Zero-Trust Architecture salary and demand: pay band and hiring trend
Reviewed by Mark Dickie · Last updated
Zero-Trust Architecture is a security design that requires every access request to be verified before it is trusted. Its market is measured here by two series: the salary band employers pay for zero-trust work, and the hiring-demand trend in postings that name it. The salary band covers the whole zero-trust market, not one seniority level, so treat the middle figure as a market reference rather than a rung on a ladder. The hiring series shows whether postings are rising or falling.
| Figure | What it measures | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| Salary percentiles (25th, median, 75th) | Pay for roles that build or run ZTNA gateways, microsegmentation policy, or conditional access rules | Compare your current pay to the median; the 75th percentile shows what the top of the market pays for the same work |
| Hiring-demand series | Monthly job postings that name NIST SP 800-207, ZTNA, microsegmentation, or SASE | A rising line means more employers are writing the skill into requisitions; a flat line means demand is holding |
Use the two series this way:
- Check the postings behind the hiring line. If your experience is in Zscaler Private Access, Palo Alto Prisma Access, or Cloudflare Access, the vendor-specific slice of demand matters more than the total.
- Separate the identity side from the network side. Postings often list Okta or Microsoft Entra ID conditional access work apart from network segmentation, so decide which one you want to grow in.
- Re-check the band before you negotiate. Pay for a tooling-specific skill moves with vendor choices, so a median you saw a while ago may no longer match current postings.
Zero-Trust Architecture salary & hiring demand
From live job postings, the median Zero-Trust Architecture salary is £80,000, across 130 postings in September 2026. These figures are technology-wide across all seniority levels, as of September 2026.
| 25th percentile | £63,000 |
|---|---|
| Median (50th percentile) | £80,000 |
| 75th percentile | £100,000 |
Hiring demand over time
We're not publishing a month-by-month series yet: the number of postings Tarmac collects each month is still growing, so a month-on-month change would measure our coverage rather than the job market.
Vacancy and salary data includes Adzuna.