DNS Contract Job Trends in Northampton

Domain Name System (DNS)
Northamptonshire > Northampton

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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 18 -
Rank change year-on-year -25 - -
Contract jobs citing DNS 1 6 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northampton 0.47% 5.26% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.11% 46.15% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% - -
75th Percentile £638 £613 -
90th Percentile - £620 -
Northamptonshire median daily rate £625 £500 -
% change year-on-year +25.00% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Northampton

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 Northampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9 13 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northampton 4.21% 11.40% 8.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 11 9
10th Percentile £416 £260 £393
25th Percentile £425 £375 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £445
Median % change year-on-year - +1.12% +87.37%
75th Percentile £475 £550 -
90th Percentile £548 £613 £458
Northamptonshire median daily rate £450 £450 £445
% change year-on-year - +1.12% +44.72%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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

DNS job vacancy trend in Northampton

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Daily Rate Trend in Northampton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing DNS

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Hourly Rate Trend in Northampton

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing DNS

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyberattack
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk