DNS Contracts in England

Domain Name System (DNS)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for DNS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DNS over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 131 158
Rank change year-on-year +2 +27 +21
Contract jobs citing DNS 658 1,047 1,288
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.78% 2.07% 1.81%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.15% 16.96% 16.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 759 934
10th Percentile £213 £231 £213
25th Percentile £375 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £525 £490
Median % change year-on-year -8.67% +7.14% +15.29%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £588
90th Percentile £675 £714 £675
UK median daily rate £480 £525 £498
% change year-on-year -8.67% +5.53% +13.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 17 23
10th Percentile £19.10 £21.05 -
25th Percentile £23.80 £36.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.13 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.27% +89.56% -7.56%
75th Percentile - £85.00 £46.61
90th Percentile £61.26 £87.50 £49.72
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £52.13 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.27% +48.94% +7.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

DNS is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,003 6,173 7,919
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.54% 12.21% 11.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,017 4,061 5,228
10th Percentile £206 £231 £222
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.94%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -5.59% +3.80% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 396 442 304
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.00 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £39.25 £18.88 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +107.95% -21.06% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.38 £48.08
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £64.46
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £19.00 £28.33
% change year-on-year +100.00% -32.93% -0.60%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for DNS in England

DNS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DNS in England.

Daily rate trend for DNS in England

DNS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DNS in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DNS in England

DNS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DNS in England.

Hourly rate trend for DNS in England

DNS
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DNS in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 +4 268 £450 -18.18% 100
South East +33 170 £500 -9.09% 84
Midlands +19 75 £523 +39.33% 72
North of England -55 65 £475 -9.52% 82
West Midlands +37 62 £525 +22.81% 48
South West -24 58 £575 +4.55% 29
Yorkshire -1 31 £515 -4.19% 25
North West -62 31 £400 -27.27% 51
East Midlands -9 12 £325 -13.33% 24
East of England -24 7 £345 -35.81% 41
North East +10 3 £600 +39.53% 8
DNS
UK

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 132 (20.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (5.93%) Confluence
3 38 (5.78%) SharePoint
4 19 (2.89%) Apache
5 18 (2.74%) IIS
6 16 (2.43%) Exchange Server 2013
7 15 (2.28%) Exchange Server 2010
8 14 (2.13%) nginx
9 13 (1.98%) Tomcat
10 7 (1.06%) Apache Solr
11 6 (0.91%) CMS
11 6 (0.91%) JBoss
12 5 (0.76%) OpenStack
13 4 (0.61%) IBM Domino
13 4 (0.61%) IBM Notes
14 3 (0.46%) Drupal
14 3 (0.46%) Skype for Business
14 3 (0.46%) WordPress
15 2 (0.30%) Traefik
16 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 28 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.98%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.91%) Temenos T24
2 4 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.30%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 234 (35.56%) Azure
2 156 (23.71%) Microsoft 365
3 127 (19.30%) AWS
4 99 (15.05%) Entra ID
5 43 (6.53%) GCP
6 42 (6.38%) IaaS
7 35 (5.32%) PaaS
8 34 (5.17%) Azure Monitor
9 29 (4.41%) SaaS
10 22 (3.34%) GitHub
11 20 (3.04%) OCI
12 19 (2.89%) Azure Storage
12 19 (2.89%) Cloud Computing
12 19 (2.89%) OneDrive
12 19 (2.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 18 (2.74%) Amazon EC2
13 18 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
14 15 (2.28%) Nutanix
15 14 (2.13%) Akamai
15 14 (2.13%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 357 (54.26%) DHCP
2 238 (36.17%) Firewall
3 143 (21.73%) TCP/IP
4 113 (17.17%) VPN
5 103 (15.65%) WAN
6 92 (13.98%) LAN
7 67 (10.18%) SAN
8 58 (8.81%) Network Security
9 52 (7.90%) VLAN
10 49 (7.45%) MPLS
11 47 (7.14%) BGP
12 46 (6.99%) Wi-Fi
13 43 (6.53%) Wireless
14 35 (5.32%) HTTP
15 34 (5.17%) OSPF
16 32 (4.86%) Internet
16 32 (4.86%) SD-WAN
17 28 (4.26%) IPsec
18 27 (4.10%) NAS
18 27 (4.10%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (6.84%) SQL Server
2 16 (2.43%) Elasticsearch
2 16 (2.43%) MySQL
3 14 (2.13%) Relational Database
4 12 (1.82%) Amazon RDS
5 10 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (1.37%) NoSQL
7 8 (1.22%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.76%) Apache Cassandra
8 5 (0.76%) Couchbase
8 5 (0.76%) Redis
9 4 (0.61%) Amazon QuickSight
9 4 (0.61%) MariaDB
9 4 (0.61%) Power BI
10 3 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.46%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.46%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.30%) CouchDB
Development Applications
1 48 (7.29%) JIRA
2 38 (5.78%) Git
3 24 (3.65%) Jenkins
4 16 (2.43%) GitLab
5 8 (1.22%) TeamCity
6 7 (1.06%) CircleCI
6 7 (1.06%) Sonatype Nexus
6 7 (1.06%) Travis CI
7 6 (0.91%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 5 (0.76%) Artifactory
8 5 (0.76%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.61%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.61%) Snyk
9 4 (0.61%) Subversion
10 3 (0.46%) Selenium
11 2 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
11 2 (0.30%) Postman
11 2 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
12 1 (0.15%) Darcs
12 1 (0.15%) Jaeger
General
1 198 (30.09%) Social Skills
2 89 (13.53%) Finance
3 68 (10.33%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (6.53%) Public Sector
5 36 (5.47%) Telecoms
6 19 (2.89%) Military
7 16 (2.43%) Banking
7 16 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (2.13%) Retail
9 10 (1.52%) Aerospace
10 9 (1.37%) Manufacturing
10 9 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.22%) Mandarin Language
12 7 (1.06%) Legal
13 5 (0.76%) Electronics
13 5 (0.76%) French Language
13 5 (0.76%) Marketing
14 4 (0.61%) Multimedia
15 3 (0.46%) German Language
15 3 (0.46%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 127 (19.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 84 (12.77%) Network Engineer
3 61 (9.27%) Senior
4 53 (8.05%) Support Engineer
5 49 (7.45%) Architect
6 38 (5.78%) Analyst
7 32 (4.86%) DevOps Engineer
8 31 (4.71%) Azure Engineer
8 31 (4.71%) Integration Engineer
9 28 (4.26%) Administrator
9 28 (4.26%) Security Engineer
10 26 (3.95%) Cloud Engineer
11 23 (3.50%) IT Support
12 22 (3.34%) IT Engineer
13 21 (3.19%) Systems Administrator
14 19 (2.89%) Support Specialist
15 18 (2.74%) 2nd Line Support
15 18 (2.74%) IT Analyst
15 18 (2.74%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 17 (2.58%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (5.02%) LDAP
2 24 (3.65%) JSON
3 20 (3.04%) ARM Templates
4 19 (2.89%) YAML
5 18 (2.74%) .NET
6 17 (2.58%) SAML
7 10 (1.52%) Elastic Stack
8 8 (1.22%) Kafka
8 8 (1.22%) RabbitMQ
8 8 (1.22%) XML
9 7 (1.06%) 802.1X
9 7 (1.06%) OAuth
9 7 (1.06%) Web Services
10 6 (0.91%) IBM Integration Bus
10 6 (0.91%) Node.js
11 5 (0.76%) OAuth2
12 4 (0.61%) ASP.NET
12 4 (0.61%) GraphQL
12 4 (0.61%) LEMP Stack
12 4 (0.61%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 96 (14.59%) Data Centre
1 96 (14.59%) PKI
2 35 (5.32%) Clustering
3 26 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
4 24 (3.65%) Cloud Native
4 24 (3.65%) Management Information System
5 21 (3.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 19 (2.89%) Private Cloud
7 17 (2.58%) Replication
8 14 (2.13%) Client/Server
9 13 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (1.82%) Video Conferencing
11 11 (1.67%) Data Structures
12 9 (1.37%) Fat Client
12 9 (1.37%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 9 (1.37%) Thin Client
13 8 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
13 8 (1.22%) Public Cloud
14 7 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 359 (54.56%) Windows
2 243 (36.93%) Windows Server
3 146 (22.19%) Linux
4 91 (13.83%) Windows 10
5 86 (13.07%) Windows Server 2012
6 65 (9.88%) Windows Server 2019
7 54 (8.21%) Windows Server 2016
8 41 (6.23%) Windows 7
9 40 (6.08%) Unix
10 36 (5.47%) Windows Server 2008
11 29 (4.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 13 (1.98%) Windows XP
13 12 (1.82%) Ubuntu
13 12 (1.82%) VMS
14 9 (1.37%) CentOS
14 9 (1.37%) Solaris
14 9 (1.37%) Windows Server 2003
15 8 (1.22%) Oracle Linux
16 5 (0.76%) Debian
17 3 (0.46%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (22.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 103 (15.65%) Agile
3 102 (15.50%) ITIL
4 96 (14.59%) Problem-Solving
5 93 (14.13%) Migration
6 90 (13.68%) DevOps
7 74 (11.25%) Infrastructure as Code
8 62 (9.42%) CI/CD
9 55 (8.36%) Load Balancing
10 49 (7.45%) Cybersecurity
11 48 (7.29%) Disaster Recovery
12 45 (6.84%) Server Management
13 43 (6.53%) Computer Science
14 42 (6.38%) Customer Service
15 38 (5.78%) RBAC
16 37 (5.62%) Proactive Monitoring
17 35 (5.32%) Project Delivery
18 34 (5.17%) Change Management
18 34 (5.17%) Project Management
19 33 (5.02%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 176 (26.75%) PowerShell
2 83 (12.61%) Python
3 44 (6.69%) SQL
4 36 (5.47%) Bash
5 34 (5.17%) C#
6 33 (5.02%) Java
7 26 (3.95%) VBScript
8 21 (3.19%) VB
9 19 (2.89%) Bicep
9 19 (2.89%) Go
10 14 (2.13%) Shell Script
11 11 (1.67%) PHP
12 8 (1.22%) JavaScript
12 8 (1.22%) Ruby
13 6 (0.91%) TypeScript
14 5 (0.76%) C
15 4 (0.61%) C++
15 4 (0.61%) Perl
16 3 (0.46%) VB.NET
17 2 (0.30%) Korn
Qualifications
1 184 (27.96%) Security Cleared
2 109 (16.57%) SC Cleared
3 101 (15.35%) Degree
4 93 (14.13%) Cisco Certification
5 80 (12.16%) DV Cleared
6 69 (10.49%) CCNP
7 67 (10.18%) CCNA
8 46 (6.99%) Microsoft Certification
9 26 (3.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 24 (3.65%) MCSE
11 23 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
12 19 (2.89%) MCSA
13 16 (2.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 14 (2.13%) Azure Certification
15 13 (1.98%) AWS Certification
16 11 (1.67%) CCIE
17 8 (1.22%) CCDP
18 7 (1.06%) Network+ Certification
19 6 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
19 6 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.50%) QA
2 21 (3.19%) GDPR
2 21 (3.19%) NIST
3 13 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (1.82%) SLA
5 10 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 9 (1.37%) ISO 9000
7 6 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (0.91%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.61%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 4 (0.61%) NCSC
9 3 (0.46%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.30%) GRC
11 1 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.15%) COPPA
11 1 (0.15%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.15%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.15%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 358 (54.41%) Active Directory
2 176 (26.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (8.81%) Hyper-V
4 57 (8.66%) VMware ESXi
5 52 (7.90%) Virtual Machines
6 42 (6.38%) Docker
7 38 (5.78%) Virtual Desktop
8 31 (4.71%) vSphere
9 29 (4.41%) XenApp
10 20 (3.04%) VMware NSX
11 19 (2.89%) Virtual Servers
12 16 (2.43%) VMware Workstation
13 14 (2.13%) XenDesktop
14 8 (1.22%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 8 (1.22%) KVM
14 8 (1.22%) NFS
15 7 (1.06%) BitLocker
16 6 (0.91%) Terminal Services
17 5 (0.76%) Microsoft Virtual Server
18 4 (0.61%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 116 (17.63%) SCCM
2 66 (10.03%) Terraform
3 65 (9.88%) Ansible
4 63 (9.57%) Kubernetes
5 60 (9.12%) WSUS
6 52 (7.90%) Microsoft Intune
6 52 (7.90%) vCenter Server
7 43 (6.53%) SCOM
8 38 (5.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 24 (3.65%) NetBackup
10 21 (3.19%) EMC NetWorker
10 21 (3.19%) Puppet
11 15 (2.28%) FortiGate
11 15 (2.28%) Grafana
12 14 (2.13%) Prometheus
13 13 (1.98%) Kibana
13 13 (1.98%) Progress Chef
14 11 (1.67%) Microsoft Clustering
14 11 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
15 10 (1.52%) Nagios
Vendors
1 272 (41.34%) Microsoft
2 215 (32.67%) VMware
3 135 (20.52%) Cisco
4 56 (8.51%) Palo Alto
5 51 (7.75%) Citrix
6 48 (7.29%) F5
7 44 (6.69%) Dell
8 39 (5.93%) Oracle
9 38 (5.78%) Veeam
10 37 (5.62%) SolarWinds
11 30 (4.56%) HP
11 30 (4.56%) Juniper
11 30 (4.56%) Symantec
12 29 (4.41%) Splunk
13 27 (4.10%) EMC
14 24 (3.65%) CheckPoint
15 22 (3.34%) ServiceNow
16 21 (3.19%) Google
17 20 (3.04%) Fortinet
17 20 (3.04%) Red Hat