Zero Trust Job Trends in the City of London

Zero Trust
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Zero Trust skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 156 156
Rank change year-on-year +57 0 +76
Permanent jobs citing Zero Trust 31 6 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.39% 0.23% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% 0.24% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 20 3 9
10th Percentile £28,500 - -
25th Percentile £68,438 £85,000 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £90,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +24.14% -9.38%
75th Percentile £130,000 £99,375 £90,000
90th Percentile £172,500 £102,000 -
Central London median annual salary £90,000 £90,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - +24.14% -9.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Zero Trust 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 1,933 2,541 2,667
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 86.64% 95.49% 94.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,427 1,630 2,386
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £40,625
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £113,750 £116,375 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -

Zero Trust
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Zero Trust job vacancy trend in the City of London

Zero Trust
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Zero Trust

Zero Trust
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Zero Trust in the City of London over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Zero Trust in the City of London

Zero Trust
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.23%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 23 (74.19%) Azure
2 13 (41.94%) AWS
3 11 (35.48%) Entra ID
4 8 (25.81%) Azure Sentinel
4 8 (25.81%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (12.90%) Azure AKS
5 4 (12.90%) Azure API Management
5 4 (12.90%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (12.90%) GCP
5 4 (12.90%) SaaS
6 3 (9.68%) Azure Logic Apps
6 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (9.68%) Mimecast
6 3 (9.68%) PaaS
6 3 (9.68%) Tessian
7 2 (6.45%) Azure Functions
7 2 (6.45%) IaaS
7 2 (6.45%) Serverless
8 1 (3.23%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 7 (22.58%) VPN
2 6 (19.35%) Firewall
3 4 (12.90%) WAN
3 4 (12.90%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (9.68%) LAN
4 3 (9.68%) Network Security
4 3 (9.68%) Software-Defined Networking
4 3 (9.68%) VoIP
4 3 (9.68%) Wireless
4 3 (9.68%) WLAN
5 1 (3.23%) NAS
5 1 (3.23%) SAN
5 1 (3.23%) SD-WAN
5 1 (3.23%) VLAN
5 1 (3.23%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Bitbucket
General
1 16 (51.61%) Social Skills
2 10 (32.26%) Legal
3 9 (29.03%) Finance
4 8 (25.81%) Banking
4 8 (25.81%) Documentation Skills
4 8 (25.81%) Retail
5 1 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 13 (41.94%) Lead
2 8 (25.81%) Designer
2 8 (25.81%) Lead Designer
2 8 (25.81%) Solutions Designer
3 6 (19.35%) Senior
4 4 (12.90%) Infrastructure Manager
4 4 (12.90%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 4 (12.90%) IT Manager
5 3 (9.68%) Architect
5 3 (9.68%) Lead Architect
5 3 (9.68%) Network Support
5 3 (9.68%) Network Support Technician
5 3 (9.68%) Network Technician
5 3 (9.68%) Security Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Senior Software Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Senior Voice Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Software Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (9.68%) Support Technician
5 3 (9.68%) Voice Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.68%) RESTful
2 2 (6.45%) OAuth
3 1 (3.23%) ARM Templates
3 1 (3.23%) OAuth2
3 1 (3.23%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.81%) Security Posture
2 5 (16.13%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (9.68%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (9.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (3.23%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.23%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.23%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.45%) Windows
2 1 (3.23%) Linux
2 1 (3.23%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (45.16%) Continuous Improvement
2 13 (41.94%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (35.48%) Enterprise Architecture
4 9 (29.03%) Security Architecture
4 9 (29.03%) SIEM
5 8 (25.81%) Design Patterns
6 7 (22.58%) AI
7 6 (19.35%) Identity Access Management
7 6 (19.35%) Microservices
7 6 (19.35%) Migration
8 5 (16.13%) Cloud Security
8 5 (16.13%) Incident Response
8 5 (16.13%) Mentoring
8 5 (16.13%) Security Operations
8 5 (16.13%) Technology Transformation
8 5 (16.13%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 4 (12.90%) Budget Management
9 4 (12.90%) DevOps
9 4 (12.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 4 (12.90%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.68%) Go
2 1 (3.23%) Bicep
2 1 (3.23%) C#
2 1 (3.23%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.23%) Python
2 1 (3.23%) SQL
2 1 (3.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (38.71%) CISSP
2 8 (25.81%) CISM
3 4 (12.90%) Degree
4 3 (9.68%) DBS Check
4 3 (9.68%) SC Cleared
4 3 (9.68%) Security Cleared
5 2 (6.45%) Azure Certification
5 2 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (3.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (3.23%) AWS Certification
6 1 (3.23%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.13%) GDPR
1 5 (16.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.45%) NIST
3 1 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (3.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (19.35%) Active Directory
2 3 (9.68%) KVM
3 1 (3.23%) Docker
3 1 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (25.81%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (6.45%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.23%) Ansible
3 1 (3.23%) Grafana
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.23%) Prometheus
3 1 (3.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (35.48%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.68%) Cisco
2 3 (9.68%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (9.68%) Palo Alto
2 3 (9.68%) Zscaler
3 1 (3.23%) BeyondTrust
3 1 (3.23%) CyberArk
3 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.23%) VMware