DNS Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Domain Name System (DNS)
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring DNS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 15 23
Rank change year-on-year -8 +8 +6
Contract jobs citing DNS 2 5 3
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 1.31% 5.05% 1.99%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 40.00% 23.81% 12.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile £276 £562 £184
25th Percentile £295 £566 £224
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £344 £618 £308
Median % change year-on-year -44.33% +100.81% -15.17%
75th Percentile £395 £666 £399
90th Percentile £417 £696 £445
East Midlands median daily rate £375 £568 £325
% change year-on-year -33.92% +74.62% -4.41%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5 21 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 3.27% 21.21% 16.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 14 14
10th Percentile £276 £455 £166
25th Percentile £295 £541 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £344 £650 £513
Median % change year-on-year -47.12% +26.83% +53.56%
75th Percentile £395 £705 £613
90th Percentile £417 £715 £643
East Midlands median daily rate £435 £430 £445
% change year-on-year +1.16% -3.37% +4.71%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

DNS job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

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Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing DNS

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Daily Rate Histogram in Leicestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DNS in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 4 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DNS in Leicestershire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing DNS

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) VLAN
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft