DNSSEC Contracts

Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring DNSSEC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DNSSEC 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 519 581 717
Rank change year-on-year +62 +136 +132
Contract jobs citing DNSSEC 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% 0.002% 0.002%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.027% 0.018% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -35.71%
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £450
% change year-on-year - - -35.71%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,722 5,629 7,357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.71% 12.92% 12.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,285 3,368 4,786
10th Percentile £213 £205 £235
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £495 £519
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £675 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £481 £475
% change year-on-year -3.38% +1.32% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 177 423 478
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.57 £9.80
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.40 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.18 £45.88 £18.50
% change year-on-year -47.30% +148.00% -13.95%

DNSSEC
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing DNSSEC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for DNSSEC in the UK

DNSSEC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for DNSSEC in the UK

DNSSEC
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DNSSEC within the UK 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
England +57 1 - - 2
London - 1 - - 2

DNSSEC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) IPv4
1 1 (100.00%) IPv6
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IP Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Infoblox
1 1 (100.00%) VMware