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 25 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 538 460 473
Rank change year-on-year -78 +13 +112
Contract jobs citing DMZ 55 12 68
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.13% 0.050% 0.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.40% 0.38% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 51
10th Percentile £488 £428 £378
25th Percentile £525 £442 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £465 £513
Median % change year-on-year +39.78% -9.27% -19.61%
75th Percentile £700 £600 £519
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £650 £468 £513
% change year-on-year +39.04% -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 3,927 3,124 4,800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.49% 13.03% 13.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,438 1,953 2,892
10th Percentile £263 £219 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.03%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £695
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £490
% change year-on-year +2.56% -0.51% -4.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 117 386
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £15.44 £16.30
Median hourly rate £33.86 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.71% -6.25% +128.57%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £81.35 £70.33
UK median hourly rate £29.04 £38.41 £40.00
% change year-on-year -24.39% -3.98% +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 25 May 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 25 May 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 -47 37 £625 +33.69% 2
North West -10 36 - - 2
West Midlands -32 32 - - 2
Midlands -33 32 - - 2
London -61 18 £675 +12.50%
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 1 (1.82%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 8 (14.55%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (12.73%) Azure
3 6 (10.91%) AWS
4 5 (9.09%) Google Workspace
5 4 (7.27%) GCP
6 1 (1.82%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 40 (72.73%) VPN
2 38 (69.09%) DNS
3 37 (67.27%) BGP
4 36 (65.45%) Multicast
5 11 (20.00%) Firewall
5 11 (20.00%) Network Security
6 8 (14.55%) TCP/IP
7 5 (9.09%) VXLAN
7 5 (9.09%) WAN
8 4 (7.27%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (7.27%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 4 (7.27%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 4 (7.27%) IGMP
9 3 (5.45%) SSL
10 2 (3.64%) HTTP
11 1 (1.82%) DHCP
11 1 (1.82%) Ethernet VPN
11 1 (1.82%) LAN
11 1 (1.82%) SAN
11 1 (1.82%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Git
General
1 22 (40.00%) Banking
1 22 (40.00%) Investment Banking
2 12 (21.82%) Finance
3 10 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 5 (9.09%) Front Office
5 2 (3.64%) Spanish Language
6 1 (1.82%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.82%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 39 (70.91%) Network Engineer
2 35 (63.64%) Cisco Engineer
2 35 (63.64%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 35 (63.64%) Data Network Engineer
3 34 (61.82%) Network Security Engineer
3 34 (61.82%) Security Engineer
4 32 (58.18%) Cisco Security Engineer
4 32 (58.18%) Data Engineer
5 15 (27.27%) Web Engineer
6 6 (10.91%) Analyst
7 4 (7.27%) Architect
7 4 (7.27%) Automation Engineer
7 4 (7.27%) Help Desk Analyst
7 4 (7.27%) IT Analyst
8 3 (5.45%) Data Centre Engineer
8 3 (5.45%) Juniper Engineer
9 2 (3.64%) Cloud Architect
9 2 (3.64%) Network Architect
9 2 (3.64%) Network Security Analyst
9 2 (3.64%) Network Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.91%) Data Centre
2 5 (9.09%) Onboarding
3 4 (7.27%) Client/Server
3 4 (7.27%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (3.64%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.82%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.82%) PKI
5 1 (1.82%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.82%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.73%) Windows
2 2 (3.64%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.82%) Linux
3 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (72.73%) Load Balancing
2 9 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (9.09%) Agile
3 5 (9.09%) Change Management
3 5 (9.09%) ITIL
3 5 (9.09%) Service Delivery
4 4 (7.27%) Deployment Automation
4 4 (7.27%) Internal Audit
4 4 (7.27%) Low Latency
4 4 (7.27%) Service Management
4 4 (7.27%) Software Deployment
5 3 (5.45%) Computer Science
5 3 (5.45%) Investment Management
5 3 (5.45%) Operational Stability
6 2 (3.64%) Asset Management
6 2 (3.64%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (3.64%) Data Protection
6 2 (3.64%) Incident Response
6 2 (3.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (3.64%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.91%) PowerShell
1 6 (10.91%) Python
2 1 (1.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (14.55%) Degree
2 7 (12.73%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (7.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 4 (7.27%) MCSA
3 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.64%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.82%) NCSC
1 1 (1.82%) NIST
1 1 (1.82%) NIST 800
System Software
1 5 (9.09%) VMware NSX
2 2 (3.64%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.82%) Docker
3 1 (1.82%) ProxySG
3 1 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (10.91%) SCCM
2 5 (9.09%) Ansible
2 5 (9.09%) Terraform
3 4 (7.27%) Grafana
3 4 (7.27%) WSUS
4 3 (5.45%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.82%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.82%) Tivoli
5 1 (1.82%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 1 (1.82%) VxRail
Vendors
1 41 (74.55%) F5
2 37 (67.27%) Cisco
3 8 (14.55%) Microsoft
4 6 (10.91%) Palo Alto
4 6 (10.91%) VMware
5 5 (9.09%) Bloomberg
5 5 (9.09%) Citrix
5 5 (9.09%) ION Trading
5 5 (9.09%) Juniper
5 5 (9.09%) Reuters
6 4 (7.27%) Arista
6 4 (7.27%) Computacenter
7 3 (5.45%) Blue Coat
8 2 (3.64%) Aruba
8 2 (3.64%) Dell
8 2 (3.64%) Netskope
8 2 (3.64%) Zscaler
9 1 (1.82%) NVIDIA
9 1 (1.82%) Rockwell
9 1 (1.82%) Splunk