DNS Contract Job Trends in England

Domain Name System (DNS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring DNS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
14 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 114 133
Rank change year-on-year -20 +19 -1
Contract jobs citing DNS 796 577 628
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.96% 2.39% 1.72%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.76% 18.25% 13.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 497 410 424
10th Percentile £281 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £396 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £548 £486
Median % change year-on-year -12.41% +12.70% -7.38%
75th Percentile £576 £610 £600
90th Percentile £639 £661 £675
UK median daily rate £480 £540 £475
% change year-on-year -11.11% +13.68% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 9 23
10th Percentile £17.72 £26.10 £18.80
25th Percentile £25.15 £45.75 £23.53
Median hourly rate £48.72 £80.68 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.61% +101.69% -18.56%
75th Percentile £74.00 £81.35 -
90th Percentile £75.60 £82.48 £51.27
UK median hourly rate £48.72 £80.68 £40.00
% change year-on-year -39.61% +101.69% -23.27%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,835 3,162 4,824
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.44% 13.11% 13.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,390 1,963 2,903
10th Percentile £250 £220 £208
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% -5.49%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £488 £490
% change year-on-year +1.54% -0.51% -4.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 117 391
10th Percentile £16.59 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £15.44 £16.58
Median hourly rate £41.94 £30.32 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.32% -24.20% +116.22%
75th Percentile £65.88 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.15 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.54 £34.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +17.51% -13.75% +116.22%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

DNS job vacancy trend in England

DNS
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing DNS

DNS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DNS in England over the 6 months to 14 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DNS in England

DNS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing DNS

DNS
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DNS in England over the 6 months to 14 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for DNS in England

DNS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the England region over the 6 months to 14 May 2026. 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
London -44 255 £500 -4.14% 77
North of England +11 220 £433 -8.95% 64
South East -4 163 £525 -4.55% 85
North West +35 149 £429 +0.88% 34
Midlands +21 114 £406 -26.14% 37
West Midlands +28 100 £400 - 24
Yorkshire -31 66 £447 -16.93% 22
South West -37 52 £508 -13.62% 37
East of England -45 42 £450 -18.18% 26
East Midlands -30 13 £394 -30.62% 13
North East -22 6 £306 -11.23% 10
DNS
UK

DNS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 87 (10.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (5.40%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.63%) nginx
4 12 (1.51%) Confluence
5 11 (1.38%) IIS
6 9 (1.13%) Apache
7 4 (0.50%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.38%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.25%) IBM HTTP Server
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 2 (0.25%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.25%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (0.25%) WebSphere Portal
9 2 (0.25%) WordPress
10 1 (0.13%) Traefik
Applications
1 18 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.38%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Cloudability
1 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 275 (34.55%) Azure
2 143 (17.96%) AWS
3 132 (16.58%) Entra ID
4 108 (13.57%) Microsoft 365
5 87 (10.93%) GCP
6 59 (7.41%) GitHub
7 44 (5.53%) IaaS
8 38 (4.77%) SaaS
9 36 (4.52%) PaaS
10 34 (4.27%) AWS CloudFormation
11 33 (4.15%) Serverless
12 29 (3.64%) AWS Lambda
12 29 (3.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 28 (3.52%) Amazon EC2
13 28 (3.52%) GitHub Actions
14 27 (3.39%) Amazon S3
15 26 (3.27%) Amazon EKS
15 26 (3.27%) Route 53
16 20 (2.51%) OpenShift
17 19 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 343 (43.09%) DHCP
2 241 (30.28%) Firewall
3 199 (25.00%) VPN
4 190 (23.87%) TCP/IP
5 101 (12.69%) WAN
6 95 (11.93%) LAN
7 86 (10.80%) Network Security
8 81 (10.18%) SSL
9 80 (10.05%) BIG-IP
10 78 (9.80%) BGP
11 72 (9.05%) HTTP
12 71 (8.92%) VLAN
13 44 (5.53%) OSPF
14 43 (5.40%) Wi-Fi
15 42 (5.28%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 42 (5.28%) Wireless
16 40 (5.03%) Wireshark
17 38 (4.77%) DMZ
17 38 (4.77%) Kerberos
18 32 (4.02%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (3.52%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.26%) Elasticsearch
3 12 (1.51%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (1.01%) Power BI
5 5 (0.63%) Amazon Aurora
5 5 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (0.63%) DynamoDB
5 5 (0.63%) MongoDB
5 5 (0.63%) MySQL
6 4 (0.50%) DocumentDB
6 4 (0.50%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.50%) Redis
7 3 (0.38%) Data Hub
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.13%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.13%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 48 (6.03%) Jenkins
2 46 (5.78%) JIRA
3 28 (3.52%) Fiddler
3 28 (3.52%) Git
4 25 (3.14%) GitLab
5 9 (1.13%) Browser DevTools
6 7 (0.88%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.88%) SonarQube
7 6 (0.75%) Chocolatey
8 4 (0.50%) CircleCI
8 4 (0.50%) Terragrunt
9 3 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.25%) Introscope
11 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.13%) Travis CI
General
1 160 (20.10%) Social Skills
2 74 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
3 72 (9.05%) Banking
4 64 (8.04%) Finance
5 53 (6.66%) Public Sector
6 41 (5.15%) Documentation Skills
7 39 (4.90%) Investment Banking
8 19 (2.39%) Legal
9 17 (2.14%) Military
9 17 (2.14%) Telecoms
10 10 (1.26%) Law
11 8 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (0.75%) Financial Institution
12 6 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (0.63%) Police
14 4 (0.50%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.50%) Local Government
15 3 (0.38%) Advertising
15 3 (0.38%) Manufacturing
16 1 (0.13%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 151 (18.97%) Network Engineer
2 104 (13.07%) Architect
3 96 (12.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 71 (8.92%) Analyst
5 61 (7.66%) Security Engineer
5 61 (7.66%) Senior
6 51 (6.41%) Web Engineer
7 42 (5.28%) Network Security Engineer
7 42 (5.28%) Support Engineer
8 34 (4.27%) Cisco Engineer
8 34 (4.27%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 33 (4.15%) Data Engineer
9 33 (4.15%) Data Network Engineer
9 33 (4.15%) IT Support
10 32 (4.02%) Cisco Security Engineer
11 30 (3.77%) IT Engineer
12 28 (3.52%) Administrator
12 28 (3.52%) Azure Engineer
13 25 (3.14%) DevOps Engineer
13 25 (3.14%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (8.67%) LDAP
2 45 (5.65%) SAML
3 38 (4.77%) OAuth
4 35 (4.40%) 802.1X
5 25 (3.14%) OpenID
6 20 (2.51%) OpenTelemetry
7 10 (1.26%) JSON
7 10 (1.26%) OAuth2
8 9 (1.13%) Kafka
8 9 (1.13%) REST
9 8 (1.01%) ARM Templates
9 8 (1.01%) Elastic Stack
10 5 (0.63%) Microsoft Graph
10 5 (0.63%) Web Services
10 5 (0.63%) XMPP
11 4 (0.50%) Hibernate
11 4 (0.50%) JPA
11 4 (0.50%) Middleware
11 4 (0.50%) RESTful
11 4 (0.50%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 73 (9.17%) Data Centre
2 61 (7.66%) PKI
3 48 (6.03%) Cloud Native
4 41 (5.15%) Replication
5 38 (4.77%) Clustering
5 38 (4.77%) Management Information System
5 38 (4.77%) Onboarding
6 34 (4.27%) Public Cloud
7 23 (2.89%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 23 (2.89%) Hybrid Cloud
8 18 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
9 16 (2.01%) Cyber Threat
9 16 (2.01%) Security Operations Centre
10 15 (1.88%) Cyberattack
10 15 (1.88%) Enterprise Cloud
10 15 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
11 14 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
12 12 (1.51%) Virtual Team
13 11 (1.38%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 332 (41.71%) Windows
2 196 (24.62%) Windows Server
3 99 (12.44%) Linux
4 41 (5.15%) Windows 10
5 30 (3.77%) Windows Server 2019
6 22 (2.76%) Unix
7 17 (2.14%) Windows Server 2012
8 16 (2.01%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (1.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 14 (1.76%) Mac OS
11 12 (1.51%) Android
12 11 (1.38%) Apple iOS
13 8 (1.01%) Windows Server 2003
14 6 (0.75%) CentOS
14 6 (0.75%) Ubuntu
14 6 (0.75%) Windows 7
15 5 (0.63%) VMS
16 4 (0.50%) CatOS
17 2 (0.25%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
17 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (20.60%) Problem-Solving
2 162 (20.35%) Load Balancing
3 134 (16.83%) Migration
4 129 (16.21%) High Availability
5 121 (15.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 108 (13.57%) DevOps
7 105 (13.19%) CI/CD
8 104 (13.07%) ITIL
9 101 (12.69%) Infrastructure as Code
10 70 (8.79%) Observability
11 68 (8.54%) Disaster Recovery
11 68 (8.54%) Identity Access Management
12 67 (8.42%) Cybersecurity
13 66 (8.29%) ITSM
14 62 (7.79%) Agile
15 51 (6.41%) Change Management
15 51 (6.41%) Project Delivery
16 50 (6.28%) Containerisation
17 49 (6.16%) RBAC
18 46 (5.78%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 162 (20.35%) PowerShell
2 118 (14.82%) Python
3 67 (8.42%) Bash
4 42 (5.28%) SQL
5 21 (2.64%) JavaScript
6 17 (2.14%) Bicep
7 12 (1.51%) Java
8 11 (1.38%) Go
8 11 (1.38%) Shell Script
9 9 (1.13%) Ruby
10 7 (0.88%) VBA
11 6 (0.75%) VBScript
12 4 (0.50%) Perl
12 4 (0.50%) VB
13 3 (0.38%) C
13 3 (0.38%) Groovy
14 2 (0.25%) Jython
14 2 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.13%) Lisp
15 1 (0.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 265 (33.29%) Security Cleared
2 174 (21.86%) SC Cleared
3 83 (10.43%) DV Cleared
4 71 (8.92%) Cisco Certification
5 47 (5.90%) Degree
6 41 (5.15%) CCNP
7 33 (4.15%) CCNA
8 26 (3.27%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (2.89%) Azure Certification
10 20 (2.51%) Network+ Certification
11 19 (2.39%) CompTIA Security+
12 14 (1.76%) AWS Certification
13 13 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (1.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 10 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
15 10 (1.26%) JNCIA
15 10 (1.26%) JNCIS
16 9 (1.13%) Server+ Certification
17 8 (1.01%) JNCIP
18 7 (0.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (3.52%) SLA
2 23 (2.89%) GDPR
3 20 (2.51%) NIST
4 18 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (0.75%) NCSC
6 6 (0.75%) QA
7 4 (0.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 4 (0.50%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.25%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.25%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.13%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.13%) COBIT
9 1 (0.13%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.13%) RMADS
9 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 326 (40.95%) Active Directory
2 178 (22.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 81 (10.18%) Hyper-V
4 51 (6.41%) VMware NSX
5 43 (5.40%) Docker
6 40 (5.03%) vSphere
7 33 (4.15%) Virtual Machines
8 30 (3.77%) VMware ESXi
9 25 (3.14%) Firmware
10 19 (2.39%) Virtual Desktop
11 14 (1.76%) BitLocker
12 11 (1.38%) NFS
13 10 (1.26%) Microsoft App-V
13 10 (1.26%) Squid
14 6 (0.75%) Postfix
14 6 (0.75%) Sendmail
14 6 (0.75%) Varnish
15 5 (0.63%) Terminal Services
15 5 (0.63%) vCloud
15 5 (0.63%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 132 (16.58%) Terraform
2 99 (12.44%) Ansible
3 91 (11.43%) Kubernetes
4 77 (9.67%) Microsoft Intune
5 71 (8.92%) Single Sign-On
6 55 (6.91%) SCCM
7 44 (5.53%) Grafana
8 43 (5.40%) FortiGate
9 42 (5.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 39 (4.90%) vCenter Server
11 28 (3.52%) Prometheus
12 25 (3.14%) WSUS
13 19 (2.39%) Argo
14 15 (1.88%) SCOM
15 11 (1.38%) Nessus
16 10 (1.26%) HAProxy
16 10 (1.26%) Puppet
17 9 (1.13%) vMotion
18 8 (1.01%) Consul
19 7 (0.88%) Nagios
Vendors
1 252 (31.66%) Microsoft
2 218 (27.39%) VMware
3 143 (17.96%) F5
4 140 (17.59%) Cisco
5 68 (8.54%) Splunk
6 67 (8.42%) ServiceNow
7 51 (6.41%) Citrix
8 47 (5.90%) Infoblox
9 46 (5.78%) SolarWinds
10 41 (5.15%) Google
11 39 (4.90%) Juniper
12 36 (4.52%) Blue Coat
13 33 (4.15%) Red Hat
14 32 (4.02%) NetApp
15 31 (3.89%) McAfee
16 29 (3.64%) Palo Alto
17 25 (3.14%) Dynatrace
18 22 (2.76%) CheckPoint
18 22 (2.76%) Extreme Networks
19 18 (2.26%) Tenable
304 DNS jobs in England