DNS Contract Job Trends in Guildford

Domain Name System (DNS)
Surrey > Guildford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Guildford requiring DNS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 11 14
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 -
Contract jobs citing DNS 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Guildford 2.56% 1.85% 3.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.33% 7.14% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £375 £300
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% -
Surrey median daily rate £275 £500 £400
% change year-on-year -45.00% +25.00% +48.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £28.00 - -
Surrey median hourly rate £28.00 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Guildford

DNS 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 requiring communications or computer networking skills in Guildford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12 14 6
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Guildford 30.77% 25.93% 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 14 6
10th Percentile £250 £70 £210
25th Percentile £306 £90 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £428 £288
Median % change year-on-year +2.34% +48.70% -11.47%
75th Percentile £508 £663 £300
90th Percentile £602 - £419
Surrey median daily rate £438 £425 £373
% change year-on-year +2.94% +14.09% +25.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £28.00 - -
Surrey median hourly rate £32.77 £60.00 £67.27
% change year-on-year -45.38% -10.80% +49.48%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

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

Job vacancy trend for DNS in Guildford

DNS
Daily Rate Trend in Guildford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing DNS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing DNS

DNS
Hourly Rate Trend in Guildford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing DNS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing DNS

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Guildford 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) Softphone
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Technical Support
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Technical Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Deployment
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM