Domain Name System (DNS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for DNS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DNS over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 137 177 218
Rank change year-on-year +40 +41 -49
Permanent jobs citing DNS 2,087 2,079 3,115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.07% 2.11% 1.90%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.51% 13.34% 14.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,746 1,607 2,297
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.35% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £78,000 £78,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - -5.88% +1.19%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

DNS is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,460 15,589 21,774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.34% 15.83% 13.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9,379 7,833 11,758
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for DNS in the UK

DNS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DNS.

Salary trend for DNS in the UK

DNS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for DNS in the UK

DNS
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. 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
England +42 1,923 £43,983 +3.49% 386
UK excluding London +22 1,548 £40,000 - 310
Work from Home +57 786 £50,000 +9.89% 166
London +55 499 £56,500 +2.73% 92
South East +1 430 £42,500 +6.25% 74
North of England +26 342 £42,500 - 89
Midlands +64 306 £37,500 -1.96% 47
South West +12 193 £37,500 -6.25% 37
North West -2 183 £45,000 - 56
West Midlands +48 162 £39,750 +3.25% 27
East of England -5 149 £41,500 -2.35% 45
East Midlands +60 140 £37,500 +2.74% 20
Yorkshire +44 115 £32,500 -18.75% 27
Wales +37 59 £34,000 -9.33% 6
Scotland -50 58 £42,500 +21.43% 16
North East +4 50 £42,500 +10.39% 6
Northern Ireland +22 13 £32,500 -4.41% 4
Isle of Man - 4 £43,000 -
Channel Islands - 4 £85,000 -

DNS
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
1 491 (23.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 315 (15.09%) SharePoint
3 121 (5.80%) IIS
4 46 (2.20%) WebLogic
5 35 (1.68%) CMS
6 34 (1.63%) WordPress
7 33 (1.58%) Exchange Server 2013
8 27 (1.29%) Exchange Server 2010
9 25 (1.20%) Confluence
9 25 (1.20%) Skype for Business
10 23 (1.10%) Apache
10 23 (1.10%) nginx
11 22 (1.05%) Exchange Server 2007
12 9 (0.43%) Tomcat
13 7 (0.34%) OpenStack
13 7 (0.34%) Umbraco
14 5 (0.24%) SAS
15 4 (0.19%) Apache Solr
15 4 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2003
16 2 (0.096%) Moodle
Applications
1 256 (12.27%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (1.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.24%) Trello
6 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.19%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.14%) SPSS
8 2 (0.096%) CATIA
8 2 (0.096%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 46 (2.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 17 (0.81%) Fidessa
3 7 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.24%) Oracle Cash Management
5 4 (0.19%) Epicor Tropos
5 4 (0.19%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.096%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.096%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.048%) Carpe Diem
7 1 (0.048%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.048%) Eikon
7 1 (0.048%) Sage 300 ERP
7 1 (0.048%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.048%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.048%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.048%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.048%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 1,148 (55.01%) Azure
2 964 (46.19%) Microsoft 365
3 423 (20.27%) AWS
4 365 (17.49%) Entra ID
5 119 (5.70%) IaaS
6 118 (5.65%) OneDrive
7 85 (4.07%) SaaS
8 77 (3.69%) Power Platform
9 76 (3.64%) PaaS
10 71 (3.40%) GCP
11 64 (3.07%) Azure DevOps
12 53 (2.54%) Nutanix
13 51 (2.44%) Amazon EKS
13 51 (2.44%) Mimecast
14 46 (2.20%) Amazon SQS
15 45 (2.16%) GitHub
16 39 (1.87%) OpenShift
17 32 (1.53%) Amazon EC2
17 32 (1.53%) Azure Monitor
18 31 (1.49%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1,262 (60.47%) DHCP
2 850 (40.73%) Firewall
3 679 (32.53%) TCP/IP
4 413 (19.79%) WAN
5 412 (19.74%) VPN
6 362 (17.35%) LAN
7 253 (12.12%) VLAN
8 220 (10.54%) Wi-Fi
9 208 (9.97%) Wireless
10 192 (9.20%) SAN
11 156 (7.47%) SSL
12 122 (5.85%) Network Security
13 117 (5.61%) HTTP
14 111 (5.32%) Internet
15 102 (4.89%) VoIP
16 98 (4.70%) BGP
17 94 (4.50%) SD-WAN
18 65 (3.11%) IPsec
19 60 (2.87%) MPLS
19 60 (2.87%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 209 (10.01%) SQL Server
2 88 (4.22%) Amazon RDS
3 57 (2.73%) Oracle Database
4 56 (2.68%) Relational Database
5 51 (2.44%) RDBMS
6 48 (2.30%) MySQL
7 41 (1.96%) Power BI
8 22 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
9 21 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
10 17 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
11 16 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 14 (0.67%) Redis
13 11 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 9 (0.43%) MongoDB
14 9 (0.43%) NoSQL
15 6 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
15 6 (0.29%) GIS
16 5 (0.24%) Data Lake
17 3 (0.14%) Amazon Aurora
17 3 (0.14%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 60 (2.87%) Jenkins
2 52 (2.49%) JIRA
3 41 (1.96%) Git
4 21 (1.01%) GitLab
5 10 (0.48%) Trac
6 9 (0.43%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.34%) Katalon Studio
8 6 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (0.24%) Subversion
10 4 (0.19%) Charles Proxy
10 4 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
11 3 (0.14%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.096%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 2 (0.096%) Browser DevTools
12 2 (0.096%) git-flow
12 2 (0.096%) Grunt
12 2 (0.096%) Hudson
12 2 (0.096%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.096%) webpack
13 1 (0.048%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 579 (27.74%) Social Skills
2 233 (11.16%) Finance
3 205 (9.82%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (4.07%) Telecoms
5 57 (2.73%) Public Sector
6 50 (2.40%) Law
7 45 (2.16%) Banking
7 45 (2.16%) Marketing
8 44 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 43 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
10 38 (1.82%) Aerospace
11 35 (1.68%) Manufacturing
12 30 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
13 28 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
14 25 (1.20%) Retail
15 24 (1.15%) Legal
16 14 (0.67%) Games
17 13 (0.62%) Electronics
18 10 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
19 9 (0.43%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 385 (18.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 297 (14.23%) Senior
3 268 (12.84%) Analyst
4 263 (12.60%) IT Support
5 255 (12.22%) Support Engineer
6 224 (10.73%) IT Engineer
7 145 (6.95%) Network Engineer
8 137 (6.56%) Lead
9 119 (5.70%) IT Support Engineer
10 112 (5.37%) Architect
11 107 (5.13%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 104 (4.98%) 2nd Line Support
13 92 (4.41%) IT Technician
13 92 (4.41%) Support Analyst
14 89 (4.26%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 89 (4.26%) 3rd Line Support
15 77 (3.69%) Administrator
16 76 (3.64%) IT Analyst
17 75 (3.59%) Support Technician
18 74 (3.55%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (3.40%) .NET
2 58 (2.78%) HTML
3 54 (2.59%) REST
4 53 (2.54%) RabbitMQ
5 50 (2.40%) CSS
6 46 (2.20%) Spring Boot
7 38 (1.82%) ARM Templates
8 37 (1.77%) SAML
9 36 (1.72%) React
10 34 (1.63%) LDAP
11 32 (1.53%) 802.1X
11 32 (1.53%) YAML
12 30 (1.44%) ASP.NET
13 28 (1.34%) jQuery
14 24 (1.15%) Vue
15 23 (1.10%) ASP.NET MVC
15 23 (1.10%) RESTful
16 22 (1.05%) AngularJS
17 20 (0.96%) Elastic Stack
17 20 (0.96%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 203 (9.73%) Data Centre
2 128 (6.13%) Self-Motivation
3 117 (5.61%) Driving Licence
4 111 (5.32%) Public Cloud
5 106 (5.08%) PKI
6 83 (3.98%) Enterprise Software
7 75 (3.59%) Replication
8 60 (2.87%) Onboarding
9 56 (2.68%) Management Information System
10 40 (1.92%) Client/Server
10 40 (1.92%) Clustering
11 33 (1.58%) Cyberattack
12 31 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
13 30 (1.44%) Security Posture
14 25 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
15 21 (1.01%) IoT
16 17 (0.81%) CCTV
16 17 (0.81%) Eurex
17 16 (0.77%) Smartphone
18 14 (0.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1,355 (64.93%) Windows
2 848 (40.63%) Windows Server
3 467 (22.38%) Linux
4 274 (13.13%) Windows 10
5 227 (10.88%) Windows Server 2016
6 199 (9.54%) Windows Server 2019
7 170 (8.15%) Windows Server 2012
8 114 (5.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 70 (3.35%) Windows Server 2008
10 67 (3.21%) Apple iOS
11 66 (3.16%) Android
12 63 (3.02%) Unix
13 51 (2.44%) Mac OS
14 43 (2.06%) CentOS
15 41 (1.96%) Ubuntu
16 37 (1.77%) Windows 7
17 33 (1.58%) VMS
18 28 (1.34%) Windows 8
19 23 (1.10%) Mac OS X
20 20 (0.96%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 463 (22.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 432 (20.70%) Problem-Solving
3 421 (20.17%) ITIL
4 282 (13.51%) Customer Service
5 260 (12.46%) Agile
6 250 (11.98%) DevOps
7 236 (11.31%) Cybersecurity
8 206 (9.87%) Disaster Recovery
9 187 (8.96%) Migration
10 154 (7.38%) Project Management
11 120 (5.75%) Collaborative Working
12 119 (5.70%) Load Balancing
13 111 (5.32%) CI/CD
14 110 (5.27%) Mentoring
15 107 (5.13%) Information Security
16 104 (4.98%) Infrastructure as Code
17 103 (4.94%) Actionable Insight
18 95 (4.55%) Service Management
19 94 (4.50%) Continuous Improvement
20 93 (4.46%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 457 (21.90%) PowerShell
2 218 (10.45%) Python
3 197 (9.44%) SQL
4 125 (5.99%) Bash
5 92 (4.41%) Java
6 74 (3.55%) C#
7 69 (3.31%) JavaScript
8 54 (2.59%) Perl
9 36 (1.72%) T-SQL
10 32 (1.53%) VBScript
11 24 (1.15%) Ruby
12 22 (1.05%) VB
13 19 (0.91%) Bicep
13 19 (0.91%) XAML
14 18 (0.86%) PHP
15 15 (0.72%) C++
16 12 (0.57%) C
17 10 (0.48%) PL/SQL
18 7 (0.34%) Go
19 5 (0.24%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 271 (12.99%) Degree
2 265 (12.70%) Security Cleared
3 171 (8.19%) SC Cleared
4 146 (7.00%) Cisco Certification
5 133 (6.37%) Microsoft Certification
6 119 (5.70%) CCNA
7 116 (5.56%) DV Cleared
8 110 (5.27%) Azure Certification
9 73 (3.50%) AWS Certification
10 65 (3.11%) CCNP
11 56 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
12 55 (2.64%) MCSE
13 50 (2.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 46 (2.20%) DBS Check
15 39 (1.87%) MCSA
16 37 (1.77%) A+ Certification
17 33 (1.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 32 (1.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
19 31 (1.49%) Network+ Certification
20 27 (1.29%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (5.80%) SLA
2 73 (3.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 50 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials
4 30 (1.44%) GDPR
5 18 (0.86%) NIST
6 16 (0.77%) COBIT
7 15 (0.72%) PCI DSS
8 14 (0.67%) Data Quality
8 14 (0.67%) SOC 2
9 9 (0.43%) NCSC
9 9 (0.43%) PMO
10 8 (0.38%) Accessibility
11 7 (0.34%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.34%) QA
12 6 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.14%) JSP 440
15 2 (0.096%) HIPAA
16 1 (0.048%) ISO 20022
16 1 (0.048%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1,285 (61.57%) Active Directory
2 479 (22.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 408 (19.55%) Hyper-V
4 116 (5.56%) VMware ESXi
5 108 (5.17%) Docker
6 92 (4.41%) Virtual Machines
7 81 (3.88%) vSphere
8 65 (3.11%) Virtual Servers
9 50 (2.40%) Virtual Desktop
10 24 (1.15%) Terminal Services
11 21 (1.01%) NFS
12 20 (0.96%) Firmware
13 18 (0.86%) pfSense
14 17 (0.81%) XenApp
15 12 (0.57%) XenDesktop
16 9 (0.43%) DFS Replication
16 9 (0.43%) VMware NSX
17 8 (0.38%) Embedded Firmware
17 8 (0.38%) VMware Server
18 7 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 317 (15.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 165 (7.91%) SCCM
3 143 (6.85%) Ansible
4 127 (6.09%) Terraform
5 122 (5.85%) Kubernetes
6 118 (5.65%) WSUS
7 83 (3.98%) SCOM
8 79 (3.79%) Puppet
9 74 (3.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 61 (2.92%) vCenter Server
11 53 (2.54%) Single Sign-On
12 37 (1.77%) Grafana
13 25 (1.20%) CASB
13 25 (1.20%) ZABBIX
14 24 (1.15%) FortiGate
14 24 (1.15%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 22 (1.05%) Jamf Pro
16 21 (1.01%) NetBackup
17 20 (0.96%) Progress Chef
17 20 (0.96%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 1,128 (54.05%) Microsoft
2 680 (32.58%) VMware
3 319 (15.29%) Cisco
4 190 (9.10%) Veeam
5 163 (7.81%) Citrix
6 118 (5.65%) Oracle
7 105 (5.03%) Dell
8 103 (4.94%) HP
9 97 (4.65%) Red Hat
10 85 (4.07%) Apple
10 85 (4.07%) Juniper
11 80 (3.83%) Meraki
12 78 (3.74%) Fortinet
13 70 (3.35%) SolarWinds
14 60 (2.87%) Google
15 54 (2.59%) Palo Alto
16 46 (2.20%) Sparx
17 42 (2.01%) Sophos
18 39 (1.87%) Bloomberg
19 37 (1.77%) NetApp