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 6 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 556 484 489
Rank change year-on-year -72 +5 +89
Contract jobs citing DMZ 67 18 63
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.068% 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.60% 0.54% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 10 44
10th Percentile £396 £408 £378
25th Percentile £450 £432 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £465 £513
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% -9.27% -21.15%
75th Percentile £638 £570 £519
90th Percentile £698 £600 -
UK median daily rate £525 £465 £513
% change year-on-year +12.90% -9.27% -18.00%

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 4,190 3,361 4,819
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.49% 12.66% 12.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,583 2,079 2,868
10th Percentile £250 £235 £214
25th Percentile £400 £363 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 293 145 390
10th Percentile £16.04 £14.81 £13.87
25th Percentile £20.50 £20.85 £17.69
Median hourly rate £26.66 £40.00 £45.44
Median % change year-on-year -33.35% -11.97% +101.96%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.35 £74.10
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £44.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -41.57% -1.11% +100.00%

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 6 July 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 6 July 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 of England -40 44 £575 +22.99% 6
North West -10 42 £575 +22.99% 5
West Midlands -20 38 - - 2
Midlands -25 38 - - 2
London -58 20 £500 -16.67% 4
Yorkshire - 1 £625 -
North East - 1 £500 - 1
East of England - 1 £725 - 3
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.99%) IIS
2 1 (1.49%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.99%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (14.93%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (11.94%) Azure
3 7 (10.45%) AWS
4 6 (8.96%) Google Workspace
5 4 (5.97%) GCP
6 1 (1.49%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.49%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 49 (73.13%) VPN
2 45 (67.16%) DNS
3 41 (61.19%) BGP
4 40 (59.70%) Multicast
5 19 (28.36%) Firewall
6 11 (16.42%) Network Security
7 10 (14.93%) TCP/IP
8 8 (11.94%) WAN
9 6 (8.96%) SSL
9 6 (8.96%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (7.46%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 5 (7.46%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 5 (7.46%) VXLAN
11 4 (5.97%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (5.97%) DHCP
11 4 (5.97%) IGMP
11 4 (5.97%) LAN
11 4 (5.97%) Wireless
12 3 (4.48%) HTTP
12 3 (4.48%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.99%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.49%) DTS
2 1 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Git
General
1 23 (34.33%) Banking
1 23 (34.33%) Investment Banking
2 16 (23.88%) Finance
3 13 (19.40%) Social Skills
4 6 (8.96%) Front Office
5 1 (1.49%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (1.49%) Legal
5 1 (1.49%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.49%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.49%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 44 (65.67%) Network Engineer
2 38 (56.72%) Cisco Engineer
2 38 (56.72%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 37 (55.22%) Data Network Engineer
3 37 (55.22%) Network Security Engineer
3 37 (55.22%) Security Engineer
4 34 (50.75%) Cisco Security Engineer
4 34 (50.75%) Data Engineer
5 17 (25.37%) Web Engineer
6 5 (7.46%) Analyst
6 5 (7.46%) Help Desk Analyst
6 5 (7.46%) IT Analyst
7 4 (5.97%) VMware Engineer
8 3 (4.48%) Architect
8 3 (4.48%) Automation Engineer
8 3 (4.48%) Data Centre Engineer
8 3 (4.48%) Juniper Engineer
8 3 (4.48%) Senior
8 3 (4.48%) Senior Network Engineer
9 2 (2.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.46%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.96%) Data Centre
1 6 (8.96%) Onboarding
2 4 (5.97%) Client/Server
3 3 (4.48%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (4.48%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.48%) Operational Technology
4 2 (2.99%) PKI
4 2 (2.99%) SCADA
5 1 (1.49%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.49%) CCTV
5 1 (1.49%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.49%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (17.91%) Windows
2 6 (8.96%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.49%) Linux
3 1 (1.49%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (1.49%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (64.18%) Load Balancing
2 10 (14.93%) Service Delivery
3 9 (13.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 8 (11.94%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (10.45%) Deployment Automation
5 7 (10.45%) ITIL
6 6 (8.96%) Agile
6 6 (8.96%) Project Delivery
6 6 (8.96%) Service Management
6 6 (8.96%) Software Deployment
7 5 (7.46%) Change Management
7 5 (7.46%) Internal Audit
7 5 (7.46%) Low Latency
8 4 (5.97%) AI
8 4 (5.97%) Generative AI
8 4 (5.97%) Migration
9 3 (4.48%) Business Strategy
9 3 (4.48%) Incident Response
9 3 (4.48%) Operational Stability
9 3 (4.48%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 11 (16.42%) Python
2 10 (14.93%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.99%) Perl
3 2 (2.99%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (14.93%) Degree
2 6 (8.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (4.48%) CCNP
3 3 (4.48%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (4.48%) CISSP
3 3 (4.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (4.48%) MCSA
3 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.99%) CCIE
5 1 (1.49%) HNC
5 1 (1.49%) JNCIP
5 1 (1.49%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.49%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.48%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.49%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.49%) NCSC
2 1 (1.49%) NEBOSH
2 1 (1.49%) NIST
2 1 (1.49%) NIST 800
2 1 (1.49%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (11.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (8.96%) Active Directory
3 4 (5.97%) VMware NSX
4 3 (4.48%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.49%) Docker
5 1 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (14.93%) SCCM
2 9 (13.43%) Ansible
3 6 (8.96%) WSUS
4 5 (7.46%) FortiGate
4 5 (7.46%) Terraform
5 4 (5.97%) Grafana
6 3 (4.48%) Nessus
6 3 (4.48%) Prometheus
6 3 (4.48%) vCenter Server
7 1 (1.49%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.49%) Tivoli
7 1 (1.49%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 1 (1.49%) VxRail
Vendors
1 46 (68.66%) Cisco
2 43 (64.18%) F5
3 12 (17.91%) Microsoft
4 11 (16.42%) VMware
5 9 (13.43%) Citrix
6 6 (8.96%) Arista
6 6 (8.96%) Bloomberg
6 6 (8.96%) ION Trading
6 6 (8.96%) Juniper
6 6 (8.96%) Palo Alto
6 6 (8.96%) Reuters
6 6 (8.96%) Zscaler
7 4 (5.97%) Splunk
8 3 (4.48%) Blue Coat
8 3 (4.48%) Fortinet
8 3 (4.48%) McAfee
8 3 (4.48%) Netskope
8 3 (4.48%) Tenable
9 2 (2.99%) Computacenter
9 2 (2.99%) Dell