DNSSEC Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring DNSSEC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 403
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DNSSEC 0 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London - - 0.010%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £650
UK median daily rate - - £650

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

DNSSEC 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,232 2,330 3,416
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.19% 16.01% 17.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,485 1,318 2,042
10th Percentile £200 £192 £205
25th Percentile £300 £313 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £473
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +0.53% +5.00%
75th Percentile £563 £575 £597
90th Percentile £648 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 110 267
10th Percentile £15.32 £15.20 £17.72
25th Percentile £16.59 £20.30 £25.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 £32.50 £57.99
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% -43.96% +50.62%
75th Percentile £67.75 £62.50 £65.98
90th Percentile £83.08 £71.25 £75.10
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -2.86% -38.04% +68.63%

DNSSEC
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DNSSEC relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

DNSSEC job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

DNSSEC
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing DNSSEC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing DNSSEC