DNS Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Domain Name System (DNS)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring DNS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 13 27
Rank change year-on-year -11 +14 +4
Contract jobs citing DNS 6 9 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 4.23% 5.52% 2.07%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 42.86% 33.33% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 5
10th Percentile - - £185
25th Percentile £356 £406 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £419 £215
Median % change year-on-year -13.43% +94.77% -1.71%
75th Percentile £369 £461 £313
90th Percentile - £555 £380
South East median daily rate £525 £513 £523
% change year-on-year +2.44% -1.91% +13.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £76.59 - -
25th Percentile £84.97 - -
Median hourly rate £89.63 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £89.63 £19.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +371.74% -60.00% +115.91%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 14 27 20
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 9.86% 16.56% 8.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 18 18
10th Percentile £379 £145 £189
25th Percentile £413 £338 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £419 £345
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% +21.38% -15.08%
75th Percentile £600 £487 £600
90th Percentile - £641 £653
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £460
% change year-on-year - +8.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £76.59 - -
25th Percentile £84.97 - -
Median hourly rate £89.63 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £60.00
% change year-on-year -4.10% -4.42% +33.33%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for DNS in Oxfordshire

DNS
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing DNS

DNS
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing DNS

DNS
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 15 September 2025. 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
Oxford - 4 - - 3
Abingdon 0 1 £363 -13.43% 1
DNS
South East

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) IIS
1 1 (16.67%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) DHCP
1 5 (83.33%) TCP/IP
1 5 (83.33%) VPN
2 4 (66.67%) Firewall
2 4 (66.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Aerospace
4 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Service Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Service Support Manager
3 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Administrator
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) IT Support
3 1 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Linux Administrator
3 1 (16.67%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) JSON
1 1 (16.67%) XML
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) Mac OS
3 1 (16.67%) Linux
3 1 (16.67%) Rocky
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Computer Science
1 5 (83.33%) ITIL
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) ITSM
2 4 (66.67%) Service Management
2 4 (66.67%) Time Management
3 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) A+ Certification
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (16.67%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) CheckPoint
1 4 (66.67%) Cisco
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 4 (66.67%) Palo Alto
1 4 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (16.67%) Red Hat
2 1 (16.67%) VMware