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 29 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
29 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 115 129
Rank change year-on-year -14 +14 0
Contract jobs citing DNS 789 584 658
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.96% 2.40% 1.78%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.56% 18.35% 13.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 492 410 440
10th Percentile £263 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £545 £480
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +13.66% -8.67%
75th Percentile £582 £613 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £495 £535 £480
% change year-on-year -7.48% +11.57% -8.67%
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 £60.25 £67.59 £40.00
% change year-on-year -10.86% +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 3,838 3,183 4,997
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.54% 13.10% 13.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,407 1,976 3,017
10th Percentile £239 £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 £500 £488 £490
% change year-on-year +2.56% -0.51% -5.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 208 123 396
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.25 £16.30 £17.00
Median hourly rate £41.94 £36.65 £39.25
Median % change year-on-year +14.45% -6.64% +108.55%
75th Percentile £65.91 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.01 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.54 £37.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year +8.11% -1.32% +100.00%

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 29 April 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 29 April 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 29 April 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 -50 257 £500 -3.51% 53
North of England +4 227 £444 -6.53% 50
South East -3 159 £525 -4.55% 70
North West +36 151 £433 +1.76% 22
Midlands +21 113 £390 -29.73% 29
West Midlands +26 99 £380 -23.43% 18
Yorkshire -37 72 £447 -18.73% 20
South West -50 44 £575 - 33
East of England -35 42 £450 -10.00% 28
East Midlands -38 13 £394 -30.62% 11
North East -22 6 £306 -9.93% 9
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 92 (11.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (4.69%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.65%) nginx
4 11 (1.39%) Confluence
4 11 (1.39%) IIS
5 9 (1.14%) 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 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.52%) 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 (34.09%) Azure
2 136 (17.24%) AWS
3 132 (16.73%) Entra ID
4 112 (14.20%) Microsoft 365
5 85 (10.77%) GCP
6 60 (7.60%) GitHub
7 43 (5.45%) IaaS
8 39 (4.94%) SaaS
9 36 (4.56%) Serverless
10 34 (4.31%) AWS CloudFormation
10 34 (4.31%) PaaS
11 31 (3.93%) AWS Lambda
12 29 (3.68%) Amazon S3
12 29 (3.68%) Route 53
12 29 (3.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 27 (3.42%) Amazon EC2
14 24 (3.04%) Amazon EKS
14 24 (3.04%) GitHub Actions
15 23 (2.92%) OpenShift
16 21 (2.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 339 (42.97%) DHCP
2 246 (31.18%) Firewall
3 195 (24.71%) VPN
4 184 (23.32%) TCP/IP
5 105 (13.31%) WAN
6 99 (12.55%) LAN
7 85 (10.77%) Network Security
8 81 (10.27%) SSL
9 79 (10.01%) BIG-IP
10 78 (9.89%) BGP
11 72 (9.13%) VLAN
12 68 (8.62%) HTTP
13 49 (6.21%) Wi-Fi
14 45 (5.70%) OSPF
15 44 (5.58%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 40 (5.07%) Wireshark
17 39 (4.94%) Wireless
18 38 (4.82%) DMZ
19 35 (4.44%) Kerberos
20 30 (3.80%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.30%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.28%) Elasticsearch
3 13 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (0.89%) DynamoDB
5 7 (0.89%) Power BI
6 5 (0.63%) Amazon Aurora
6 5 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (0.63%) Data Hub
6 5 (0.63%) MongoDB
6 5 (0.63%) MySQL
7 4 (0.51%) DocumentDB
7 4 (0.51%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.51%) Redis
7 4 (0.51%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.13%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 50 (6.34%) Jenkins
2 44 (5.58%) JIRA
3 28 (3.55%) Fiddler
4 26 (3.30%) Git
5 24 (3.04%) GitLab
6 9 (1.14%) Browser DevTools
7 7 (0.89%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.89%) SonarQube
8 6 (0.76%) Chocolatey
9 4 (0.51%) CircleCI
9 4 (0.51%) 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%) Subversion
12 1 (0.13%) Travis CI
General
1 169 (21.42%) Social Skills
2 79 (10.01%) Analytical Skills
3 72 (9.13%) Banking
4 62 (7.86%) Finance
5 56 (7.10%) Public Sector
6 41 (5.20%) Documentation Skills
7 40 (5.07%) Investment Banking
8 23 (2.92%) Legal
9 18 (2.28%) Telecoms
10 17 (2.15%) Military
11 9 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.01%) Law
13 7 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (0.76%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.63%) Local Government
16 4 (0.51%) Manufacturing
17 3 (0.38%) Advertising
17 3 (0.38%) Aerospace
17 3 (0.38%) Influencing Skills
17 3 (0.38%) Police
Job Titles
1 148 (18.76%) Network Engineer
2 109 (13.81%) Architect
3 87 (11.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 70 (8.87%) Analyst
5 59 (7.48%) Senior
6 57 (7.22%) Security Engineer
7 50 (6.34%) Web Engineer
8 40 (5.07%) Network Security Engineer
9 39 (4.94%) Support Engineer
10 33 (4.18%) Cisco Engineer
10 33 (4.18%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 32 (4.06%) IT Support
12 31 (3.93%) Data Engineer
12 31 (3.93%) Data Network Engineer
12 31 (3.93%) IT Engineer
13 30 (3.80%) Azure Engineer
13 30 (3.80%) Cisco Security Engineer
14 29 (3.68%) Administrator
15 28 (3.55%) Lead
16 24 (3.04%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (8.37%) LDAP
2 44 (5.58%) SAML
3 35 (4.44%) 802.1X
3 35 (4.44%) OAuth
4 24 (3.04%) OpenID
5 22 (2.79%) OpenTelemetry
6 11 (1.39%) OAuth2
7 10 (1.27%) JSON
8 9 (1.14%) Kafka
9 8 (1.01%) REST
10 7 (0.89%) Elastic Stack
10 7 (0.89%) XMPP
11 6 (0.76%) ARM Templates
12 5 (0.63%) Microsoft Graph
13 4 (0.51%) gRPC
13 4 (0.51%) JPA
13 4 (0.51%) RESTful
13 4 (0.51%) Spring
13 4 (0.51%) Spring Boot
13 4 (0.51%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 64 (8.11%) Data Centre
2 63 (7.98%) PKI
3 49 (6.21%) Cloud Native
4 40 (5.07%) Replication
5 38 (4.82%) Clustering
6 36 (4.56%) Management Information System
7 33 (4.18%) Onboarding
8 32 (4.06%) Public Cloud
9 25 (3.17%) Hybrid Cloud
10 22 (2.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 18 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
12 15 (1.90%) Cyber Threat
12 15 (1.90%) Cyberattack
12 15 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
12 15 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
12 15 (1.90%) Security Operations Centre
13 13 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
13 13 (1.65%) Enterprise Cloud
14 12 (1.52%) Product Ownership
15 11 (1.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 334 (42.33%) Windows
2 190 (24.08%) Windows Server
3 100 (12.67%) Linux
4 48 (6.08%) Windows 10
5 28 (3.55%) Windows Server 2019
6 21 (2.66%) Unix
7 19 (2.41%) Windows Server 2012
8 15 (1.90%) Android
8 15 (1.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 14 (1.77%) Windows Server 2016
10 11 (1.39%) Windows 7
11 10 (1.27%) Apple iOS
11 10 (1.27%) Mac OS
12 8 (1.01%) Windows Server 2003
13 5 (0.63%) VMS
14 4 (0.51%) CatOS
14 4 (0.51%) CentOS
14 4 (0.51%) Ubuntu
15 3 (0.38%) Amazon Linux
16 2 (0.25%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (20.79%) Load Balancing
2 159 (20.15%) Problem-Solving
3 131 (16.60%) Migration
4 126 (15.97%) High Availability
5 111 (14.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 107 (13.56%) DevOps
7 104 (13.18%) ITIL
8 102 (12.93%) CI/CD
9 97 (12.29%) Infrastructure as Code
10 72 (9.13%) Disaster Recovery
11 70 (8.87%) Identity Access Management
12 69 (8.75%) Observability
13 67 (8.49%) Cybersecurity
14 63 (7.98%) ITSM
15 60 (7.60%) Agile
16 51 (6.46%) Containerisation
16 51 (6.46%) RBAC
17 48 (6.08%) Continuous Improvement
18 47 (5.96%) Data Loss Prevention
18 47 (5.96%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 171 (21.67%) PowerShell
2 119 (15.08%) Python
3 65 (8.24%) Bash
4 36 (4.56%) SQL
5 19 (2.41%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.77%) Bicep
7 12 (1.52%) VBScript
8 11 (1.39%) Go
8 11 (1.39%) Java
9 10 (1.27%) Ruby
9 10 (1.27%) Shell Script
10 9 (1.14%) VB
11 6 (0.76%) VBA
12 3 (0.38%) C
12 3 (0.38%) Groovy
12 3 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.38%) Perl
13 2 (0.25%) Jython
13 2 (0.25%) Lisp
14 1 (0.13%) C#
Qualifications
1 265 (33.59%) Security Cleared
2 179 (22.69%) SC Cleared
3 83 (10.52%) DV Cleared
4 69 (8.75%) Cisco Certification
5 43 (5.45%) Degree
6 39 (4.94%) CCNP
7 29 (3.68%) CCNA
8 26 (3.30%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (2.92%) Azure Certification
10 19 (2.41%) CompTIA Security+
11 17 (2.15%) Network+ Certification
12 12 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
13 11 (1.39%) AWS Certification
14 10 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
14 10 (1.27%) JNCIA
14 10 (1.27%) JNCIS
15 8 (1.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 8 (1.01%) JNCIP
16 7 (0.89%) OCP
16 7 (0.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (3.42%) SLA
2 25 (3.17%) GDPR
3 21 (2.66%) NIST
4 19 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (1.01%) NCSC
7 7 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (0.89%) QA
8 4 (0.51%) 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
1 321 (40.68%) Active Directory
2 169 (21.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 74 (9.38%) Hyper-V
4 50 (6.34%) VMware NSX
5 43 (5.45%) Docker
5 43 (5.45%) vSphere
6 30 (3.80%) Virtual Machines
7 27 (3.42%) VMware ESXi
8 26 (3.30%) Firmware
9 19 (2.41%) BitLocker
10 15 (1.90%) Virtual Desktop
11 10 (1.27%) Squid
12 9 (1.14%) NFS
13 8 (1.01%) Microsoft App-V
14 5 (0.63%) Postfix
14 5 (0.63%) Sendmail
14 5 (0.63%) Terminal Services
14 5 (0.63%) Varnish
15 4 (0.51%) XenApp
16 3 (0.38%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 136 (17.24%) Terraform
2 99 (12.55%) Ansible
3 94 (11.91%) Kubernetes
4 80 (10.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 70 (8.87%) Single Sign-On
6 62 (7.86%) SCCM
7 46 (5.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 43 (5.45%) FortiGate
9 42 (5.32%) Grafana
10 39 (4.94%) vCenter Server
11 26 (3.30%) Prometheus
12 24 (3.04%) WSUS
13 22 (2.79%) Argo
14 13 (1.65%) SCOM
15 10 (1.27%) Nessus
15 10 (1.27%) Puppet
16 9 (1.14%) HAProxy
16 9 (1.14%) vMotion
17 8 (1.01%) Consul
18 6 (0.76%) Nagios
Vendors
1 256 (32.45%) Microsoft
2 210 (26.62%) VMware
3 143 (18.12%) F5
4 139 (17.62%) Cisco
5 71 (9.00%) Splunk
6 67 (8.49%) ServiceNow
7 51 (6.46%) Citrix
8 45 (5.70%) Infoblox
8 45 (5.70%) SolarWinds
9 39 (4.94%) Juniper
10 38 (4.82%) Google
10 38 (4.82%) Red Hat
11 37 (4.69%) Blue Coat
12 32 (4.06%) McAfee
13 31 (3.93%) NetApp
14 30 (3.80%) Palo Alto
15 22 (2.79%) Dynatrace
15 22 (2.79%) Extreme Networks
16 20 (2.53%) CheckPoint
17 18 (2.28%) Fortinet
241 DNS jobs in England