DNS Contract Job Trends in Merton

Domain Name System (DNS)
South London > Merton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merton requiring DNS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DNS 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merton 7.32% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South London median daily rate £519 £600 £675
% change year-on-year -13.58% -11.11% +42.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Merton

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 Merton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 10 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merton 24.39% 9.52% 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 2
10th Percentile £185 £216 £216
25th Percentile £356 £222 £222
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £238 £238
Median % change year-on-year +78.76% +0.11% -26.92%
75th Percentile £438 £247 £247
90th Percentile £441 £249 £249
South London median daily rate £500 £478 £365
% change year-on-year +4.71% +30.82% -33.64%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Merton

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

DNS job vacancy trend in Merton

DNS
Daily Rate Trend in Merton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merton citing DNS

DNS
Hourly Rate Trend in Merton

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merton citing DNS

DNS
Contract Job Locations in Merton

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the Merton region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Morden - 3 £425 - 1
DNS
South London

DNS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merton 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 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) Broadband
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) VLAN
2 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (100.00%) Local Government
2 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Desktop Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Desktop Support
1 2 (66.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Desktop Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Desktop Support
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Desktop Support Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Server Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Server Support Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Support Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Server Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Server Support
1 2 (66.67%) Server Support Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Security Hardening
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Infoblox
2 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto