DNS Contract Job Trends in Nottinghamshire

Domain Name System (DNS)
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire requiring DNS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Contract jobs citing DNS 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Nottinghamshire 0.41% - 1.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.09% - 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £238 - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 - £325
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.14%
75th Percentile £313 - £338
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £275 £505 £263
% change year-on-year -45.54% +92.38% -19.23%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 11 23 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 4.55% 14.11% 7.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 10
10th Percentile £146 - £298
25th Percentile £158 £180 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £200 £488
Median % change year-on-year - -58.97% +8.94%
75th Percentile £210 £600 £588
90th Percentile £220 - £623
East Midlands median daily rate £200 £371 £388
% change year-on-year -46.02% -4.39% -3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £14.26
25th Percentile - - £14.27
Median hourly rate - £13.81 £14.27
Median % change year-on-year - -3.22% -47.15%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.79 £22.89 £14.27
% change year-on-year -22.27% +60.37% -33.57%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

DNS job vacancy trend in Nottinghamshire

DNS
Daily Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing DNS

DNS
Hourly Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing DNS

DNS
Contract Job Locations in Nottinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the Nottinghamshire region over the 6 months to 13 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
Nottingham - 1 £275 - 2
DNS
East Midlands

DNS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottinghamshire 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware