Tradecraft Job Trends

Tradecraft
UK

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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 662 682 766
Rank change year-on-year +20 +84 -
Permanent jobs citing Tradecraft 1 1 32
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.002% 0.002% 0.044%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.002% 0.002% 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £90,000 - £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 - £47,557
75th Percentile £100,000 - £48,809
90th Percentile - - £51,023
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £47,557

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,996 46,880 64,892
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.99% 91.87% 88.55%
Number of salaries quoted 30,799 22,693 50,451
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £80,100 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £101,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Tradecraft
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Tradecraft job vacancy trend in the UK

Tradecraft
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Tradecraft.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Tradecraft

Tradecraft
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tradecraft within the UK over the 6 months to 6 February 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
England +48 1 £95,000 - 6
Work from Home - 1 £95,000 - 4
London - 1 £95,000 - 3

Tradecraft
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:

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