DNS Jobs with Work from Home Options

Domain Name System (DNS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 134 182 238
Rank change year-on-year +48 +56 -47
Permanent jobs citing DNS 800 799 1,150
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.36% 1.92% 1.67%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.29% 17.10% 15.32%
Number of salaries quoted 677 697 855
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,950 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.81% -8.10% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £43,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.35% -5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,233 4,673 7,508
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.45% 11.24% 10.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3,379 3,467 4,922
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,569 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,316 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £89,852 £88,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

DNS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing DNS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

DNS trend for jobs with a WFH option

DNS
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing DNS.

DNS salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

DNS
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing DNS over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

DNS salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 163 (20.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 85 (10.63%) SharePoint
3 66 (8.25%) IIS
4 46 (5.75%) WebLogic
5 21 (2.63%) CMS
6 17 (2.13%) nginx
6 17 (2.13%) WordPress
7 14 (1.75%) Apache
8 11 (1.38%) Confluence
9 7 (0.88%) OpenStack
10 5 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2013
10 5 (0.63%) SAS
10 5 (0.63%) Tomcat
10 5 (0.63%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2007
11 3 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
12 2 (0.25%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
13 1 (0.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 1 (0.13%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 35 (4.38%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.75%) Trello
3 3 (0.38%) SPSS
4 2 (0.25%) CATIA
4 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.25%) NASTRAN
5 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 46 (5.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 6 (0.75%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.25%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.25%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 514 (64.25%) Azure
2 341 (42.63%) Microsoft 365
3 226 (28.25%) AWS
4 146 (18.25%) Entra ID
5 49 (6.13%) IaaS
6 46 (5.75%) Amazon EKS
6 46 (5.75%) Amazon SQS
7 40 (5.00%) GCP
8 39 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (3.38%) Power Platform
10 26 (3.25%) Nutanix
11 23 (2.88%) OneDrive
12 22 (2.75%) Azure Monitor
13 21 (2.63%) GitHub
14 19 (2.38%) Azure Data Factory
15 18 (2.25%) Azure App Service
15 18 (2.25%) WhatsApp
16 17 (2.13%) Amazon S3
16 17 (2.13%) Azure Storage
16 17 (2.13%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 414 (51.75%) DHCP
2 346 (43.25%) Firewall
3 253 (31.63%) TCP/IP
4 172 (21.50%) WAN
5 145 (18.13%) LAN
6 134 (16.75%) VPN
7 111 (13.88%) SSL
8 91 (11.38%) VLAN
9 88 (11.00%) Wi-Fi
10 66 (8.25%) SAN
11 62 (7.75%) BGP
12 56 (7.00%) Internet
13 55 (6.88%) Network Security
13 55 (6.88%) Wireless
14 44 (5.50%) VoIP
15 39 (4.88%) HTTP
15 39 (4.88%) SD-WAN
16 34 (4.25%) DKIM
16 34 (4.25%) DMARC
17 33 (4.13%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (11.38%) SQL Server
2 65 (8.13%) Amazon RDS
3 56 (7.00%) Oracle Database
4 49 (6.13%) Relational Database
5 46 (5.75%) RDBMS
6 30 (3.75%) MySQL
7 15 (1.88%) Elasticsearch
7 15 (1.88%) Power BI
8 12 (1.50%) MongoDB
8 12 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (0.88%) NoSQL
11 6 (0.75%) Redis
12 3 (0.38%) Big Data
12 3 (0.38%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.38%) EDRMS
12 3 (0.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 3 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.25%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 30 (3.75%) Jenkins
2 23 (2.88%) JIRA
3 17 (2.13%) Git
4 10 (1.25%) Trac
5 5 (0.63%) GitLab
6 4 (0.50%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.50%) Charles Proxy
6 4 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (0.50%) Subversion
7 3 (0.38%) webpack
8 2 (0.25%) Browser DevTools
8 2 (0.25%) Grunt
8 2 (0.25%) MSBuild
9 1 (0.13%) gulp
9 1 (0.13%) Log4Net
9 1 (0.13%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 234 (29.25%) Social Skills
2 94 (11.75%) Finance
3 89 (11.13%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (3.63%) Telecoms
5 23 (2.88%) Public Sector
6 18 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (2.00%) Marketing
8 14 (1.75%) Games
9 12 (1.50%) Aerospace
9 12 (1.50%) Legal
10 9 (1.13%) Banking
11 7 (0.88%) Law
12 6 (0.75%) French Language
12 6 (0.75%) German Language
12 6 (0.75%) Italian Language
12 6 (0.75%) Manufacturing
12 6 (0.75%) Portuguese Language
12 6 (0.75%) Spanish Language
12 6 (0.75%) Swedish Language
12 6 (0.75%) Turkish Language
Job Titles
1 148 (18.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 115 (14.38%) Senior
3 93 (11.63%) Analyst
4 88 (11.00%) Lead
5 69 (8.63%) Architect
5 69 (8.63%) IT Support
6 61 (7.63%) IT Engineer
7 60 (7.50%) Support Engineer
8 52 (6.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 49 (6.13%) Solutions Architect
10 47 (5.88%) 3rd Line Support
11 46 (5.75%) Lead Architect
11 46 (5.75%) Lead Solutions Architect
12 44 (5.50%) Network Engineer
13 40 (5.00%) DevOps Engineer
14 39 (4.88%) Consultant
15 35 (4.38%) Developer
16 34 (4.25%) IT Analyst
17 30 (3.75%) Azure Engineer
17 30 (3.75%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (6.00%) RabbitMQ
2 46 (5.75%) Spring Boot
3 38 (4.75%) REST
4 37 (4.63%) .NET
5 33 (4.13%) HTML
6 30 (3.75%) CSS
7 25 (3.13%) ASP.NET
8 23 (2.88%) React
9 22 (2.75%) ASP.NET MVC
10 21 (2.63%) Vue
11 20 (2.50%) AngularJS
11 20 (2.50%) Tailwind CSS
12 19 (2.38%) jQuery
12 19 (2.38%) SAML
12 19 (2.38%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 19 (2.38%) WPF
13 18 (2.25%) ARM Templates
14 16 (2.00%) JWT
14 16 (2.00%) OAuth
14 16 (2.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 92 (11.50%) Data Centre
1 92 (11.50%) Public Cloud
2 67 (8.38%) Enterprise Software
3 62 (7.75%) PKI
4 49 (6.13%) Self-Motivation
5 26 (3.25%) Cyberattack
6 22 (2.75%) Client/Server
6 22 (2.75%) Management Information System
6 22 (2.75%) Onboarding
7 19 (2.38%) Driving Licence
8 16 (2.00%) Video Conferencing
9 14 (1.75%) Clustering
10 13 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
10 13 (1.63%) IoT
11 12 (1.50%) PMI
12 11 (1.38%) Replication
13 9 (1.13%) Cloud Native
14 8 (1.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 8 (1.00%) EFT
15 7 (0.88%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 452 (56.50%) Windows
2 274 (34.25%) Windows Server
3 211 (26.38%) Linux
4 75 (9.38%) Windows Server 2016
5 63 (7.88%) Windows 10
6 61 (7.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 61 (7.63%) Windows Server 2019
7 51 (6.38%) Windows Server 2012
8 21 (2.63%) Android
9 20 (2.50%) Windows Server 2008
10 18 (2.25%) Mac OS
11 17 (2.13%) Apple iOS
12 12 (1.50%) Unix
13 10 (1.25%) VMS
14 9 (1.13%) CentOS
14 9 (1.13%) Mac OS X
15 7 (0.88%) Windows 7
15 7 (0.88%) Windows Server 2003
16 6 (0.75%) Windows 8
17 5 (0.63%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (22.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 169 (21.13%) Agile
3 146 (18.25%) Problem-Solving
4 132 (16.50%) ITIL
5 130 (16.25%) DevOps
6 102 (12.75%) Project Management
7 101 (12.63%) Migration
8 76 (9.50%) CI/CD
9 71 (8.88%) Collaborative Working
9 71 (8.88%) Cybersecurity
9 71 (8.88%) Disaster Recovery
9 71 (8.88%) Load Balancing
10 70 (8.75%) Scrum
11 66 (8.25%) Kanban
12 65 (8.13%) Open Source
13 62 (7.75%) Infrastructure as Code
14 58 (7.25%) Actionable Insight
15 53 (6.63%) Information Security
15 53 (6.63%) Service Management
16 52 (6.50%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 161 (20.13%) PowerShell
2 74 (9.25%) Python
3 68 (8.50%) SQL
4 47 (5.88%) C#
5 42 (5.25%) Bash
6 31 (3.88%) Java
7 30 (3.75%) VBScript
8 28 (3.50%) Perl
8 28 (3.50%) T-SQL
9 21 (2.63%) JavaScript
9 21 (2.63%) PHP
9 21 (2.63%) VB
10 19 (2.38%) XAML
11 17 (2.13%) Bicep
12 10 (1.25%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.38%) R
13 3 (0.38%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.25%) C
14 2 (0.25%) C++
15 1 (0.13%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 114 (14.25%) Security Cleared
2 89 (11.13%) Degree
3 79 (9.88%) SC Cleared
4 76 (9.50%) Azure Certification
5 51 (6.38%) Cisco Certification
6 50 (6.25%) AWS Certification
7 48 (6.00%) CCNA
8 46 (5.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 39 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
10 38 (4.75%) DV Cleared
11 23 (2.88%) MCSE
12 17 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
13 16 (2.00%) APMP
13 16 (2.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 12 (1.50%) CCNP
14 12 (1.50%) PMI Certification
15 10 (1.25%) CISSP
16 7 (0.88%) A+ Certification
16 7 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
17 5 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 21 (2.63%) SLA
3 20 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (1.75%) SOC 2
5 12 (1.50%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.50%) COBIT
6 4 (0.50%) GDPR
6 4 (0.50%) NIST
7 3 (0.38%) JSP 440
7 3 (0.38%) QA
8 2 (0.25%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.25%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.25%) PMO
9 1 (0.13%) GxP
System Software
1 447 (55.88%) Active Directory
2 180 (22.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 148 (18.50%) Hyper-V
4 60 (7.50%) Virtual Machines
5 48 (6.00%) Docker
6 45 (5.63%) VMware ESXi
7 28 (3.50%) Virtual Desktop
7 28 (3.50%) Virtual Servers
8 17 (2.13%) NFS
9 15 (1.88%) vSphere
10 10 (1.25%) DFS Replication
10 10 (1.25%) pfSense
11 7 (0.88%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.25%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.25%) XenApp
12 2 (0.25%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.13%) KVM
13 1 (0.13%) PowerDNS
13 1 (0.13%) Samba
13 1 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 124 (15.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 72 (9.00%) SCCM
3 71 (8.88%) Terraform
4 62 (7.75%) Ansible
5 59 (7.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 54 (6.75%) WSUS
7 45 (5.63%) Kubernetes
8 34 (4.25%) Single Sign-On
9 32 (4.00%) SCOM
10 28 (3.50%) Grafana
11 27 (3.38%) vCenter Server
12 24 (3.00%) CASB
13 22 (2.75%) ZABBIX
14 21 (2.63%) Puppet
15 16 (2.00%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
16 14 (1.75%) HAProxy
17 12 (1.50%) CA Single Sign-On
17 12 (1.50%) Opsgenie
17 12 (1.50%) VxRail
18 11 (1.38%) Nagios
Vendors
1 400 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 260 (32.50%) VMware
3 121 (15.13%) Cisco
4 71 (8.88%) Oracle
5 51 (6.38%) Meraki
6 47 (5.88%) Citrix
7 46 (5.75%) Sparx
8 43 (5.38%) Juniper
9 40 (5.00%) Fortinet
10 39 (4.88%) Veeam
11 36 (4.50%) SolarWinds
12 32 (4.00%) Dell
13 31 (3.88%) Apple
14 29 (3.63%) Palo Alto
15 20 (2.50%) HP
16 19 (2.38%) Red Hat
17 17 (2.13%) CheckPoint
17 17 (2.13%) Ruckus Wireless
18 16 (2.00%) Google
18 16 (2.00%) McAfee