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 2 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 522 460 456
Rank change year-on-year -62 -4 +152
Contract jobs citing DMZ 56 7 88
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.029% 0.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.48% 0.22% 1.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 7 64
10th Percentile £413 £445 £378
25th Percentile £475 £458 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £470 £506
Median % change year-on-year +27.66% -7.16% -19.00%
75th Percentile £700 £594 £519
90th Percentile - £600 £562
UK median daily rate £600 £470 £513
% change year-on-year +27.66% -8.29% -14.58%

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 3,777 3,201 5,237
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.87% 13.20% 13.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,414 1,997 3,174
10th Percentile £213 £220 £205
25th Percentile £391 £375 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £490 £475
% change year-on-year +2.04% +3.16% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 120 382
10th Percentile £15.96 £14.91 £13.54
25th Percentile £20.08 £21.31 £17.72
Median hourly rate £42.10 £35.75 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.75% +10.00% +71.05%
75th Percentile £68.50 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.15 £81.05 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +19.83% +7.69% +71.05%

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 2 April 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 2 April 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 -3 35 - - 2
North of England -37 35 - - 3
Midlands - 29 - - 4
West Midlands - 29 - - 4
London -42 20 £638 +6.25% 1
Yorkshire - 5 - - 1
South East -55 1 £550 +10.00%
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 7 (12.50%) AWS
1 7 (12.50%) Azure
2 6 (10.71%) GCP
2 6 (10.71%) Google Workspace
2 6 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.57%) OCI
4 1 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 38 (67.86%) DNS
2 33 (58.93%) VPN
3 29 (51.79%) BGP
4 28 (50.00%) Multicast
5 20 (35.71%) Network Security
6 14 (25.00%) Firewall
7 11 (19.64%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 11 (19.64%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 7 (12.50%) TCP/IP
9 5 (8.93%) VXLAN
10 4 (7.14%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (7.14%) IGMP
10 4 (7.14%) WAN
11 2 (3.57%) Cisco IOS
11 2 (3.57%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (3.57%) Internet
11 2 (3.57%) IOS XR
11 2 (3.57%) Junos
11 2 (3.57%) NX-OS
11 2 (3.57%) SSL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Git
General
1 24 (42.86%) Banking
1 24 (42.86%) Investment Banking
2 17 (30.36%) Social Skills
3 12 (21.43%) Finance
4 6 (10.71%) Front Office
5 5 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.57%) Spanish Language
7 1 (1.79%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 32 (57.14%) Network Engineer
2 27 (48.21%) Cisco Engineer
2 27 (48.21%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 27 (48.21%) Data Network Engineer
3 24 (42.86%) Cisco Security Engineer
3 24 (42.86%) Data Engineer
3 24 (42.86%) Network Security Engineer
3 24 (42.86%) Security Engineer
4 12 (21.43%) Web Engineer
5 7 (12.50%) Analyst
6 5 (8.93%) Automation Engineer
6 5 (8.93%) Help Desk Analyst
6 5 (8.93%) IT Analyst
6 5 (8.93%) Operations Engineer
7 3 (5.36%) Architect
7 3 (5.36%) Data Centre Engineer
7 3 (5.36%) Help Desk Support
7 3 (5.36%) IT Support
7 3 (5.36%) Juniper Engineer
8 2 (3.57%) Help Desk Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 5 (8.93%) Management Information System
2 5 (8.93%) Onboarding
3 4 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (5.36%) Client/Server
5 2 (3.57%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.79%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.79%) Mobile Computing
6 1 (1.79%) PKI
6 1 (1.79%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (1.79%) Linux
2 1 (1.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (71.43%) Load Balancing
2 13 (23.21%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (14.29%) Business Strategy
3 8 (14.29%) Change Management
4 7 (12.50%) Agile
4 7 (12.50%) Design Patterns
5 6 (10.71%) ITIL
6 5 (8.93%) Service Management
7 4 (7.14%) Low Latency
7 4 (7.14%) Service Delivery
8 3 (5.36%) Computer Science
8 3 (5.36%) Deployment Automation
8 3 (5.36%) Internal Audit
8 3 (5.36%) Investment Management
8 3 (5.36%) Operational Stability
8 3 (5.36%) Software Deployment
9 2 (3.57%) Cybersecurity
9 2 (3.57%) Decision-Making
9 2 (3.57%) Project Management
9 2 (3.57%) Security Hardening
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.71%) PowerShell
2 5 (8.93%) Python
3 1 (1.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (10.71%) Computer Science Degree
1 6 (10.71%) Degree
2 3 (5.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 3 (5.36%) MCSA
2 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.57%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.79%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.57%) NCSC
1 2 (3.57%) NIST
2 1 (1.79%) GDPR
2 1 (1.79%) GRC
2 1 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 1 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 42001
2 1 (1.79%) JSP 440
2 1 (1.79%) NIST 800
2 1 (1.79%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (10.71%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (10.71%) VMware NSX
2 2 (3.57%) ProxySG
3 1 (1.79%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (10.71%) Ansible
1 6 (10.71%) SCCM
2 5 (8.93%) Terraform
2 5 (8.93%) WSUS
3 4 (7.14%) Grafana
4 3 (5.36%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.79%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.79%) VxRail
Vendors
1 42 (75.00%) F5
2 30 (53.57%) Cisco
3 12 (21.43%) VMware
4 7 (12.50%) Palo Alto
5 6 (10.71%) Bloomberg
5 6 (10.71%) Citrix
5 6 (10.71%) ION Trading
5 6 (10.71%) Juniper
5 6 (10.71%) Microsoft
5 6 (10.71%) Reuters
6 5 (8.93%) Computacenter
7 4 (7.14%) Arista
8 3 (5.36%) Blue Coat
8 3 (5.36%) McAfee
9 2 (3.57%) Radware
9 2 (3.57%) Symantec
10 1 (1.79%) Aruba
10 1 (1.79%) Dell
10 1 (1.79%) Meraki
10 1 (1.79%) Splunk