DMZ Contracts in England

Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring DMZ skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DMZ over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 474 482 588
Rank change year-on-year +8 +106 +97
Contract jobs citing DMZ 18 63 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.068% 0.17% 0.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.53% 1.31% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 44 32
10th Percentile £408 £378 £290
25th Percentile £432 £432 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £513 £650
Median % change year-on-year -9.27% -21.15% +18.72%
75th Percentile £570 £519 £743
90th Percentile £600 - -
UK median daily rate £465 £513 £625
% change year-on-year -9.27% -18.00% +13.64%

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 3,368 4,826 6,085
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.70% 12.95% 12.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,079 2,874 3,961
10th Percentile £235 £213 £240
25th Percentile £363 £360 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £675 £688 £738
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £502
% change year-on-year -4.00% -0.30% +0.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 392 378
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.87 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.30 £17.69 £10.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.88 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.27% +108.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £63.00
90th Percentile £81.35 £74.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £45.00 £22.26
% change year-on-year -5.56% +102.16% -23.40%

DMZ
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing DMZ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for DMZ in England

DMZ
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DMZ in England.

Daily rate trend for DMZ in England

DMZ
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DMZ in England over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DMZ in England

DMZ
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DMZ in England.

Hourly rate trend for DMZ in England

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 5 July 2025. 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 -4 9 £468 +8.09% 4
North West -5 9 £468 +8.09% 4
London +41 5 £600 +2.35% 21
Midlands +11 3 £435 - 2
East Midlands - 2 £435 - 1
West Midlands +7 1 - - 1
South East +3 1 £425 -17.07% 1
DMZ
UK

DMZ
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (16.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (27.78%) Azure
2 3 (16.67%) AWS
3 1 (5.56%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (44.44%) Firewall
2 7 (38.89%) Network Security
3 6 (33.33%) DNS
4 5 (27.78%) Internet
5 4 (22.22%) BGP
5 4 (22.22%) Multicast
5 4 (22.22%) VPN
5 4 (22.22%) WAN
6 3 (16.67%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (16.67%) DHCP
6 3 (16.67%) DWDM
6 3 (16.67%) IPsec
6 3 (16.67%) L2TP
6 3 (16.67%) MPLS
6 3 (16.67%) OSPF
6 3 (16.67%) SSL
6 3 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (16.67%) Wireless
7 2 (11.11%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 2 (11.11%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) GitLab
2 2 (11.11%) Git
2 2 (11.11%) Gradle
2 2 (11.11%) Jenkins
2 2 (11.11%) Maven
General
1 9 (50.00%) Finance
2 6 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 3 (16.67%) Banking
4 3 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (11.11%) Law
6 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Architect
3 3 (16.67%) Cisco Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Consultant
3 3 (16.67%) Implementation Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Network Implementation Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Windows Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Build Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Lead
4 2 (11.11%) Network Security Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Security Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Security Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Windows Build Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Automation Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Data Network Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) 802.1X
2 2 (11.11%) RESTful
2 2 (11.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
1 1 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.56%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Windows
1 3 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Change Management
2 5 (27.78%) CI/CD
2 5 (27.78%) Project Delivery
3 4 (22.22%) Validation
4 3 (16.67%) Architecture Roadmap
4 3 (16.67%) B2B
4 3 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 3 (16.67%) DevOps
4 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (16.67%) Load Balancing
4 3 (16.67%) Process Improvement
4 3 (16.67%) Product Management
4 3 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 3 (16.67%) Server Building
5 2 (11.11%) Application Security
5 2 (11.11%) Architectural Design
5 2 (11.11%) Design Patterns
5 2 (11.11%) ETL
5 2 (11.11%) Identity Management
5 2 (11.11%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 3 (16.67%) Perl
2 3 (16.67%) Python
3 2 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (22.22%) Degree
2 3 (16.67%) CCIE
2 3 (16.67%) CCNP
2 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) CISM
4 1 (5.56%) CCNA
4 1 (5.56%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) GRC
1 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (5.56%) NIST
1 1 (5.56%) PCI DSS
1 1 (5.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (16.67%) UAG
3 2 (11.11%) Docker
4 1 (5.56%) Firmware
4 1 (5.56%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) Ansible
1 3 (16.67%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) VMware
2 4 (22.22%) Cisco
3 3 (16.67%) Arista
3 3 (16.67%) CyberArk
3 3 (16.67%) Dell
3 3 (16.67%) F5
3 3 (16.67%) Fortinet
3 3 (16.67%) McAfee
3 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (16.67%) Splunk
4 1 (5.56%) Computacenter
4 1 (5.56%) Qualys
4 1 (5.56%) Tenable