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 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	36	36	41
Rank change year-on-year	0	+5	+10
Contract jobs citing DNS	33	4	6
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes	5.47%	1.52%	1.99%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	46.48%	13.33%	13.95%
Number of daily rates quoted	28	3	6
10^th Percentile	£512	-	£411
25^th Percentile	£562	£525	£415
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£615	£550	£435
Median % change year-on-year	+11.81%	+26.44%	-6.45%
75^th Percentile	£630	£588	£466
90^th Percentile	£684	£595	£480
Buckinghamshire median daily rate	£615	£550	£435
% change year-on-year	+11.81%	+26.44%	-6.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£14.00	-	-
Median hourly rate	£15.00	-	-
75^th Percentile	£16.00	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate	£15.00	-	-

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.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills	71	30	43
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes	11.77%	11.36%	14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted	52	14	39
10^th Percentile	£406	£296	£400
25^th Percentile	£556	£475	£425
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£604	£527	£511
Median % change year-on-year	+14.62%	+3.04%	-4.90%
75^th Percentile	£630	£571	£550
90^th Percentile	£660	£579	£656
Buckinghamshire median daily rate	£594	£525	£504
% change year-on-year	+13.10%	+4.22%	-6.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted	8	0	0
10^th Percentile	£16.45	-	-
25^th Percentile	£17.50	-	-
Median hourly rate	£38.72	-	-
75^th Percentile	£43.75	-	-
90^th Percentile	£52.75	-	-
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate	£38.72	-	-

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 Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

DNS Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DNS in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DNS in Milton Keynes

DNS Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

DNS Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 17 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing DNS also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Milton Keynes region with a requirement for DNS.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Security Cleared	97.0%	32
2	Active Directory	84.8%	28
2	DV Cleared	84.8%	28
4	Azure	75.8%	25
4	Firewall	75.8%	25
4	Microsoft	75.8%	25
7	VPN	72.7%	24
8	Windows	69.7%	23
9	DHCP	66.7%	22
10	Linux	60.6%	20
11	PowerShell	57.6%	19
12	Terraform	54.5%	18
13	ITIL	51.5%	17
14	ARM Templates	48.5%	16
14	Bicep	48.5%	16
14	Entra ID	48.5%	16
14	TCP/IP	48.5%	16
14	Windows Server	48.5%	16
19	Azure Monitor	45.5%	15
19	Bash	45.5%	15
19	Infrastructure Engineering	45.5%	15
22	Analytics	42.4%	14
22	Cybersecurity	42.4%	14
22	Log Analytics	42.4%	14
22	Network Security	42.4%	14
22	Platform Engineering	42.4%	14
27	Azure Sentinel	39.4%	13
27	Infrastructure Monitoring	39.4%	13
27	Network Virtualisation	39.4%	13
27	Security Hardening	39.4%	13

DNS Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Firewall	75.8%	25
2	VPN	72.7%	24
3	DHCP	66.7%	22
4	TCP/IP	48.5%	16
5	Network Security	42.4%	14
6	Cisco ASA	33.3%	11
6	Cisco Firepower	33.3%	11
6	IPsec	33.3%	11
9	LAN	27.3%	9
9	WAN	27.3%	9
11	SSH	24.2%	8
12	SSL	21.2%	7
13	NGFW	18.2%	6
14	VLAN	15.2%	5
15	BGP	12.1%	4
15	BIG-IP	12.1%	4
15	Cisco Nexus	12.1%	4
15	F5 BIG-IP LTM	12.1%	4
15	MPLS	12.1%	4
15	OSPF	12.1%	4