Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for DMZ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DMZ over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 887 965 1133
Rank change year-on-year +78 +168 -278
Permanent jobs citing DMZ 24 34 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.033% 0.051%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.18% 0.21% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 21 25 39
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,600 £47,500
25th Percentile £47,128 £51,000 £53,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,750
Median % change year-on-year - +3.32% +8.40%
75th Percentile £71,757 £87,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £75,250 £121,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £66,250 £51,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +29.90% -15.00% -4.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

DMZ is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,593 15,966 20,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.80% 15.42% 13.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9,473 8,149 11,832
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,978
% change year-on-year -3.33% -2.13% +2.17%

DMZ
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing DMZ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for DMZ in the UK

DMZ
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DMZ.

Salary trend for DMZ in the UK

DMZ
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing DMZ over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for DMZ in the UK

DMZ
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DMZ within the UK over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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 +76 20 £70,000 - 14
UK excluding London -24 13 £66,250 +29.90% 7
North of England +25 10 £62,500 +22.55% 1
London +121 7 £70,000 -31.71% 9
South East +20 6 £66,250 -33.75% 1
North West +6 6 £62,500 -21.88%
Yorkshire +86 5 £62,500 +22.55%
Work from Home +69 5 £62,500 +22.55% 7
North East - 5 £62,500 - 1
East of England +23 3 £62,500 -
Midlands +13 3 £62,500 -21.88% 1
West Midlands +12 3 £62,500 -21.88%

DMZ
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (8.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 15 (62.50%) Azure
2 12 (50.00%) IaaS
3 9 (37.50%) AWS
4 7 (29.17%) Cloud Computing
4 7 (29.17%) PaaS
4 7 (29.17%) SaaS
5 6 (25.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (4.17%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
6 1 (4.17%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 18 (75.00%) Network Security
1 18 (75.00%) VPN
2 16 (66.67%) Firewall
3 15 (62.50%) VLAN
4 10 (41.67%) BGP
4 10 (41.67%) MPLS
5 8 (33.33%) LAN
5 8 (33.33%) WAN
6 7 (29.17%) Cisco ISE
6 7 (29.17%) Cisco Nexus
6 7 (29.17%) Unified Communications
6 7 (29.17%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (25.00%) DNS
7 6 (25.00%) Wireless
8 5 (20.83%) Cisco Wireless
8 5 (20.83%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (20.83%) WLAN
9 4 (16.67%) SD-WAN
10 3 (12.50%) IPsec
10 3 (12.50%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.83%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (45.83%) Social Skills
2 7 (29.17%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.17%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (62.50%) Network Engineer
2 11 (45.83%) Senior
3 7 (29.17%) Senior Network Engineer
4 6 (25.00%) Cloud Engineer
4 6 (25.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (25.00%) Network Security Engineer
4 6 (25.00%) Security Engineer
4 6 (25.00%) Senior Network Security Engineer
4 6 (25.00%) Senior Security Engineer
5 5 (20.83%) Infrastructure Support
5 5 (20.83%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 5 (20.83%) Support Engineer
6 4 (16.67%) Azure Engineer
6 4 (16.67%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (16.67%) Network Support
6 4 (16.67%) Network Support Engineer
6 4 (16.67%) Windows Engineer
6 4 (16.67%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (16.67%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.50%) REST
1 3 (12.50%) SOAP
1 3 (12.50%) Web Services
2 2 (8.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 9 (37.50%) Data Centre
2 5 (20.83%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (16.67%) PKI
4 3 (12.50%) Product Ownership
4 3 (12.50%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (12.50%) SCADA
5 2 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (8.33%) Management Information System
5 2 (8.33%) Onboarding
5 2 (8.33%) Operational Technology
5 2 (8.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (29.17%) Linux
2 6 (25.00%) Windows
2 6 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (37.50%) SIEM
4 7 (29.17%) Open Source
4 7 (29.17%) Service Design
5 6 (25.00%) Network Management
6 5 (20.83%) Customer Experience
6 5 (20.83%) ITIL
6 5 (20.83%) Knowledge Transfer
6 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (20.83%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 4 (16.67%) Incident Response
7 4 (16.67%) IT Strategy
7 4 (16.67%) Proactive Monitoring
8 3 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
8 3 (12.50%) Presales
8 3 (12.50%) Reverse Engineering
9 2 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (8.33%) Network Architecture
9 2 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (4.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (29.17%) SC Cleared
1 7 (29.17%) Security Cleared
2 5 (20.83%) Azure Certification
3 4 (16.67%) Degree
4 2 (8.33%) AWS Certification
4 2 (8.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 2 (8.33%) CASP
4 2 (8.33%) CompTIA CySA+
4 2 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (8.33%) CREST Certified
4 2 (8.33%) HNC
4 2 (8.33%) Linux+ Certification
4 2 (8.33%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (4.17%) CCNP
5 1 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (33.33%) NCSC
2 7 (29.17%) NIST
3 4 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Nessus
2 2 (8.33%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (4.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (4.17%) Ansible
Vendors
1 13 (54.17%) Cisco
2 10 (41.67%) Microsoft
3 7 (29.17%) CheckPoint
3 7 (29.17%) Palo Alto
3 7 (29.17%) SolarWinds
4 3 (12.50%) Fortinet
4 3 (12.50%) Oracle
5 1 (4.17%) Arista
5 1 (4.17%) Dell
5 1 (4.17%) NetApp
5 1 (4.17%) Sun
5 1 (4.17%) VMware