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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 138 131 156
Rank change year-on-year -7 +25 +21
Contract jobs citing DNS 618 975 1,298
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.69% 2.00% 1.83%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.85% 16.32% 16.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 692 938
10th Percentile £213 £230 £210
25th Percentile £367 £373 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.81% +5.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +12.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 16 23
10th Percentile £18.80 £20.63 -
25th Percentile £23.53 £36.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £49.12 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.56% +78.61% -11.29%
75th Percentile - £83.50 £46.61
90th Percentile £51.27 £87.50 £49.72
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £52.13 £29.50
% change year-on-year -23.27% +76.71% -25.32%

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 4,808 5,975 7,889
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.18% 12.26% 11.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,893 3,904 5,187
10th Percentile £207 £231 £225
25th Percentile £350 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -5.41% +3.60% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 389 430 310
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.87
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.67 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.13 £75.00 £62.56
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +116.22% -32.73% +1.85%

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 14 May 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 14 May 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 14 May 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 -8 241 £450 -18.18% 104
South East +33 167 £500 -9.09% 74
Midlands +23 77 £450 +16.13% 67
West Midlands +26 64 £525 +23.53% 39
North of England -47 64 £500 -4.76% 87
South West -34 51 £538 -2.27% 36
North West -47 31 £425 -20.93% 55
Yorkshire +4 30 £558 +6.19% 27
East Midlands -3 12 £325 -13.33% 28
East of England -31 5 £290 -44.76% 44
North East +7 3 £600 +100.84% 5
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
1 127 (20.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 41 (6.63%) Confluence
3 34 (5.50%) SharePoint
4 18 (2.91%) Apache
5 15 (2.43%) Exchange Server 2013
6 14 (2.27%) Exchange Server 2010
6 14 (2.27%) IIS
6 14 (2.27%) nginx
7 13 (2.10%) Tomcat
8 6 (0.97%) Apache Solr
8 6 (0.97%) CMS
8 6 (0.97%) JBoss
9 5 (0.81%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.49%) Drupal
10 3 (0.49%) WordPress
11 2 (0.32%) IBM Domino
11 2 (0.32%) IBM Notes
11 2 (0.32%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.32%) Traefik
Applications
1 28 (4.53%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.10%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.97%) Temenos T24
2 4 (0.65%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 220 (35.60%) Azure
2 142 (22.98%) Microsoft 365
3 116 (18.77%) AWS
4 91 (14.72%) Entra ID
5 44 (7.12%) GCP
6 38 (6.15%) IaaS
7 33 (5.34%) Azure Monitor
8 32 (5.18%) PaaS
9 26 (4.21%) SaaS
10 25 (4.05%) GitHub
11 21 (3.40%) OCI
12 20 (3.24%) Azure Storage
13 19 (3.07%) OneDrive
14 18 (2.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 17 (2.75%) Cloud Computing
16 16 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
17 15 (2.43%) Amazon EC2
18 14 (2.27%) Cloudflare
19 12 (1.94%) Akamai
19 12 (1.94%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 340 (55.02%) DHCP
2 228 (36.89%) Firewall
3 137 (22.17%) TCP/IP
4 107 (17.31%) VPN
5 93 (15.05%) WAN
6 84 (13.59%) LAN
7 63 (10.19%) SAN
8 51 (8.25%) Network Security
9 46 (7.44%) MPLS
9 46 (7.44%) VLAN
9 46 (7.44%) Wi-Fi
10 44 (7.12%) BGP
11 43 (6.96%) Wireless
12 41 (6.63%) HTTP
13 32 (5.18%) OSPF
14 30 (4.85%) SD-WAN
15 29 (4.69%) Internet
16 26 (4.21%) Cisco Nexus
16 26 (4.21%) IPsec
16 26 (4.21%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (6.47%) SQL Server
2 19 (3.07%) Elasticsearch
3 15 (2.43%) MySQL
4 11 (1.78%) Amazon RDS
4 11 (1.78%) Relational Database
5 9 (1.46%) NoSQL
5 9 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (1.29%) RDBMS
7 5 (0.81%) Couchbase
8 4 (0.65%) Amazon QuickSight
8 4 (0.65%) Apache Cassandra
8 4 (0.65%) MariaDB
8 4 (0.65%) Redis
9 3 (0.49%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.49%) Power BI
10 2 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.32%) CouchDB
10 2 (0.32%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.16%) Bigtable
11 1 (0.16%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 49 (7.93%) JIRA
2 39 (6.31%) Git
3 24 (3.88%) Jenkins
4 19 (3.07%) GitLab
5 10 (1.62%) CircleCI
5 10 (1.62%) Travis CI
6 9 (1.46%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 7 (1.13%) Sonatype Nexus
8 6 (0.97%) TeamCity
9 5 (0.81%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.65%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.65%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.65%) Snyk
10 4 (0.65%) Subversion
11 3 (0.49%) Selenium
12 2 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
12 2 (0.32%) Postman
12 2 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
13 1 (0.16%) Gradle
13 1 (0.16%) Katalon Studio
General
1 198 (32.04%) Social Skills
2 85 (13.75%) Finance
3 69 (11.17%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (5.99%) Public Sector
5 36 (5.83%) Telecoms
6 21 (3.40%) Military
7 17 (2.75%) Banking
8 15 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (2.27%) Retail
10 10 (1.62%) Aerospace
11 9 (1.46%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.13%) Legal
13 6 (0.97%) Multimedia
14 5 (0.81%) French Language
14 5 (0.81%) Mandarin Language
15 3 (0.49%) Electronics
15 3 (0.49%) German Language
15 3 (0.49%) Marketing
15 3 (0.49%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 118 (19.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 81 (13.11%) Network Engineer
3 57 (9.22%) Senior
4 51 (8.25%) Support Engineer
5 41 (6.63%) Architect
6 37 (5.99%) Analyst
7 33 (5.34%) DevOps Engineer
8 31 (5.02%) Azure Engineer
8 31 (5.02%) Integration Engineer
9 29 (4.69%) Administrator
10 28 (4.53%) Security Engineer
11 26 (4.21%) Cloud Engineer
12 24 (3.88%) IT Support
13 22 (3.56%) IT Engineer
14 19 (3.07%) Support Specialist
14 19 (3.07%) Systems Administrator
14 19 (3.07%) Test Engineer
15 18 (2.91%) 2nd Line Support
15 18 (2.91%) Active Directory Support
16 17 (2.75%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (4.37%) JSON
2 25 (4.05%) LDAP
3 22 (3.56%) YAML
4 20 (3.24%) ARM Templates
5 16 (2.59%) .NET
5 16 (2.59%) SAML
6 13 (2.10%) Elastic Stack
7 11 (1.78%) XML
8 8 (1.29%) RabbitMQ
9 7 (1.13%) 802.1X
9 7 (1.13%) Kafka
9 7 (1.13%) OAuth
9 7 (1.13%) Web Services
10 6 (0.97%) IBM Integration Bus
10 6 (0.97%) Node.js
11 5 (0.81%) OAuth2
12 4 (0.65%) ASP.NET
12 4 (0.65%) GraphQL
12 4 (0.65%) LEMP Stack
12 4 (0.65%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 97 (15.70%) PKI
2 90 (14.56%) Data Centre
3 33 (5.34%) Clustering
4 27 (4.37%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (3.72%) Cloud Native
6 22 (3.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 20 (3.24%) Management Information System
8 15 (2.43%) Replication
9 14 (2.27%) Data Structures
10 13 (2.10%) Client/Server
10 13 (2.10%) Private Cloud
11 11 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (1.46%) Fat Client
12 9 (1.46%) Thin Client
12 9 (1.46%) Video Conferencing
13 8 (1.29%) Public Cloud
13 8 (1.29%) Security Posture
14 7 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
15 6 (0.97%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 341 (55.18%) Windows
2 227 (36.73%) Windows Server
3 144 (23.30%) Linux
4 87 (14.08%) Windows Server 2012
5 85 (13.75%) Windows 10
6 63 (10.19%) Windows Server 2019
7 56 (9.06%) Windows Server 2016
8 39 (6.31%) Unix
9 38 (6.15%) Windows 7
10 34 (5.50%) Windows Server 2008
11 29 (4.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 16 (2.59%) Ubuntu
13 14 (2.27%) Windows XP
14 11 (1.78%) CentOS
14 11 (1.78%) VMS
15 9 (1.46%) Windows Server 2003
16 7 (1.13%) Solaris
17 6 (0.97%) Oracle Linux
18 5 (0.81%) Debian
19 4 (0.65%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (22.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 101 (16.34%) Agile
3 95 (15.37%) Problem-Solving
4 94 (15.21%) ITIL
5 89 (14.40%) DevOps
6 76 (12.30%) Infrastructure as Code
7 75 (12.14%) Migration
8 65 (10.52%) CI/CD
9 52 (8.41%) Load Balancing
10 51 (8.25%) Cybersecurity
11 43 (6.96%) Disaster Recovery
11 43 (6.96%) Server Management
12 42 (6.80%) Computer Science
12 42 (6.80%) Customer Service
13 37 (5.99%) Proactive Monitoring
14 36 (5.83%) Change Management
14 36 (5.83%) Project Management
15 33 (5.34%) Patch Management
15 33 (5.34%) Project Delivery
15 33 (5.34%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 176 (28.48%) PowerShell
2 78 (12.62%) Python
3 41 (6.63%) SQL
4 40 (6.47%) Bash
5 35 (5.66%) C#
6 29 (4.69%) Java
7 27 (4.37%) VBScript
8 22 (3.56%) VB
9 21 (3.40%) Bicep
10 18 (2.91%) Go
11 13 (2.10%) Shell Script
12 11 (1.78%) PHP
13 8 (1.29%) JavaScript
14 7 (1.13%) Ruby
15 6 (0.97%) TypeScript
16 5 (0.81%) C
17 4 (0.65%) ActionScript
17 4 (0.65%) C++
18 3 (0.49%) Perl
18 3 (0.49%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 168 (27.18%) Security Cleared
2 100 (16.18%) Degree
3 96 (15.53%) SC Cleared
4 86 (13.92%) Cisco Certification
5 79 (12.78%) DV Cleared
6 65 (10.52%) CCNP
7 61 (9.87%) CCNA
8 43 (6.96%) Microsoft Certification
9 27 (4.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 25 (4.05%) MCSE
11 23 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
12 20 (3.24%) MCSA
13 17 (2.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 11 (1.78%) AWS Certification
14 11 (1.78%) Azure Certification
14 11 (1.78%) CCIE
15 7 (1.13%) CCDP
16 6 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
16 6 (0.97%) Network+ Certification
17 5 (0.81%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.72%) QA
2 22 (3.56%) NIST
3 19 (3.07%) GDPR
4 14 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (1.94%) SLA
6 9 (1.46%) ISO 9000
7 8 (1.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (0.97%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.65%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (0.65%) NCSC
10 3 (0.49%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (0.32%) GRC
12 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.16%) COPPA
12 1 (0.16%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.16%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 338 (54.69%) Active Directory
2 169 (27.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (9.87%) VMware ESXi
4 53 (8.58%) Hyper-V
5 50 (8.09%) Virtual Machines
6 41 (6.63%) Docker
7 39 (6.31%) Virtual Desktop
8 35 (5.66%) vSphere
9 30 (4.85%) XenApp
10 22 (3.56%) VMware NSX
11 18 (2.91%) Virtual Servers
12 14 (2.27%) VMware Workstation
12 14 (2.27%) XenDesktop
13 8 (1.29%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 8 (1.29%) NFS
14 7 (1.13%) BitLocker
15 6 (0.97%) KVM
16 5 (0.81%) Firmware
16 5 (0.81%) Terminal Services
16 5 (0.81%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 116 (18.77%) SCCM
2 65 (10.52%) Terraform
3 64 (10.36%) Kubernetes
4 62 (10.03%) Ansible
5 60 (9.71%) WSUS
6 54 (8.74%) vCenter Server
7 50 (8.09%) Microsoft Intune
8 45 (7.28%) SCOM
9 36 (5.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 25 (4.05%) NetBackup
11 22 (3.56%) Puppet
12 20 (3.24%) EMC NetWorker
13 17 (2.75%) Grafana
13 17 (2.75%) Prometheus
14 16 (2.59%) Kibana
15 15 (2.43%) FortiGate
16 13 (2.10%) Progress Chef
17 12 (1.94%) logstash
18 11 (1.78%) Microsoft Clustering
18 11 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 258 (41.75%) Microsoft
2 208 (33.66%) VMware
3 126 (20.39%) Cisco
4 59 (9.55%) Palo Alto
5 52 (8.41%) F5
6 49 (7.93%) Citrix
7 44 (7.12%) Dell
8 38 (6.15%) Veeam
9 37 (5.99%) Oracle
10 34 (5.50%) SolarWinds
11 31 (5.02%) Symantec
12 30 (4.85%) HP
13 29 (4.69%) Juniper
13 29 (4.69%) Splunk
14 26 (4.21%) EMC
15 25 (4.05%) CheckPoint
16 21 (3.40%) Google
17 19 (3.07%) Infoblox
17 19 (3.07%) Red Hat
17 19 (3.07%) ServiceNow