DNS Contract Job Trends in Cambridge

Domain Name System (DNS)
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring DNS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 22 23
Rank change year-on-year -9 +1 +9
Contract jobs citing DNS 3 5 2
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridge 1.62% 3.25% 1.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.82% 22.73% 7.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £470 - -
25th Percentile £481 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -
75th Percentile £581 £531 -
90th Percentile £600 £588 -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £363 £500 -
% change year-on-year -27.50% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 34 22 26
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 18.38% 14.29% 14.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 14 16
10th Percentile £406 £415 £206
25th Percentile £443 £448 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +19.44% +5.88%
75th Percentile £613 £609 £494
90th Percentile £625 £678 £563
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £500 £556 £425
% change year-on-year -10.11% +30.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 6
10th Percentile £63.00 - £18.86
25th Percentile £63.75 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £23.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +204.35% +15.00% -51.52%
75th Percentile £81.25 - -
90th Percentile £85.00 - £54.38
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £40.50 £21.46 £20.00
% change year-on-year +88.72% +7.30% +29.03%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

DNS job vacancy trend in Cambridge

DNS
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing DNS

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Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing DNS

DNS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 2 (66.67%) VPN
3 1 (33.33%) DHCP
3 1 (33.33%) SAN
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Network Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) CentOS
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Ubuntu
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Enablement
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Security Management
1 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) Palo Alto
1 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) VMware