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

 6 months to
7 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 114 135
Rank change year-on-year -18 +21 -7
Contract jobs citing DNS 798 590 649
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.96% 2.42% 1.75%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.65% 18.43% 13.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 497 416 435
10th Percentile £274 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £389 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £547 £488
Median % change year-on-year -11.33% +12.21% -7.14%
75th Percentile £576 £613 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £677
UK median daily rate £483 £538 £485
% change year-on-year -10.23% +10.94% -7.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 9 25
10th Percentile £15.96 £26.10 £19.10
25th Percentile £23.20 £45.75 £23.80
Median hourly rate £55.50 £80.68 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.21% +101.69% -18.56%
75th Percentile £74.26 £81.35 -
90th Percentile £75.90 £82.48 £61.26
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £80.68 £40.00
% change year-on-year -33.06% +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 3,864 3,202 4,938
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.49% 13.14% 13.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,420 1,984 2,985
10th Percentile £250 £220 £206
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% -5.71%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +1.54% -2.50% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 125 398
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £16.26 £17.00
Median hourly rate £41.94 £32.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.05% -18.75% +116.22%
75th Percentile £65.88 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.01 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.54 £36.57 £40.00
% change year-on-year +10.85% -8.57% +111.92%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 -39 260 £500 -4.14% 75
North of England +6 219 £425 -10.53% 66
South East +5 160 £525 -4.55% 97
North West +33 149 £425 - 33
Midlands +15 117 £390 -30.36% 40
West Midlands +30 103 £380 -28.97% 27
Yorkshire -34 66 £447 -18.82% 27
South West -43 52 £516 -11.18% 33
East of England -36 42 £450 -10.00% 30
East Midlands -31 13 £394 -30.62% 13
North East -22 6 £306 -11.23% 8
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 88 (11.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 40 (5.01%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.63%) nginx
4 12 (1.50%) 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 19 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.50%) 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
1 273 (34.21%) Azure
2 137 (17.17%) AWS
3 134 (16.79%) Entra ID
4 109 (13.66%) Microsoft 365
5 84 (10.53%) GCP
6 60 (7.52%) GitHub
7 45 (5.64%) IaaS
8 39 (4.89%) SaaS
9 36 (4.51%) PaaS
10 33 (4.14%) AWS CloudFormation
10 33 (4.14%) Serverless
11 29 (3.63%) AWS Lambda
11 29 (3.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 28 (3.51%) Amazon EC2
13 27 (3.38%) Amazon S3
13 27 (3.38%) GitHub Actions
14 26 (3.26%) Amazon EKS
14 26 (3.26%) Route 53
15 22 (2.76%) OpenShift
16 20 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 339 (42.48%) DHCP
2 242 (30.33%) Firewall
3 197 (24.69%) VPN
4 189 (23.68%) TCP/IP
5 100 (12.53%) WAN
6 94 (11.78%) LAN
7 86 (10.78%) Network Security
8 82 (10.28%) SSL
9 80 (10.03%) BIG-IP
10 79 (9.90%) BGP
11 73 (9.15%) HTTP
12 69 (8.65%) VLAN
13 44 (5.51%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 44 (5.51%) OSPF
14 43 (5.39%) Wi-Fi
15 41 (5.14%) Wireshark
16 40 (5.01%) Wireless
17 39 (4.89%) DMZ
18 38 (4.76%) Kerberos
19 32 (4.01%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.26%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.26%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (1.00%) 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 49 (6.14%) Jenkins
2 44 (5.51%) JIRA
3 29 (3.63%) Fiddler
4 28 (3.51%) Git
5 24 (3.01%) 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
1 164 (20.55%) Social Skills
2 76 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 75 (9.40%) Banking
4 65 (8.15%) Finance
5 53 (6.64%) Public Sector
6 42 (5.26%) Investment Banking
7 40 (5.01%) Documentation Skills
8 21 (2.63%) Legal
9 18 (2.26%) Telecoms
10 17 (2.13%) Military
11 10 (1.25%) Law
12 9 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (0.75%) Financial Institution
13 6 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (0.63%) Local Government
14 5 (0.63%) Police
15 4 (0.50%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.50%) Manufacturing
16 3 (0.38%) Advertising
17 2 (0.25%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 150 (18.80%) Network Engineer
2 106 (13.28%) Architect
3 93 (11.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 72 (9.02%) Analyst
5 63 (7.89%) Senior
6 61 (7.64%) Security Engineer
7 52 (6.52%) Web Engineer
8 42 (5.26%) Network Security Engineer
9 41 (5.14%) Support Engineer
10 35 (4.39%) Cisco Engineer
10 35 (4.39%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 33 (4.14%) Data Engineer
11 33 (4.14%) Data Network Engineer
12 32 (4.01%) Cisco Security Engineer
13 31 (3.88%) IT Support
14 30 (3.76%) IT Engineer
15 28 (3.51%) Administrator
16 27 (3.38%) Azure Engineer
17 26 (3.26%) Lead
18 25 (3.13%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (8.65%) LDAP
2 46 (5.76%) SAML
3 37 (4.64%) OAuth
4 35 (4.39%) 802.1X
5 26 (3.26%) OpenID
6 22 (2.76%) OpenTelemetry
7 11 (1.38%) OAuth2
8 10 (1.25%) JSON
9 9 (1.13%) Kafka
9 9 (1.13%) REST
10 8 (1.00%) ARM Templates
10 8 (1.00%) Elastic Stack
11 6 (0.75%) XMPP
12 5 (0.63%) Microsoft Graph
12 5 (0.63%) Web Services
13 4 (0.50%) gRPC
13 4 (0.50%) Hibernate
13 4 (0.50%) Middleware
13 4 (0.50%) Spring Boot
13 4 (0.50%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 68 (8.52%) Data Centre
2 63 (7.89%) PKI
3 51 (6.39%) Cloud Native
4 40 (5.01%) Replication
5 38 (4.76%) Clustering
5 38 (4.76%) Management Information System
5 38 (4.76%) Onboarding
6 34 (4.26%) Public Cloud
7 25 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
8 23 (2.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 18 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (2.01%) Cyber Threat
10 16 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
10 16 (2.01%) Security Operations Centre
11 15 (1.88%) Cyberattack
11 15 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
12 14 (1.75%) Enterprise Cloud
13 13 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (1.50%) Virtual Team
15 11 (1.38%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 335 (41.98%) Windows
2 197 (24.69%) Windows Server
3 98 (12.28%) Linux
4 42 (5.26%) Windows 10
5 30 (3.76%) Windows Server 2019
6 22 (2.76%) Unix
7 18 (2.26%) Windows Server 2012
8 16 (2.01%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (1.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 13 (1.63%) Android
11 10 (1.25%) Mac OS
12 9 (1.13%) Apple iOS
13 8 (1.00%) 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%) Oracle Linux
17 2 (0.25%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (20.93%) Load Balancing
2 165 (20.68%) Problem-Solving
3 130 (16.29%) Migration
4 129 (16.17%) High Availability
5 117 (14.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 109 (13.66%) DevOps
7 105 (13.16%) CI/CD
8 104 (13.03%) ITIL
9 99 (12.41%) Infrastructure as Code
10 71 (8.90%) Disaster Recovery
10 71 (8.90%) Identity Access Management
10 71 (8.90%) Observability
11 66 (8.27%) Cybersecurity
12 65 (8.15%) Agile
13 61 (7.64%) ITSM
14 52 (6.52%) RBAC
15 51 (6.39%) Containerisation
16 49 (6.14%) Change Management
16 49 (6.14%) Project Delivery
17 46 (5.76%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 168 (21.05%) PowerShell
2 119 (14.91%) Python
3 68 (8.52%) Bash
4 40 (5.01%) SQL
5 20 (2.51%) JavaScript
6 15 (1.88%) Bicep
7 12 (1.50%) Java
8 11 (1.38%) Go
8 11 (1.38%) Shell Script
9 9 (1.13%) Ruby
10 7 (0.88%) VBA
10 7 (0.88%) VBScript
11 4 (0.50%) VB
12 3 (0.38%) C
12 3 (0.38%) Groovy
12 3 (0.38%) Perl
13 2 (0.25%) Jython
13 2 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.25%) Lisp
14 1 (0.13%) C#
Qualifications
1 264 (33.08%) Security Cleared
2 174 (21.80%) SC Cleared
3 83 (10.40%) DV Cleared
4 70 (8.77%) Cisco Certification
5 45 (5.64%) Degree
6 40 (5.01%) CCNP
7 30 (3.76%) CCNA
8 28 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 26 (3.26%) Azure Certification
10 19 (2.38%) CompTIA Security+
11 17 (2.13%) Network+ Certification
12 14 (1.75%) AWS Certification
12 14 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
13 11 (1.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 10 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
14 10 (1.25%) JNCIA
14 10 (1.25%) JNCIS
15 8 (1.00%) JNCIP
15 8 (1.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 7 (0.88%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (3.51%) SLA
2 24 (3.01%) GDPR
3 20 (2.51%) NIST
4 19 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (0.75%) NCSC
7 6 (0.75%) QA
8 4 (0.50%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.25%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.25%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.13%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.13%) COBIT
11 1 (0.13%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.13%) RMADS
System Software
1 330 (41.35%) Active Directory
2 178 (22.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 80 (10.03%) Hyper-V
4 51 (6.39%) VMware NSX
5 42 (5.26%) Docker
6 40 (5.01%) vSphere
7 31 (3.88%) Virtual Machines
8 27 (3.38%) VMware ESXi
9 26 (3.26%) Firmware
10 19 (2.38%) Virtual Desktop
11 14 (1.75%) BitLocker
12 11 (1.38%) NFS
13 10 (1.25%) Microsoft App-V
13 10 (1.25%) 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%) VMware Workstation
16 4 (0.50%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 135 (16.92%) Terraform
2 101 (12.66%) Ansible
3 93 (11.65%) Kubernetes
4 79 (9.90%) Microsoft Intune
5 71 (8.90%) Single Sign-On
6 59 (7.39%) SCCM
7 45 (5.64%) Grafana
8 44 (5.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 44 (5.51%) FortiGate
9 40 (5.01%) vCenter Server
10 28 (3.51%) Prometheus
11 25 (3.13%) WSUS
12 21 (2.63%) Argo
13 15 (1.88%) SCOM
14 11 (1.38%) Nessus
15 10 (1.25%) HAProxy
15 10 (1.25%) Puppet
16 9 (1.13%) vMotion
17 8 (1.00%) Consul
18 7 (0.88%) Nagios
Vendors
1 254 (31.83%) Microsoft
2 220 (27.57%) VMware
3 144 (18.05%) F5
4 139 (17.42%) Cisco
5 70 (8.77%) Splunk
6 62 (7.77%) ServiceNow
7 52 (6.52%) Citrix
8 45 (5.64%) Infoblox
8 45 (5.64%) SolarWinds
9 39 (4.89%) Google
9 39 (4.89%) Juniper
10 37 (4.64%) Blue Coat
11 35 (4.39%) Red Hat
12 32 (4.01%) McAfee
12 32 (4.01%) NetApp
13 29 (3.63%) Palo Alto
14 25 (3.13%) Dynatrace
15 22 (2.76%) Extreme Networks
16 21 (2.63%) CheckPoint
17 18 (2.26%) Pure Storage
310 DNS jobs in England