DNS Contracts in the South East

Domain Name System (DNS)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 61 94
Rank change year-on-year -22 +33 +7
Contract jobs citing DNS 79 171 141
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.62% 3.08% 2.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.40% 13.63% 14.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 128 93
10th Percentile £325 £307 £213
25th Percentile £456 £422 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £501 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% -9.00% +25.36%
75th Percentile £601 £608 £675
90th Percentile £638 £638 £753
England median daily rate £548 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +12.41% -7.14% +5.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £19.45 £24.05 £23.55
25th Percentile £20.88 £32.38 £31.13
Median hourly rate £23.50 £47.50 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year -50.53% +8.57% +103.49%
75th Percentile £25.88 £58.13 £65.63
90th Percentile £27.15 £63.75 £78.75
England median hourly rate £80.68 £40.00 £52.13
% change year-on-year +101.69% -23.27% +89.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 513 1,255 980
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.04% 22.58% 16.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 617 590
10th Percentile £216 £205 £235
25th Percentile £325 £371 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £490 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +0.51% +8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £585 £588
90th Percentile £630 £638 £700
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 131 74
10th Percentile £14.20 £16.25 £18.33
25th Percentile £20.26 £27.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% +8.21% +146.51%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.38 £67.50
90th Percentile £66.88 £85.65 £80.25
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing DNS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for DNS in the South East

DNS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DNS in the South East.

Daily rate trend for DNS in the South East

DNS
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DNS in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DNS in the South East

DNS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DNS in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for DNS in the South East

DNS
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Thames Valley -5 38 £513 -15.29% 69
Berkshire -10 31 £500 -17.36% 36
Hampshire +15 28 £575 +8.24% 50
Buckinghamshire +12 6 £583 +25.28% 19
Kent +11 6 £592 +188.66% 18
Surrey +5 4 £300 +51.90% 16
West Sussex +1 2 £550 +22.22% 10
Oxfordshire +1 1 £213 -34.11% 23
East Sussex -12 1 £163 -67.50% 7
DNS
England

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 13 (16.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (10.13%) Apache
3 5 (6.33%) IIS
4 4 (5.06%) SharePoint
5 3 (3.80%) Exchange Server 2003
5 3 (3.80%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (3.80%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (3.80%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (3.80%) Office Communications Server
5 3 (3.80%) SharePoint Server
5 3 (3.80%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (10.13%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.53%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 27 (34.18%) Azure
2 16 (20.25%) AWS
3 14 (17.72%) IaaS
4 11 (13.92%) PaaS
5 10 (12.66%) OpenShift
6 9 (11.39%) GCP
7 7 (8.86%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (7.59%) Entra ID
9 3 (3.80%) GitHub
10 2 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (1.27%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (1.27%) Azure Storage
11 1 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (1.27%) Mimecast
11 1 (1.27%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 52 (65.82%) DHCP
2 27 (34.18%) Firewall
3 24 (30.38%) SMTP
4 22 (27.85%) VPN
5 15 (18.99%) SAN
6 12 (15.19%) TCP/IP
7 11 (13.92%) FTP
7 11 (13.92%) Telnet
8 10 (12.66%) VLAN
9 9 (11.39%) BGP
9 9 (11.39%) WAN
10 7 (8.86%) OSPF
10 7 (8.86%) VSAN
11 6 (7.59%) SD-WAN
12 5 (6.33%) Cisco ISE
12 5 (6.33%) Fibre Channel
12 5 (6.33%) MPLS
12 5 (6.33%) NetScaler
12 5 (6.33%) Network Security
13 4 (5.06%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.13%) Amazon RDS
1 8 (10.13%) Big Data
1 8 (10.13%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 2 (2.53%) Git
1 2 (2.53%) GitLab
1 2 (2.53%) Subversion
General
1 18 (22.78%) Public Sector
2 12 (15.19%) Social Skills
3 9 (11.39%) Telecoms
4 6 (7.59%) Finance
5 4 (5.06%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.80%) Electronics
6 3 (3.80%) Marketing
7 2 (2.53%) Multimedia
7 2 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.27%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.27%) Law
8 1 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (26.58%) Support Engineer
2 15 (18.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 14 (17.72%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 14 (17.72%) Infrastructure Support
4 13 (16.46%) 3rd Line Support
4 13 (16.46%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 11 (13.92%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (13.92%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 10 (12.66%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
7 7 (8.86%) Azure Engineer
7 7 (8.86%) Network Engineer
8 6 (7.59%) Administrator
8 6 (7.59%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (7.59%) Lead
8 6 (7.59%) VMware Engineer
8 6 (7.59%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (6.33%) Architect
9 5 (6.33%) Linux Administrator
10 4 (5.06%) Analyst
10 4 (5.06%) Infrastructure Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.06%) LDAP
2 2 (2.53%) YAML
3 1 (1.27%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.27%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 18 (22.78%) PKI
2 16 (20.25%) Clustering
3 13 (16.46%) Data Centre
4 4 (5.06%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (5.06%) Enterprise Storage
4 4 (5.06%) Public Cloud
5 3 (3.80%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (3.80%) Replication
6 2 (2.53%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.53%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.27%) Derivative
7 1 (1.27%) IoT
7 1 (1.27%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.27%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 47 (59.49%) Windows
2 28 (35.44%) Linux
3 26 (32.91%) Windows Server
4 11 (13.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (13.92%) Windows Server 2003
5 10 (12.66%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (7.59%) Windows 10
7 3 (3.80%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (2.53%) Solaris
8 2 (2.53%) Unix
9 1 (1.27%) Android
9 1 (1.27%) Apple iOS
9 1 (1.27%) CentOS
9 1 (1.27%) Fedora
9 1 (1.27%) Mac OS
9 1 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (25.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 20 (25.32%) ITIL
2 16 (20.25%) DevOps
3 11 (13.92%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (12.66%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (12.66%) Vulnerability Management
5 9 (11.39%) DevSecOps
5 9 (11.39%) High Availability
5 9 (11.39%) Infrastructure as Code
5 9 (11.39%) Software Deployment
6 8 (10.13%) Artificial Intelligence
6 8 (10.13%) Machine Learning
7 6 (7.59%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (7.59%) CI/CD
7 6 (7.59%) Security Patching
7 6 (7.59%) Technical Leadership
8 5 (6.33%) Change Management
8 5 (6.33%) Migration
8 5 (6.33%) RBAC
8 5 (6.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 19 (24.05%) PowerShell
2 7 (8.86%) Bash
3 6 (7.59%) Shell Script
4 5 (6.33%) Python
5 2 (2.53%) Perl
6 1 (1.27%) Bicep
6 1 (1.27%) C#
6 1 (1.27%) SQL
6 1 (1.27%) VB
6 1 (1.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 53 (67.09%) Security Cleared
2 34 (43.04%) SC Cleared
3 19 (24.05%) DV Cleared
4 11 (13.92%) Degree
5 4 (5.06%) CCNA
5 4 (5.06%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.53%) CCNP
6 2 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.53%) HP APS
6 2 (2.53%) MCSE
6 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (1.27%) BC Cleared
7 1 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.27%) CCDP
7 1 (1.27%) CCIP
7 1 (1.27%) CEH
7 1 (1.27%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.59%) SLA
2 4 (5.06%) NIST
3 3 (3.80%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (3.80%) NCSC
3 3 (3.80%) QA
4 2 (2.53%) GDPR
System Software
1 40 (50.63%) Active Directory
2 23 (29.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (25.32%) vSphere
4 13 (16.46%) Hyper-V
5 11 (13.92%) NFS
5 11 (13.92%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (10.13%) BitLocker
6 8 (10.13%) Docker
6 8 (10.13%) Microsoft App-V
6 8 (10.13%) Samba
6 8 (10.13%) Terminal Services
7 6 (7.59%) DFS Replication
8 5 (6.33%) XenApp
8 5 (6.33%) XenDesktop
9 4 (5.06%) VMware NSX
10 3 (3.80%) Brightmail
10 3 (3.80%) ISA Server
11 2 (2.53%) Ceph
12 1 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (21.52%) Ansible
2 11 (13.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (13.92%) vCenter Server
3 9 (11.39%) Kubernetes
3 9 (11.39%) WSUS
4 8 (10.13%) Microsoft Clustering
4 8 (10.13%) Nagios
4 8 (10.13%) Puppet
4 8 (10.13%) vMotion
4 8 (10.13%) yum
5 4 (5.06%) NetBackup
6 3 (3.80%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (3.80%) Norton AntiVirus
7 2 (2.53%) Argo
7 2 (2.53%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (2.53%) Red Hat Satellite
7 2 (2.53%) SCCM
7 2 (2.53%) SELinux
8 1 (1.27%) CASB
8 1 (1.27%) SCOM
Vendors
1 39 (49.37%) VMware
2 32 (40.51%) Microsoft
3 22 (27.85%) HP
4 16 (20.25%) Cisco
5 13 (16.46%) Citrix
5 13 (16.46%) Red Hat
5 13 (16.46%) Symantec
6 11 (13.92%) Dell
7 8 (10.13%) Google
8 7 (8.86%) Palo Alto
8 7 (8.86%) SolarWinds
9 6 (7.59%) Veritas
10 5 (6.33%) F5
10 5 (6.33%) Juniper
11 4 (5.06%) 3PAR
12 3 (3.80%) CheckPoint
12 3 (3.80%) LogRhythm
12 3 (3.80%) NETGEAR
12 3 (3.80%) SAP
12 3 (3.80%) TP-LINK