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 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 44 42
Rank change year-on-year -14 -2 +32
Contract jobs citing DNS 14 37 40
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 1.94% 4.51% 4.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.87% 37.00% 29.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 8 23
10th Percentile £381 £335 £365
25th Percentile £435 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £564 £450 £560
Median % change year-on-year +25.33% -19.64% +25.84%
75th Percentile £636 £475 £658
90th Percentile £650 £528 £700
Scotland median daily rate £483 £450 £600
% change year-on-year +7.22% -25.00% +33.93%

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 83 100 136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 11.48% 12.20% 14.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 60 93
10th Percentile £202 £211 £353
25th Percentile £358 £355 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £421 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -23.45% +25.07%
75th Percentile £603 £528 £629
90th Percentile £675 £550 £700
Scotland median daily rate £425 £425 £550
% change year-on-year - -22.73% +22.22%

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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

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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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DNS in Glasgow over the 6 months to 27 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DNS in Glasgow

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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

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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 5 (35.71%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (64.29%) TCP/IP
2 5 (35.71%) DHCP
2 5 (35.71%) LAN
2 5 (35.71%) WAN
3 3 (21.43%) VSAN
General
1 4 (28.57%) Legal
2 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Analyst
1 6 (42.86%) SOC Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) Lead
3 4 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Server Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Python Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Cyberattack
1 6 (42.86%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (21.43%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (7.14%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
3 1 (7.14%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 11 (78.57%) Windows
2 9 (64.29%) Linux
3 5 (35.71%) Windows Server
3 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Computer Science
1 6 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (42.86%) Incident Response
1 6 (42.86%) Security Operations
1 6 (42.86%) SIEM
2 4 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (21.43%) CI/CD
3 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Automation
3 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) API Integration
5 1 (7.14%) Configuration Management
5 1 (7.14%) SDLC
5 1 (7.14%) Software Testing
5 1 (7.14%) Task Automation
5 1 (7.14%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (21.43%) Bash
2 3 (21.43%) Go
2 3 (21.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) CompTIA CySA+
1 6 (42.86%) CompTIA Security+
1 6 (42.86%) Computer Science Degree
1 6 (42.86%) Degree
2 4 (28.57%) DV Cleared
2 4 (28.57%) SC Cleared
2 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 8 (57.14%) VMware Infrastructure
1 8 (57.14%) vSphere
2 5 (35.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Ansible
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) VMware
2 6 (42.86%) Splunk
3 5 (35.71%) Dell
4 1 (7.14%) Equitrac
4 1 (7.14%) SolarWinds
4 1 (7.14%) Zerto