DNS Contracts in Stevenage

Domain Name System (DNS)
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage 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 10 55 40
Rank change year-on-year +45 -15 -3
Contract jobs citing DNS 18 3 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 14.40% 0.66% 3.06%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 41.86% 4.29% 9.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 8
10th Percentile £450 - £479
25th Percentile £525 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £290 £538
Median % change year-on-year +106.90% -46.05% -
75th Percentile £625 - £556
90th Percentile £628 - £583
Hertfordshire median daily rate £588 £290 £525
% change year-on-year +102.59% -44.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £80.34 - -
25th Percentile £80.59 - -
Median hourly rate £81.35 - -
75th Percentile £81.91 - -
90th Percentile £83.05 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £81.35 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 43 70 100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 34.40% 15.28% 34.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 13 41
10th Percentile £450 £290 £273
25th Percentile £503 £300 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £625 £480 £550
90th Percentile - £575 £672
Hertfordshire median daily rate £538 £425 £525
% change year-on-year +26.47% -19.05% +27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 41 20
10th Percentile £54.25 - £55.98
25th Percentile £63.13 £61.25 £64.06
Median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% - +64.35%
75th Percentile £81.73 - £73.94
90th Percentile £87.50 - £74.65
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +7.69% - +118.30%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Job vacancy trend for DNS in Stevenage

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DNS in Stevenage.

Daily rate trend for DNS in Stevenage

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Daily Rate Histogram in Stevenage

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

Daily rate histogram for DNS in Stevenage

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DNS in Stevenage.

Hourly rate trend for DNS in Stevenage

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage 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 2 (11.11%) CMS
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 15 (83.33%) FTP
1 15 (83.33%) HTTP
1 15 (83.33%) SMTP
1 15 (83.33%) SSL
2 13 (72.22%) Network Security
3 2 (11.11%) Skype
4 1 (5.56%) SAN
General
1 10 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Law
4 1 (5.56%) Aerospace
4 1 (5.56%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 14 (77.78%) Analyst
2 13 (72.22%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Security Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) Junior
4 1 (5.56%) Junior Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Security Operations Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Security Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) Senior
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) SOC Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (83.33%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (72.22%) Cyberattack
2 11 (61.11%) Security Operations Centre
3 10 (55.56%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (55.56%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (44.44%) CSOC
5 7 (38.89%) Management Information System
6 2 (11.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (11.11%) Smartcard
6 2 (11.11%) YARA
6 2 (11.11%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 5 (27.78%) Windows
2 3 (16.67%) Windows Server
3 2 (11.11%) Linux
4 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (77.78%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (66.67%) Threat Detection
3 11 (61.11%) Network Packet Capture
4 10 (55.56%) Information Management
4 10 (55.56%) Information Security
4 10 (55.56%) Security Operations
5 8 (44.44%) Incident Response
5 8 (44.44%) SIEM
6 7 (38.89%) Analytics
6 7 (38.89%) Artificial Intelligence
6 7 (38.89%) Behavioural Analytics
6 7 (38.89%) Machine Learning
7 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 1 (5.56%) Build Automation
8 1 (5.56%) Deployment Automation
8 1 (5.56%) Operations Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (88.89%) Security Cleared
2 13 (72.22%) DV Cleared
3 11 (61.11%) SC Cleared
4 2 (11.11%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (11.11%) Hyper-V
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (5.56%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) SCCM
1 3 (16.67%) WSUS
2 2 (11.11%) Nessus
3 1 (5.56%) Ansible
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Splunk
2 2 (11.11%) Darktrace
2 2 (11.11%) FireEye
2 2 (11.11%) IronPort
2 2 (11.11%) LogRhythm
2 2 (11.11%) Symantec
2 2 (11.11%) Tenable
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.56%) NetApp
3 1 (5.56%) Twitter
3 1 (5.56%) VMware