DMZ Job Trends in Lancashire

Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring DMZ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing DMZ 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 0.40% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.69% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 - -
75th Percentile £47,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £37,000 £48,256 £58,500
% change year-on-year -23.33% -17.51% +42.68%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Lancashire

DMZ falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 576 112 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 57.54% 11.97% 20.35%
Number of salaries quoted 84 79 62
10th Percentile £13,380 £29,250 £27,000
25th Percentile - £41,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £50,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -49.83% +2.56% +21.88%
75th Percentile £45,313 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £52,500 £65,000 £67,500
North West median annual salary £30,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -32.22% -5.26% +5.56%

DMZ
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DMZ relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

DMZ job vacancy trend in Lancashire

DMZ
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing DMZ.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing DMZ

DMZ
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DMZ within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 8 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Skelmersdale - 1 £46,500 - 2
DMZ
North West

DMZ
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 1 (25.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Modbus
1 3 (75.00%) Network Security
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Operations Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Driving Licence
1 3 (75.00%) Operational Technology
1 3 (75.00%) SCADA
2 2 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Digital Forensics
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Register
3 2 (50.00%) Compliance Management
4 1 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (25.00%) Data Encryption
4 1 (25.00%) Deployment Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
4 1 (25.00%) Server Patching
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) HND
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco
1 1 (25.00%) Citrix