DMARC Contracts

Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring DMARC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DMARC over the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 536 578 654
Rank change year-on-year +42 +76 +164
Contract jobs citing DMARC 5 6 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.014% 0.036%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.13% 0.11% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 16
10th Percentile £380 - £381
25th Percentile £406 £305 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £310 £539
Median % change year-on-year +45.16% -42.46% +7.75%
75th Percentile - £315 £575
90th Percentile - - £598
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 - £550
% change year-on-year - - +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £23.80 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

DMARC 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,788 5,403 7,127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.47% 12.46% 12.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,277 3,185 4,600
10th Percentile £225 £213 £240
25th Percentile £363 £350 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £719
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £495 £475
% change year-on-year -5.05% +4.21% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 428 435
10th Percentile £14.35 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £19.30 £17.69 £10.63
Median hourly rate £41.48 £45.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% +114.29% -26.32%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £62.55
90th Percentile £73.55 £73.40 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.32 £47.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -36.17% +115.91% -1.35%

DMARC
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing DMARC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for DMARC in the UK

DMARC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DMARC.

Daily rate trend for DMARC in the UK

DMARC
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DMARC.

Hourly rate trend for DMARC in the UK

DMARC
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DMARC within the UK over the 6 months to 27 June 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
England +68 5 £450 +45.16% 11
London +41 4 £450 +45.16% 5
Work from Home - 2 - - 4
Midlands - 1 £375 - 2
West Midlands - 1 £375 - 2
UK excluding London - 1 £375 - 7

DMARC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (80.00%) Mimecast
3 3 (60.00%) Azure
3 3 (60.00%) Entra ID
4 2 (40.00%) OneDrive
4 2 (40.00%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) DKIM
2 2 (40.00%) Extranet
2 2 (40.00%) SMTP
3 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (40.00%) Law
1 2 (40.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) PowerShell Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Server Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Antivirus Management
1 2 (40.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (40.00%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (40.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 2 (40.00%) Tech Ops
1 2 (40.00%) User Experience
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (20.00%) Server Building
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Avaya
2 2 (40.00%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (40.00%) Mitel
2 2 (40.00%) MobileIron
2 2 (40.00%) Proofpoint
2 2 (40.00%) Veeam