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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 572 470 494
Rank change year-on-year -102 +24 +73
Contract jobs citing DMZ 65 34 34
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.50% 1.05% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 6 13
10th Percentile - £300 £376
25th Percentile £450 £370 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £435 £449
Median % change year-on-year +20.61% -2.94% -37.71%
75th Percentile £631 £560 £550
90th Percentile £675 £600 -
UK median daily rate £550 £521 £487
% change year-on-year +5.61% +7.00% -30.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £57.53 - -
25th Percentile £59.81 - -
Median hourly rate £64.25 - -
75th Percentile £69.31 - -
90th Percentile £71.98 - -
UK median hourly rate £64.25 - -

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 4,326 3,232 3,907
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.34% 11.73% 12.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,547 2,038 2,247
10th Percentile £250 £220 £243
25th Percentile £400 £363 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 387 166 180
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.50 £16.19
25th Percentile £21.33 £24.25 £24.09
Median hourly rate £45.00 £39.66 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +13.46% -30.85% +1.52%
75th Percentile £69.13 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £92.51 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £34.28 £42.50 £50.50
% change year-on-year -19.34% -15.84% -10.53%

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 September 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DMZ in England over the 6 months to 29 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram 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 29 September 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 -59 40 £550 - 10
North West -39 36 £575 - 4
Midlands -24 35 - - 5
West Midlands -24 35 - - 4
London -76 16 £500 +42.86% 18
Yorkshire -45 3 £538 - 4
North East - 1 £500 - 3
South West - 1 £600 - 2
East of England - 1 £725 -
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 (3.08%) IIS
2 1 (1.54%) CMS
2 1 (1.54%) Confluence
2 1 (1.54%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.08%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.31%) Azure
2 7 (10.77%) AWS
2 7 (10.77%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.62%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.54%) AWS Direct Connect
4 1 (1.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (1.54%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.54%) GitHub
4 1 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (1.54%) IBM Watson
4 1 (1.54%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 41 (63.08%) DNS
2 38 (58.46%) VPN
3 29 (44.62%) BGP
4 26 (40.00%) Multicast
5 15 (23.08%) Firewall
5 15 (23.08%) Network Security
6 12 (18.46%) TCP/IP
7 10 (15.38%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 10 (15.38%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 8 (12.31%) WAN
9 7 (10.77%) LAN
10 6 (9.23%) DHCP
10 6 (9.23%) OSPF
10 6 (9.23%) SSL
10 6 (9.23%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (9.23%) Wireless
11 5 (7.69%) Internet
11 5 (7.69%) MPLS
11 5 (7.69%) SD-WAN
11 5 (7.69%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.08%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.54%) DTS
2 1 (1.54%) EDMS
2 1 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Git
1 1 (1.54%) GitLab
1 1 (1.54%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.54%) JIRA
1 1 (1.54%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 16 (24.62%) Banking
1 16 (24.62%) Social Skills
2 15 (23.08%) Investment Banking
3 11 (16.92%) Finance
4 4 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.62%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (4.62%) Front Office
6 2 (3.08%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.54%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.54%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (1.54%) Legal
7 1 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.54%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 34 (52.31%) Network Engineer
2 26 (40.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 26 (40.00%) Security Engineer
3 25 (38.46%) Cisco Engineer
3 25 (38.46%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 23 (35.38%) Cisco Security Engineer
4 23 (35.38%) Data Engineer
4 23 (35.38%) Data Network Engineer
5 11 (16.92%) VMware Engineer
5 11 (16.92%) Web Engineer
6 6 (9.23%) Architect
7 4 (6.15%) Automation Engineer
7 4 (6.15%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (4.62%) Analyst
8 3 (4.62%) Help Desk Analyst
8 3 (4.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (4.62%) IT Analyst
8 3 (4.62%) Network Specialist
8 3 (4.62%) Senior
9 2 (3.08%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.69%) 802.1X
2 2 (3.08%) Terraform
3 1 (1.54%) .NET
3 1 (1.54%) Middleware
3 1 (1.54%) NETCONF
3 1 (1.54%) OAuth
3 1 (1.54%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.54%) OpenID
3 1 (1.54%) RESTCONF
3 1 (1.54%) SAML
3 1 (1.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.85%) Operational Technology
2 7 (10.77%) Data Centre
2 7 (10.77%) Management Information System
3 5 (7.69%) SCADA
4 4 (6.15%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.62%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (3.08%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.54%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.54%) CCTV
7 1 (1.54%) CMDB
7 1 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.54%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.54%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.54%) Life Science
7 1 (1.54%) LIMS
7 1 (1.54%) PKI
7 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (15.38%) Windows
2 6 (9.23%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.54%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (1.54%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (50.77%) Load Balancing
2 17 (26.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 13 (20.00%) Migration
4 10 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (13.85%) Project Delivery
6 8 (12.31%) Agile
6 8 (12.31%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (12.31%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (10.77%) Service Delivery
8 6 (9.23%) Change Management
8 6 (9.23%) Network Architecture
9 5 (7.69%) AI
9 5 (7.69%) Business Strategy
9 5 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (7.69%) ITIL
9 5 (7.69%) Network Segmentation
10 4 (6.15%) Generative AI
10 4 (6.15%) Incident Response
10 4 (6.15%) Roadmaps
10 4 (6.15%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 9 (13.85%) Python
2 7 (10.77%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.08%) Perl
4 1 (1.54%) Bash
4 1 (1.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (9.23%) CCNP
1 6 (9.23%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (7.69%) Degree
2 5 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 5 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 4 (6.15%) CCIE
4 3 (4.62%) CISSP
5 1 (1.54%) CCNA
5 1 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.54%) HNC
5 1 (1.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.54%) JNCIP
5 1 (1.54%) MCSA
5 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.62%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.08%) NIST
3 1 (1.54%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 1 (1.54%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.54%) GAMP
3 1 (1.54%) GMP
3 1 (1.54%) GxP
3 1 (1.54%) NEBOSH
3 1 (1.54%) NIST 800
3 1 (1.54%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (9.23%) Active Directory
3 4 (6.15%) VMware NSX
4 3 (4.62%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (10.77%) SCCM
2 6 (9.23%) Ansible
3 5 (7.69%) FortiGate
4 3 (4.62%) Nessus
4 3 (4.62%) vCenter Server
4 3 (4.62%) WSUS
5 1 (1.54%) PingFederate
5 1 (1.54%) Tivoli
5 1 (1.54%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 1 (1.54%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 39 (60.00%) Cisco
2 33 (50.77%) F5
3 15 (23.08%) VMware
4 11 (16.92%) Microsoft
5 6 (9.23%) Citrix
5 6 (9.23%) Fortinet
5 6 (9.23%) Zscaler
6 4 (6.15%) Arista
6 4 (6.15%) Palo Alto
6 4 (6.15%) Splunk
7 3 (4.62%) Bloomberg
7 3 (4.62%) Blue Coat
7 3 (4.62%) ION Trading
7 3 (4.62%) McAfee
7 3 (4.62%) Meraki
7 3 (4.62%) Netskope
7 3 (4.62%) Reuters
7 3 (4.62%) Tenable
8 2 (3.08%) Juniper
8 2 (3.08%) Siemens