Hybrid/Remote DMZ Job Trends

Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring DMZ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 412 441 496
Rank change year-on-year +29 +55 +307
Permanent jobs citing DMZ 7 19 6
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.043% 0.095% 0.027%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.41% 0.80% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 5 15 1
10th Percentile - £80,000 -
25th Percentile £35,500 £83,750 £49,388
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £88,000 £52,875
Median % change year-on-year -57.95% +66.43% -1.63%
75th Percentile £38,500 £92,000 £56,363
90th Percentile - £93,800 -
UK median annual salary £42,250 £86,250 £61,500
% change year-on-year -51.01% +40.24% +41.38%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,713 2,387 3,112
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.43% 11.97% 13.91%
Number of salaries quoted 995 1,379 2,604
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% -1.79% +1.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £74,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,993 £85,000
UK median annual salary £37,750 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.10% +5.00% -4.76%

DMZ
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

DMZ job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

DMZ
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing DMZ.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing DMZ

DMZ
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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
2 5 (71.43%) IaaS
2 5 (71.43%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 2 (28.57%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) STUN
1 5 (71.43%) VLAN
1 5 (71.43%) VoIP
1 5 (71.43%) VPN
2 2 (28.57%) Firewall
2 2 (28.57%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (71.43%) Documentation Skills
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Applications Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Applications Support
1 5 (71.43%) Applications Support Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Cloud Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Infrastructure Support
1 5 (71.43%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Support Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Security Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) FreeSWITCH
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Driving Licence
2 2 (28.57%) Cloud Native
2 2 (28.57%) Cloud Security Posture
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 2 (28.57%) PKI
2 2 (28.57%) Security Posture
3 1 (14.29%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Debian
1 5 (71.43%) Linux
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
1 5 (71.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (71.43%) DevOps
2 5 (71.43%) High Availability
2 5 (71.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (71.43%) Software Licensing
2 5 (71.43%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (28.57%) AI
3 2 (28.57%) Cloud Security
3 2 (28.57%) Containerisation
3 2 (28.57%) Cryptography
3 2 (28.57%) ISMS
3 2 (28.57%) Key Management
3 2 (28.57%) RBAC
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 2 (28.57%) SDLC
3 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
3 2 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (28.57%) Use Case
3 2 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (28.57%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (71.43%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (71.43%) ISO 9001
3 2 (28.57%) GDPR
3 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 2 (28.57%) JSP 440
3 2 (28.57%) NCSC
3 2 (28.57%) NIST
3 2 (28.57%) PCI DSS
4 1 (14.29%) GRC
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Kamailio
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Salesforce