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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 388 346 383
Rank change year-on-year -42 +37 +69
Contract jobs citing DMZ 17 4 13
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.095% 0.032% 0.074%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.22% 0.30% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 8
10th Percentile £476 - £400
25th Percentile £500 - £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £600 £524
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +14.56% -22.41%
75th Percentile £700 - £613
90th Percentile - - £673
England median daily rate £675 £470 £513
% change year-on-year +43.62% -8.29% -18.00%

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 1,398 1,314 1,663
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.79% 10.50% 9.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 928 835 1,116
10th Percentile £300 £263 £213
25th Percentile £409 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.15% - -12.43%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £619
90th Percentile £703 £718 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 16 50
10th Percentile £19.34 £24.21 £14.46
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.66 £16.40
Median hourly rate £26.11 £38.75 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -32.62% +70.33% -43.13%
75th Percentile £37.25 £50.50 £41.25
90th Percentile £95.00 £62.25 £60.00
England median hourly rate £41.94 £29.66 £40.00
% change year-on-year +41.40% -25.85% +122.22%

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 18 May 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 18 May 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 -
South London -10 1 £600 -
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 6 (35.29%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (29.41%) AWS
2 5 (29.41%) Azure
2 5 (29.41%) Google Workspace
3 4 (23.53%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (64.71%) Firewall
2 8 (47.06%) VPN
3 6 (35.29%) Network Security
3 6 (35.29%) TCP/IP
4 5 (29.41%) BGP
4 5 (29.41%) VXLAN
4 5 (29.41%) WAN
5 4 (23.53%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (23.53%) IGMP
5 4 (23.53%) Multicast
6 2 (11.76%) SSL
7 1 (5.88%) DNS
7 1 (5.88%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (5.88%) HTTP
7 1 (5.88%) LAN
7 1 (5.88%) VSAN
7 1 (5.88%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Git
General
1 10 (58.82%) Finance
2 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
3 5 (29.41%) Banking
3 5 (29.41%) Front Office
3 5 (29.41%) Investment Banking
4 2 (11.76%) Spanish Language
5 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Analyst
1 6 (35.29%) Network Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Architect
2 4 (23.53%) Help Desk Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) IT Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Cisco Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Data Centre Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Data Network Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Juniper Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Cloud Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Network Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Network Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Network Security Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Network Security Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Security Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Security Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) IT Support
5 1 (5.88%) Switch Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Data Centre
1 5 (29.41%) Onboarding
2 4 (23.53%) Client/Server
2 4 (23.53%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (5.88%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.88%) PKI
3 1 (5.88%) Private Cloud
3 1 (5.88%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (35.29%) Windows
2 1 (5.88%) Linux
2 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Agile
1 5 (29.41%) ITIL
1 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (29.41%) Service Delivery
2 4 (23.53%) Deployment Automation
2 4 (23.53%) Internal Audit
2 4 (23.53%) Load Balancing
2 4 (23.53%) Low Latency
2 4 (23.53%) Service Management
2 4 (23.53%) Software Deployment
3 3 (17.65%) Computer Science
3 3 (17.65%) Investment Management
3 3 (17.65%) Operational Stability
4 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (5.88%) Business Strategy
5 1 (5.88%) CI/CD
5 1 (5.88%) Design Patterns
5 1 (5.88%) Incident Response
5 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (5.88%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 5 (29.41%) PowerShell
1 5 (29.41%) Python
2 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Computer Science Degree
1 7 (41.18%) Degree
2 4 (23.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 4 (23.53%) MCSA
2 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.88%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) NCSC
1 1 (5.88%) NIST
1 1 (5.88%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.88%) Docker
1 1 (5.88%) ProxySG
1 1 (5.88%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (29.41%) Ansible
1 5 (29.41%) SCCM
1 5 (29.41%) Terraform
2 4 (23.53%) Grafana
2 4 (23.53%) WSUS
3 3 (17.65%) Prometheus
4 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes
4 1 (5.88%) VxRail
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
1 6 (35.29%) Palo Alto
2 5 (29.41%) Bloomberg
2 5 (29.41%) Cisco
2 5 (29.41%) Citrix
2 5 (29.41%) F5
2 5 (29.41%) ION Trading
2 5 (29.41%) Juniper
2 5 (29.41%) Reuters
3 4 (23.53%) Arista
4 2 (11.76%) Aruba
4 2 (11.76%) Blue Coat
5 1 (5.88%) McAfee
5 1 (5.88%) Meraki
5 1 (5.88%) Netskope
5 1 (5.88%) NVIDIA
5 1 (5.88%) Radware
5 1 (5.88%) Splunk
5 1 (5.88%) Symantec
5 1 (5.88%) Zscaler