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

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 118 152
Rank change year-on-year -15 +34 -14
Contract jobs citing DNS 866 615 595
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.99% 2.41% 1.59%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 21.09% 18.92% 12.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 531 418 404
10th Percentile £300 £263 £245
25th Percentile £401 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £488
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +10.77% -6.61%
75th Percentile £588 £603 £598
90th Percentile £638 £657 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £536 £475
% change year-on-year -6.72% +12.84% -9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 19 25
10th Percentile £18.08 - £19.10
25th Percentile £22.19 £29.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £32.50 £41.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.69% +3.75% -8.57%
75th Percentile £67.14 £81.18 -
90th Percentile £74.08 £82.48 £50.64
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £41.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -21.69% +3.75% -16.56%

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 4,107 3,250 4,825
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.44% 12.76% 12.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,545 2,009 2,869
10th Percentile £250 £235 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -1.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 284 139 397
10th Percentile £16.04 £14.69 £13.87
25th Percentile £21.25 £20.16 £17.69
Median hourly rate £28.44 £41.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.63% -13.68% +129.41%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.50 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -38.89% - +114.29%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -35 294 £500 - 56
North of England +24 234 £450 -10.10% 44
South East +4 172 £525 -4.55% 98
North West +46 155 £465 +4.03% 24
Midlands 0 112 £450 -5.26% 41
West Midlands +4 98 £444 -6.58% 27
Yorkshire -15 73 £447 -18.77% 15
South West -22 65 £500 -18.37% 35
East of England -52 35 £463 -15.91% 36
East Midlands -11 13 £450 -18.18% 14
North East -41 6 £413 - 10
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 82 (9.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (6.00%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.73%) nginx
4 14 (1.62%) Confluence
5 12 (1.39%) IIS
6 10 (1.15%) Apache
7 6 (0.69%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.46%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.23%) IBM HTTP Server
9 2 (0.23%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 2 (0.23%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.23%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (0.23%) WebSphere Portal
10 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.12%) Traefik
Applications
1 18 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.50%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.12%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 309 (35.68%) Azure
2 169 (19.52%) AWS
3 141 (16.28%) Entra ID
4 111 (12.82%) Microsoft 365
5 97 (11.20%) GCP
6 63 (7.27%) GitHub
7 51 (5.89%) IaaS
8 40 (4.62%) SaaS
9 37 (4.27%) PaaS
10 36 (4.16%) Route 53
11 32 (3.70%) AWS CloudFormation
12 31 (3.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 30 (3.46%) OneDrive
13 30 (3.46%) Serverless
14 26 (3.00%) Amazon EC2
15 25 (2.89%) Amazon EKS
15 25 (2.89%) Amazon S3
15 25 (2.89%) OpenShift
16 24 (2.77%) GitHub Actions
17 22 (2.54%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 385 (44.46%) DHCP
2 281 (32.45%) Firewall
3 221 (25.52%) VPN
4 209 (24.13%) TCP/IP
5 130 (15.01%) WAN
6 110 (12.70%) LAN
7 103 (11.89%) Network Security
8 91 (10.51%) BGP
9 90 (10.39%) VLAN
10 88 (10.16%) BIG-IP
11 87 (10.05%) SSL
12 64 (7.39%) HTTP
13 52 (6.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 52 (6.00%) OSPF
13 52 (6.00%) Wi-Fi
13 52 (6.00%) Wireless
14 47 (5.43%) SAN
15 43 (4.97%) DMZ
16 38 (4.39%) Kerberos
17 36 (4.16%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (4.27%) SQL Server
2 17 (1.96%) Elasticsearch
3 12 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
4 10 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (1.15%) Power BI
5 9 (1.04%) MySQL
6 6 (0.69%) NoSQL
7 5 (0.58%) DynamoDB
8 4 (0.46%) Amazon Aurora
8 4 (0.46%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.46%) DocumentDB
8 4 (0.46%) Redis
9 3 (0.35%) Big Data
10 2 (0.23%) Db2
11 1 (0.12%) KDB
11 1 (0.12%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.12%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 59 (6.81%) JIRA
2 54 (6.24%) Jenkins
3 24 (2.77%) Git
4 23 (2.66%) Fiddler
5 20 (2.31%) GitLab
6 9 (1.04%) Browser DevTools
7 7 (0.81%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.81%) SonarQube
8 6 (0.69%) Chocolatey
9 5 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.23%) Introscope
10 2 (0.23%) Spinnaker
11 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.12%) MSI
11 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 187 (21.59%) Social Skills
2 78 (9.01%) Analytical Skills
3 71 (8.20%) Finance
4 67 (7.74%) Banking
5 55 (6.35%) Public Sector
6 47 (5.43%) Documentation Skills
7 36 (4.16%) Investment Banking
8 18 (2.08%) Military
8 18 (2.08%) Telecoms
9 17 (1.96%) Legal
10 10 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (1.04%) Local Government
12 7 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.69%) Police
13 6 (0.69%) Publishing
14 5 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (0.58%) Law
15 4 (0.46%) Advertising
15 4 (0.46%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.46%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 168 (19.40%) Network Engineer
2 121 (13.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 120 (13.86%) Architect
4 67 (7.74%) Support Engineer
5 62 (7.16%) Senior
6 59 (6.81%) Security Engineer
7 50 (5.77%) Cloud Engineer
8 48 (5.54%) Analyst
9 46 (5.31%) Web Engineer
10 43 (4.97%) Network Security Engineer
11 39 (4.50%) Cisco Engineer
12 38 (4.39%) IT Support
13 37 (4.27%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 37 (4.27%) IT Engineer
14 34 (3.93%) Administrator
14 34 (3.93%) Data Engineer
14 34 (3.93%) Data Network Engineer
14 34 (3.93%) DevOps Engineer
15 33 (3.81%) Cisco Security Engineer
16 32 (3.70%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (6.81%) LDAP
2 45 (5.20%) 802.1X
3 42 (4.85%) SAML
4 35 (4.04%) OAuth
5 26 (3.00%) OpenID
6 20 (2.31%) OpenTelemetry
7 12 (1.39%) ARM Templates
8 11 (1.27%) JSON
9 10 (1.15%) REST
10 8 (0.92%) OAuth2
11 7 (0.81%) Kafka
12 5 (0.58%) CSS
12 5 (0.58%) YAML
13 4 (0.46%) Hibernate
13 4 (0.46%) JPA
13 4 (0.46%) Middleware
13 4 (0.46%) RESTful
13 4 (0.46%) Spring
13 4 (0.46%) Web Services
13 4 (0.46%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 111 (12.82%) Data Centre
2 70 (8.08%) PKI
3 61 (7.04%) Cloud Native
4 46 (5.31%) Onboarding
5 42 (4.85%) Hybrid Cloud
6 41 (4.73%) Clustering
6 41 (4.73%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 40 (4.62%) Replication
8 38 (4.39%) Management Information System
9 29 (3.35%) Public Cloud
10 17 (1.96%) Enterprise Cloud
11 16 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
12 14 (1.62%) Security Posture
13 12 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.39%) Virtual Team
14 11 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
15 10 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
15 10 (1.15%) Product Ownership
16 9 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
16 9 (1.04%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 352 (40.65%) Windows
2 202 (23.33%) Windows Server
3 114 (13.16%) Linux
4 42 (4.85%) Windows 10
5 30 (3.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 29 (3.35%) Windows Server 2019
7 25 (2.89%) Unix
8 24 (2.77%) Mac OS
9 19 (2.19%) Windows Server 2012
10 14 (1.62%) Apple iOS
11 13 (1.50%) Ubuntu
12 11 (1.27%) CentOS
12 11 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
13 8 (0.92%) Android
14 7 (0.81%) Windows 7
15 6 (0.69%) VMS
15 6 (0.69%) Windows Server 2003
16 3 (0.35%) AIX
16 3 (0.35%) Rocky
17 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (21.25%) Problem-Solving
2 179 (20.67%) Load Balancing
3 156 (18.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 149 (17.21%) High Availability
4 149 (17.21%) Migration
5 121 (13.97%) DevOps
6 117 (13.51%) ITIL
7 116 (13.39%) Infrastructure as Code
8 112 (12.93%) CI/CD
9 80 (9.24%) ITSM
10 78 (9.01%) Observability
11 71 (8.20%) Agile
11 71 (8.20%) Identity Access Management
12 68 (7.85%) Disaster Recovery
13 67 (7.74%) Project Delivery
14 58 (6.70%) RBAC
15 55 (6.35%) Root Cause Analysis
16 54 (6.24%) Cybersecurity
17 52 (6.00%) Containerisation
18 50 (5.77%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 170 (19.63%) PowerShell
2 138 (15.94%) Python
3 83 (9.58%) Bash
4 47 (5.43%) SQL
5 23 (2.66%) JavaScript
6 21 (2.42%) Bicep
7 11 (1.27%) Go
8 9 (1.04%) ActionScript
8 9 (1.04%) Shell Script
8 9 (1.04%) VBA
9 8 (0.92%) Java
9 8 (0.92%) Perl
10 6 (0.69%) VBScript
11 5 (0.58%) Groovy
11 5 (0.58%) Ruby
12 4 (0.46%) C
12 4 (0.46%) VB
13 3 (0.35%) Lisp
14 2 (0.23%) Jython
14 2 (0.23%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 295 (34.06%) Security Cleared
2 185 (21.36%) SC Cleared
3 98 (11.32%) DV Cleared
4 91 (10.51%) Cisco Certification
5 66 (7.62%) Degree
6 60 (6.93%) CCNP
7 47 (5.43%) CCNA
8 30 (3.46%) Microsoft Certification
9 28 (3.23%) Azure Certification
10 23 (2.66%) Network+ Certification
11 15 (1.73%) CCIE
11 15 (1.73%) Server+ Certification
12 14 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
12 14 (1.62%) CompTIA Security+
13 12 (1.39%) AWS Certification
14 11 (1.27%) CISSP
14 11 (1.27%) MCSA
14 11 (1.27%) MCSE
15 10 (1.15%) JNCIA
15 10 (1.15%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (2.89%) NIST
2 24 (2.77%) SLA
3 19 (2.19%) GDPR
4 17 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 11 (1.27%) NCSC
7 10 (1.15%) QA
8 5 (0.58%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.23%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.23%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.12%) COBIT
11 1 (0.12%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.12%) RMADS
System Software
1 341 (39.38%) Active Directory
2 184 (21.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 82 (9.47%) Hyper-V
4 56 (6.47%) VMware NSX
5 50 (5.77%) VMware ESXi
6 48 (5.54%) vSphere
7 40 (4.62%) Virtual Machines
8 33 (3.81%) Virtual Desktop
9 31 (3.58%) Docker
10 26 (3.00%) Firmware
11 16 (1.85%) NFS
12 15 (1.73%) BitLocker
13 12 (1.39%) Squid
13 12 (1.39%) vCloud
14 11 (1.27%) Microsoft App-V
15 10 (1.15%) Postfix
16 8 (0.92%) VMware Workstation
17 7 (0.81%) Varnish
18 4 (0.46%) Sendmail
18 4 (0.46%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 152 (17.55%) Terraform
2 106 (12.24%) Ansible
3 88 (10.16%) Kubernetes
4 69 (7.97%) Microsoft Intune
4 69 (7.97%) Single Sign-On
5 50 (5.77%) Grafana
5 50 (5.77%) vCenter Server
6 48 (5.54%) FortiGate
7 45 (5.20%) SCCM
8 39 (4.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 37 (4.27%) Prometheus
10 25 (2.89%) WSUS
11 21 (2.42%) Argo
12 18 (2.08%) SCOM
13 15 (1.73%) Puppet
14 14 (1.62%) HAProxy
14 14 (1.62%) Nessus
15 13 (1.50%) Jamf Pro
16 12 (1.39%) vMotion
17 8 (0.92%) Consul
Vendors
1 289 (33.37%) Microsoft
2 222 (25.64%) VMware
3 171 (19.75%) Cisco
4 151 (17.44%) F5
5 77 (8.89%) ServiceNow
6 66 (7.62%) Splunk
7 64 (7.39%) Infoblox
8 59 (6.81%) Google
9 53 (6.12%) Citrix
10 52 (6.00%) SolarWinds
11 47 (5.43%) Red Hat
12 46 (5.31%) Juniper
13 37 (4.27%) Palo Alto
14 31 (3.58%) Dynatrace
14 31 (3.58%) NetApp
15 30 (3.46%) Blue Coat
16 28 (3.23%) McAfee
17 23 (2.66%) Fortinet
18 22 (2.54%) Extreme Networks
19 21 (2.42%) CheckPoint