Zero Trust Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Zero Trust
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Zero Trust skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Zero Trust 16 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 1.05% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.57% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median annual salary £85,000 £74,249 £72,500
% change year-on-year +14.48% +2.41% -8.96%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,021 279 392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 66.99% 88.29% 78.56%
Number of salaries quoted 301 126 214
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £29,125
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,313 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -9.57% +15.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £69,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

Zero Trust
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Zero Trust job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Zero Trust
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Zero Trust.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Zero Trust

Zero Trust
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Zero Trust within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 23 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
County Antrim - 7 - - 8
County Down - 7 - - 1
County Armagh - 2 - -
Zero Trust
UK

Zero Trust
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 16 (100.00%) Entra ID
General
1 16 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 16 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (100.00%) Analyst
1 16 (100.00%) Digital Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 16 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 16 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 16 (100.00%) Information Security
1 16 (100.00%) Principle of Least Privilege
1 16 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 16 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
System Software
1 16 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft