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

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 400 350 387
Rank change year-on-year -50 +37 +53
Contract jobs citing DMZ 22 4 10
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.12% 0.032% 0.057%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.46% 0.31% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 5
10th Percentile £376 - £440
25th Percentile £450 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £573
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +4.80% -18.21%
75th Percentile £700 - £600
90th Percentile - - £630
England median daily rate £575 £465 £513
% change year-on-year +23.66% -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 1,508 1,287 1,669
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.91% 10.27% 9.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 994 835 1,109
10th Percentile £300 £263 £225
25th Percentile £406 £398 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.82% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £619
90th Percentile £706 £725 £738
England median daily rate £500 £495 £500
% change year-on-year +0.93% -0.92% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 22 50
10th Percentile £16.04 £18.88 £14.46
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.66 £16.40
Median hourly rate £29.52 £37.50 £23.65
Median % change year-on-year -21.28% +58.56% -35.28%
75th Percentile £65.00 £51.50 £41.25
90th Percentile £90.63 £63.05 £60.00
England median hourly rate £29.52 £40.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -27.11% -11.73% +142.37%

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 22 June 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 22 June 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 -
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 (4.55%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 10 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (31.82%) AWS
2 7 (31.82%) Azure
2 7 (31.82%) Google Workspace
3 4 (18.18%) GCP
4 1 (4.55%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 15 (68.18%) Firewall
2 11 (50.00%) VPN
3 10 (45.45%) TCP/IP
4 6 (27.27%) Network Security
5 5 (22.73%) BGP
5 5 (22.73%) VXLAN
5 5 (22.73%) WAN
6 4 (18.18%) Cisco ASA
6 4 (18.18%) IGMP
6 4 (18.18%) Multicast
7 3 (13.64%) HTTP
7 3 (13.64%) SSL
8 1 (4.55%) DHCP
8 1 (4.55%) DNS
8 1 (4.55%) HTTPS
8 1 (4.55%) LAN
8 1 (4.55%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (4.55%) SAN
8 1 (4.55%) VLAN
8 1 (4.55%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Git
General
1 14 (63.64%) Finance
2 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 7 (31.82%) Banking
3 7 (31.82%) Front Office
3 7 (31.82%) Investment Banking
4 2 (9.09%) Spanish Language
5 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Analyst
1 7 (31.82%) Network Engineer
2 6 (27.27%) Help Desk Analyst
2 6 (27.27%) IT Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Architect
4 3 (13.64%) Cisco Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Data Centre Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Data Network Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Juniper Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Network Security Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Security Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Cloud Architect
5 2 (9.09%) Network Architect
5 2 (9.09%) Network Security Architect
5 2 (9.09%) Security Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Active Directory Specialist
6 1 (4.55%) Banking Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Network Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) 802.1X
1 1 (4.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (31.82%) Onboarding
2 5 (22.73%) Client/Server
2 5 (22.73%) Data Centre
3 3 (13.64%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (13.64%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (9.09%) PKI
5 1 (4.55%) Algorithms
5 1 (4.55%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (4.55%) Operational Technology
5 1 (4.55%) Private Cloud
5 1 (4.55%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 10 (45.45%) Windows
2 3 (13.64%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Service Delivery
2 7 (31.82%) Agile
2 7 (31.82%) Deployment Automation
2 7 (31.82%) ITIL
3 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (27.27%) Service Management
3 6 (27.27%) Software Deployment
4 5 (22.73%) Internal Audit
5 4 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (18.18%) Load Balancing
5 4 (18.18%) Low Latency
6 3 (13.64%) Asset Management
6 3 (13.64%) Computer Science
6 3 (13.64%) Data Protection
6 3 (13.64%) Incident Response
6 3 (13.64%) Investment Management
6 3 (13.64%) Operational Stability
6 3 (13.64%) Strategic Planning
7 2 (9.09%) CI/CD
7 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 8 (36.36%) PowerShell
1 8 (36.36%) Python
2 2 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) Computer Science Degree
1 7 (31.82%) Degree
2 4 (18.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 4 (18.18%) MCSA
2 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (13.64%) CISSP
4 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) Accessibility
1 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.55%) NCSC
1 1 (4.55%) NIST
1 1 (4.55%) NIST 800
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (9.09%) VMware NSX
3 1 (4.55%) Docker
3 1 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (4.55%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (36.36%) SCCM
2 6 (27.27%) Ansible
2 6 (27.27%) WSUS
3 5 (22.73%) Terraform
4 4 (18.18%) Grafana
5 3 (13.64%) Prometheus
6 2 (9.09%) FortiGate
7 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
7 1 (4.55%) Nessus
7 1 (4.55%) vCenter Server
7 1 (4.55%) VxRail
Vendors
1 11 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (36.36%) Citrix
3 7 (31.82%) Bloomberg
3 7 (31.82%) Cisco
3 7 (31.82%) ION Trading
3 7 (31.82%) Reuters
4 6 (27.27%) Palo Alto
5 5 (22.73%) Juniper
6 4 (18.18%) Arista
6 4 (18.18%) F5
6 4 (18.18%) Zscaler
7 3 (13.64%) Blue Coat
7 3 (13.64%) Netskope
7 3 (13.64%) VMware
8 2 (9.09%) Aruba
8 2 (9.09%) Splunk
9 1 (4.55%) Google
9 1 (4.55%) Meraki
9 1 (4.55%) NVIDIA
9 1 (4.55%) Rockwell