DNS Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Domain Name System (DNS)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring DNS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 26 24
Rank change year-on-year - -2 +13
Contract jobs citing DNS 0 7 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland - 3.78% 2.79%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 41.18% 15.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 2
10th Percentile - £133 £201
25th Percentile - £143 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £148 £213
Median % change year-on-year - -30.59% -3.41%
75th Percentile - £154 £228
90th Percentile - £159 £234
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -1.96%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 32 17 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 13.28% 9.19% 17.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 7 19
10th Percentile - £135 £210
25th Percentile £325 £143 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £150 £400
Median % change year-on-year +216.67% -62.50% -15.75%
75th Percentile £541 £159 -
90th Percentile £600 £334 £595
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
Median hourly rate £15.33 £37.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.12% +108.33% +38.46%
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £50.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year -15.84% -10.60% +37.73%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing DNS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for DNS in Northern Ireland

DNS
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing DNS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing DNS

DNS
Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing DNS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing DNS