DMZ Contracts in the North of England

Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring DMZ skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DMZ over the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 167 164 191
Rank change year-on-year -3 +27 +32
Contract jobs citing DMZ 18 5 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.45% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.43% 1.03% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £474 £393 -
25th Percentile £495 £438 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £525 £325
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% +61.54% -39.81%
75th Percentile £570 £570 £338
90th Percentile £588 £589 -
England median daily rate £456 £525 £743
% change year-on-year -13.18% -29.34% +25.40%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 525 485 668
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 13.09% 11.74% 12.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 300 315 467
10th Percentile £160 £213 £216
25th Percentile £325 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £515 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.62% +14.44% -
75th Percentile £538 £650 £575
90th Percentile £638 £814 £655
England median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 20 16
10th Percentile £23.00 £13.87 £15.72
25th Percentile £31.38 £18.21 £15.75
Median hourly rate £58.25 £24.87 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year +134.22% +36.27% -14.68%
75th Percentile £67.25 £49.31 £23.69
90th Percentile £68.71 £51.96 £46.17
England median hourly rate £42.50 £54.88 £55.00
% change year-on-year -22.55% -0.23% +57.14%

DMZ
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing DMZ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for DMZ in the North of England

DMZ
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DMZ in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for DMZ in the North of England

DMZ
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DMZ in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DMZ in the North of England

DMZ
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DMZ in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for DMZ in the North of England

DMZ
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 16 August 2025. 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 West +8 18 £535 -5.06% 2
Yorkshire -10 4 - -
DMZ
England

DMZ
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.56%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 13 (72.22%) DNS
2 12 (66.67%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 12 (66.67%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 12 (66.67%) Network Security
3 2 (11.11%) Firewall
3 2 (11.11%) SSL
4 1 (5.56%) BGP
4 1 (5.56%) DHCP
4 1 (5.56%) DWDM
4 1 (5.56%) HTTP
4 1 (5.56%) Internet
4 1 (5.56%) IPsec
4 1 (5.56%) L2TP
4 1 (5.56%) MPLS
4 1 (5.56%) OSPF
4 1 (5.56%) TCP/IP
4 1 (5.56%) VPN
4 1 (5.56%) WAN
4 1 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (5.56%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Fiddler
1 1 (5.56%) GitLab
General
1 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 6 (33.33%) Banking
3 5 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (27.78%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (27.78%) Investment Banking
4 4 (22.22%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.56%) Finance
5 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Network Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Consultant
2 4 (22.22%) Operations Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Build Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Implementation Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Junior
4 1 (5.56%) Junior Network Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Lead
4 1 (5.56%) Network Implementation Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Python Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Windows Build Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 8 (44.44%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
1 1 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) Load Balancing
2 9 (50.00%) Business Strategy
3 5 (27.78%) Change Management
4 4 (22.22%) Design Patterns
5 3 (16.67%) Architecture Governance
6 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (11.11%) Project Delivery
7 1 (5.56%) Architecture Roadmap
7 1 (5.56%) B2B
7 1 (5.56%) CI/CD
7 1 (5.56%) Decision-Making
7 1 (5.56%) DevOps
7 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (5.56%) Migration
7 1 (5.56%) Network Segmentation
7 1 (5.56%) Process Improvement
7 1 (5.56%) Product Management
7 1 (5.56%) Roadmaps
7 1 (5.56%) Server Building
7 1 (5.56%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 2 (11.11%) Python
2 1 (5.56%) Perl
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) CCIE
2 1 (5.56%) CCNP
2 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.56%) Degree
System Software
1 13 (72.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (22.22%) UAG
3 2 (11.11%) VMware NSX
4 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) Ansible
2 1 (5.56%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 15 (83.33%) VMware
2 12 (66.67%) F5
3 2 (11.11%) Computacenter
3 2 (11.11%) McAfee
4 1 (5.56%) Arista
4 1 (5.56%) Blue Coat
4 1 (5.56%) Cisco
4 1 (5.56%) CyberArk
4 1 (5.56%) Dell
4 1 (5.56%) Fortinet
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.56%) NetApp
4 1 (5.56%) Splunk