Hybrid/Remote DMARC Contract Job Trends

Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring DMARC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 318 325 401
Rank change year-on-year +7 +76 +182
Contract jobs citing DMARC 5 5 3
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.050% 0.041% 0.016%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.47% 0.38% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £582 £500 £590
Median % change year-on-year +16.35% -15.25% +18.00%
UK median daily rate £518 £475 £438
% change year-on-year +8.95% +8.57% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £37.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £30.40 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,063 1,314 2,463
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.68% 10.85% 13.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 689 808 1,620
10th Percentile £293 £320 £305
25th Percentile £400 £410 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.31%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £606
90th Percentile £681 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 26 86
10th Percentile £23.58 £35.50 £17.90
25th Percentile £42.06 £37.50 £20.58
Median hourly rate £63.50 £54.28 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.99% +10.78% -13.35%
75th Percentile £65.06 £66.52 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.11 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £48.03 £55.00
% change year-on-year -27.13% -12.67% +35.55%

DMARC
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DMARC and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

DMARC job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

DMARC
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing DMARC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing DMARC

DMARC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) SaaS
2 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) Mimecast
2 2 (40.00%) OneDrive
2 2 (40.00%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) SMTP
2 3 (60.00%) DKIM
2 3 (60.00%) DNS
2 3 (60.00%) Internet
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (40.00%) Law
2 2 (40.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
1 3 (60.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Validation
2 2 (40.00%) Antivirus Management
2 2 (40.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Tech Ops
2 2 (40.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Dovecot
1 3 (60.00%) Postfix
1 3 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Broadcom
1 3 (60.00%) Red Hat
1 3 (60.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Veeam