DMZ Contract Job Trends in England

Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring DMZ skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 481 488 556
Rank change year-on-year +7 +68 +145
Contract jobs citing DMZ 28 38 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.10% 0.12% 0.084%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.86% 0.97% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 16 19
10th Percentile £300 £396 £463
25th Percentile £370 £435 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £525 £720
Median % change year-on-year -17.09% -27.08% +18.03%
75th Percentile £560 £550 £743
90th Percentile £600 £593 -
UK median daily rate £521 £538 £681
% change year-on-year -3.11% -21.10% +14.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,242 3,927 5,652
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.85% 12.05% 13.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,020 2,310 3,639
10th Percentile £235 £248 £225
25th Percentile £363 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £511 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.03% +2.12% -1.96%
75th Percentile £600 £614 £623
90th Percentile £688 £700 £713
UK median daily rate £478 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -5.43% +1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 223 280
10th Percentile £15.02 £14.33 £16.73
25th Percentile £25.08 £22.58 £23.07
Median hourly rate £41.50 £57.35 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -27.64% +1.52% +34.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £67.78
90th Percentile £79.00 £75.00 £76.12
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £51.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -15.69% -9.72% +34.50%

DMZ
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for DMZ in England

DMZ
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing DMZ.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing DMZ

DMZ
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DMZ in England over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DMZ in England

DMZ
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing DMZ.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing DMZ

DMZ
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DMZ within the England region over the 6 months to 15 September 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +1 19 - -
North of England -4 19 - -
Midlands - 12 £442 - 1
West Midlands - 10 £600 - 1
Yorkshire -8 6 - -
London +21 5 £350 -42.74% 2
East Midlands - 2 £435 -
DMZ
UK

DMZ
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.57%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (21.43%) Azure
2 4 (14.29%) AWS
3 2 (7.14%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 16 (57.14%) DNS
1 16 (57.14%) Network Security
2 15 (53.57%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 15 (53.57%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 5 (17.86%) Firewall
4 4 (14.29%) Internet
4 4 (14.29%) WAN
5 3 (10.71%) SD-WAN
5 3 (10.71%) SSL
5 3 (10.71%) VLAN
6 2 (7.14%) BIG-IP
6 2 (7.14%) HTTP
6 2 (7.14%) SSH
6 2 (7.14%) TCP/IP
6 2 (7.14%) Telnet
6 2 (7.14%) VPN
6 2 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (7.14%) Wireshark
7 1 (3.57%) IPsec
7 1 (3.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Fiddler
1 2 (7.14%) Git
1 2 (7.14%) Gradle
1 2 (7.14%) Jenkins
1 2 (7.14%) Maven
General
1 9 (32.14%) Banking
2 8 (28.57%) Investment Banking
2 8 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 5 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (17.86%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (17.86%) Public Sector
4 4 (14.29%) Finance
5 2 (7.14%) Law
6 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (28.57%) Network Engineer
2 6 (21.43%) Operations Engineer
3 5 (17.86%) Architect
4 4 (14.29%) Automation Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) Junior
5 2 (7.14%) Junior Network Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Network Security Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Python Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Security Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Security Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.57%) Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Cisco Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Implementation Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Network Architect
6 1 (3.57%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) RESTful
1 2 (7.14%) Web Services
2 1 (3.57%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 11 (39.29%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.71%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.57%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.57%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.57%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (53.57%) Load Balancing
2 11 (39.29%) Business Strategy
3 7 (25.00%) Change Management
3 7 (25.00%) Design Patterns
4 5 (17.86%) Project Delivery
5 3 (10.71%) Architecture Governance
5 3 (10.71%) Network Segmentation
5 3 (10.71%) Validation
6 2 (7.14%) Adaptive Web Design
6 2 (7.14%) Architectural Design
6 2 (7.14%) Continuous Delivery
6 2 (7.14%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (7.14%) Data Architecture
6 2 (7.14%) ETL
6 2 (7.14%) Identity Management
6 2 (7.14%) Microservices
6 2 (7.14%) Migration
6 2 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (7.14%) Service Delivery
6 2 (7.14%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) Python
2 2 (7.14%) Java
3 1 (3.57%) Perl
3 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) SC Cleared
1 5 (17.86%) Security Cleared
2 3 (10.71%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (7.14%) CCNP
3 2 (7.14%) CISM
3 2 (7.14%) CISSP
3 2 (7.14%) Degree
4 1 (3.57%) CCIE
4 1 (3.57%) CCNA
4 1 (3.57%) CEH
4 1 (3.57%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) GRC
1 2 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (7.14%) NIST
1 2 (7.14%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.57%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (53.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (14.29%) UAG
3 2 (7.14%) Docker
3 2 (7.14%) Firmware
3 2 (7.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (10.71%) Ansible
Vendors
1 17 (60.71%) VMware
2 15 (53.57%) F5
3 3 (10.71%) McAfee
4 2 (7.14%) Blue Coat
4 2 (7.14%) Cisco
4 2 (7.14%) Computacenter
4 2 (7.14%) Fortinet
4 2 (7.14%) NetApp
4 2 (7.14%) Qualys
4 2 (7.14%) Tenable
5 1 (3.57%) Arista
5 1 (3.57%) Juniper
5 1 (3.57%) Palo Alto
5 1 (3.57%) Splunk