Domain Name System (DNS)
North West > Lancashire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire requiring DNS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DNS over the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 27 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 32 | - | 37 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | -3 |
| Contract jobs citing DNS | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire | 0.50% | - | 1.42% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 4.55% | - | 23.53% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £121 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £133 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £175 | - | £160 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -76.30% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £180 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| North West median daily rate | £465 | £450 | £408 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.33% | +10.43% | -29.13% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Lancashire
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 Lancashire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 22 | 5 | 17 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire | 10.95% | 2.33% | 6.03% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 10 | 1 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £153 | £406 | £140 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £263 | £413 | £375 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -36.36% | +10.00% | -25.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £378 | £419 | £475 |
| 90th Percentile | £538 | - | £634 |
| North West median daily rate | £450 | £510 | £471 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.76% | +8.22% | -0.79% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | £70.16 | £45.88 | £47.83 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +52.92% | -4.08% | +17.88% |
| North West median hourly rate | £45.08 | £46.69 | £16.68 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.45% | +179.92% | -22.52% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire
Job postings citing DNS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DNS in Lancashire.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DNS in Lancashire.
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Contract Job Locations in Lancashire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 27 July 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lytham St Annes | - | 1 | £175 | - | 1 |
| DNS North West |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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:
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