DNS Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Domain Name System (DNS)
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxford requiring DNS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 13 13
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 +10
Contract jobs citing DNS 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 3.33% 2.13% 2.06%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.00% 25.00% 15.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £221 - -
25th Percentile £253 £206 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £213 £180
Median % change year-on-year +47.06% +18.06% -60.00%
75th Percentile £378 £219 -
90th Percentile £414 - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £425 £213 £180
% change year-on-year +100.00% +18.06% -28.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 10 4 13
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 16.67% 8.51% 13.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 4
10th Percentile £192 - -
25th Percentile £306 £206 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £213 £278
Median % change year-on-year +111.76% -23.42% -38.33%
75th Percentile £525 £219 £416
90th Percentile £575 - £466
Oxfordshire median daily rate £425 £213 £375
% change year-on-year +100.00% -43.33% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.72 £20.85 £13.00
Median hourly rate £26.44 £21.90 £39.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.73% -43.85% -
75th Percentile £27.16 £22.95 £65.00
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £26.44 £21.90 £48.75
% change year-on-year +20.73% -55.08% -0.51%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

DNS job vacancy trend in Oxford

DNS
Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing DNS

DNS
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DNS in Oxford over the 6 months to 18 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DNS in Oxford

DNS
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing DNS

DNS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (50.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) VLAN
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (50.00%) Head of IT
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Ariba
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) VMware