DNS Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Domain Name System (DNS)
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring DNS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 34 43
Rank change year-on-year -6 +9 +20
Contract jobs citing DNS 15 4 8
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 2.84% 2.00% 1.68%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.00% 12.50% 8.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 3 8
10th Percentile £525 £559 £447
25th Percentile £568 £562 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £583 £465
Median % change year-on-year +5.15% +25.28% -9.27%
75th Percentile £639 £614 £474
90th Percentile £654 £624 £500
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £600 £583 £465
% change year-on-year +3.00% +25.28% -13.49%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 50 32 100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 9.47% 16.00% 21.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 20 77
10th Percentile £130 £266 £305
25th Percentile £513 £483 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £574 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.40% +9.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £632 £630 £550
90th Percentile £647 £661 £825
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £554 £516 £525
% change year-on-year +7.22% -1.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 17
10th Percentile - - £18.00
25th Percentile - - £22.52
Median hourly rate £36.00 - £24.00
75th Percentile - - £30.00
90th Percentile - - £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £36.00 £14.20 £24.00
% change year-on-year +153.52% -40.83% +50.00%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

DNS job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

DNS
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing DNS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing DNS

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Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DNS in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 9 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DNS in Milton Keynes

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Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing DNS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing DNS

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 4 (26.67%) Azure
2 3 (20.00%) GitHub
3 1 (6.67%) AWS
3 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 10 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 2 (13.33%) DHCP
3 1 (6.67%) SAN
General
1 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Analyst
2 7 (46.67%) SOC Analyst
3 5 (33.33%) Senior
4 3 (20.00%) Azure Engineer
4 3 (20.00%) Cloud Engineer
4 3 (20.00%) Lead
4 3 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (6.67%) Active Directory Engineer
6 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 1 (6.67%) DevOps Engineer
6 1 (6.67%) Identity Management Engineer
6 1 (6.67%) Senior Cloud Engineer
6 1 (6.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (6.67%) Splunk Analyst
6 1 (6.67%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Cyberattack
1 8 (53.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 6 (40.00%) PKI
3 3 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (6.67%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 12 (80.00%) Linux
2 11 (73.33%) Windows
3 2 (13.33%) Windows Server
4 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Incident Response
2 9 (60.00%) SIEM
3 8 (53.33%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (53.33%) Security Operations
4 5 (33.33%) Computer Science
5 4 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (20.00%) AI
6 3 (20.00%) AI Transformation
6 3 (20.00%) CI/CD
6 3 (20.00%) Containerisation
6 3 (20.00%) DevOps
6 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
6 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Automation
7 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 1 (6.67%) Collaborative Culture
8 1 (6.67%) Customer Service
8 1 (6.67%) Identity Management
8 1 (6.67%) Knowledge Transfer
8 1 (6.67%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) PowerShell
2 3 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (93.33%) Security Cleared
2 9 (60.00%) DV Cleared
3 8 (53.33%) SC Cleared
4 5 (33.33%) CompTIA CySA+
4 5 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
4 5 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (33.33%) Degree
5 1 (6.67%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 3 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (20.00%) Docker
2 1 (6.67%) VMware NSX
2 1 (6.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) Ansible
1 3 (20.00%) Podman
1 3 (20.00%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Splunk
2 3 (20.00%) Zscaler
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
4 1 (6.67%) VMware