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 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 115 142
Rank change year-on-year -14 +27 +2
Contract jobs citing DNS 845 607 609
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.96% 2.44% 1.61%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.70% 18.94% 12.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 520 421 415
10th Percentile £300 £263 £225
25th Percentile £400 £406 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £550 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +12.82% -6.43%
75th Percentile £583 £606 £598
90th Percentile £638 £653 £675
UK median daily rate £498 £543 £475
% change year-on-year -8.29% +14.21% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 15 25
10th Percentile £18.89 - £19.10
25th Percentile £23.13 £29.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £32.50 £54.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.37% +36.25% -23.27%
75th Percentile £62.29 £81.18 -
90th Percentile £74.05 £81.80 £50.64
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £54.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -40.37% +36.25% -32.28%

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 4,082 3,205 4,841
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.47% 12.89% 12.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,534 1,993 2,881
10th Percentile £250 £225 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.44%
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% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 275 130 393
10th Percentile £16.22 £14.64 £13.57
25th Percentile £21.29 £16.30 £17.69
Median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -12.79% +134.08%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.43 £72.90
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £44.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -36.36% +10.00% +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 19 June 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 19 June 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 19 June 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 -35 284 £500 - 66
North of England +13 233 £449 -10.20% 47
South East 0 168 £525 -4.55% 103
North West +42 153 £458 +1.67% 30
Midlands +5 110 £450 -5.26% 37
West Midlands +4 96 £444 -6.58% 20
Yorkshire -26 74 £447 -18.77% 13
South West -18 62 £500 -18.70% 40
East of England -53 35 £450 -18.18% 33
East Midlands -16 13 £450 -19.64% 17
North East -41 6 £413 +17.86% 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 81 (9.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 53 (6.27%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.78%) nginx
4 14 (1.66%) Confluence
5 13 (1.54%) IIS
6 11 (1.30%) Apache
7 6 (0.71%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.47%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.24%) IBM HTTP Server
9 2 (0.24%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 2 (0.24%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.24%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (0.24%) WebSphere Portal
10 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.12%) Traefik
Applications
1 18 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.42%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (0.59%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.12%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 296 (35.03%) Azure
2 155 (18.34%) AWS
3 141 (16.69%) Entra ID
4 112 (13.25%) Microsoft 365
5 91 (10.77%) GCP
6 63 (7.46%) GitHub
7 53 (6.27%) IaaS
8 38 (4.50%) SaaS
9 37 (4.38%) PaaS
10 30 (3.55%) OneDrive
10 30 (3.55%) Serverless
11 27 (3.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 26 (3.08%) Amazon EC2
12 26 (3.08%) Route 53
13 25 (2.96%) Amazon EKS
13 25 (2.96%) Amazon S3
14 24 (2.84%) AWS CloudFormation
14 24 (2.84%) OpenShift
15 22 (2.60%) AWS Lambda
15 22 (2.60%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 378 (44.73%) DHCP
2 264 (31.24%) Firewall
3 210 (24.85%) VPN
4 192 (22.72%) TCP/IP
5 121 (14.32%) WAN
6 103 (12.19%) LAN
7 96 (11.36%) Network Security
8 88 (10.41%) SSL
9 86 (10.18%) BIG-IP
10 84 (9.94%) BGP
11 83 (9.82%) VLAN
12 65 (7.69%) HTTP
13 50 (5.92%) Wireless
14 49 (5.80%) Wi-Fi
15 48 (5.68%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 46 (5.44%) OSPF
17 44 (5.21%) SAN
18 41 (4.85%) DMZ
19 36 (4.26%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
19 36 (4.26%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (4.02%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.13%) Elasticsearch
3 12 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
4 11 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (1.07%) Power BI
7 8 (0.95%) MySQL
8 6 (0.71%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.59%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.47%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (0.47%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.47%) DocumentDB
10 4 (0.47%) Redis
11 3 (0.36%) Big Data
12 2 (0.24%) MongoDB
13 1 (0.12%) Relational Database
13 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 1 (0.12%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 58 (6.86%) JIRA
2 56 (6.63%) Jenkins
3 26 (3.08%) Git
4 24 (2.84%) Fiddler
5 22 (2.60%) GitLab
6 9 (1.07%) Browser DevTools
7 7 (0.83%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.83%) SonarQube
8 6 (0.71%) Chocolatey
9 3 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.24%) Introscope
10 2 (0.24%) Spinnaker
11 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.12%) MSI
11 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 175 (20.71%) Social Skills
2 69 (8.17%) Banking
3 68 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (7.81%) Finance
5 54 (6.39%) Public Sector
6 39 (4.62%) Documentation Skills
7 36 (4.26%) Investment Banking
8 17 (2.01%) Legal
8 17 (2.01%) Military
9 15 (1.78%) Telecoms
10 8 (0.95%) Local Government
11 7 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (0.71%) Police
12 6 (0.71%) Publishing
13 5 (0.59%) Law
14 4 (0.47%) Advertising
14 4 (0.47%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.47%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.36%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 164 (19.41%) Network Engineer
2 122 (14.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 106 (12.54%) Architect
4 61 (7.22%) Support Engineer
5 59 (6.98%) Senior
6 58 (6.86%) Security Engineer
7 52 (6.15%) Analyst
8 47 (5.56%) Cloud Engineer
9 46 (5.44%) Web Engineer
10 41 (4.85%) Network Security Engineer
11 39 (4.62%) IT Support
12 37 (4.38%) Cisco Engineer
13 35 (4.14%) Cisco Network Engineer
14 34 (4.02%) IT Engineer
15 33 (3.91%) Administrator
15 33 (3.91%) Data Engineer
15 33 (3.91%) Data Network Engineer
15 33 (3.91%) DevOps Engineer
16 32 (3.79%) Cisco Security Engineer
17 31 (3.67%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (6.75%) LDAP
2 44 (5.21%) 802.1X
3 42 (4.97%) SAML
4 35 (4.14%) OAuth
5 26 (3.08%) OpenID
6 20 (2.37%) OpenTelemetry
7 11 (1.30%) ARM Templates
7 11 (1.30%) JSON
8 10 (1.18%) REST
9 8 (0.95%) OAuth2
10 6 (0.71%) Kafka
11 5 (0.59%) CSS
11 5 (0.59%) XMPP
12 4 (0.47%) Hibernate
12 4 (0.47%) JPA
12 4 (0.47%) RESTful
12 4 (0.47%) Spring
12 4 (0.47%) Spring Boot
12 4 (0.47%) Web Services
12 4 (0.47%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 104 (12.31%) Data Centre
2 65 (7.69%) PKI
3 57 (6.75%) Cloud Native
4 47 (5.56%) Onboarding
5 39 (4.62%) Clustering
5 39 (4.62%) Replication
6 37 (4.38%) Hybrid Cloud
7 36 (4.26%) Management Information System
8 32 (3.79%) Public Cloud
9 29 (3.43%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 16 (1.89%) Enterprise Cloud
10 16 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (1.54%) Security Posture
12 12 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
12 12 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (1.42%) Virtual Team
13 11 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
14 10 (1.18%) Enterprise Storage
14 10 (1.18%) Product Ownership
15 9 (1.07%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 350 (41.42%) Windows
2 204 (24.14%) Windows Server
3 111 (13.14%) Linux
4 42 (4.97%) Windows 10
5 30 (3.55%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (3.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 24 (2.84%) Mac OS
7 24 (2.84%) Unix
8 19 (2.25%) Windows Server 2012
9 15 (1.78%) Apple iOS
10 11 (1.30%) Ubuntu
10 11 (1.30%) Windows Server 2016
11 10 (1.18%) CentOS
12 9 (1.07%) Android
13 7 (0.83%) Windows 7
13 7 (0.83%) Windows Server 2003
14 5 (0.59%) VMS
15 3 (0.36%) AIX
16 2 (0.24%) Oracle Linux
16 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (20.24%) Problem-Solving
2 167 (19.76%) Load Balancing
3 154 (18.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 148 (17.51%) Migration
5 140 (16.57%) High Availability
6 122 (14.44%) DevOps
7 111 (13.14%) ITIL
8 108 (12.78%) CI/CD
9 107 (12.66%) Infrastructure as Code
10 82 (9.70%) ITSM
11 76 (8.99%) Observability
12 70 (8.28%) Identity Access Management
13 69 (8.17%) Agile
14 67 (7.93%) Disaster Recovery
15 65 (7.69%) Project Delivery
16 55 (6.51%) RBAC
17 52 (6.15%) Cybersecurity
18 50 (5.92%) Containerisation
19 49 (5.80%) Root Cause Analysis
20 48 (5.68%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 161 (19.05%) PowerShell
2 127 (15.03%) Python
3 75 (8.88%) Bash
4 48 (5.68%) SQL
5 23 (2.72%) JavaScript
6 20 (2.37%) Bicep
7 10 (1.18%) Go
7 10 (1.18%) Java
8 9 (1.07%) ActionScript
8 9 (1.07%) Shell Script
8 9 (1.07%) VBA
9 8 (0.95%) Perl
10 6 (0.71%) VBScript
11 5 (0.59%) Groovy
11 5 (0.59%) Ruby
12 4 (0.47%) C
12 4 (0.47%) VB
13 3 (0.36%) Lisp
14 2 (0.24%) Jython
14 2 (0.24%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 274 (32.43%) Security Cleared
2 169 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 92 (10.89%) DV Cleared
4 86 (10.18%) Cisco Certification
5 63 (7.46%) Degree
6 55 (6.51%) CCNP
7 46 (5.44%) CCNA
8 27 (3.20%) Microsoft Certification
9 25 (2.96%) Azure Certification
10 23 (2.72%) Network+ Certification
11 15 (1.78%) CompTIA Security+
11 15 (1.78%) Server+ Certification
12 14 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
13 12 (1.42%) CCIE
14 11 (1.30%) AWS Certification
15 10 (1.18%) CISSP
15 10 (1.18%) JNCIA
15 10 (1.18%) JNCIS
15 10 (1.18%) MCSA
15 10 (1.18%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (3.43%) SLA
2 24 (2.84%) NIST
3 19 (2.25%) GDPR
4 17 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 10 (1.18%) QA
7 6 (0.71%) NCSC
8 5 (0.59%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.24%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.24%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.12%) COBIT
12 1 (0.12%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.12%) RMADS
System Software
1 343 (40.59%) Active Directory
2 189 (22.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 85 (10.06%) Hyper-V
4 54 (6.39%) VMware NSX
5 50 (5.92%) VMware ESXi
6 49 (5.80%) vSphere
7 38 (4.50%) Virtual Machines
8 33 (3.91%) Docker
9 32 (3.79%) Virtual Desktop
10 25 (2.96%) Firmware
11 16 (1.89%) BitLocker
12 14 (1.66%) NFS
13 12 (1.42%) Microsoft App-V
13 12 (1.42%) Squid
14 11 (1.30%) vCloud
15 10 (1.18%) Postfix
16 8 (0.95%) VMware Workstation
17 7 (0.83%) Varnish
18 6 (0.71%) Terminal Services
19 4 (0.47%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 138 (16.33%) Terraform
2 106 (12.54%) Ansible
3 88 (10.41%) Kubernetes
4 72 (8.52%) Microsoft Intune
5 71 (8.40%) Single Sign-On
6 50 (5.92%) Grafana
6 50 (5.92%) vCenter Server
7 46 (5.44%) FortiGate
7 46 (5.44%) SCCM
8 39 (4.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 35 (4.14%) Prometheus
10 22 (2.60%) WSUS
11 21 (2.49%) Argo
12 18 (2.13%) SCOM
13 16 (1.89%) Puppet
14 14 (1.66%) HAProxy
15 13 (1.54%) Jamf Pro
15 13 (1.54%) Nessus
15 13 (1.54%) vMotion
16 8 (0.95%) Consul
Vendors
1 277 (32.78%) Microsoft
2 224 (26.51%) VMware
3 161 (19.05%) Cisco
4 148 (17.51%) F5
5 77 (9.11%) ServiceNow
6 67 (7.93%) Splunk
7 54 (6.39%) Infoblox
8 52 (6.15%) Citrix
9 49 (5.80%) SolarWinds
10 48 (5.68%) Google
11 45 (5.33%) Juniper
12 43 (5.09%) Red Hat
13 33 (3.91%) Palo Alto
14 31 (3.67%) Blue Coat
14 31 (3.67%) NetApp
15 29 (3.43%) Dynatrace
16 26 (3.08%) McAfee
17 22 (2.60%) Extreme Networks
17 22 (2.60%) Fortinet
18 21 (2.49%) CheckPoint