DNS Contracts in Surrey

Domain Name System (DNS)
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey 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 35 40 56
Rank change year-on-year +5 +16 +6
Contract jobs citing DNS 4 16 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 1.34% 2.73% 1.92%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.43% 17.02% 10.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 6
10th Percentile £288 - -
25th Percentile £293 £184 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £198 £400
Median % change year-on-year +51.90% -50.63% +77.78%
75th Percentile £363 £506 £575
90th Percentile £400 £525 £581
South East median daily rate £550 £501 £550
% change year-on-year +9.89% -9.00% +25.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £28.00 £63.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -55.56% - -
South East median hourly rate £23.50 £47.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year -50.53% +8.57% +103.49%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 35 94 121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 11.74% 16.01% 17.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 71 73
10th Percentile £250 £190 £196
25th Percentile £285 £350 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £350
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +28.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £488 £525 £638
90th Percentile £523 £650 £700
South East median daily rate £480 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -2.04% +0.51% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 21
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £16.25 £42.50
Median hourly rate £28.00 £17.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -61.11% -
75th Percentile £29.44 £43.13 £47.50
90th Percentile £32.03 £57.75 £62.55
South East median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year -4.21% +8.21% +146.51%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for DNS in Surrey

DNS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Daily rate trend for DNS in Surrey

DNS
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

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

Daily rate histogram for DNS in Surrey

DNS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Hourly rate trend for DNS in Surrey

DNS
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the Surrey 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
Guildford +3 1 - - 2
Camberley -9 1 £425 -10.53%
Addlestone - 1 £290 -
DNS
South East

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (50.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) DHCP
1 3 (75.00%) VPN
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) IP Telephony
2 2 (50.00%) VLAN
2 2 (50.00%) Wireless
3 1 (25.00%) BGP
3 1 (25.00%) DMZ
3 1 (25.00%) Multicast
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) Softphone
3 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) IT Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) IT Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Migration Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Migration Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Network Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Network Migration Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Technical Support
3 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Technical Support Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Data Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Data Network Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Support
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Software Deployment
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CCNA
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (50.00%) HP APS
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 2 (50.00%) HP
2 2 (50.00%) Infoblox
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (50.00%) SolarWinds
3 1 (25.00%) F5