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 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 552 483 499
Rank change year-on-year -69 +16 +76
Contract jobs citing DMZ 70 28 36
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.10% 0.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.64% 0.81% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 12 18
10th Percentile £409 £358 £363
25th Percentile £450 £428 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £465 £525
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% -11.43% -29.34%
75th Percentile £656 £600 £550
90th Percentile £683 - £601
UK median daily rate £525 £468 £538
% change year-on-year +12.30% -13.02% -24.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71.25 - -
Median hourly rate £72.50 - -
75th Percentile £73.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £72.50 - -

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 4,276 3,447 4,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.39% 12.39% 12.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,585 2,141 2,572
10th Percentile £263 £250 £243
25th Percentile £400 £375 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £676 £680 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 335 165 282
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.48
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £20.50
Median hourly rate £28.00 £44.00 £54.94
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% -19.91% +5.25%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £86.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.07 £46.88 £49.50
% change year-on-year -44.38% -5.30% -4.61%

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 10 August 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 10 August 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 -34 44 £575 +22.99% 9
North West -18 41 £575 +22.99% 6
West Midlands -19 37 - -
Midlands -19 37 - - 1
London -68 23 £500 +5.26% 8
Yorkshire -43 2 £625 - 3
East of England - 1 £725 - 2
North East - 1 £500 -
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 (2.86%) IIS
2 1 (1.43%) CMS
2 1 (1.43%) Confluence
2 1 (1.43%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.86%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 9 (12.86%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (11.43%) Azure
3 7 (10.00%) AWS
4 5 (7.14%) Google Workspace
5 4 (5.71%) GCP
6 1 (1.43%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.43%) GitHub
6 1 (1.43%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.43%) IBM Watson
6 1 (1.43%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 46 (65.71%) VPN
2 44 (62.86%) DNS
3 39 (55.71%) BGP
4 38 (54.29%) Multicast
5 18 (25.71%) Firewall
6 10 (14.29%) Network Security
6 10 (14.29%) TCP/IP
7 9 (12.86%) WAN
8 7 (10.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 7 (10.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 6 (8.57%) SSL
9 6 (8.57%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (7.14%) VXLAN
11 4 (5.71%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (5.71%) DHCP
11 4 (5.71%) IGMP
11 4 (5.71%) LAN
11 4 (5.71%) Wireless
12 3 (4.29%) HTTP
12 3 (4.29%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.86%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.43%) DTS
2 1 (1.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.86%) Git
2 1 (1.43%) GitLab
2 1 (1.43%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.43%) JIRA
2 1 (1.43%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 22 (31.43%) Banking
2 21 (30.00%) Investment Banking
3 17 (24.29%) Finance
4 15 (21.43%) Social Skills
5 5 (7.14%) Front Office
6 2 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.43%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.43%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (1.43%) Legal
7 1 (1.43%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.43%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.43%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 42 (60.00%) Network Engineer
2 36 (51.43%) Cisco Engineer
2 36 (51.43%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 34 (48.57%) Data Network Engineer
3 34 (48.57%) Network Security Engineer
3 34 (48.57%) Security Engineer
4 31 (44.29%) Cisco Security Engineer
4 31 (44.29%) Data Engineer
5 15 (21.43%) Web Engineer
6 8 (11.43%) VMware Engineer
7 6 (8.57%) Architect
8 5 (7.14%) Analyst
8 5 (7.14%) Help Desk Analyst
8 5 (7.14%) IT Analyst
9 4 (5.71%) Senior
9 4 (5.71%) Solutions Architect
10 3 (4.29%) Automation Engineer
10 3 (4.29%) Data Centre Engineer
10 3 (4.29%) Juniper Engineer
10 3 (4.29%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.14%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.43%) NETCONF
2 1 (1.43%) RESTCONF
2 1 (1.43%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.71%) Data Centre
2 5 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.14%) Onboarding
3 4 (5.71%) Operational Technology
4 3 (4.29%) Client/Server
4 3 (4.29%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (4.29%) SCADA
5 2 (2.86%) PKI
6 1 (1.43%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.43%) CCTV
6 1 (1.43%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.43%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (15.71%) Windows
2 6 (8.57%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.43%) Linux
3 1 (1.43%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (1.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (60.00%) Load Balancing
2 13 (18.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 10 (14.29%) Agile
3 10 (14.29%) Migration
4 9 (12.86%) Project Delivery
4 9 (12.86%) Service Delivery
5 7 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (8.57%) Deployment Automation
6 6 (8.57%) ITIL
7 5 (7.14%) Business Strategy
7 5 (7.14%) Change Management
7 5 (7.14%) Low Latency
7 5 (7.14%) Network Architecture
7 5 (7.14%) Service Management
7 5 (7.14%) Software Deployment
8 4 (5.71%) AI
8 4 (5.71%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (5.71%) Internal Audit
8 4 (5.71%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 12 (17.14%) Python
2 9 (12.86%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.86%) Perl
3 2 (2.86%) SQL
4 1 (1.43%) Bash
Qualifications
1 10 (14.29%) Degree
2 6 (8.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (7.14%) SC Cleared
3 5 (7.14%) Security Cleared
4 3 (4.29%) CCNP
4 3 (4.29%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (4.29%) CISSP
4 3 (4.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (4.29%) MCSA
4 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.86%) CCIE
6 1 (1.43%) HNC
6 1 (1.43%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.29%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.86%) NIST
2 2 (2.86%) NIST 800
3 1 (1.43%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.43%) NCSC
3 1 (1.43%) NEBOSH
3 1 (1.43%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (17.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (8.57%) Active Directory
3 4 (5.71%) VMware NSX
4 3 (4.29%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.43%) Docker
5 1 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (14.29%) Ansible
2 9 (12.86%) SCCM
3 6 (8.57%) Terraform
4 5 (7.14%) FortiGate
4 5 (7.14%) WSUS
5 4 (5.71%) Grafana
6 3 (4.29%) Nessus
6 3 (4.29%) Prometheus
6 3 (4.29%) vCenter Server
7 1 (1.43%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.43%) Tivoli
7 1 (1.43%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 1 (1.43%) TrustSec
7 1 (1.43%) VxRail
Vendors
1 45 (64.29%) Cisco
2 42 (60.00%) F5
3 13 (18.57%) VMware
4 11 (15.71%) Microsoft
5 8 (11.43%) Citrix
6 7 (10.00%) Arista
7 6 (8.57%) Juniper
7 6 (8.57%) Palo Alto
7 6 (8.57%) Zscaler
8 5 (7.14%) Bloomberg
8 5 (7.14%) ION Trading
8 5 (7.14%) Reuters
8 5 (7.14%) Splunk
9 3 (4.29%) Blue Coat
9 3 (4.29%) Fortinet
9 3 (4.29%) McAfee
9 3 (4.29%) Netskope
9 3 (4.29%) Tenable
10 2 (2.86%) Dell
10 2 (2.86%) Siemens