DMZ Contract Job Trends in the South West

Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring DMZ skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 - 144
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DMZ 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.027% - 0.037%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.32% - 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £550
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £525 £470 £525
% change year-on-year +11.70% -10.48% -29.34%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 314 253 434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 8.58% 13.01% 16.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 160 270
10th Percentile £210 £213 £330
25th Percentile £382 £320 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -5.71% -
75th Percentile £638 £613 £617
90th Percentile £722 £669 £675
England median daily rate £500 £492 £505
% change year-on-year +1.63% -2.57% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 4 38
10th Percentile £12.71 £26.70 £12.19
25th Percentile £19.33 £40.07 £13.03
Median hourly rate £59.25 £57.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.04% -11.54% +15.06%
75th Percentile £90.00 £65.00 £71.25
90th Percentile £100.00 - £75.00
England median hourly rate £27.11 £42.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year -36.21% -25.89% +1.52%

DMZ
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

DMZ job vacancy trend in the South West

DMZ
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing DMZ.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing DMZ

DMZ
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing DMZ.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing DMZ

DMZ
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DMZ within the South West region over the 6 months to 31 August 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
Bristol - 1 £600 - 1
DMZ
England

DMZ
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (100.00%) OpenID
1 1 (100.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (100.00%) Network Management
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (100.00%) Ping Identity