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

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 413 355 387
Rank change year-on-year -58 +32 +66
Contract jobs citing DMZ 20 5 9
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.10% 0.038% 0.051%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.31% 0.36% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 4
10th Percentile £369 £320 £466
25th Percentile £416 £425 £527
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £586
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +2.35% -16.25%
75th Percentile £619 - £613
90th Percentile £693 - £635
England median daily rate £525 £465 £513
% change year-on-year +12.90% -9.27% -21.15%

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 1,525 1,371 1,691
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.85% 10.32% 9.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 995 879 1,113
10th Percentile £300 £263 £228
25th Percentile £408 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £601 £625 £619
90th Percentile £716 £717 £738
England median daily rate £500 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 27 49
10th Percentile £17.03 £19.20 £14.48
25th Percentile £22.28 £24.91 £16.86
Median hourly rate £28.96 £30.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -3.47% +26.05% -34.87%
75th Percentile £53.75 £49.38 £41.25
90th Percentile £85.75 £62.05 £60.00
England median hourly rate £26.66 £40.00 £45.44
% change year-on-year -33.35% -11.97% +101.96%

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 6 July 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 6 July 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 - 3 £500 - 1
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 9 (45.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (35.00%) AWS
2 7 (35.00%) Azure
3 6 (30.00%) Google Workspace
4 4 (20.00%) GCP
5 1 (5.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 15 (75.00%) Firewall
2 11 (55.00%) VPN
3 9 (45.00%) TCP/IP
4 5 (25.00%) BGP
4 5 (25.00%) VXLAN
4 5 (25.00%) WAN
5 4 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (20.00%) IGMP
5 4 (20.00%) Multicast
5 4 (20.00%) Network Security
6 3 (15.00%) HTTP
6 3 (15.00%) SSL
7 2 (10.00%) DHCP
7 2 (10.00%) DNS
7 2 (10.00%) LAN
7 2 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (10.00%) WLAN
8 1 (5.00%) HTTPS
8 1 (5.00%) SAN
8 1 (5.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Git
General
1 13 (65.00%) Finance
2 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (30.00%) Banking
3 6 (30.00%) Front Office
3 6 (30.00%) Investment Banking
4 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.00%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Analyst
2 5 (25.00%) Help Desk Analyst
2 5 (25.00%) IT Analyst
3 4 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Architect
4 3 (15.00%) Data Centre Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Data Network Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Juniper Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Network Security Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Security Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Active Directory Specialist
5 1 (5.00%) Automation Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) IT Support
5 1 (5.00%) Python Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Senior
5 1 (5.00%) Switch Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Technology Architect
5 1 (5.00%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) 802.1X
2 1 (5.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Onboarding
2 5 (25.00%) Data Centre
3 4 (20.00%) Client/Server
4 3 (15.00%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (10.00%) PKI
6 1 (5.00%) Algorithms
6 1 (5.00%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
6 1 (5.00%) Private Cloud
6 1 (5.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 10 (50.00%) Windows
2 4 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Service Delivery
2 7 (35.00%) Deployment Automation
3 6 (30.00%) Agile
3 6 (30.00%) ITIL
3 6 (30.00%) Service Management
3 6 (30.00%) Software Deployment
4 5 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (25.00%) Internal Audit
4 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (20.00%) Load Balancing
5 4 (20.00%) Low Latency
6 3 (15.00%) Asset Management
6 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
6 3 (15.00%) Data Protection
6 3 (15.00%) Incident Response
6 3 (15.00%) Investment Management
6 3 (15.00%) Operational Stability
6 3 (15.00%) Strategic Planning
7 2 (10.00%) CI/CD
7 2 (10.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 8 (40.00%) Python
2 7 (35.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 6 (30.00%) Degree
2 3 (15.00%) CISSP
2 3 (15.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 3 (15.00%) MCSA
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (5.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.00%) NCSC
2 1 (5.00%) NIST
2 1 (5.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (10.00%) VMware NSX
4 1 (5.00%) Docker
4 1 (5.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (40.00%) SCCM
2 6 (30.00%) Ansible
2 6 (30.00%) WSUS
3 5 (25.00%) Terraform
4 4 (20.00%) Grafana
5 3 (15.00%) FortiGate
5 3 (15.00%) Prometheus
6 2 (10.00%) Nessus
6 2 (10.00%) vCenter Server
7 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
7 1 (5.00%) VxRail
Vendors
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (40.00%) Cisco
2 8 (40.00%) Citrix
3 6 (30.00%) Bloomberg
3 6 (30.00%) ION Trading
3 6 (30.00%) Palo Alto
3 6 (30.00%) Reuters
4 5 (25.00%) Juniper
4 5 (25.00%) Zscaler
5 4 (20.00%) Arista
5 4 (20.00%) F5
5 4 (20.00%) VMware
6 3 (15.00%) Blue Coat
6 3 (15.00%) Netskope
7 2 (10.00%) Aruba
7 2 (10.00%) Splunk
7 2 (10.00%) Tenable
8 1 (5.00%) Dell
8 1 (5.00%) Google
8 1 (5.00%) Meraki