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 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 491 468 505
Rank change year-on-year -23 +37 +162
Contract jobs citing DMZ 49 27 44
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.16% 0.096% 0.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.45% 0.75% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 11 28
10th Percentile £340 £363 £263
25th Percentile £422 £435 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £666 £550 £725
90th Percentile £700 - £743
UK median daily rate £600 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% -16.67%

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 3,381 3,606 5,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.72% 12.77% 13.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,188 2,118 3,180
10th Percentile £206 £220 £207
25th Percentile £356 £375 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £682 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 103 310
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.04 £18.51
25th Percentile £20.09 £20.30 £23.22
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -38.04% +48.66%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.98
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.25 £76.12
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -8.57% -38.04% +61.40%

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 29 December 2025.

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 29 December 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 West +10 35 - - 2
North of England -17 35 - - 4
West Midlands - 22 £600 - 2
Midlands - 22 £600 - 5
Yorkshire -31 14 - - 2
London - 12 £550 - 5
South East -23 1 £550 - 8
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 5 (10.20%) AWS
1 5 (10.20%) Azure
2 4 (8.16%) GCP
3 2 (4.08%) Google Workspace
3 2 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.08%) OCI
4 1 (2.04%) Amazon S3
4 1 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 36 (73.47%) DNS
1 36 (73.47%) Network Security
2 31 (63.27%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 31 (63.27%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 9 (18.37%) Firewall
4 8 (16.33%) TCP/IP
5 7 (14.29%) SSL
6 6 (12.24%) BIG-IP
7 5 (10.20%) HTTP
7 5 (10.20%) VPN
7 5 (10.20%) Wireshark
8 3 (6.12%) BGP
8 3 (6.12%) Internet
8 3 (6.12%) SD-WAN
8 3 (6.12%) WAN
9 2 (4.08%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (4.08%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (4.08%) Junos
9 2 (4.08%) SSH
9 2 (4.08%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) Redis
1 1 (2.04%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (10.20%) Fiddler
2 1 (2.04%) GitLab
General
1 23 (46.94%) Banking
1 23 (46.94%) Investment Banking
2 19 (38.78%) Social Skills
3 11 (22.45%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (8.16%) Finance
4 4 (8.16%) Public Sector
5 3 (6.12%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.08%) Front Office
6 2 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (32.65%) Network Engineer
2 14 (28.57%) Operations Engineer
3 9 (18.37%) Automation Engineer
4 4 (8.16%) Analyst
4 4 (8.16%) Network Security Engineer
4 4 (8.16%) Python Engineer
4 4 (8.16%) Security Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Consultant
5 3 (6.12%) Junior
5 3 (6.12%) Junior Network Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Cisco Security Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Data Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Data Network Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Help Desk Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Help Desk Support Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) IT Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) IT Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) IT Support
6 2 (4.08%) Network Security Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) Web Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.04%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (2.04%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 22 (44.90%) Management Information System
2 7 (14.29%) Onboarding
3 4 (8.16%) Data Centre
4 3 (6.12%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (4.08%) Public Cloud
6 1 (2.04%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.04%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (2.04%) Fat Client
6 1 (2.04%) Mobile Computing
6 1 (2.04%) PKI
6 1 (2.04%) Private Cloud
6 1 (2.04%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.12%) Windows
2 1 (2.04%) Linux
2 1 (2.04%) Ubuntu
2 1 (2.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (69.39%) Load Balancing
2 23 (46.94%) Business Strategy
3 16 (32.65%) Design Patterns
4 11 (22.45%) Change Management
5 9 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (12.24%) Migration
7 5 (10.20%) Network Segmentation
8 4 (8.16%) Project Delivery
9 3 (6.12%) Agile
9 3 (6.12%) Architecture Governance
10 2 (4.08%) B2B
10 2 (4.08%) Cloud Security
10 2 (4.08%) Containerisation
10 2 (4.08%) Data Loss Prevention
10 2 (4.08%) Decision-Making
10 2 (4.08%) Incident Response
10 2 (4.08%) ITIL
10 2 (4.08%) Project Management
10 2 (4.08%) Security Hardening
10 2 (4.08%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.29%) Python
2 2 (4.08%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (12.24%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.12%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.08%) CCNP
3 2 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (4.08%) CISSP
3 2 (4.08%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.04%) CEH
4 1 (2.04%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.16%) NIST
2 3 (6.12%) GRC
2 3 (6.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (6.12%) PCI DSS
3 2 (4.08%) NCSC
4 1 (2.04%) GDPR
4 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 1 (2.04%) JSP 440
4 1 (2.04%) NIST 800
4 1 (2.04%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (51.02%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (12.24%) VMware NSX
3 3 (6.12%) Firmware
4 2 (4.08%) ProxySG
4 2 (4.08%) UAG
5 1 (2.04%) Active Directory
5 1 (2.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (14.29%) Ansible
2 2 (4.08%) SCCM
2 2 (4.08%) WSUS
3 1 (2.04%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.04%) Grafana
3 1 (2.04%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.04%) Prometheus
3 1 (2.04%) Terraform
3 1 (2.04%) VxRail
Vendors
1 36 (73.47%) F5
2 30 (61.22%) VMware
3 8 (16.33%) Blue Coat
3 8 (16.33%) McAfee
4 5 (10.20%) Cisco
4 5 (10.20%) Computacenter
4 5 (10.20%) NetApp
5 4 (8.16%) Palo Alto
6 3 (6.12%) Juniper
7 2 (4.08%) Bloomberg
7 2 (4.08%) Citrix
7 2 (4.08%) ION Trading
7 2 (4.08%) Microsoft
7 2 (4.08%) Qualys
7 2 (4.08%) Radware
7 2 (4.08%) Reuters
7 2 (4.08%) Symantec
7 2 (4.08%) Tenable
8 1 (2.04%) NVIDIA
8 1 (2.04%) Splunk