DNS Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Domain Name System (DNS)
South East > Berkshire

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

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 64 62
Rank change year-on-year -3 -2 +32
Contract jobs citing DNS 41 39 68
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 2.77% 2.54% 3.92%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.80% 13.04% 15.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 21 61
10th Percentile £219 £219 £350
25th Percentile £233 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £450 £610
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% -26.23% +10.91%
75th Percentile £523 £608 £638
90th Percentile £554 - £675
South East median daily rate £500 £463 £512
% change year-on-year +8.11% -9.62% +1.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £71.20 - -
25th Percentile £73.00 £18.50 -
Median hourly rate £79.50 £19.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +318.42% -24.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £84.50 £19.50 -
90th Percentile £85.40 - -
South East median hourly rate £80.50 £19.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +323.68% -65.45% +150.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 244 299 451
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 16.49% 19.44% 26.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 130 269
10th Percentile £255 £231 £200
25th Percentile £325 £358 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £427 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.11% +11.76% -10.53%
75th Percentile £537 £607 £575
90th Percentile £618 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 12
10th Percentile £17.63 £22.28 £24.41
25th Percentile £28.00 £27.94 £55.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £38.25 £71.07
Median % change year-on-year +69.93% -46.18% +202.40%
75th Percentile £84.50 £48.94 £77.85
90th Percentile £89.88 £54.83 £85.36
South East median hourly rate £70.16 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +12.26% +4.17% +33.33%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DNS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

DNS job vacancy trend in Berkshire

DNS
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing DNS

DNS
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DNS in Berkshire over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DNS in Berkshire

DNS
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing DNS

DNS
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 17 December 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wokingham -8 29 £350 -16.42%
Reading +3 6 £588 +30.56% 3
Bracknell -8 1 - - 2
DNS
South East

DNS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 34 (82.93%) Azure
2 24 (58.54%) AWS
3 8 (19.51%) Entra ID
4 6 (14.63%) IaaS
4 6 (14.63%) OpenShift
5 4 (9.76%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (7.32%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (4.88%) Power Platform
8 1 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 27 (65.85%) DHCP
2 22 (53.66%) TCP/IP
3 14 (34.15%) VLAN
4 12 (29.27%) Firewall
5 8 (19.51%) Network Security
6 7 (17.07%) VPN
6 7 (17.07%) WAN
7 6 (14.63%) FTP
7 6 (14.63%) LAN
8 3 (7.32%) BGP
8 3 (7.32%) Intranet
8 3 (7.32%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (7.32%) IPv6
8 3 (7.32%) OSPF
8 3 (7.32%) WLAN
9 2 (4.88%) Internet
9 2 (4.88%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (2.44%) IPsec
10 1 (2.44%) Telnet
10 1 (2.44%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (34.15%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (17.07%) Social Skills
3 3 (7.32%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.44%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.44%) French Language
4 1 (2.44%) German Language
4 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (36.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 13 (31.71%) Support Engineer
3 11 (26.83%) Infrastructure Support
3 11 (26.83%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 8 (19.51%) Analyst
5 6 (14.63%) Architect
5 6 (14.63%) Wintel Analyst
6 4 (9.76%) Senior
6 4 (9.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (7.32%) Network Engineer
8 2 (4.88%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
8 2 (4.88%) 1st Line Support
8 2 (4.88%) 1st Line Support Analyst
8 2 (4.88%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 2 (4.88%) Security Engineer
8 2 (4.88%) Service Analyst
8 2 (4.88%) Service Desk Analyst
8 2 (4.88%) Service Desk Support
8 2 (4.88%) Service Desk Support Analyst
9 1 (2.44%) Azure Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) 802.1X
1 1 (2.44%) OAuth
1 1 (2.44%) OAuth2
1 1 (2.44%) OpenID
1 1 (2.44%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (26.83%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (9.76%) PKI
3 3 (7.32%) SCADA
4 2 (4.88%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.44%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.44%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 28 (68.29%) Windows
2 22 (53.66%) Linux
3 10 (24.39%) Windows Server
4 2 (4.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (41.46%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (39.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 13 (31.71%) Disaster Recovery
3 13 (31.71%) ITIL
4 11 (26.83%) Preventative Maintenance
4 11 (26.83%) Service Management
4 11 (26.83%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 10 (24.39%) CI/CD
5 10 (24.39%) Containerisation
6 8 (19.51%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (19.51%) Load Balancing
7 7 (17.07%) Migration
7 7 (17.07%) RBAC
8 6 (14.63%) DevOps
9 5 (12.20%) Platform Engineering
10 4 (9.76%) DevSecOps
10 4 (9.76%) Infrastructure as Code
10 4 (9.76%) SIEM
11 3 (7.32%) Network Monitoring
11 3 (7.32%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 10 (24.39%) Bash
1 10 (24.39%) Python
2 6 (14.63%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 29 (70.73%) Security Cleared
2 28 (68.29%) SC Cleared
3 14 (34.15%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (34.15%) Network+ Certification
4 12 (29.27%) Azure Certification
5 11 (26.83%) Server+ Certification
6 4 (9.76%) AWS Certification
7 3 (7.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (7.32%) CCNP
7 3 (7.32%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (7.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (4.88%) Degree
System Software
1 27 (65.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (41.46%) Active Directory
3 15 (36.59%) Hyper-V
4 10 (24.39%) Docker
5 6 (14.63%) VMware NSX
5 6 (14.63%) vSphere
6 1 (2.44%) NFS
6 1 (2.44%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 10 (24.39%) Ansible
1 10 (24.39%) Kubernetes
1 10 (24.39%) Terraform
2 8 (19.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (14.63%) Argo
3 6 (14.63%) vCenter Server
4 3 (7.32%) Nagios
5 2 (4.88%) SCCM
6 1 (2.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 28 (68.29%) VMware
2 20 (48.78%) Microsoft
3 7 (17.07%) ServiceNow
4 6 (14.63%) Citrix
4 6 (14.63%) Pure Storage
5 5 (12.20%) Red Hat
6 4 (9.76%) Cisco
6 4 (9.76%) Juniper
7 3 (7.32%) SolarWinds
8 1 (2.44%) Blue Coat
8 1 (2.44%) CheckPoint
8 1 (2.44%) F5