DNS Contracts in the South East

Domain Name System (DNS)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for DNS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DNS over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 92 102
Rank change year-on-year +35 +10 -7
Contract jobs citing DNS 169 138 186
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 3.05% 2.40% 2.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.67% 14.35% 14.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 90 131
10th Percentile £307 £213 £200
25th Percentile £422 £383 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% +22.22% -
75th Percentile £608 £675 £550
90th Percentile £622 £754 £600
England median daily rate £486 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -7.38% +5.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 9
10th Percentile £24.05 £23.55 -
25th Percentile £32.38 £31.13 £20.75
Median hourly rate £47.50 £43.75 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +103.49% +7.50%
75th Percentile £58.13 £65.63 £22.25
90th Percentile £63.75 £78.75 £31.30
England median hourly rate £40.00 £49.12 £27.50
% change year-on-year -18.56% +78.61% +1.46%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

DNS is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,236 962 1,254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 22.28% 16.70% 16.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 614 583 771
10th Percentile £205 £240 £189
25th Percentile £365 £363 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.03% +8.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £589 £588 £560
90th Percentile £646 £700 £656
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 73 68
10th Percentile £16.25 £18.25 £15.25
25th Percentile £27.50 £42.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £53.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.20% +148.84% -44.16%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £47.31
90th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £60.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
% change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -3.39%

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DNS in the South East over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DNS in the South East

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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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DNS in the South East over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DNS in the South East

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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 3 May 2024. 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 +15 88 £605 +9.26% 30
Berkshire +16 73 £605 -3.20% 15
Hampshire +1 38 £531 -3.41% 21
Surrey +19 17 £198 -50.63% 8
East Sussex +12 11 £500 -37.11% 3
West Sussex - 11 £450 - 8
Buckinghamshire +20 10 £465 -9.27% 7
Oxfordshire +3 5 £323 +29.00% 8
Kent +6 3 £205 -45.33% 12
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 37 (21.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.33%) Confluence
3 5 (2.96%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.18%) Apache
4 2 (1.18%) nginx
5 1 (0.59%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.59%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 11 (6.51%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.59%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 47 (27.81%) Azure
2 28 (16.57%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (12.43%) Entra ID
4 18 (10.65%) Azure Monitor
5 17 (10.06%) Azure Storage
6 14 (8.28%) AWS
6 14 (8.28%) OCI
7 8 (4.73%) IaaS
8 5 (2.96%) Datadog
9 4 (2.37%) GitHub
10 3 (1.78%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (1.78%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.78%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.78%) PaaS
10 3 (1.78%) SaaS
11 2 (1.18%) Amazon S3
11 2 (1.18%) CloudFront
11 2 (1.18%) Google Workspace
11 2 (1.18%) Route 53
11 2 (1.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 124 (73.37%) DHCP
2 70 (41.42%) Firewall
3 29 (17.16%) SAN
4 17 (10.06%) WAN
5 16 (9.47%) TCP/IP
5 16 (9.47%) VPN
6 14 (8.28%) VLAN
7 13 (7.69%) Wireless
8 10 (5.92%) LAN
9 8 (4.73%) 4G
10 7 (4.14%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (3.55%) 3G
11 6 (3.55%) 5G
11 6 (3.55%) iSCSI
11 6 (3.55%) VoLTE
12 5 (2.96%) Cisco ISE
12 5 (2.96%) Diameter Protocol
12 5 (2.96%) LTE
12 5 (2.96%) RANAP
12 5 (2.96%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.96%) MySQL
1 5 (2.96%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (2.96%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.37%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.59%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.59%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.59%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (5.33%) JIRA
2 6 (3.55%) Git
3 2 (1.18%) Bitbucket
3 2 (1.18%) GitLab
4 1 (0.59%) Axure RP
4 1 (0.59%) MSI
4 1 (0.59%) Subversion
4 1 (0.59%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 70 (41.42%) Social Skills
2 10 (5.92%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (5.33%) Military
4 8 (4.73%) Telecoms
5 7 (4.14%) Public Sector
6 5 (2.96%) Multimedia
6 5 (2.96%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.78%) Front Office
8 1 (0.59%) Advertising
8 1 (0.59%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.59%) Finance
8 1 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 48 (28.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 21 (12.43%) Integration Engineer
3 19 (11.24%) Support Specialist
4 16 (9.47%) Active Directory Support
4 16 (9.47%) Architect
5 15 (8.88%) Azure Specialist
5 15 (8.88%) Senior
6 14 (8.28%) Active Directory Specialist
7 12 (7.10%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (6.51%) Network Engineer
8 11 (6.51%) Storage Engineer
9 9 (5.33%) Support Engineer
9 9 (5.33%) Test and Integration Engineer
9 9 (5.33%) Test Engineer
10 8 (4.73%) Infrastructure Architect
10 8 (4.73%) Platform Engineer
10 8 (4.73%) Server Engineer
10 8 (4.73%) Solutions Architect
11 7 (4.14%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
11 7 (4.14%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (10.65%) ARM Templates
2 3 (1.78%) .NET
2 3 (1.78%) XMPP
3 2 (1.18%) Django
3 2 (1.18%) HornetQ
3 2 (1.18%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (1.18%) VCL
3 2 (1.18%) YAML
4 1 (0.59%) JSON
4 1 (0.59%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 42 (24.85%) PKI
2 28 (16.57%) Data Centre
3 18 (10.65%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (5.33%) Private Cloud
5 5 (2.96%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.37%) Fat Client
6 4 (2.37%) Thin Client
7 3 (1.78%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.78%) Clustering
7 3 (1.78%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.59%) CMDB
8 1 (0.59%) Grid Computing
8 1 (0.59%) IoT
8 1 (0.59%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.59%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.59%) Replication
8 1 (0.59%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 109 (64.50%) Windows
2 85 (50.30%) Windows Server
3 63 (37.28%) Linux
4 45 (26.63%) Windows Server 2019
5 44 (26.04%) Windows Server 2012
6 38 (22.49%) Windows Server 2016
7 30 (17.75%) Windows 10
8 14 (8.28%) Windows XP
9 10 (5.92%) Unix
9 10 (5.92%) Windows Server 2008
10 7 (4.14%) Ubuntu
10 7 (4.14%) Windows 7
11 6 (3.55%) Windows Server 2003
12 5 (2.96%) Debian
13 4 (2.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.59%) Solaris
14 1 (0.59%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (31.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 48 (28.40%) ITIL
3 40 (23.67%) Agile
4 26 (15.38%) RBAC
4 26 (15.38%) Release Management
5 24 (14.20%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (13.02%) Infrastructure as Code
7 21 (12.43%) Disaster Recovery
8 20 (11.83%) Analytics
8 20 (11.83%) DevOps
8 20 (11.83%) Proactive Monitoring
8 20 (11.83%) Server Management
9 19 (11.24%) Service Management
10 18 (10.65%) CI/CD
10 18 (10.65%) Identity Management
10 18 (10.65%) Log Analytics
10 18 (10.65%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 17 (10.06%) Privileged Identity Management
12 16 (9.47%) Project Management
12 16 (9.47%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (36.09%) PowerShell
2 23 (13.61%) VBScript
3 17 (10.06%) Bicep
3 17 (10.06%) C#
3 17 (10.06%) VB
4 11 (6.51%) SQL
5 9 (5.33%) Python
6 7 (4.14%) Bash
7 6 (3.55%) Shell Script
8 3 (1.78%) VB.NET
9 2 (1.18%) C++
9 2 (1.18%) Perl
Qualifications
1 89 (52.66%) Security Cleared
2 60 (35.50%) SC Cleared
3 54 (31.95%) DV Cleared
4 52 (30.77%) Degree
5 23 (13.61%) Cisco Certification
6 21 (12.43%) CCNA
7 19 (11.24%) CCNP
8 17 (10.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 14 (8.28%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (5.92%) MCSA
10 10 (5.92%) MCSE
11 9 (5.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 8 (4.73%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (2.37%) DBS Check
14 3 (1.78%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (1.18%) Azure Certification
16 1 (0.59%) AWS Certification
16 1 (0.59%) BC Cleared
16 1 (0.59%) CCDP
16 1 (0.59%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.14%) GDPR
2 5 (2.96%) ISO 9000
2 5 (2.96%) SLA
3 3 (1.78%) ISO 9001
3 3 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 2 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.59%) NIST
5 1 (0.59%) QA
System Software
1 112 (66.27%) Active Directory
2 71 (42.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (15.38%) Hyper-V
4 25 (14.79%) VMware ESXi
5 24 (14.20%) Virtual Machines
6 18 (10.65%) XenApp
7 17 (10.06%) Virtual Desktop
8 13 (7.69%) vSphere
9 6 (3.55%) XenDesktop
10 3 (1.78%) VMware NSX
11 2 (1.18%) Varnish
11 2 (1.18%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.59%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.59%) Docker
12 1 (0.59%) NFS
12 1 (0.59%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.59%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 56 (33.14%) WSUS
2 54 (31.95%) SCCM
3 31 (18.34%) SCOM
4 24 (14.20%) vCenter Server
5 22 (13.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 21 (12.43%) Kubernetes
6 21 (12.43%) Microsoft Intune
7 15 (8.88%) Ansible
8 14 (8.28%) EMC NetWorker
8 14 (8.28%) NetBackup
9 7 (4.14%) Terraform
10 5 (2.96%) Nessus
10 5 (2.96%) Red Hat Satellite
11 4 (2.37%) ZABBIX
12 3 (1.78%) AppManager
13 2 (1.18%) Cisco Prime
13 2 (1.18%) HAProxy
13 2 (1.18%) SolarWinds Orion
13 2 (1.18%) VxRail
14 1 (0.59%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 85 (50.30%) Microsoft
2 77 (45.56%) VMware
3 35 (20.71%) Cisco
4 22 (13.02%) Palo Alto
4 22 (13.02%) Symantec
5 21 (12.43%) Citrix
6 20 (11.83%) Juniper
7 19 (11.24%) Dell
7 19 (11.24%) Oracle
7 19 (11.24%) Veeam
8 16 (9.47%) EMC
9 15 (8.88%) HP
9 15 (8.88%) Ivanti
10 14 (8.28%) 3PAR
10 14 (8.28%) Extreme Networks
11 12 (7.10%) SolarWinds
12 11 (6.51%) Red Hat
13 7 (4.14%) F5
14 5 (2.96%) Empirix
14 5 (2.96%) NetScout