DMZ Contract Job Trends in London

Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring DMZ skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 - 378
Rank change year-on-year - - +145
Contract jobs citing DMZ 14 0 16
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.096% - 0.088%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.11% - 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 9
10th Percentile £443 - £400
25th Percentile £500 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.06%
75th Percentile £700 - £743
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £600 £525 £506
% change year-on-year +14.29% +3.70% -17.35%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,264 1,361 1,873
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.67% 9.80% 10.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 821 818 1,259
10th Percentile £283 £263 £213
25th Percentile £409 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £631 £625
90th Percentile £700 £733 £746
England median daily rate £491 £500 £493
% change year-on-year -1.80% +1.52% -5.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 14 66
10th Percentile £20.82 £23.91 £18.93
25th Percentile - £24.75 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.75 £28.63
Median % change year-on-year -25.48% +17.90% +11.34%
75th Percentile £27.25 £40.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £59.30 £43.75 £74.95
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -14.29% -36.36% +150.00%

DMZ
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DMZ relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

DMZ job vacancy trend in London

DMZ
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing DMZ.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing DMZ

DMZ
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DMZ in London over the 6 months to 21 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DMZ in London

DMZ
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing DMZ.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing DMZ

DMZ
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DMZ within the London region over the 6 months to 21 January 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
Central London - 4 £700 - 2
South London - 3 £550 - 1
East London - 2 - -
DMZ
England

DMZ
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 4 (28.57%) Google Workspace
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (14.29%) AWS
2 2 (14.29%) Azure
2 2 (14.29%) GCP
2 2 (14.29%) OCI
3 1 (7.14%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 10 (71.43%) Network Security
2 7 (50.00%) Firewall
3 4 (28.57%) TCP/IP
3 4 (28.57%) VPN
4 3 (21.43%) DNS
5 2 (14.29%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (14.29%) Internet
5 2 (14.29%) IOS XR
5 2 (14.29%) Junos
5 2 (14.29%) NX-OS
5 2 (14.29%) SSL
6 1 (7.14%) BGP
6 1 (7.14%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (7.14%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 1 (7.14%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 1 (7.14%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (7.14%) VSAN
6 1 (7.14%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Redis
1 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) GitLab
General
1 9 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 6 (42.86%) Finance
3 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (28.57%) Banking
4 4 (28.57%) Front Office
4 4 (28.57%) Investment Banking
5 2 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
6 1 (7.14%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) Network Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Help Desk Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Help Desk Support
3 3 (21.43%) IT Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) IT Support
4 2 (14.29%) Cloud Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Help Desk Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Help Desk Support Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Help Desk Support Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) IT Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) IT Support Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Network Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Network Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Network Security Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Network Security Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Security Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (7.14%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (21.43%) Data Centre
3 2 (14.29%) Client/Server
3 2 (14.29%) Onboarding
3 2 (14.29%) Public Cloud
4 1 (7.14%) Fat Client
4 1 (7.14%) PKI
4 1 (7.14%) Private Cloud
4 1 (7.14%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Windows
2 1 (7.14%) Linux
2 1 (7.14%) Ubuntu
2 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (28.57%) Agile
2 4 (28.57%) ITIL
3 3 (21.43%) Business Strategy
3 3 (21.43%) Change Management
3 3 (21.43%) Service Management
4 2 (14.29%) B2B
4 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 2 (14.29%) Deployment Automation
4 2 (14.29%) Design Patterns
4 2 (14.29%) Project Management
4 2 (14.29%) Security Hardening
4 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
5 1 (7.14%) AI
5 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Automation
5 1 (7.14%) Load Balancing
5 1 (7.14%) Security Architecture
5 1 (7.14%) SIEM
5 1 (7.14%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.14%) Python
2 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) CCNP
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (7.14%) CISSP
2 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (7.14%) MCSA
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) NCSC
1 1 (7.14%) NIST
1 1 (7.14%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) ProxySG
1 2 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.14%) Docker
2 1 (7.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) SCCM
2 3 (21.43%) WSUS
3 1 (7.14%) Ansible
3 1 (7.14%) FortiGate
3 1 (7.14%) Grafana
3 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
3 1 (7.14%) Prometheus
3 1 (7.14%) Terraform
3 1 (7.14%) VxRail
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Bloomberg
1 4 (28.57%) Citrix
1 4 (28.57%) ION Trading
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 4 (28.57%) Reuters
2 3 (21.43%) F5
2 3 (21.43%) Palo Alto
3 2 (14.29%) Blue Coat
3 2 (14.29%) Cisco
3 2 (14.29%) Juniper
3 2 (14.29%) McAfee
3 2 (14.29%) Radware
3 2 (14.29%) Symantec
3 2 (14.29%) VMware
4 1 (7.14%) Dell
4 1 (7.14%) NVIDIA
4 1 (7.14%) Splunk
4 1 (7.14%) Veeam