DNS Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Domain Name System (DNS)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring DNS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 24 40
Rank change year-on-year -28 +16 +24
Contract jobs citing DNS 23 34 9
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 2.51% 6.79% 1.70%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.17% 35.42% 8.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 24 3
10th Percentile £425 - -
25th Percentile £525 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £290
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +89.66% -27.50%
75th Percentile - £575 £445
90th Percentile £611 - £538
East of England median daily rate £500 £550 £275
% change year-on-year -9.09% +100.00% -35.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 0
Median hourly rate £85.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% - -
East of England median hourly rate £85.00 £45.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +88.89% +12.50% +150.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

6 months to
19 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 120 96 102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 13.11% 19.16% 19.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 50 51
10th Percentile £392 £197 £290
25th Percentile £450 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +23.60%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £575
90th Percentile £797 £682 £600
East of England median daily rate £495 £515 £473
% change year-on-year -3.88% +8.99% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 33 21
10th Percentile £57.63 £41.25 £35.00
25th Percentile £65.00 £45.00 £62.50
Median hourly rate £68.75 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% - -
75th Percentile £80.00 - -
90th Percentile £90.76 £73.60 £67.50
East of England median hourly rate £66.25 £45.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +47.22% -10.00% -23.08%

DNS Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

DNS job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

DNS Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing DNS

DNS Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DNS in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 19 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DNS in Hertfordshire

DNS Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing DNS

DNS Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 19 October 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
Stevenage -26 16 £600 +9.09% 11
Hemel Hempstead - 2 £675 - 1
Watford -2 1 £525 - 2
Hatfield - 1 £288 - 3
DNS
East of England

DNS Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Firewall56.5%13
2VLAN47.8%11
3DHCP21.7%5
3SAN21.7%5
5FTP13.0%3
5HTTP13.0%3
5Network Security13.0%3
5Skype13.0%3
5SMTP13.0%3
5SSL13.0%3
11TCP/IP8.7%2
11VPN8.7%2