Domain Name System (DNS)
West Midlands > Shropshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Shropshire requiring DNS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DNS over the 6 months leading up to 7 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 7 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 31 | 27 | 29 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -4 | +2 | +64 |
| Contract jobs citing DNS | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Shropshire | 1.86% | 4.55% | 2.08% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 75.00% | 60.00% | 9.09% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £298 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £299 | £513 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £325 | £300 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.33% | -42.86% | +377.27% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £440 | - |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £475 | £550 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.64% | +29.41% | +30.77% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Shropshire
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 Shropshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire | 2.48% | 7.58% | 22.92% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 9 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £117 | £355 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £200 | £416 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £325 | £298 | £490 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.06% | -39.18% | +18.79% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £300 | £534 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £347 | £543 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £475 | £400 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +18.75% | -11.11% | +7.14% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire
Job postings citing DNS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Shropshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DNS in Shropshire.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Shropshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DNS in Shropshire.
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Contract Job Locations in Shropshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 7 July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telford | -2 | 3 | £325 | +8.33% | 1 |
| DNS West Midlands |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Shropshire 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: