TrustSec Contract Job Trends

Cisco TrustSec
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring TrustSec skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 633 518 -
Rank change year-on-year -115 - -
Contract jobs citing TrustSec 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.002% 0.003% -
As % of the Systems Management category 0.015% 0.021% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Systems Management Skills
UK

TrustSec falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 6,664 4,672 5,282
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.27% 15.77% 12.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,537 3,138 3,809
10th Percentile £325 £304 £298
25th Percentile £415 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £515
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -0.49% -6.36%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £681 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £496 £500
% change year-on-year +0.81% -0.80% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 50 99
10th Percentile £19.14 £13.75 £14.88
25th Percentile £22.41 £19.50 £20.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £37.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% +15.38% -43.48%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.36 £51.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.83 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year - +37.50% -6.98%

TrustSec
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing TrustSec relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

TrustSec job vacancy trend in the UK

TrustSec
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing TrustSec.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing TrustSec

TrustSec
Top 2 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TrustSec within the UK over the 6 months to 16 June 2026. 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
England -115 1 £550 -6.38% 3
London - 1 £550 - 3

TrustSec
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) TACACS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) 802.1X
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco