DNS Jobs in Scotland

Domain Name System (DNS)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 225 177 170
Rank change year-on-year -48 -7 -14
Permanent jobs citing DNS 59 44 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.88% 0.93% 1.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.95% 5.91% 9.73%
Number of salaries quoted 48 37 49
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,900 £32,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £35,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -30.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £48,375 £53,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £67,750 £57,500 £72,750
UK median annual salary £43,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.35% -5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

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 advertised in Scotland with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 659 745 791
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 9.82% 15.73% 13.86%
Number of salaries quoted 398 265 409
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,000 £26,936
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,270 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +7.95%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £74,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for DNS in Scotland

DNS
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for DNS in Scotland

DNS
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for DNS in Scotland

DNS
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Edinburgh +52 30 £37,500 +25.00% 11
Glasgow -99 21 £47,000 -10.48% 2
Banffshire - 4 £22,000 - 1
Scottish Borders - 2 £23,000 -
Aberdeen - 1 - - 1
Midlothian - 1 £35,000 - 5
DNS
UK

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 15 (25.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (13.56%) WebLogic
3 1 (1.69%) IIS
3 1 (1.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (13.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 34 (57.63%) Azure
2 24 (40.68%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (28.81%) AWS
4 8 (13.56%) Amazon EKS
4 8 (13.56%) Amazon SQS
5 5 (8.47%) Entra ID
6 3 (5.08%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (5.08%) Amazon S3
6 3 (5.08%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (5.08%) MailChimp
6 3 (5.08%) Route 53
6 3 (5.08%) SaaS
6 3 (5.08%) Serverless
6 3 (5.08%) Zapier
7 2 (3.39%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 30 (50.85%) TCP/IP
2 24 (40.68%) DHCP
3 17 (28.81%) Firewall
4 12 (20.34%) VPN
5 11 (18.64%) LAN
5 11 (18.64%) WAN
6 9 (15.25%) Internet
7 8 (13.56%) BGP
7 8 (13.56%) DKIM
7 8 (13.56%) DMARC
7 8 (13.56%) IPsec
7 8 (13.56%) Spanning Tree
7 8 (13.56%) SSL
8 6 (10.17%) Cisco Nexus
9 5 (8.47%) Wireless
10 4 (6.78%) IMAP
10 4 (6.78%) Network Security
11 3 (5.08%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (3.39%) Ethernet
12 2 (3.39%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (18.64%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (13.56%) Oracle Database
2 8 (13.56%) RDBMS
2 8 (13.56%) Relational Database
General
1 18 (30.51%) Social Skills
2 7 (11.86%) Telecoms
3 6 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.78%) Finance
4 4 (6.78%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (5.08%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 16 (27.12%) Analyst
2 12 (20.34%) Lead
3 9 (15.25%) Architect
4 8 (13.56%) 3rd Line Support
4 8 (13.56%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
4 8 (13.56%) Information Analyst
4 8 (13.56%) Information Security Analyst
4 8 (13.56%) Lead Architect
4 8 (13.56%) Lead Solutions Architect
4 8 (13.56%) Network Technician
4 8 (13.56%) Security Analyst
4 8 (13.56%) Solutions Architect
4 8 (13.56%) Support Analyst
5 6 (10.17%) IT Engineer
5 6 (10.17%) Senior
5 6 (10.17%) Support Technician
6 5 (8.47%) IT Support
6 5 (8.47%) IT Technician
6 5 (8.47%) Senior IT Engineer
7 4 (6.78%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (13.56%) RabbitMQ
1 8 (13.56%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.25%) Driving Licence
2 8 (13.56%) Cyberattack
2 8 (13.56%) Data Centre
2 8 (13.56%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (13.56%) Public Cloud
3 6 (10.17%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (6.78%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.39%) Device Driver
6 1 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (22.03%) Linux
1 13 (22.03%) Windows
2 12 (20.34%) Windows Server
3 8 (13.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (6.78%) Windows 10
4 4 (6.78%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (3.39%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (22.03%) Migration
2 11 (18.64%) Customer Experience
3 9 (15.25%) Change Management
3 9 (15.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (13.56%) Agile
4 8 (13.56%) ArchiMate
4 8 (13.56%) Cloud Security
4 8 (13.56%) Data Migration
4 8 (13.56%) Information Security
4 8 (13.56%) ITSM
4 8 (13.56%) Kanban
4 8 (13.56%) Load Balancing
4 8 (13.56%) Network Monitoring
4 8 (13.56%) Open Source
4 8 (13.56%) Project Management
4 8 (13.56%) Scrum
4 8 (13.56%) SDLC
4 8 (13.56%) Service Management
4 8 (13.56%) SIEM
4 8 (13.56%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (16.95%) Degree
2 8 (13.56%) AWS Certification
2 8 (13.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 8 (13.56%) Azure Certification
2 8 (13.56%) SC Cleared
2 8 (13.56%) Security Cleared
3 7 (11.86%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (10.17%) CCNP
5 3 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.69%) CCNA
6 1 (1.69%) JNCIA
6 1 (1.69%) MCITP
6 1 (1.69%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 16 (27.12%) Active Directory
2 7 (11.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (10.17%) Hyper-V
4 2 (3.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (28.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (13.56%) CASB
3 3 (5.08%) Autotask
Vendors
1 19 (32.20%) Microsoft
2 14 (23.73%) Meraki
3 12 (20.34%) VMware
4 9 (15.25%) Cisco
5 8 (13.56%) Juniper
5 8 (13.56%) Oracle
5 8 (13.56%) Palo Alto
5 8 (13.56%) Sparx
6 6 (10.17%) ForeScout
7 3 (5.08%) Apple
7 3 (5.08%) ConnectWise
7 3 (5.08%) Facebook
7 3 (5.08%) HubSpot