DNS Jobs in the South West

Domain Name System (DNS)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 137 167
Rank change year-on-year +19 +30 -56
Permanent jobs citing DNS 221 143 161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 2.40% 2.10% 2.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.77% 10.98% 12.87%
Number of salaries quoted 133 94 117
10th Percentile £27,044 £28,150 £27,375
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,680
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -8.05% +11.54%
75th Percentile £51,750 £50,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £57,250 £60,725 £71,250
England median annual salary £43,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.35% -5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,244 1,302 1,251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.49% 19.08% 15.50%
Number of salaries quoted 920 549 703
10th Percentile £26,475 £28,000 £26,350
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £63,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing DNS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for DNS in the South West

DNS
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for DNS in the South West

DNS
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in the South West over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for DNS in the South West

DNS
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the South West region over the 6 months to 7 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
Gloucestershire +35 117 £31,250 -30.56% 6
Bristol +18 38 £39,750 +7.43% 11
Devon -17 22 £26,000 -25.71% 4
Wiltshire -17 16 £50,500 +44.29% 8
Somerset +14 13 £45,000 -10.00% 5
Cornwall -16 8 £33,750 +8.87% 2
Dorset -33 6 £43,750 -2.78% 1
DNS
England

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 32 (14.48%) SharePoint
2 16 (7.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.71%) Confluence
3 6 (2.71%) IIS
4 4 (1.81%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.90%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.90%) nginx
6 1 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.45%) CMS
6 1 (0.45%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.45%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (4.07%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.71%) Trello
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.81%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 110 (49.77%) Azure
2 87 (39.37%) AWS
3 73 (33.03%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (21.72%) SaaS
5 37 (16.74%) OpenShift
6 35 (15.84%) Entra ID
7 29 (13.12%) AWS CloudFormation
8 17 (7.69%) IaaS
8 17 (7.69%) OneDrive
8 17 (7.69%) PaaS
9 16 (7.24%) Power Platform
10 9 (4.07%) WhatsApp
11 6 (2.71%) GCP
11 6 (2.71%) Slack
12 4 (1.81%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (1.81%) Amazon SQS
12 4 (1.81%) GitHub
12 4 (1.81%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (1.36%) Mimecast
14 1 (0.45%) Sage Pay
Communications & Networking
1 154 (69.68%) DHCP
2 128 (57.92%) TCP/IP
3 78 (35.29%) HTTP
4 53 (23.98%) Firewall
5 48 (21.72%) WAN
6 41 (18.55%) LAN
6 41 (18.55%) VPN
7 27 (12.22%) Wi-Fi
8 21 (9.50%) Wireless
9 18 (8.14%) VLAN
10 14 (6.33%) IPsec
11 12 (5.43%) VSAN
12 11 (4.98%) BGP
12 11 (4.98%) Internet
12 11 (4.98%) SD-WAN
13 10 (4.52%) SSL
14 9 (4.07%) SMTP
15 7 (3.17%) OSPF
16 6 (2.71%) NetScaler
17 5 (2.26%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.71%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (2.26%) Relational Database
2 5 (2.26%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.81%) MySQL
3 4 (1.81%) Oracle Database
3 4 (1.81%) RDBMS
4 2 (0.90%) Couchbase
4 2 (0.90%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.45%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 8 (3.62%) Jenkins
2 6 (2.71%) JIRA
3 1 (0.45%) Git
3 1 (0.45%) Log4Net
3 1 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 79 (35.75%) Social Skills
2 34 (15.38%) Finance
3 33 (14.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (6.79%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.43%) Aerospace
6 8 (3.62%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (3.17%) Marketing
8 6 (2.71%) Law
9 4 (1.81%) Legal
10 3 (1.36%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.90%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.90%) Publishing
11 2 (0.90%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 69 (31.22%) Senior
2 60 (27.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 38 (17.19%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 28 (12.67%) Support Engineer
5 27 (12.22%) IT Engineer
6 24 (10.86%) Field Engineer
7 22 (9.95%) Architect
8 18 (8.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 15 (6.79%) Cloud Architect
9 15 (6.79%) Developer
9 15 (6.79%) IT Support
10 14 (6.33%) 3rd Line Support
10 14 (6.33%) Field Service Engineer
11 13 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
12 12 (5.43%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 12 (5.43%) Analyst
12 12 (5.43%) Lead
13 11 (4.98%) Administrator
14 10 (4.52%) Systems Administrator
15 9 (4.07%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (16.29%) HTML
2 29 (13.12%) OpenID
2 29 (13.12%) SAML
3 6 (2.71%) CSS
3 6 (2.71%) RabbitMQ
4 5 (2.26%) LDAP
5 4 (1.81%) .NET
5 4 (1.81%) 802.1X
5 4 (1.81%) AngularJS
5 4 (1.81%) Spring Boot
6 3 (1.36%) ASP.NET
6 3 (1.36%) ASP.NET MVC
6 3 (1.36%) jQuery
6 3 (1.36%) React
6 3 (1.36%) REST
6 3 (1.36%) Tailwind CSS
6 3 (1.36%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 3 (1.36%) Vue
6 3 (1.36%) WPF
7 2 (0.90%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 35 (15.84%) Cloud Native
2 34 (15.38%) Driving Licence
3 29 (13.12%) Cyberattack
4 28 (12.67%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (4.07%) Tandem
6 8 (3.62%) CUDA
6 8 (3.62%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (3.62%) GNSS
6 8 (3.62%) Public Cloud
7 7 (3.17%) Replication
8 5 (2.26%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.81%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.90%) CMDB
10 2 (0.90%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.45%) iPhone
11 1 (0.45%) Linux Command Line
11 1 (0.45%) Reinsurance
11 1 (0.45%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 141 (63.80%) Windows
2 69 (31.22%) Windows Server
3 64 (28.96%) Linux
4 41 (18.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 29 (13.12%) Windows Server 2019
6 28 (12.67%) Windows Server 2016
7 23 (10.41%) Windows Server 2012
8 11 (4.98%) Windows 10
9 9 (4.07%) Unix
10 8 (3.62%) Mac OS
11 7 (3.17%) Apple iOS
12 6 (2.71%) Android
13 4 (1.81%) Windows 7
14 2 (0.90%) Debian
14 2 (0.90%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.90%) Windows 8
14 2 (0.90%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.45%) AIX
15 1 (0.45%) CentOS
15 1 (0.45%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (32.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 52 (23.53%) ITIL
3 51 (23.08%) Agile
4 47 (21.27%) DevOps
5 45 (20.36%) Software Architecture
6 41 (18.55%) Actionable Insight
7 38 (17.19%) Line Management
8 34 (15.38%) Customer Service
9 33 (14.93%) SDLC
10 32 (14.48%) Identity Management
11 29 (13.12%) Cloud Security
11 29 (13.12%) DevSecOps
11 29 (13.12%) Infrastructure as Code
11 29 (13.12%) Roadmaps
11 29 (13.12%) Technical Leadership
11 29 (13.12%) Technology Roadmap
12 26 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
13 22 (9.95%) Service Management
14 20 (9.05%) Collaborative Working
15 18 (8.14%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 66 (29.86%) PowerShell
2 50 (22.62%) Python
3 41 (18.55%) Java
4 38 (17.19%) Bash
5 15 (6.79%) SQL
6 8 (3.62%) C
6 8 (3.62%) C#
6 8 (3.62%) C++
7 3 (1.36%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.36%) XAML
8 2 (0.90%) PHP
8 2 (0.90%) Ruby
9 1 (0.45%) Perl
9 1 (0.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 69 (31.22%) Security Cleared
2 62 (28.05%) DV Cleared
3 33 (14.93%) AWS Certification
3 33 (14.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 28 (12.67%) Degree
5 21 (9.50%) SC Cleared
6 16 (7.24%) DBS Check
7 15 (6.79%) A+ Certification
8 8 (3.62%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (2.26%) PMI Certification
9 5 (2.26%) PMP
9 5 (2.26%) RHCE
9 5 (2.26%) RHCSA
10 4 (1.81%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.81%) CCNA
10 4 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.36%) MCSE
12 2 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.69%) SLA
2 6 (2.71%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.90%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.90%) GDPR
System Software
1 92 (41.63%) Active Directory
2 61 (27.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 55 (24.89%) Hyper-V
4 37 (16.74%) Docker
5 12 (5.43%) Firmware
6 9 (4.07%) vSphere
7 8 (3.62%) Embedded Firmware
7 8 (3.62%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.90%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.45%) KVM
9 1 (0.45%) Samba
Systems Management
1 43 (19.46%) Kubernetes
2 37 (16.74%) Ansible
2 37 (16.74%) Puppet
3 36 (16.29%) Terraform
4 32 (14.48%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (3.62%) Jamf Pro
5 8 (3.62%) McAfee ePO
5 8 (3.62%) SCVMM
5 8 (3.62%) WSUS
6 6 (2.71%) SCCM
7 5 (2.26%) Rancher
8 4 (1.81%) Istio
8 4 (1.81%) Prometheus
8 4 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.81%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.90%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.45%) Icinga
10 1 (0.45%) Nagios
10 1 (0.45%) SCOM
10 1 (0.45%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 67 (30.32%) VMware
2 61 (27.60%) Microsoft
3 39 (17.65%) Red Hat
4 23 (10.41%) HP
5 16 (7.24%) Cisco
6 15 (6.79%) Citrix
6 15 (6.79%) Veeam
7 9 (4.07%) Sophos
8 8 (3.62%) Apple
8 8 (3.62%) McAfee
9 7 (3.17%) Meraki
10 6 (2.71%) Aderant
10 6 (2.71%) Fortinet
10 6 (2.71%) iManage
10 6 (2.71%) ServiceNow
11 5 (2.26%) SolarWinds
12 4 (1.81%) Google
12 4 (1.81%) Oracle
12 4 (1.81%) Sparx
13 3 (1.36%) NetApp