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 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 117 128
Rank change year-on-year -18 +11 +2
Contract jobs citing DNS 795 576 654
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.97% 2.37% 1.76%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.54% 18.16% 13.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 502 403 436
10th Percentile £264 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £393 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £548 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.13% +12.41% -7.14%
75th Percentile £575 £614 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £677
UK median daily rate £490 £538 £488
% change year-on-year -8.92% +10.36% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 10 25
10th Percentile £16.84 £23.08 £19.10
25th Percentile £24.18 £32.44 £23.80
Median hourly rate £60.25 £80.68 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.32% +101.69% -23.27%
75th Percentile £74.26 £81.35 -
90th Percentile £75.75 £82.29 £61.26
UK median hourly rate £55.50 £67.59 £40.00
% change year-on-year -17.88% +68.97% -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 3,871 3,172 5,012
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.59% 13.03% 13.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,438 1,963 3,022
10th Percentile £242 £220 £206
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% -6.67%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £488 £495
% change year-on-year +1.54% -1.52% -4.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 210 121 399
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £16.26 £17.35
Median hourly rate £42.25 £29.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +45.69% -27.50% +112.54%
75th Percentile £67.13 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.01 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £36.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +14.90% -8.75% +110.53%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -30 262 £500 -4.76% 72
North of England +4 226 £444 -6.53% 43
South East +5 158 £525 -4.55% 78
North West +35 151 £429 +0.88% 19
Midlands +10 114 £380 -32.14% 32
West Midlands +27 100 £378 -29.44% 22
Yorkshire -32 71 £447 -18.73% 19
South West -48 45 £563 -2.17% 32
East of England -27 42 £450 -10.00% 28
East Midlands -30 13 £394 -30.62% 10
North East -26 6 £306 -9.93% 6
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 94 (11.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 40 (5.03%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.64%) nginx
4 11 (1.38%) Confluence
4 11 (1.38%) IIS
5 9 (1.13%) Skype for Business
6 8 (1.01%) Apache
7 3 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.25%) IBM HTTP Server
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (0.25%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.25%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.25%) WebSphere Portal
8 2 (0.25%) WordPress
9 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.13%) Traefik
Applications
1 25 (3.14%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.51%) 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
1 269 (33.84%) Azure
2 135 (16.98%) AWS
3 134 (16.86%) Entra ID
4 113 (14.21%) Microsoft 365
5 83 (10.44%) GCP
6 60 (7.55%) GitHub
7 43 (5.41%) IaaS
8 40 (5.03%) SaaS
9 37 (4.65%) Serverless
10 34 (4.28%) AWS CloudFormation
10 34 (4.28%) PaaS
11 32 (4.03%) AWS Lambda
12 29 (3.65%) Amazon S3
12 29 (3.65%) Route 53
12 29 (3.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 28 (3.52%) Amazon EC2
14 24 (3.02%) Amazon EKS
14 24 (3.02%) GitHub Actions
15 21 (2.64%) Azure DevOps
15 21 (2.64%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 341 (42.89%) DHCP
2 243 (30.57%) Firewall
3 196 (24.65%) VPN
4 186 (23.40%) TCP/IP
5 105 (13.21%) WAN
6 99 (12.45%) LAN
7 84 (10.57%) Network Security
8 80 (10.06%) SSL
9 79 (9.94%) BIG-IP
10 78 (9.81%) BGP
11 72 (9.06%) VLAN
12 71 (8.93%) HTTP
13 49 (6.16%) Wi-Fi
14 45 (5.66%) OSPF
15 43 (5.41%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 40 (5.03%) Wireshark
17 39 (4.91%) Wireless
18 37 (4.65%) DMZ
18 37 (4.65%) Kerberos
19 30 (3.77%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.27%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.26%) Elasticsearch
3 13 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
5 8 (1.01%) DynamoDB
6 7 (0.88%) Power BI
7 5 (0.63%) Amazon Aurora
7 5 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (0.63%) Data Hub
7 5 (0.63%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.63%) MySQL
8 4 (0.50%) DocumentDB
8 4 (0.50%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.50%) Redis
8 4 (0.50%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.13%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 50 (6.29%) Jenkins
2 44 (5.53%) JIRA
3 28 (3.52%) Fiddler
4 25 (3.14%) Git
5 24 (3.02%) GitLab
6 9 (1.13%) Browser DevTools
7 7 (0.88%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.88%) SonarQube
8 6 (0.75%) Chocolatey
9 4 (0.50%) CircleCI
9 4 (0.50%) Terragrunt
10 3 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.25%) Introscope
12 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
12 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 1 (0.13%) Travis CI
General
1 166 (20.88%) Social Skills
2 77 (9.69%) Analytical Skills
3 72 (9.06%) Banking
4 64 (8.05%) Finance
5 56 (7.04%) Public Sector
6 41 (5.16%) Documentation Skills
7 40 (5.03%) Investment Banking
8 23 (2.89%) Legal
9 18 (2.26%) Telecoms
10 17 (2.14%) Military
11 9 (1.13%) Law
11 9 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (0.75%) Financial Institution
12 6 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (0.63%) Local Government
14 4 (0.50%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.50%) Police
15 3 (0.38%) Advertising
15 3 (0.38%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.25%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 147 (18.49%) Network Engineer
2 108 (13.58%) Architect
3 89 (11.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 72 (9.06%) Analyst
5 62 (7.80%) Senior
6 58 (7.30%) Security Engineer
7 50 (6.29%) Web Engineer
8 40 (5.03%) Network Security Engineer
9 39 (4.91%) Support Engineer
10 33 (4.15%) Cisco Engineer
10 33 (4.15%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 32 (4.03%) IT Support
12 31 (3.90%) Data Engineer
12 31 (3.90%) Data Network Engineer
12 31 (3.90%) IT Engineer
13 30 (3.77%) Cisco Security Engineer
14 29 (3.65%) Administrator
14 29 (3.65%) Azure Engineer
15 27 (3.40%) Lead
16 24 (3.02%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (8.30%) LDAP
2 46 (5.79%) SAML
3 37 (4.65%) OAuth
4 35 (4.40%) 802.1X
5 26 (3.27%) OpenID
6 22 (2.77%) OpenTelemetry
7 11 (1.38%) OAuth2
8 10 (1.26%) JSON
9 9 (1.13%) Kafka
10 8 (1.01%) REST
11 7 (0.88%) Elastic Stack
11 7 (0.88%) XMPP
12 6 (0.75%) ARM Templates
13 5 (0.63%) Microsoft Graph
14 4 (0.50%) gRPC
14 4 (0.50%) JPA
14 4 (0.50%) RESTful
14 4 (0.50%) Spring
14 4 (0.50%) Spring Boot
14 4 (0.50%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 64 (8.05%) Data Centre
1 64 (8.05%) PKI
2 49 (6.16%) Cloud Native
3 40 (5.03%) Replication
4 38 (4.78%) Clustering
5 36 (4.53%) Management Information System
5 36 (4.53%) Onboarding
6 32 (4.03%) Public Cloud
7 24 (3.02%) Hybrid Cloud
8 22 (2.77%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 18 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
10 17 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
11 16 (2.01%) Enterprise Cloud
12 15 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
12 15 (1.89%) Cyberattack
12 15 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
12 15 (1.89%) Security Operations Centre
13 13 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (1.51%) Product Ownership
14 12 (1.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 337 (42.39%) Windows
2 194 (24.40%) Windows Server
3 100 (12.58%) Linux
4 48 (6.04%) Windows 10
5 30 (3.77%) Windows Server 2019
6 21 (2.64%) Unix
7 19 (2.39%) Windows Server 2012
8 16 (2.01%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (1.89%) Android
10 14 (1.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 11 (1.38%) Windows 7
12 10 (1.26%) Apple iOS
12 10 (1.26%) Mac OS
13 8 (1.01%) Windows Server 2003
14 5 (0.63%) CentOS
14 5 (0.63%) Ubuntu
14 5 (0.63%) VMS
15 4 (0.50%) CatOS
16 3 (0.38%) Amazon Linux
17 2 (0.25%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (20.88%) Load Balancing
2 160 (20.13%) Problem-Solving
3 130 (16.35%) Migration
4 127 (15.97%) High Availability
5 114 (14.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 107 (13.46%) DevOps
7 105 (13.21%) ITIL
8 102 (12.83%) CI/CD
9 99 (12.45%) Infrastructure as Code
10 72 (9.06%) Disaster Recovery
11 70 (8.81%) Identity Access Management
11 70 (8.81%) Observability
12 66 (8.30%) Cybersecurity
13 64 (8.05%) ITSM
14 62 (7.80%) Agile
15 51 (6.42%) RBAC
16 50 (6.29%) Containerisation
17 47 (5.91%) Change Management
17 47 (5.91%) Continuous Improvement
17 47 (5.91%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 172 (21.64%) PowerShell
2 119 (14.97%) Python
3 64 (8.05%) Bash
4 36 (4.53%) SQL
5 20 (2.52%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.76%) Bicep
7 12 (1.51%) Java
7 12 (1.51%) VBScript
8 11 (1.38%) Go
9 10 (1.26%) Ruby
9 10 (1.26%) Shell Script
10 9 (1.13%) VB
11 7 (0.88%) VBA
12 3 (0.38%) C
12 3 (0.38%) Groovy
13 2 (0.25%) Jython
13 2 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.25%) Lisp
13 2 (0.25%) Perl
14 1 (0.13%) C#
Qualifications
1 268 (33.71%) Security Cleared
2 180 (22.64%) SC Cleared
3 83 (10.44%) DV Cleared
4 69 (8.68%) Cisco Certification
5 42 (5.28%) Degree
6 39 (4.91%) CCNP
7 29 (3.65%) CCNA
8 26 (3.27%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (2.77%) Azure Certification
10 19 (2.39%) CompTIA Security+
11 17 (2.14%) Network+ Certification
12 14 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
13 11 (1.38%) AWS Certification
14 10 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
14 10 (1.26%) JNCIA
14 10 (1.26%) JNCIS
15 8 (1.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 8 (1.01%) JNCIP
16 7 (0.88%) OCP
16 7 (0.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (3.52%) SLA
2 24 (3.02%) GDPR
3 20 (2.52%) NIST
4 19 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (1.01%) NCSC
7 7 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (0.75%) QA
9 4 (0.50%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.25%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.25%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.13%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.13%) COBIT
12 1 (0.13%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.13%) RMADS
System Software
1 326 (41.01%) Active Directory
2 169 (21.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 75 (9.43%) Hyper-V
4 48 (6.04%) VMware NSX
5 42 (5.28%) Docker
6 40 (5.03%) vSphere
7 30 (3.77%) Virtual Machines
8 26 (3.27%) Firmware
9 25 (3.14%) VMware ESXi
10 19 (2.39%) BitLocker
11 15 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
12 10 (1.26%) Squid
13 9 (1.13%) NFS
14 8 (1.01%) Microsoft App-V
15 5 (0.63%) Postfix
15 5 (0.63%) Sendmail
15 5 (0.63%) Terminal Services
15 5 (0.63%) Varnish
16 4 (0.50%) XenApp
17 3 (0.38%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 136 (17.11%) Terraform
2 97 (12.20%) Ansible
3 93 (11.70%) Kubernetes
4 81 (10.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 73 (9.18%) Single Sign-On
6 62 (7.80%) SCCM
7 45 (5.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 43 (5.41%) FortiGate
9 42 (5.28%) Grafana
10 38 (4.78%) vCenter Server
11 26 (3.27%) Prometheus
12 24 (3.02%) WSUS
13 21 (2.64%) Argo
14 13 (1.64%) SCOM
15 10 (1.26%) Nessus
15 10 (1.26%) Puppet
16 9 (1.13%) HAProxy
16 9 (1.13%) vMotion
17 8 (1.01%) Consul
18 6 (0.75%) Nagios
Vendors
1 260 (32.70%) Microsoft
2 210 (26.42%) VMware
3 141 (17.74%) F5
4 137 (17.23%) Cisco
5 71 (8.93%) Splunk
6 67 (8.43%) ServiceNow
7 53 (6.67%) Citrix
8 46 (5.79%) Infoblox
9 44 (5.53%) SolarWinds
10 39 (4.91%) Juniper
11 38 (4.78%) Google
12 36 (4.53%) Blue Coat
13 35 (4.40%) Red Hat
14 31 (3.90%) McAfee
15 30 (3.77%) NetApp
16 29 (3.65%) Palo Alto
17 22 (2.77%) Dynatrace
17 22 (2.77%) Extreme Networks
18 20 (2.52%) CheckPoint
19 18 (2.26%) Fortinet
257 DNS jobs in England