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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 501 477 470
Rank change year-on-year -24 -7 +160
Contract jobs citing DMZ 49 8 83
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.031% 0.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.41% 0.24% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 62
10th Percentile £446 - £378
25th Percentile £506 £563 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £575 £506
Median % change year-on-year +10.87% +13.58% -15.63%
75th Percentile £700 £588 £519
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £638 £575 £506
% change year-on-year +10.87% +13.58% -15.63%

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 3,487 3,363 5,306
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.29% 12.98% 14.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,275 1,961 3,187
10th Percentile £204 £213 £205
25th Percentile £356 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £680 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% -6.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 101 384
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £14.48
25th Percentile £18.78 £20.75 £21.25
Median hourly rate £29.44 £35.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.89% -26.32% +137.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £71.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.44 £32.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -9.42% -31.58% +137.50%

DMZ
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

DMZ job vacancy trend 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 11 February 2026.

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 11 February 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +5 34 - - 1
North of England -26 34 - - 2
Midlands - 25 - - 4
West Midlands - 25 - - 4
London - 14 £675 - 1
Yorkshire - 10 - -
South East -43 1 £550 -4.35% 1
DMZ
UK

DMZ
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (8.16%) Google Workspace
1 4 (8.16%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (6.12%) AWS
2 3 (6.12%) Azure
3 2 (4.08%) GCP
3 2 (4.08%) OCI
4 1 (2.04%) Amazon S3
4 1 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 37 (75.51%) DNS
2 29 (59.18%) Network Security
3 24 (48.98%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 24 (48.98%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 14 (28.57%) VPN
5 11 (22.45%) BGP
6 10 (20.41%) Multicast
6 10 (20.41%) TCP/IP
7 8 (16.33%) Firewall
8 7 (14.29%) SSL
9 6 (12.24%) BIG-IP
10 5 (10.20%) HTTP
10 5 (10.20%) Wireshark
11 2 (4.08%) Cisco IOS
11 2 (4.08%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (4.08%) Internet
11 2 (4.08%) IOS XR
11 2 (4.08%) Junos
11 2 (4.08%) NX-OS
12 1 (2.04%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) Redis
1 1 (2.04%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (10.20%) Fiddler
2 1 (2.04%) GitLab
General
1 25 (51.02%) Banking
1 25 (51.02%) Investment Banking
2 18 (36.73%) Social Skills
3 8 (16.33%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (12.24%) Finance
5 4 (8.16%) Front Office
6 2 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.04%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.04%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 19 (38.78%) Network Engineer
2 10 (20.41%) Cisco Engineer
2 10 (20.41%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 10 (20.41%) Cisco Security Engineer
2 10 (20.41%) Data Engineer
2 10 (20.41%) Data Network Engineer
2 10 (20.41%) Network Security Engineer
2 10 (20.41%) Operations Engineer
2 10 (20.41%) Security Engineer
3 9 (18.37%) Automation Engineer
4 6 (12.24%) Web Engineer
5 5 (10.20%) Analyst
6 4 (8.16%) Python Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) Architect
7 3 (6.12%) Help Desk Analyst
7 3 (6.12%) Help Desk Support
7 3 (6.12%) IT Analyst
7 3 (6.12%) IT Support
7 3 (6.12%) Junior
7 3 (6.12%) Junior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.04%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (2.04%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 15 (30.61%) Management Information System
2 8 (16.33%) Onboarding
3 4 (8.16%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (6.12%) Data Centre
5 2 (4.08%) Client/Server
5 2 (4.08%) Public Cloud
6 1 (2.04%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (2.04%) Fat Client
6 1 (2.04%) Mobile Computing
6 1 (2.04%) PKI
6 1 (2.04%) Private Cloud
6 1 (2.04%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.20%) Windows
2 1 (2.04%) Linux
2 1 (2.04%) Ubuntu
2 1 (2.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (71.43%) Load Balancing
2 16 (32.65%) Business Strategy
3 12 (24.49%) Design Patterns
4 11 (22.45%) Change Management
4 11 (22.45%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (12.24%) Migration
6 5 (10.20%) Agile
6 5 (10.20%) Network Segmentation
7 4 (8.16%) ITIL
7 4 (8.16%) Project Delivery
8 3 (6.12%) Service Management
9 2 (4.08%) AI
9 2 (4.08%) B2B
9 2 (4.08%) Data Loss Prevention
9 2 (4.08%) Decision-Making
9 2 (4.08%) Deployment Automation
9 2 (4.08%) Project Management
9 2 (4.08%) Security Architecture
9 2 (4.08%) Security Hardening
9 2 (4.08%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.29%) Python
2 4 (8.16%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (6.12%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.08%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.04%) CCNP
3 1 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.04%) CISSP
3 1 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.04%) Degree
3 1 (2.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (2.04%) MCSA
3 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.08%) NCSC
1 2 (4.08%) NIST
2 1 (2.04%) GDPR
2 1 (2.04%) GRC
2 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 42001
2 1 (2.04%) JSP 440
2 1 (2.04%) NIST 800
2 1 (2.04%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (32.65%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (12.24%) VMware NSX
3 2 (4.08%) ProxySG
4 1 (2.04%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.04%) Docker
4 1 (2.04%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (14.29%) Ansible
2 4 (8.16%) SCCM
3 3 (6.12%) WSUS
4 1 (2.04%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.04%) Grafana
4 1 (2.04%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.04%) Prometheus
4 1 (2.04%) Terraform
4 1 (2.04%) VxRail
Vendors
1 37 (75.51%) F5
2 21 (42.86%) VMware
3 12 (24.49%) Cisco
4 8 (16.33%) Blue Coat
4 8 (16.33%) McAfee
5 5 (10.20%) Computacenter
5 5 (10.20%) NetApp
6 4 (8.16%) Bloomberg
6 4 (8.16%) Citrix
6 4 (8.16%) ION Trading
6 4 (8.16%) Microsoft
6 4 (8.16%) Reuters
7 3 (6.12%) Palo Alto
8 2 (4.08%) Juniper
8 2 (4.08%) Radware
8 2 (4.08%) Symantec
9 1 (2.04%) Dell
9 1 (2.04%) NVIDIA
9 1 (2.04%) Splunk
9 1 (2.04%) Veeam