Zero Trust
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Zero Trust skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 453 582 725
Rank change year-on-year +129 +143 -176
Permanent jobs citing Zero Trust 374 105 87
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.21% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.23% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 217 77 45
10th Percentile £52,000 £53,250 £52,581
25th Percentile £67,500 £58,750 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.24% - -8.96%
75th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £95,000 £94,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% -17.24% +2.73%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 78,635 44,750 66,977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.41% 89.19% 80.88%
Number of salaries quoted 54,192 25,377 43,044
10th Percentile £30,780 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%

Zero Trust
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Zero Trust job vacancy trend in the UK

Zero Trust
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Zero Trust.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Zero Trust

Zero Trust
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Zero Trust over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Zero Trust in the UK

Zero Trust
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Zero Trust within the UK over the 6 months to 17 August 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 +154 360 £85,000 +19.26% 131
London +102 231 £90,000 +21.21% 53
UK excluding London -14 122 £70,000 +16.67% 98
Work from Home +27 111 £82,500 +32.00% 63
South East -1 45 £60,000 -20.00% 43
South West -49 27 £77,500 -13.89% 22
North of England -46 23 £90,000 +50.00% 23
Midlands -21 17 £75,000 +35.14% 7
North West -15 16 £85,000 +41.67% 14
West Midlands -15 10 £65,000 -16.13% 2
East of England -12 8 £55,000 +10.00% 3
East Midlands -17 7 £75,000 +87.50% 5
North East - 5 £95,000 - 1
Yorkshire -29 2 £90,000 - 9
Scotland +1 1 £60,000 -
Wales - 1 £74,425 - 1

Zero Trust
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:

Application Platforms
1 24 (6.42%) SharePoint
2 19 (5.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.34%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.07%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 197 (52.67%) Azure
2 125 (33.42%) AWS
3 106 (28.34%) Entra ID
4 78 (20.86%) Microsoft 365
5 58 (15.51%) GCP
6 30 (8.02%) Azure Sentinel
7 27 (7.22%) SaaS
8 25 (6.68%) GitHub
9 18 (4.81%) GitHub Actions
9 18 (4.81%) Microsoft Purview
9 18 (4.81%) OpenShift
10 16 (4.28%) AWS CloudFormation
11 14 (3.74%) IaaS
11 14 (3.74%) PaaS
12 13 (3.48%) Cloudflare
12 13 (3.48%) OCI
13 10 (2.67%) Power Platform
14 8 (2.14%) AWS Direct Connect
14 8 (2.14%) Azure Logic Apps
14 8 (2.14%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 125 (33.42%) Firewall
2 108 (28.88%) Network Security
3 63 (16.84%) VPN
4 57 (15.24%) WAN
5 39 (10.43%) SD-WAN
6 37 (9.89%) DNS
7 32 (8.56%) BGP
8 27 (7.22%) VXLAN
9 26 (6.95%) LAN
9 26 (6.95%) OSPF
9 26 (6.95%) VLAN
10 18 (4.81%) Kerberos
10 18 (4.81%) TCP/IP
11 17 (4.55%) Cisco ISE
12 15 (4.01%) DHCP
12 15 (4.01%) Software-Defined Networking
12 15 (4.01%) Wireless
13 12 (3.21%) MPLS
14 11 (2.94%) Cisco Firepower
15 10 (2.67%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.87%) Power BI
2 4 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (1.07%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.80%) Big Data
3 3 (0.80%) Flink
3 3 (0.80%) Redis
4 1 (0.27%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.27%) GIS
4 1 (0.27%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 19 (5.08%) GitLab
2 13 (3.48%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.67%) TeamCity
4 7 (1.87%) Git
5 5 (1.34%) JIRA
6 2 (0.53%) Gradle
6 2 (0.53%) JUnit
6 2 (0.53%) Mockito
6 2 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.27%) Maven
7 1 (0.27%) SonarQube
General
1 109 (29.14%) Social Skills
2 77 (20.59%) Finance
3 24 (6.42%) Banking
4 23 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (5.35%) Aerospace
6 19 (5.08%) Retail
7 15 (4.01%) Legal
7 15 (4.01%) Public Sector
8 11 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (2.94%) Law
9 9 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.34%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.07%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.80%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.53%) French Language
14 2 (0.53%) German Language
14 2 (0.53%) Local Government
14 2 (0.53%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 129 (34.49%) Architect
2 63 (16.84%) Senior
3 42 (11.23%) Security Engineer
4 40 (10.70%) Security Architect
5 39 (10.43%) Lead
6 35 (9.36%) Cloud Engineer
6 35 (9.36%) Consultant
6 35 (9.36%) Network Engineer
7 26 (6.95%) Security Specialist
8 24 (6.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 23 (6.15%) Network Architect
10 22 (5.88%) Network Specialist
11 21 (5.61%) Network Security Specialist
12 20 (5.35%) Senior Architect
13 19 (5.08%) Security Consultant
14 18 (4.81%) Cloud Security Engineer
15 15 (4.01%) Solutions Architect
16 14 (3.74%) DevOps Engineer
16 14 (3.74%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
16 14 (3.74%) Senior Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (9.63%) OpenID
2 35 (9.36%) OAuth
3 33 (8.82%) SAML
4 31 (8.29%) LDAP
5 23 (6.15%) REST
6 15 (4.01%) ModSecurity
7 9 (2.41%) eBPF
7 9 (2.41%) RESTful
8 6 (1.60%) Kafka
9 5 (1.34%) OAuth2
10 4 (1.07%) YAML
11 3 (0.80%) Node.js
12 2 (0.53%) CSS
12 2 (0.53%) Elastic Stack
12 2 (0.53%) gRPC
12 2 (0.53%) JWT
12 2 (0.53%) Middleware
12 2 (0.53%) Protocol Buffers
12 2 (0.53%) SailPoint
13 1 (0.27%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 49 (13.10%) Cloud Native
2 45 (12.03%) Security Posture
3 43 (11.50%) Data Centre
4 38 (10.16%) PKI
5 32 (8.56%) Enterprise Software
6 29 (7.75%) Hybrid Cloud
7 21 (5.61%) Onboarding
8 13 (3.48%) Cloud Security Posture
8 13 (3.48%) Social Media
9 10 (2.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 8 (2.14%) Public Cloud
11 7 (1.87%) Private Cloud
12 5 (1.34%) Blog
12 5 (1.34%) CMDB
12 5 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.34%) Operational Technology
13 4 (1.07%) Cyber Defence
13 4 (1.07%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 4 (1.07%) Product Ownership
14 3 (0.80%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 44 (11.76%) Windows
2 19 (5.08%) Linux
3 11 (2.94%) Mac OS
4 8 (2.14%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.34%) Android
6 3 (0.80%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.80%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.27%) CentOS
7 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.27%) Unix
7 1 (0.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (29.41%) Cybersecurity
2 109 (29.14%) Cloud Security
3 103 (27.54%) Infrastructure as Code
4 86 (22.99%) Security Architecture
5 83 (22.19%) Roadmaps
6 75 (20.05%) Identity Access Management
7 70 (18.72%) Continuous Improvement
8 63 (16.84%) RBAC
9 59 (15.78%) Technical Leadership
10 57 (15.24%) Incident Response
11 55 (14.71%) CI/CD
12 54 (14.44%) Mentoring
13 52 (13.90%) SIEM
14 51 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
15 45 (12.03%) Agile
15 45 (12.03%) AI
16 44 (11.76%) DevSecOps
17 43 (11.50%) Data Protection
17 43 (11.50%) Vulnerability Management
18 42 (11.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 83 (22.19%) PowerShell
2 52 (13.90%) Python
3 21 (5.61%) Bash
4 11 (2.94%) Go
5 9 (2.41%) Bicep
6 6 (1.60%) Java
6 6 (1.60%) Kusto Query Language
6 6 (1.60%) SQL
7 5 (1.34%) Kotlin
8 3 (0.80%) Rust
8 3 (0.80%) Scala
9 2 (0.53%) C
9 2 (0.53%) C++
10 1 (0.27%) Google Apps Script
10 1 (0.27%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 106 (28.34%) Security Cleared
2 74 (19.79%) CISSP
3 59 (15.78%) Cisco Certification
4 56 (14.97%) SC Cleared
5 44 (11.76%) CCNP
6 37 (9.89%) Azure Certification
6 37 (9.89%) DV Cleared
7 31 (8.29%) Degree
8 30 (8.02%) CISM
9 26 (6.95%) AWS Certification
10 23 (6.15%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (4.01%) CCIE
12 13 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (2.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 10 (2.67%) CCNA
14 10 (2.67%) CCSP
15 9 (2.41%) JNCIP
16 8 (2.14%) CompTIA Security+
16 8 (2.14%) JNCIE
16 8 (2.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (18.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 60 (16.04%) NIST
3 30 (8.02%) GDPR
4 27 (7.22%) SOC 2
5 26 (6.95%) GRC
6 22 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
7 18 (4.81%) NCSC
8 16 (4.28%) PCI DSS
9 5 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 5 (1.34%) JSP 440
10 4 (1.07%) SLA
11 3 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 2 (0.53%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.53%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.53%) QA
13 1 (0.27%) GxP
13 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.27%) PSD2
13 1 (0.27%) RMADS
13 1 (0.27%) SEPA
System Software
1 73 (19.52%) Active Directory
2 20 (5.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (4.28%) Docker
4 9 (2.41%) VMware NSX
5 8 (2.14%) Hyper-V
5 8 (2.14%) KVM
6 3 (0.80%) vSphere
7 2 (0.53%) ProxySG
8 1 (0.27%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.27%) Firmware
8 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 73 (19.52%) Terraform
2 59 (15.78%) Kubernetes
3 51 (13.64%) Single Sign-On
4 38 (10.16%) Microsoft Intune
5 25 (6.68%) Ansible
6 13 (3.48%) CASB
7 12 (3.21%) FortiGate
8 10 (2.67%) Cilium
9 8 (2.14%) Graylog
9 8 (2.14%) Proxmox
9 8 (2.14%) SCCM
9 8 (2.14%) ZABBIX
10 7 (1.87%) Argo
10 7 (1.87%) Grafana
10 7 (1.87%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.53%) Nessus
12 2 (0.53%) VxRail
13 1 (0.27%) Fluentd
13 1 (0.27%) vRealize
Vendors
1 122 (32.62%) Microsoft
2 62 (16.58%) Cisco
3 58 (15.51%) Palo Alto
4 50 (13.37%) Zscaler
5 42 (11.23%) Fortinet
6 29 (7.75%) VMware
7 21 (5.61%) Okta
8 20 (5.35%) CrowdStrike
9 19 (5.08%) CheckPoint
10 18 (4.81%) Meraki
11 14 (3.74%) Google
12 12 (3.21%) ForgeRock
13 11 (2.94%) Splunk
14 10 (2.67%) Tenable
15 9 (2.41%) Netskope
16 8 (2.14%) ServiceNow
16 8 (2.14%) Veeam
17 7 (1.87%) CyberArk
17 7 (1.87%) Juniper
17 7 (1.87%) SolarWinds