DNS Contracts in London

Domain Name System (DNS)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for DNS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DNS over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 162 166 208
Rank change year-on-year +4 +42 +12
Contract jobs citing DNS 268 438 547
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.51% 1.62% 1.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.65% 16.38% 14.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 317 416
10th Percentile £255 £260 £302
25th Percentile £353 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +1.85% +22.73%
75th Percentile £538 £675 £638
90th Percentile £691 £740 £700
England median daily rate £480 £525 £490
% change year-on-year -8.67% +7.14% +15.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 7
10th Percentile £16.00 £28.78 £26.55
25th Percentile £20.00 £37.81 £34.04
Median hourly rate £23.80 £53.25 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.31% +18.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile £24.47 £68.31 £49.29
90th Percentile £25.00 £77.13 £57.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.13 £27.50
% change year-on-year -23.27% +89.56% -7.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

DNS is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,712 2,674 3,719
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.67% 9.88% 9.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,139 1,889 2,582
10th Percentile £213 £250 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% +15.79%
75th Percentile £619 £675 £650
90th Percentile £743 £775 £750
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 52 82
10th Percentile £14.48 £20.22 £21.00
25th Percentile £18.64 £22.63 £23.91
Median hourly rate £22.00 £48.21 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.37% +37.74% +45.83%
75th Percentile £41.25 £70.00 £48.55
90th Percentile £60.00 £75.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £39.25 £18.88 £23.91
% change year-on-year +107.95% -21.06% -4.36%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing DNS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for DNS in London

DNS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DNS in London.

Daily rate trend for DNS in London

DNS
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DNS in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DNS in London

DNS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DNS in London.

Hourly rate trend for DNS in London

DNS
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the London region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Central London +12 39 £450 -23.40% 13
West London +15 7 £525 -8.70% 5
South London +6 4 £700 +211.11% 4
East London -6 1 £218 -45.63% 4
DNS
England

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 50 (18.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (5.97%) Exchange Server 2013
3 15 (5.60%) Apache
3 15 (5.60%) Exchange Server 2010
3 15 (5.60%) SharePoint
4 13 (4.85%) Confluence
4 13 (4.85%) IIS
5 12 (4.48%) Tomcat
6 5 (1.87%) JBoss
6 5 (1.87%) nginx
7 4 (1.49%) IBM Domino
7 4 (1.49%) IBM Notes
7 4 (1.49%) OpenStack
8 3 (1.12%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.37%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (2.99%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.87%) Temenos T24
2 2 (0.75%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 112 (41.79%) Azure
2 81 (30.22%) AWS
3 75 (27.99%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (19.40%) Entra ID
5 25 (9.33%) IaaS
6 24 (8.96%) SaaS
7 23 (8.58%) PaaS
8 20 (7.46%) GCP
9 13 (4.85%) Cloud Computing
10 12 (4.48%) Amazon EC2
11 11 (4.10%) Mimecast
11 11 (4.10%) Nutanix
12 10 (3.73%) Rubrik
13 9 (3.36%) GitHub
14 8 (2.99%) Akamai
14 8 (2.99%) Amazon S3
14 8 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
14 8 (2.99%) Azure Monitor
14 8 (2.99%) Cloudflare
14 8 (2.99%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 117 (43.66%) DHCP
2 114 (42.54%) Firewall
3 68 (25.37%) TCP/IP
4 46 (17.16%) VPN
5 45 (16.79%) LAN
6 41 (15.30%) WAN
7 35 (13.06%) BGP
8 27 (10.07%) MPLS
9 26 (9.70%) Network Security
10 25 (9.33%) OSPF
11 24 (8.96%) HTTP
11 24 (8.96%) VLAN
12 22 (8.21%) Internet
13 20 (7.46%) SAN
14 19 (7.09%) SNMP
15 18 (6.72%) IPsec
15 18 (6.72%) NAS
15 18 (6.72%) Wireless
16 17 (6.34%) Wi-Fi
17 16 (5.97%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.34%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.73%) Relational Database
3 7 (2.61%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (2.61%) MySQL
4 6 (2.24%) RDBMS
5 5 (1.87%) Apache Cassandra
5 5 (1.87%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (1.87%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.87%) Redis
6 4 (1.49%) Amazon QuickSight
6 4 (1.49%) MariaDB
6 4 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.12%) Hadoop
7 3 (1.12%) Power BI
8 2 (0.75%) CouchDB
8 2 (0.75%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.37%) Bigtable
9 1 (0.37%) Couchbase
9 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 19 (7.09%) JIRA
2 18 (6.72%) Git
3 13 (4.85%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.99%) TeamCity
5 7 (2.61%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (1.49%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.49%) GitLab
6 4 (1.49%) Snyk
7 2 (0.75%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.75%) Postman
8 1 (0.37%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.37%) Darcs
8 1 (0.37%) ERwin
8 1 (0.37%) Gradle
8 1 (0.37%) Jaeger
8 1 (0.37%) Katalon Studio
8 1 (0.37%) Mercurial
8 1 (0.37%) Travis CI
8 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 68 (25.37%) Finance
2 55 (20.52%) Social Skills
3 22 (8.21%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (6.72%) Telecoms
5 13 (4.85%) Public Sector
6 9 (3.36%) Banking
6 9 (3.36%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.99%) Mandarin Language
8 5 (1.87%) French Language
9 4 (1.49%) Electronics
9 4 (1.49%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.49%) Marketing
9 4 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.12%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.12%) German Language
10 3 (1.12%) Legal
10 3 (1.12%) Retail Banking
11 2 (0.75%) Cantonese Language
11 2 (0.75%) Military
11 2 (0.75%) Retail
Job Titles
1 39 (14.55%) Network Engineer
2 30 (11.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 28 (10.45%) Senior
4 25 (9.33%) Administrator
5 24 (8.96%) Support Engineer
6 20 (7.46%) Systems Administrator
7 18 (6.72%) Azure Engineer
8 16 (5.97%) Security Engineer
9 15 (5.60%) DevOps Engineer
10 14 (5.22%) Architect
11 13 (4.85%) Analyst
11 13 (4.85%) IT Engineer
12 12 (4.48%) IT Support
13 10 (3.73%) Senior Network Engineer
14 9 (3.36%) Consultant
14 9 (3.36%) Developer
14 9 (3.36%) Linux Engineer
15 8 (2.99%) AWS Engineer
15 8 (2.99%) Cloud Engineer
16 7 (2.61%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (9.70%) LDAP
2 10 (3.73%) .NET
2 10 (3.73%) JSON
2 10 (3.73%) SAML
3 8 (2.99%) Kafka
4 7 (2.61%) 802.1X
5 5 (1.87%) IBM Integration Bus
5 5 (1.87%) Node.js
5 5 (1.87%) YAML
6 4 (1.49%) ASP.NET
6 4 (1.49%) Elastic Stack
6 4 (1.49%) GraphQL
6 4 (1.49%) NETCONF
7 3 (1.12%) AWS CDK
7 3 (1.12%) CSS
7 3 (1.12%) REST
7 3 (1.12%) RESTful
8 2 (0.75%) OpenID
8 2 (0.75%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.75%) SPML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (11.94%) Data Centre
2 25 (9.33%) PKI
3 18 (6.72%) Clustering
4 14 (5.22%) Management Information System
4 14 (5.22%) Replication
5 13 (4.85%) Data Protection Act
6 12 (4.48%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 12 (4.48%) Video Conferencing
7 8 (2.99%) Cloud Native
8 7 (2.61%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.24%) CCTV
9 6 (2.24%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.87%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.87%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.87%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.49%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (1.12%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 130 (48.51%) Windows
2 96 (35.82%) Windows Server
3 52 (19.40%) Linux
4 23 (8.58%) Windows Server 2012
5 22 (8.21%) Windows 7
6 21 (7.84%) Windows 10
6 21 (7.84%) Windows Server 2008
7 13 (4.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 13 (4.85%) Unix
8 9 (3.36%) Windows Server 2019
9 8 (2.99%) Oracle Linux
9 8 (2.99%) Solaris
9 8 (2.99%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (1.49%) VMS
11 2 (0.75%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.37%) OpenVMS
12 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (16.79%) DevOps
2 43 (16.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 43 (16.04%) Migration
3 39 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (14.18%) Load Balancing
5 33 (12.31%) Agile
6 28 (10.45%) Infrastructure as Code
7 24 (8.96%) High Availability
8 23 (8.58%) Disaster Recovery
9 22 (8.21%) ITIL
10 21 (7.84%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 21 (7.84%) Vulnerability Management
11 20 (7.46%) CI/CD
12 19 (7.09%) Customer Service
13 18 (6.72%) Computer Science
14 17 (6.34%) Information Security
15 16 (5.97%) Project Delivery
16 15 (5.60%) Configuration Management
16 15 (5.60%) Data Loss Prevention
16 15 (5.60%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 64 (23.88%) PowerShell
2 56 (20.90%) Python
3 19 (7.09%) Java
4 18 (6.72%) Bash
5 15 (5.60%) Go
6 12 (4.48%) SQL
7 7 (2.61%) C#
7 7 (2.61%) JavaScript
7 7 (2.61%) PHP
7 7 (2.61%) Shell Script
8 6 (2.24%) Ruby
8 6 (2.24%) TypeScript
9 5 (1.87%) C
10 4 (1.49%) VB
10 4 (1.49%) VBScript
11 2 (0.75%) C++
11 2 (0.75%) Korn
11 2 (0.75%) Perl
11 2 (0.75%) Scala
11 2 (0.75%) tcsh
Qualifications
1 33 (12.31%) Security Cleared
2 30 (11.19%) Cisco Certification
3 28 (10.45%) CCNP
4 24 (8.96%) Degree
5 14 (5.22%) CCNA
6 13 (4.85%) SC Cleared
7 10 (3.73%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (3.36%) Azure Certification
8 9 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (2.61%) CCDP
9 7 (2.61%) DV Cleared
10 6 (2.24%) AWS Certification
11 5 (1.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (1.87%) CISSP
12 4 (1.49%) CISM
13 3 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (1.12%) CCIE
13 3 (1.12%) CCSP
14 2 (0.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 2 (0.75%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.36%) GDPR
2 8 (2.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 7 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.24%) NIST
5 5 (1.87%) SLA
6 4 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 4 (1.49%) QA
7 3 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.12%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.75%) GRC
8 2 (0.75%) NCSC
9 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.37%) COPPA
9 1 (0.37%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.37%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 138 (51.49%) Active Directory
2 48 (17.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (8.21%) Docker
4 16 (5.97%) Hyper-V
5 14 (5.22%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (3.73%) vSphere
7 7 (2.61%) NFS
8 5 (1.87%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (1.49%) Firmware
9 4 (1.49%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (1.12%) BitLocker
10 3 (1.12%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (1.12%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.75%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.75%) PowerDNS
11 2 (0.75%) XenApp
12 1 (0.37%) KVM
12 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 40 (14.93%) Terraform
2 29 (10.82%) Ansible
3 27 (10.07%) Microsoft Intune
4 26 (9.70%) Kubernetes
5 22 (8.21%) SCCM
6 12 (4.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 11 (4.10%) Puppet
8 10 (3.73%) SCOM
9 9 (3.36%) Grafana
10 8 (2.99%) EMC NetWorker
10 8 (2.99%) Netcool
10 8 (2.99%) Tivoli
10 8 (2.99%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 7 (2.61%) FortiGate
11 7 (2.61%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (2.24%) Kibana
12 6 (2.24%) Progress Chef
12 6 (2.24%) Prometheus
13 5 (1.87%) SolarWinds Orion
14 4 (1.49%) WSUS
Vendors
1 97 (36.19%) Microsoft
2 65 (24.25%) VMware
3 60 (22.39%) Cisco
4 30 (11.19%) F5
5 25 (9.33%) Palo Alto
6 20 (7.46%) Dell
7 18 (6.72%) IBM
8 17 (6.34%) Qualys
8 17 (6.34%) SolarWinds
9 16 (5.97%) Citrix
9 16 (5.97%) Oracle
10 15 (5.60%) Splunk
11 14 (5.22%) ServiceNow
12 13 (4.85%) CheckPoint
13 12 (4.48%) HP
13 12 (4.48%) Infoblox
14 11 (4.10%) Aruba
14 11 (4.10%) Okta
15 10 (3.73%) EMC
15 10 (3.73%) Meraki