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 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 539 461 477
Rank change year-on-year -78 +16 +101
Contract jobs citing DMZ 60 12 69
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.049% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.48% 0.38% 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 52
10th Percentile £382 £428 £381
25th Percentile £500 £442 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £465 £513
Median % change year-on-year +34.41% -9.27% -21.15%
75th Percentile £700 £600 £519
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £625 £468 £513
% change year-on-year +33.69% -8.78% -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 4,049 3,156 4,828
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.58% 12.95% 12.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,504 1,971 2,885
10th Percentile £263 £220 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.85%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £602
90th Percentile £675 £675 £695
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £495
% change year-on-year +4.17% -3.03% -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 124 391
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.35 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £16.30 £16.58
Median hourly rate £32.50 £39.66 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.05% -0.85% +134.40%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £81.88 £71.88
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £42.75 £40.00
% change year-on-year -23.98% +6.88% +116.22%

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 8 June 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 8 June 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 -43 37 £600 +28.34% 2
North West -9 36 £575 +22.99% 2
Midlands -23 33 - - 1
West Midlands -26 33 - - 1
London -48 22 £675 +12.50% 2
Yorkshire - 1 £625 -
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 (3.33%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (18.33%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (13.33%) Azure
3 7 (11.67%) AWS
3 7 (11.67%) Google Workspace
4 4 (6.67%) GCP
5 1 (1.67%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.67%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 44 (73.33%) VPN
2 38 (63.33%) BGP
3 37 (61.67%) DNS
3 37 (61.67%) Multicast
4 16 (26.67%) Firewall
5 11 (18.33%) Network Security
5 11 (18.33%) TCP/IP
6 7 (11.67%) WAN
7 5 (8.33%) VXLAN
8 4 (6.67%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (6.67%) IGMP
8 4 (6.67%) SSL
9 3 (5.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 3 (5.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 3 (5.00%) HTTP
10 2 (3.33%) LAN
10 2 (3.33%) MPLS
10 2 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (3.33%) Wireless
10 2 (3.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.33%) Git
General
1 24 (40.00%) Banking
1 24 (40.00%) Investment Banking
2 16 (26.67%) Finance
3 11 (18.33%) Social Skills
4 7 (11.67%) Front Office
5 2 (3.33%) Spanish Language
6 1 (1.67%) Legal
6 1 (1.67%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 40 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 35 (58.33%) Cisco Engineer
2 35 (58.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 35 (58.33%) Data Network Engineer
2 35 (58.33%) Network Security Engineer
2 35 (58.33%) Security Engineer
3 32 (53.33%) Cisco Security Engineer
3 32 (53.33%) Data Engineer
4 15 (25.00%) Web Engineer
5 8 (13.33%) Analyst
6 6 (10.00%) Help Desk Analyst
6 6 (10.00%) IT Analyst
7 4 (6.67%) Architect
7 4 (6.67%) Automation Engineer
8 3 (5.00%) Data Centre Engineer
8 3 (5.00%) Juniper Engineer
9 2 (3.33%) Cloud Architect
9 2 (3.33%) Network Architect
9 2 (3.33%) Security Architect
9 2 (3.33%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.67%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.67%) Onboarding
2 6 (10.00%) Data Centre
3 5 (8.33%) Client/Server
4 4 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (5.00%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (3.33%) PKI
7 1 (1.67%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.67%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.67%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.67%) SCADA
7 1 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (16.67%) Windows
2 3 (5.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.67%) Linux
3 1 (1.67%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (1.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (65.00%) Load Balancing
2 9 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (13.33%) ITIL
3 8 (13.33%) Service Delivery
4 7 (11.67%) Agile
4 7 (11.67%) Deployment Automation
5 6 (10.00%) Service Management
5 6 (10.00%) Software Deployment
6 5 (8.33%) Change Management
6 5 (8.33%) Internal Audit
7 4 (6.67%) Low Latency
8 3 (5.00%) Asset Management
8 3 (5.00%) Computer Science
8 3 (5.00%) Data Protection
8 3 (5.00%) Incident Response
8 3 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (5.00%) Investment Management
8 3 (5.00%) Operational Stability
8 3 (5.00%) Strategic Planning
9 2 (3.33%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 10 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 9 (15.00%) Python
3 2 (3.33%) SQL
4 1 (1.67%) Perl
Qualifications
1 9 (15.00%) Degree
2 7 (11.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (6.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 4 (6.67%) MCSA
3 4 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (5.00%) CISSP
5 2 (3.33%) CCNP
5 2 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.67%) CCIE
6 1 (1.67%) JNCIP
6 1 (1.67%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.67%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.67%) NCSC
1 1 (1.67%) NIST
1 1 (1.67%) NIST 800
1 1 (1.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (8.33%) VMware NSX
2 3 (5.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.67%) Docker
4 1 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (13.33%) SCCM
2 7 (11.67%) Ansible
3 6 (10.00%) WSUS
4 5 (8.33%) Terraform
5 4 (6.67%) Grafana
6 3 (5.00%) Prometheus
7 2 (3.33%) FortiGate
8 1 (1.67%) Kubernetes
8 1 (1.67%) Tivoli
8 1 (1.67%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 1 (1.67%) VxRail
Vendors
1 40 (66.67%) Cisco
2 39 (65.00%) F5
3 13 (21.67%) Microsoft
4 7 (11.67%) Bloomberg
4 7 (11.67%) Citrix
4 7 (11.67%) ION Trading
4 7 (11.67%) Reuters
5 6 (10.00%) Juniper
5 6 (10.00%) Palo Alto
5 6 (10.00%) VMware
6 5 (8.33%) Arista
7 3 (5.00%) Blue Coat
7 3 (5.00%) Computacenter
7 3 (5.00%) Netskope
7 3 (5.00%) Splunk
7 3 (5.00%) Zscaler
8 2 (3.33%) Aruba
8 2 (3.33%) Dell
8 2 (3.33%) Fortinet
8 2 (3.33%) Meraki