DMZ Jobs

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for DMZ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DMZ over the 3 months to 23 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) UK
Location	3 months to 23 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	774	837	878
Rank change year-on-year	+63	+41
Permanent jobs citing DMZ	96	76	110
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.11%	0.077%	0.099%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	0.67%	0.46%	0.57%
Number of salaries quoted	83	71	84
Median salary	£50,000	£45,000	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+11.11%	-
90% offered a salary of more than	£35,000	£26,500	£30,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£75,000	£75,000	£72,500
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£35,000	£45,000
% change year-on-year	+28.57%	-22.22%

DMZ is in the communications and computer networking skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications and computer networking skills.

Communications & Computer Network Skills UK
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications and computer networking skills	14378	16628	19302
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	16.13%	16.91%	17.41%
Number of salaries quoted	11702	13814	15724
Median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£45,000
90% offered a salary of more than	£27,500	£26,993	£27,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£70,000	£67,500	£67,500
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£42,500	£42,500

DMZ
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing DMZ as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Communications & Networking category.

DMZ
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing DMZ.

DMZ
Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing DMZ over the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

DMZ
Top 25 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DMZ within the UK over the 3 months to 23 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	+66	88	£47,500	+5.55%	9
London	+24	48	£67,500	+8.00%	4
City of London	+31	15	£75,000	+7.14%	3
West Midlands	+25	14	£45,000	+21.62%	1
South East	+51	11	£35,500	-21.11%	3
Birmingham	-	11	£45,000	-
South West	+14	8	£45,000	+28.57%
Wiltshire	-	8	£45,000	-
Salisbury	-	8	£45,000	-
North West	-34	7	£47,500	+18.75%	1
Edinburgh	-	7	£50,000	-	1
Scotland	-	7	£50,000	-	1
Hampshire	+6	5	£33,000	-26.66%	2
Manchester	-	5	£47,500	-	1
Kingston Upon Thames	-	4	£37,500	-
Southampton	-	4	£34,000	-	2
Surrey	-	3	£37,500	-
Stockport	-	3	£47,500	-	1
Berkshire	+27	2	£60,000	+20.00%	1
Cheshire	-	2	-	-
Cheadle	-	2	£44,500	-
Wolverhampton	-	2	£31,000	-
Kent	-	1	£22,500	-
Dartford	-	1	£22,500	-
Coventry	-	1	£21,000	-

DMZ
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 June 2017, IT jobs citing DMZ also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads with a requirement for DMZ.

1	131 (72.38%)	Firewall
2	93 (51.38%)	Windows
3	85 (46.96%)	Network Security
4	84 (46.41%)	Microsoft
5	81 (44.75%)	Cisco
6	66 (36.46%)	WAN
7	64 (35.36%)	DNS
8	62 (34.25%)	VPN
9	60 (33.15%)	ITIL
10	58 (32.04%)	Active Directory
11	56 (30.94%)	Data Centre
12	52 (28.73%)	Windows Server
13	50 (27.62%)	Cisco Certification
13	50 (27.62%)	LAN
14	48 (26.52%)	VLAN

15	45 (24.86%)	SQL Server
16	44 (24.31%)	Cisco IOS
17	42 (23.20%)	DHCP
18	39 (21.55%)	OSPF
19	38 (20.99%)	Finance
19	38 (20.99%)	VMware
20	37 (20.44%)	VMware Infrastructure
20	37 (20.44%)	MPLS
21	35 (19.34%)	Change Management
21	35 (19.34%)	SMTP
22	34 (18.78%)	TCP/IP
22	34 (18.78%)	Citrix
22	34 (18.78%)	MS Exchange
23	33 (18.23%)	SharePoint
23	33 (18.23%)	PowerShell

DMZ
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	34 (18.78%)	MS Exchange
2	33 (18.23%)	SharePoint
3	27 (14.92%)	Exchange Server 2010
4	20 (11.05%)	IIS
5	11 (6.08%)	SharePoint 2013
6	6 (3.31%)	Exchange Server 2003
7	5 (2.76%)	Confluence
7	5 (2.76%)	SharePoint 2010
8	4 (2.21%)	Tomcat
9	3 (1.66%)	Exchange Server 2013
9	3 (1.66%)	Oracle SOA Suite
10	2 (1.10%)	WebSphere
11	1 (0.55%)	Blackberry Enterprise Server
11	1 (0.55%)	Exchange Server 2007
11	1 (0.55%)	Skype for Business

Applications
1	19 (10.50%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
1	19 (10.50%)	Microsoft Project
1	19 (10.50%)	MS Visio
2	9 (4.97%)	Microsoft Office

Business Applications
1	3 (1.66%)	SAP CRM

Cloud Services
1	31 (17.13%)	Microsoft Azure
2	25 (13.81%)	IaaS
3	21 (11.60%)	PaaS
4	20 (11.05%)	Office 365
5	13 (7.18%)	Amazon AWS
6	7 (3.87%)	Azure Active Directory
6	7 (3.87%)	SaaS
7	6 (3.31%)	Cloud Computing
8	3 (1.66%)	Amazon SQS

Communications & Networking
1	131 (72.38%)	Firewall
2	85 (46.96%)	Network Security
3	66 (36.46%)	WAN
4	64 (35.36%)	DNS
5	62 (34.25%)	VPN
6	50 (27.62%)	LAN
7	48 (26.52%)	VLAN
8	44 (24.31%)	Cisco IOS
9	42 (23.20%)	DHCP
10	39 (21.55%)	OSPF
11	37 (20.44%)	MPLS
12	35 (19.34%)	SMTP
13	34 (18.78%)	TCP/IP
14	27 (14.92%)	IPsec
15	26 (14.36%)	BGP
16	25 (13.81%)	Multicast
17	24 (13.26%)	Internet
17	24 (13.26%)	Junos
18	16 (8.84%)	HTTP
18	16 (8.84%)	SAN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	45 (24.86%)	SQL Server
2	19 (10.50%)	SQL Server 2005
3	10 (5.52%)	Amazon RDS
3	10 (5.52%)	Microsoft Analysis Services
3	10 (5.52%)	SQL Server 2012
3	10 (5.52%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
3	10 (5.52%)	SQL Server Integration Services
3	10 (5.52%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
4	5 (2.76%)	SQL Server 2008
5	4 (2.21%)	Big Data
6	3 (1.66%)	Maltego
7	2 (1.10%)	Data Lake
7	2 (1.10%)	DB2
7	2 (1.10%)	DocumentDB
7	2 (1.10%)	GIS
7	2 (1.10%)	Oracle Database
8	1 (0.55%)	MySQL

Development Applications
1	5 (2.76%)	Atlassian Bamboo
1	5 (2.76%)	Git (software)
1	5 (2.76%)	JIRA
1	5 (2.76%)	Octopus Deploy
2	4 (2.21%)	VSS/SourceSafe
3	1 (0.55%)	Sonatype Nexus

General
1	38 (20.99%)	Finance
2	10 (5.52%)	Banking
2	10 (5.52%)	Law
3	6 (3.31%)	Telecoms
4	5 (2.76%)	Investment Banking
5	2 (1.10%)	Financial Institution
6	1 (0.55%)	Automotive
6	1 (0.55%)	Manufacturing
6	1 (0.55%)	Retail

Job Titles
1	60 (33.15%)	Network Engineer
2	41 (22.65%)	Architect
3	32 (17.68%)	Solutions Architect
4	24 (13.26%)	Security Engineer
5	19 (10.50%)	Microsoft Solutions Architect
6	18 (9.94%)	Infrastructure Engineer
7	15 (8.29%)	Network Security Engineer
8	14 (7.73%)	Enterprise Solutions Architect
9	11 (6.08%)	SharePoint Architect
10	10 (5.52%)	Analyst
10	10 (5.52%)	SharePoint Solutions Architect
10	10 (5.52%)	Windows Engineer
11	9 (4.97%)	Infrastructure Architect
12	8 (4.42%)	Infrastructure Solutions Architect
12	8 (4.42%)	IT Engineer
13	7 (3.87%)	Cisco Engineer
13	7 (3.87%)	Cisco Network Engineer
13	7 (3.87%)	IT Security Engineer
13	7 (3.87%)	Network Manager
13	7 (3.87%)	Security Manager

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	12 (6.63%)	SAML
2	10 (5.52%)	Web Services
3	9 (4.97%)	OAuth
4	5 (2.76%)	.NET
4	5 (2.76%)	802.1X
5	2 (1.10%)	IBM Integration Bus
5	2 (1.10%)	JSON
5	2 (1.10%)	Middleware
5	2 (1.10%)	REST
5	2 (1.10%)	WebSphere MQ
6	1 (0.55%)	MAPI
6	1 (0.55%)	OAuth2

Miscellaneous
1	56 (30.94%)	Data Centre
2	30 (16.57%)	Analytical Skills
3	24 (13.26%)	Replication
4	22 (12.15%)	Clustering
5	19 (10.50%)	Management Information System
6	15 (8.29%)	CESG
7	7 (3.87%)	Cybercrime
8	5 (2.76%)	Client/Server
8	5 (2.76%)	Security Operations Centre
9	4 (2.21%)	Cyber Attack
9	4 (2.21%)	Cyberthreat
9	4 (2.21%)	Eurex
9	4 (2.21%)	Public Cloud
10	3 (1.66%)	Taxonomies
11	2 (1.10%)	Computer Science
11	2 (1.10%)	Internet of Things
11	2 (1.10%)	PKI
12	1 (0.55%)	iPad
12	1 (0.55%)	iPhone
12	1 (0.55%)	Mobile Banking

Operating Systems
1	93 (51.38%)	Windows
2	52 (28.73%)	Windows Server
3	27 (14.92%)	Linux
4	25 (13.81%)	Windows Server 2003
5	14 (7.73%)	Windows Server 2008
6	13 (7.18%)	Windows Server 2012
7	3 (1.66%)	Unix
7	3 (1.66%)	Windows 10
7	3 (1.66%)	Windows 8
7	3 (1.66%)	Windows XP
8	2 (1.10%)	CatOS
8	2 (1.10%)	VMS
8	2 (1.10%)	Windows 2000
8	2 (1.10%)	Windows 7
9	1 (0.55%)	Android
9	1 (0.55%)	Kali Linux
9	1 (0.55%)	Windows Vista

Processes & Methodologies
1	60 (33.15%)	ITIL
2	35 (19.34%)	Change Management
3	33 (18.23%)	Performance Testing
4	32 (17.68%)	Time Management
5	31 (17.13%)	Load Balancing
6	30 (16.57%)	Project Management
7	28 (15.47%)	High Availability
7	28 (15.47%)	Information Security
8	27 (14.92%)	Disaster Recovery
9	26 (14.36%)	Agile Software Development
10	25 (13.81%)	Root Cause Analysis
11	24 (13.26%)	Network Design
12	22 (12.15%)	PRINCE2
12	22 (12.15%)	Technical Architecture
13	20 (11.05%)	ITIL V3
13	20 (11.05%)	Network Load Balancing
13	20 (11.05%)	Service Management
14	19 (10.50%)	Business Continuity
14	19 (10.50%)	Server Building
15	16 (8.84%)	Infrastructure Management

Programming Languages
1	33 (18.23%)	PowerShell
2	25 (13.81%)	SQL
3	23 (12.71%)	VBScript
4	11 (6.08%)	Java
5	5 (2.76%)	Python
6	3 (1.66%)	Bash Shell
6	3 (1.66%)	Perl
7	2 (1.10%)	VB
8	1 (0.55%)	Ruby

Qualifications
1	50 (27.62%)	Cisco Certification
2	26 (14.36%)	CCNA
3	24 (13.26%)	CCNP
4	16 (8.84%)	CISSP
4	16 (8.84%)	Degree
5	15 (8.29%)	Security Cleared
6	14 (7.73%)	DV Cleared
6	14 (7.73%)	ITIL Foundation Certificate
6	14 (7.73%)	SC Cleared
7	13 (7.18%)	JNCIS
8	8 (4.42%)	CCDP
9	7 (3.87%)	CCIP
10	5 (2.76%)	JNCIP
11	4 (2.21%)	CESG Certified Professional
11	4 (2.21%)	ITIL Certification
12	3 (1.66%)	CCIE
13	2 (1.10%)	CCDA
13	2 (1.10%)	CISM
13	2 (1.10%)	Master's Degree
13	2 (1.10%)	Oracle Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	16 (8.84%)	SLA
2	14 (7.73%)	PCI DSS
3	5 (2.76%)	ISO/IEC 27001
3	5 (2.76%)	QA
4	4 (2.21%)	Cyber Essentials
5	3 (1.66%)	GDPR
6	2 (1.10%)	Cyber Essentials PLUS
7	1 (0.55%)	COBIT
7	1 (0.55%)	ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)

System Software
1	58 (32.04%)	Active Directory
2	37 (20.44%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	27 (14.92%)	VMware ESXi
4	16 (8.84%)	vSphere
5	13 (7.18%)	XenApp
6	11 (6.08%)	Hyper-V
7	5 (2.76%)	Docker
8	2 (1.10%)	Forefront TMG
8	2 (1.10%)	ISA Server
8	2 (1.10%)	Oracle RAC
8	2 (1.10%)	Virtual Servers
8	2 (1.10%)	XenDesktop
9	1 (0.55%)	Snort
9	1 (0.55%)	Virtual Desktop

Systems Management
1	19 (10.50%)	Microsoft Clustering
2	16 (8.84%)	SCOM
3	15 (8.29%)	vCenter Server
4	14 (7.73%)	Cisco UCCX
5	13 (7.18%)	SCCM
6	11 (6.08%)	Backup Exec
7	9 (4.97%)	CA Single Sign-On
8	5 (2.76%)	Network Intrusion Detection System
8	5 (2.76%)	Puppet
9	3 (1.66%)	Host Intrusion Detection System
10	2 (1.10%)	Cisco Prime
10	2 (1.10%)	FortiGate
10	2 (1.10%)	McAfee ePO
10	2 (1.10%)	NetVault Backup
11	1 (0.55%)	Cacti
11	1 (0.55%)	Cisco CUCM
11	1 (0.55%)	Nessus
11	1 (0.55%)	TrustSec

Vendors
1	84 (46.41%)	Microsoft
2	81 (44.75%)	Cisco
3	38 (20.99%)	VMware
4	34 (18.78%)	Citrix
5	31 (17.13%)	Palo Alto
6	28 (15.47%)	Juniper
7	19 (10.50%)	F5
8	16 (8.84%)	CheckPoint
9	14 (7.73%)	NetApp
10	13 (7.18%)	Siemens
10	13 (7.18%)	Splunk
11	12 (6.63%)	Sophos
12	10 (5.52%)	SolarWinds
12	10 (5.52%)	Symantec
13	9 (4.97%)	CA
13	9 (4.97%)	HP
14	8 (4.42%)	IBM
15	7 (3.87%)	Arista
16	6 (3.31%)	Dell
17	5 (2.76%)	Oracle