15 (13.16%) Azure
6 6 (5.26%) GCP
7 4 (3.51%) OCI
8 3 (2.63%) GitHub
8 3 (2.63%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.75%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.75%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.75%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 48 (42.11%) VPN
2 45 (39.47%) Firewall
3 35 (30.70%) WAN
4 32 (28.07%) LAN
5 8 (7.02%) PBX
5 8 (7.02%) VoIP
6 6 (5.26%) Network Security
7 5 (4.39%) DMZ
8 4 (3.51%) MPLS
8 4 (3.51%) Unified Communications
8 4 (3.51%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.88%) Internet
9 1 (0.88%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.51%) Data Lake
1 4 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (3.51%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (7.02%) Rational DOORS
General
1 43 (37.72%) Public Sector
2 10 (8.77%) Social Skills
3 8 (7.02%) Telecoms
4 7 (6.14%) Digital Economy
4 7 (6.14%) Legal
5 4 (3.51%) Finance
6 3 (2.63%) Banking
7 2 (1.75%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.88%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.88%) Law
8 1 (0.88%) Military
Job Titles
1 92 (80.70%) Architect
2 40 (35.09%) Technical Architect
3 34 (29.82%) Lead
3 34 (29.82%) Lead Architect
4 32 (28.07%) Network Architect
5 30 (26.32%) Technical Leader
6 11 (9.65%) Solutions Architect
7 9 (7.89%) Cloud Architect
8 8 (7.02%) Network Engineer
9 7 (6.14%) Network Specialist
10 5 (4.39%) Digital Architect
10 5 (4.39%) Digital Technical Architect
10 5 (4.39%) Security Engineer
11 4 (3.51%) Data Engineer
11 4 (3.51%) Security Architect
12 3 (2.63%) Network Security Engineer
13 2 (1.75%) AWS Architect
13 2 (1.75%) Enterprise Architect
13 2 (1.75%) Lead Cloud Architect
13 2 (1.75%) Mobile Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (36.84%) Node.js
2 4 (3.51%) OpenID
2 4 (3.51%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.75%) Kafka
3 2 (1.75%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 34 (29.82%) Data Centre
2 32 (28.07%) Public Cloud
3 9 (7.89%) Product Ownership
4 8 (7.02%) Blackberry
4 8 (7.02%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (6.14%) Mobile App
6 6 (5.26%) PKI
7 4 (3.51%) Blockchain
7 4 (3.51%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (2.63%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.75%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.88%) BYOD
10 1 (0.88%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.88%) IoT
10 1 (0.88%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 45 (39.47%) Windows
2 42 (36.84%) Android
2 42 (36.84%) Apple iOS
2 42 (36.84%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.75%) Linux
3 2 (1.75%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (39.47%) Security Architecture
2 42 (36.84%) CI/CD
3 40 (35.09%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 40 (35.09%) Mobile Device Management
3 40 (35.09%) Risk Management
3 40 (35.09%) Threat Intelligence
4 35 (30.70%) Agile
5 31 (27.19%) Network Management
6 30 (26.32%) DevOps
7 27 (23.68%) Business Strategy
7 27 (23.68%) Design Patterns
7 27 (23.68%) Open Source
8 22 (19.30%) Roadmaps
9 16 (14.04%) Microservices
9 16 (14.04%) Strategic Roadmap
10 11 (9.65%) ArchiMate
11 10 (8.77%) Decision-Making
11 10 (8.77%) TOGAF
12 9 (7.89%) ITIL
12 9 (7.89%) Product Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.75%) Kotlin
2 1 (0.88%) C
2 1 (0.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 74 (64.91%) Security Cleared
2 41 (35.96%) DV Cleared
3 35 (30.70%) SC Cleared
4 8 (7.02%) Degree
5 7 (6.14%) HND
5 7 (6.14%) TOGAF Certification
6 6 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (2.63%) CCIE
7 3 (2.63%) CCNP
7 3 (2.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (1.75%) CISSP
9 1 (0.88%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (2.63%) NIST
2 2 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (0.88%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (4.39%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (5.26%) Ansible
2 5 (4.39%) Terraform
3 3 (2.63%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (11.40%) Google
2 12 (10.53%) Cisco
3 11 (9.65%) Microsoft
4 9 (7.89%) Juniper
5 8 (7.02%) Avaya
5 8 (7.02%) Ericsson
5 8 (7.02%) F5
5 8 (7.02%) Fortinet
5 8 (7.02%) IBM
5 8 (7.02%) Nokia
5 8 (7.02%) Ribbon
6 5 (4.39%) Apple
6 5 (4.39%) Palo Alto
6 5 (4.39%) VMware
7 4 (3.51%) Oracle
8 3 (2.63%) Foundry
8 3 (2.63%) Palantir
8 3 (2.63%) Zscaler
9 2 (1.75%) Qualys
9 2 (1.75%) Splunk