Tradecraft Job Trends in the City of London

Tradecraft
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Tradecraft skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Tradecraft 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.039% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.046% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £90,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 - -
75th Percentile £100,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median annual salary £95,000 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Tradecraft falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,183 2,469 2,919
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 85.81% 95.66% 93.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,589 1,562 2,608
10th Percentile £43,375 £46,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,750 £96,250
90th Percentile £110,850 £117,500 £113,750
Central London median annual salary £79,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.00% +3.45% -3.33%

Tradecraft
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Tradecraft relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Tradecraft job vacancy trend in the City of London

Tradecraft
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Tradecraft.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Tradecraft

Tradecraft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Red Team
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCSAS
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) GPEN
1 1 (100.00%) GXPN
1 1 (100.00%) OSCE
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory