DKIM Contract Job Trends in the North of England

DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM)
England > North of England

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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 164 188
Rank change year-on-year -57 +24 +43
Contract jobs citing DKIM 3 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.059% 0.060% 0.020%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.47% 0.35% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £350 -
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £503 £450 £473
% change year-on-year +11.67% -4.76% -14.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £41.00 -
England median hourly rate - £41.00 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

DKIM 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 639 575 716
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 12.51% 17.25% 14.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 384 336 527
10th Percentile £193 £172 £213
25th Percentile £330 £248 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.67% -5.26% +1.06%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £588
90th Percentile £675 £644 £669
England median daily rate £488 £500 £486
% change year-on-year -2.50% +2.88% -7.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 9 25
10th Percentile - £12.19 £12.92
25th Percentile £15.50 £19.25 £17.22
Median hourly rate £27.50 £24.76 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.07% +10.04% +111.67%
75th Percentile £67.25 £41.50 £46.88
90th Percentile £74.26 £51.30 £48.75
England median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -8.57% -30.00% +141.49%

DKIM
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DKIM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

DKIM job vacancy trend in the North of England

DKIM
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing DKIM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing DKIM

DKIM
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DKIM within the North of England region over the 6 months to 4 February 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
Yorkshire -49 3 £450 +28.57% 1
DKIM
England

DKIM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2013
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Purview
1 2 (66.67%) ShareGate
2 1 (33.33%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DMARC
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
2 2 (66.67%) SMTP
General
1 2 (66.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365 Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Exchange Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Messaging Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Graph
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) API Integration
1 2 (66.67%) Change Control
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (66.67%) E-Discovery
1 2 (66.67%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (66.67%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
1 2 (66.67%) Runbook
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) Validation
1 2 (66.67%) Zero Trust
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Clearswift