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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 116 150
Rank change year-on-year -10 +34 -10
Contract jobs citing DNS 926 651 592
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.07% 2.39% 1.62%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 21.76% 18.95% 12.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 573 431 396
10th Percentile £285 £263 £256
25th Percentile £400 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £577 £600 £588
90th Percentile £638 £653 £658
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -4.76% +7.69% -4.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 30 25
10th Percentile £20.80 £29.00 £20.00
25th Percentile £26.00 £31.69 £23.80
Median hourly rate £32.50 £61.25 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.94% +53.13% -
75th Percentile £74.00 £82.78 -
90th Percentile £81.60 £89.63 £50.64
UK median hourly rate £33.86 £61.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year -44.72% +53.13% -4.48%

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 4,255 3,436 4,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.51% 12.64% 12.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,624 2,121 2,827
10th Percentile £250 £235 £215
25th Percentile £400 £371 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £484 £500
% change year-on-year +3.31% -3.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 160 381
10th Percentile £16.04 £14.99 £13.87
25th Percentile £20.41 £25.11 £17.69
Median hourly rate £26.72 £45.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.62% +12.50% +18.52%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £87.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.44 £50.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -47.12% +25.00% +18.52%

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 16 July 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 16 July 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 16 July 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 -33 314 £490 -3.92% 83
North of England +20 243 £450 -10.00% 48
South East +9 193 £538 -2.27% 99
North West +36 158 £450 - 19
Midlands -6 115 £450 -5.26% 36
West Midlands -5 96 £450 -5.26% 26
Yorkshire -17 79 £455 -17.27% 22
South West -1 75 £490 -16.60% 41
East of England -52 34 £450 -18.18% 43
East Midlands -6 17 £413 -17.50% 10
North East -41 6 £413 +19.57% 11
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 (9.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 63 (6.80%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.94%) Confluence
4 17 (1.84%) nginx
5 12 (1.30%) Apache
5 12 (1.30%) IIS
6 6 (0.65%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.22%) IBM HTTP Server
7 2 (0.22%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.22%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.22%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.22%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.22%) WebSphere Portal
8 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.11%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.11%) Traefik
Applications
1 18 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.08%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.11%) Houdini
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.11%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 7 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.11%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 335 (36.18%) Azure
2 173 (18.68%) AWS
3 154 (16.63%) Entra ID
4 137 (14.79%) Microsoft 365
5 99 (10.69%) GCP
6 60 (6.48%) GitHub
7 54 (5.83%) IaaS
8 42 (4.54%) SaaS
9 40 (4.32%) PaaS
10 37 (4.00%) OneDrive
11 29 (3.13%) AWS CloudFormation
12 28 (3.02%) Route 53
13 27 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
13 27 (2.92%) Serverless
13 27 (2.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 26 (2.81%) Amazon EC2
14 26 (2.81%) OpenShift
15 24 (2.59%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 22 (2.38%) Azure Monitor
17 21 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 413 (44.60%) DHCP
2 319 (34.45%) Firewall
3 256 (27.65%) TCP/IP
4 245 (26.46%) VPN
5 128 (13.82%) WAN
6 117 (12.63%) Network Security
7 108 (11.66%) LAN
8 101 (10.91%) VLAN
9 99 (10.69%) BGP
10 91 (9.83%) SSL
11 83 (8.96%) BIG-IP
12 65 (7.02%) HTTP
13 61 (6.59%) Wireless
14 56 (6.05%) OSPF
15 55 (5.94%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 55 (5.94%) Wi-Fi
16 52 (5.62%) SAN
17 44 (4.75%) DMZ
18 39 (4.21%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
19 35 (3.78%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.21%) SQL Server
2 17 (1.84%) Elasticsearch
3 11 (1.19%) Power BI
4 10 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.54%) Data Lake
7 5 (0.54%) MySQL
8 4 (0.43%) Db2
9 3 (0.32%) Big Data
10 2 (0.22%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.11%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.11%) KDB
11 1 (0.11%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.11%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 69 (7.45%) JIRA
2 50 (5.40%) Jenkins
3 31 (3.35%) Git
4 20 (2.16%) Fiddler
5 18 (1.94%) GitLab
6 10 (1.08%) Browser DevTools
7 9 (0.97%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.76%) Chocolatey
8 7 (0.76%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 2 (0.22%) Introscope
10 2 (0.22%) Spinnaker
11 1 (0.11%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.11%) MSI
11 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 211 (22.79%) Social Skills
2 93 (10.04%) Analytical Skills
3 80 (8.64%) Finance
4 69 (7.45%) Banking
5 67 (7.24%) Public Sector
6 49 (5.29%) Documentation Skills
7 34 (3.67%) Investment Banking
8 22 (2.38%) Telecoms
9 19 (2.05%) Military
10 15 (1.62%) Legal
11 10 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (1.08%) Local Government
11 10 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (0.97%) Police
13 6 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (0.65%) Publishing
14 5 (0.54%) Law
15 4 (0.43%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.43%) Manufacturing
16 3 (0.32%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 175 (18.90%) Network Engineer
2 138 (14.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 111 (11.99%) Architect
4 80 (8.64%) Support Engineer
5 78 (8.42%) Senior
6 65 (7.02%) Cloud Engineer
7 61 (6.59%) Security Engineer
8 52 (5.62%) Analyst
9 44 (4.75%) IT Engineer
9 44 (4.75%) IT Support
9 44 (4.75%) Network Security Engineer
10 43 (4.64%) Web Engineer
11 39 (4.21%) Cisco Engineer
12 38 (4.10%) Azure Engineer
13 37 (4.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
14 36 (3.89%) Administrator
14 36 (3.89%) DevOps Engineer
15 33 (3.56%) Data Engineer
15 33 (3.56%) Data Network Engineer
16 32 (3.46%) Cisco Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (5.83%) LDAP
2 50 (5.40%) 802.1X
3 35 (3.78%) SAML
4 25 (2.70%) OAuth
5 21 (2.27%) OpenID
6 17 (1.84%) OpenTelemetry
7 13 (1.40%) ARM Templates
8 12 (1.30%) JSON
9 8 (0.86%) REST
9 8 (0.86%) YAML
10 6 (0.65%) Middleware
11 5 (0.54%) CSS
11 5 (0.54%) Microsoft Graph
12 4 (0.43%) AWS CDK
12 4 (0.43%) Kafka
12 4 (0.43%) Web Services
13 3 (0.32%) .NET
13 3 (0.32%) LAMP
13 3 (0.32%) Software Packaging
13 3 (0.32%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 122 (13.17%) Data Centre
2 89 (9.61%) PKI
3 56 (6.05%) Cloud Native
4 51 (5.51%) Onboarding
5 44 (4.75%) Hybrid Cloud
6 42 (4.54%) Clustering
6 42 (4.54%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 41 (4.43%) Management Information System
8 39 (4.21%) Replication
9 29 (3.13%) Public Cloud
10 21 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
11 18 (1.94%) Enterprise Cloud
12 17 (1.84%) Security Posture
13 13 (1.40%) Cyber Threat
14 12 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
14 12 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
15 10 (1.08%) Product Ownership
16 9 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
16 9 (0.97%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 392 (42.33%) Windows
2 209 (22.57%) Windows Server
3 142 (15.33%) Linux
4 47 (5.08%) Windows 10
5 36 (3.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 33 (3.56%) Windows Server 2019
7 27 (2.92%) Mac OS
7 27 (2.92%) Unix
8 20 (2.16%) Windows Server 2012
9 17 (1.84%) Ubuntu
10 14 (1.51%) CentOS
11 13 (1.40%) Apple iOS
11 13 (1.40%) Windows Server 2016
12 11 (1.19%) Android
13 7 (0.76%) VMS
14 6 (0.65%) Windows 7
15 5 (0.54%) Rocky
15 5 (0.54%) Windows Server 2003
16 3 (0.32%) AIX
16 3 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (22.35%) Problem-Solving
2 183 (19.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 178 (19.22%) Load Balancing
4 159 (17.17%) Migration
5 148 (15.98%) High Availability
6 140 (15.12%) ITIL
7 132 (14.25%) Infrastructure as Code
8 128 (13.82%) DevOps
9 126 (13.61%) CI/CD
10 94 (10.15%) ITSM
11 82 (8.86%) Observability
12 76 (8.21%) Agile
13 75 (8.10%) Project Delivery
14 71 (7.67%) Cybersecurity
14 71 (7.67%) Disaster Recovery
14 71 (7.67%) Identity Access Management
15 66 (7.13%) Continuous Improvement
16 62 (6.70%) Containerisation
17 59 (6.37%) RBAC
18 55 (5.94%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 185 (19.98%) PowerShell
2 159 (17.17%) Python
3 99 (10.69%) Bash
4 44 (4.75%) SQL
5 26 (2.81%) Bicep
6 22 (2.38%) JavaScript
7 11 (1.19%) Go
7 11 (1.19%) Shell Script
8 9 (0.97%) ActionScript
8 9 (0.97%) VBA
9 8 (0.86%) Perl
10 5 (0.54%) C
10 5 (0.54%) Groovy
10 5 (0.54%) Java
10 5 (0.54%) Ruby
11 4 (0.43%) VBScript
12 3 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.32%) Lisp
13 2 (0.22%) Jython
13 2 (0.22%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 332 (35.85%) Security Cleared
2 201 (21.71%) SC Cleared
3 119 (12.85%) DV Cleared
4 100 (10.80%) Cisco Certification
5 69 (7.45%) CCNP
6 68 (7.34%) Degree
7 50 (5.40%) CCNA
8 37 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 34 (3.67%) Azure Certification
10 26 (2.81%) Network+ Certification
11 17 (1.84%) CCIE
12 15 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (1.62%) Server+ Certification
13 14 (1.51%) CompTIA Security+
14 13 (1.40%) AWS Certification
14 13 (1.40%) CISSP
15 12 (1.30%) JNCIS
15 12 (1.30%) MCSA
15 12 (1.30%) MCSE
16 10 (1.08%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (3.02%) SLA
2 25 (2.70%) NIST
3 15 (1.62%) GDPR
3 15 (1.62%) NCSC
4 13 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (0.65%) QA
7 5 (0.54%) NIST 800
8 4 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.32%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.22%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.22%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.11%) COBIT
11 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.11%) RMADS
System Software
1 373 (40.28%) Active Directory
2 202 (21.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 91 (9.83%) Hyper-V
4 62 (6.70%) VMware NSX
5 61 (6.59%) VMware ESXi
6 59 (6.37%) vSphere
7 42 (4.54%) Virtual Machines
8 38 (4.10%) Docker
8 38 (4.10%) Virtual Desktop
9 25 (2.70%) Firmware
10 18 (1.94%) NFS
11 13 (1.40%) vCloud
12 12 (1.30%) BitLocker
12 12 (1.30%) Squid
13 10 (1.08%) Microsoft App-V
13 10 (1.08%) Postfix
14 8 (0.86%) VMware Workstation
15 7 (0.76%) Varnish
16 5 (0.54%) UAG
17 4 (0.43%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 172 (18.57%) Terraform
2 117 (12.63%) Ansible
3 103 (11.12%) Kubernetes
4 76 (8.21%) Microsoft Intune
5 62 (6.70%) Single Sign-On
6 59 (6.37%) vCenter Server
7 55 (5.94%) Grafana
8 48 (5.18%) FortiGate
9 47 (5.08%) SCCM
10 41 (4.43%) Prometheus
11 32 (3.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 25 (2.70%) WSUS
13 24 (2.59%) SCOM
14 21 (2.27%) Argo
15 14 (1.51%) Nessus
15 14 (1.51%) Puppet
16 13 (1.40%) Jamf Pro
17 11 (1.19%) HAProxy
17 11 (1.19%) vMotion
18 8 (0.86%) Consul
Vendors
1 311 (33.59%) Microsoft
2 247 (26.67%) VMware
3 180 (19.44%) Cisco
4 151 (16.31%) F5
5 81 (8.75%) ServiceNow
6 68 (7.34%) Splunk
7 64 (6.91%) Google
7 64 (6.91%) Infoblox
8 57 (6.16%) SolarWinds
9 55 (5.94%) Juniper
10 54 (5.83%) Citrix
11 49 (5.29%) Red Hat
12 39 (4.21%) Palo Alto
13 33 (3.56%) Dynatrace
14 31 (3.35%) NetApp
15 30 (3.24%) Blue Coat
16 25 (2.70%) CheckPoint
16 25 (2.70%) McAfee
17 23 (2.48%) Fortinet
18 22 (2.38%) Extreme Networks