DNS Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Domain Name System (DNS)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring DNS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 43 40
Rank change year-on-year -20 -3 +29
Contract jobs citing DNS 12 35 41
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 1.71% 4.64% 4.71%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.38% 35.71% 30.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 21
10th Percentile £381 £261 £425
25th Percentile £410 £400 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £438 £618
Median % change year-on-year +5.03% -29.15% +39.08%
75th Percentile £542 £500 £700
90th Percentile £607 £590 -
Scotland median daily rate £460 £450 £618
% change year-on-year +2.11% -27.13% +38.45%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 78 98 135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 11.14% 12.98% 15.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 52 89
10th Percentile £194 £263 £360
25th Percentile £311 £359 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -29.17% +35.75%
75th Percentile £506 £550 £650
90th Percentile £620 £599 £700
Scotland median daily rate £425 £438 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% -16.67% +17.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £19.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year - +7.22% +34.65%
Scotland median hourly rate £75.00 £46.44 £59.03
% change year-on-year +61.51% -21.33% +264.83%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DNS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

DNS job vacancy trend in Glasgow

DNS
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing DNS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing DNS

DNS
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DNS in Glasgow over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DNS in Glasgow

DNS
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing DNS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing DNS

DNS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 11 (91.67%) TCP/IP
2 5 (41.67%) HTTP
3 3 (25.00%) DHCP
3 3 (25.00%) VSAN
4 2 (16.67%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Git
1 3 (25.00%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Banking
3 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Java Developer
2 3 (25.00%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Lead
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 1 (8.33%) Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Full-Stack Java Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Python Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Security Specialist
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (50.00%) REST
1 6 (50.00%) SOAP
2 2 (16.67%) AngularJS
3 1 (8.33%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (8.33%) Kafka
3 1 (8.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (25.00%) Cyberattack
2 3 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (16.67%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
3 2 (16.67%) Security Posture
4 1 (8.33%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (8.33%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (8.33%) STIX
4 1 (8.33%) TAXII
4 1 (8.33%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Linux
2 5 (41.67%) Unix
3 3 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) CI/CD
2 6 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 6 (50.00%) SIEM
3 5 (41.67%) Infrastructure as Code
3 5 (41.67%) Infrastructure Automation
3 5 (41.67%) Security Operations
4 3 (25.00%) Agile
4 3 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 3 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 3 (25.00%) SOAR
5 2 (16.67%) Analytics
5 2 (16.67%) API Integration
5 2 (16.67%) Content Development
5 2 (16.67%) Low Latency
5 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
5 2 (16.67%) Use Case
6 1 (8.33%) Client Onboarding
6 1 (8.33%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 9 (75.00%) Python
2 5 (41.67%) Bash
3 3 (25.00%) Go
3 3 (25.00%) Java
3 3 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 3 (25.00%) Search Processing Language
4 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 2 (16.67%) Perl
4 2 (16.67%) Shell Script
5 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 3 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 3 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (25.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Splunk
2 3 (25.00%) ArcSight
2 3 (25.00%) F5
2 3 (25.00%) Infoblox
2 3 (25.00%) VMware
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (16.67%) MuleSoft