DNS Contract Job Trends in Durham

Domain Name System (DNS)
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Durham requiring DNS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DNS 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Durham 3.45% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 25.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - -
North East median daily rate £340 £140 £400
% change year-on-year +142.86% -65.00% -38.46%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Durham

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 Durham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4 3 6
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Durham 13.79% 5.36% 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile £210 - -
25th Percentile £225 £275 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £300 £400
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -25.00% +68.42%
75th Percentile £400 £325 -
90th Percentile £490 - -
North East median daily rate £340 £585 £400
% change year-on-year -41.88% +46.25% -27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £43.00 -
North East median hourly rate - £43.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year - +145.71% -12.50%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Job vacancy trend for DNS in Durham

DNS
Daily Rate Trend in Durham

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing DNS

DNS
Hourly Rate Trend in Durham

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing DNS

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Contract Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the Durham region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
Billingham - 1 £250 -
DNS
North East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Durham 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) HSRP
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco