DMZ Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring DMZ skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 - 138
Rank change year-on-year - - +51
Contract jobs citing DMZ 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.055% - 0.040%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.66% - 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -37.98%
Central London median daily rate £700 - £400
% change year-on-year - - -37.98%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
City of London

DMZ falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 151 206 247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 8.27% 10.02% 9.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 134 157
10th Percentile £319 £275 £313
25th Percentile £415 £436 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year - +0.96% -5.41%
75th Percentile £653 £638 £619
90th Percentile £738 £731 £700
Central London median daily rate £511 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.62% +2.44% -4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £20.31 - £19.39
25th Percentile £20.50 £31.25 £20.09
Median hourly rate £22.27 £32.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.49% +44.44% +9.76%
75th Percentile £35.60 £33.75 £50.63
90th Percentile £42.74 - £66.75
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £20.72
% change year-on-year -21.63% +56.89% +1.05%

DMZ
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DMZ relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

DMZ job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing DMZ.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing DMZ

DMZ
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing DMZ.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing DMZ

DMZ
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Network Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud