DNS Contract Job Trends in Perth and Kinross

Domain Name System (DNS)
Scotland > Perth and Kinross

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Perth and Kinross requiring DNS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DNS 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Perth and Kinross 71.43% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £176 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £178 - -
75th Percentile £179 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £454 £450 £600
% change year-on-year +0.89% -25.00% +26.32%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Perth and Kinross

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 Perth and Kinross.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Perth and Kinross 71.43% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £176 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £178 - -
75th Percentile £179 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £425 £425 £550
% change year-on-year - -22.73% +22.22%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Perth and Kinross

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

DNS job vacancy trend in Perth and Kinross

DNS
Contract Job Locations in Perth and Kinross

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the Perth and Kinross region over the 6 months to 31 January 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
Auchterarder - 3 £178 - 2
DNS
Scotland

DNS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Perth and Kinross 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (60.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) DHCP
1 5 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 5 (100.00%) VPN
1 5 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (60.00%) VoIP
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) IT Support
2 3 (60.00%) IT Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
1 5 (100.00%) ITSM
2 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) ServiceNow