DNS Contracts in Wales

Domain Name System (DNS)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 31 41 39
Rank change year-on-year +10 -2 +22
Contract jobs citing DNS 12 3 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 4.10% 0.76% 3.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.91% 8.11% 21.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 18
10th Percentile £405 £473 £398
25th Percentile £425 £563 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £725 £538
Median % change year-on-year -37.93% +34.88% +22.56%
75th Percentile £475 £738 £603
90th Percentile £492 - £658
UK median daily rate £538 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +10.36% -7.14% +5.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 67 37 102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 22.87% 9.37% 16.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 23 78
10th Percentile £165 £173 £250
25th Percentile £208 £199 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £300 £500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -40.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £440 £588 £550
90th Percentile £472 £685 £641
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 0
10th Percentile £23.75 £14.84 -
25th Percentile £30.00 £15.56 -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £16.77 -
Median % change year-on-year +123.68% - -
75th Percentile £43.13 £17.97 -
90th Percentile £50.00 £18.69 -
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for DNS in Wales

DNS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for DNS in Wales

DNS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for DNS in Wales

DNS
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the Wales 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
South Wales +15 10 £450 +5.88% 6
North Wales +1 2 - - 2
DNS
UK

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (16.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) AWS
2 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
2 2 (16.67%) GCP
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (16.67%) OneDrive
3 1 (8.33%) GitHub
3 1 (8.33%) Linode
3 1 (8.33%) PaaS
3 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (83.33%) DHCP
2 7 (58.33%) Firewall
2 7 (58.33%) VPN
3 6 (50.00%) TCP/IP
4 5 (41.67%) Wireless
5 3 (25.00%) Cisco Firepower
5 3 (25.00%) VoIP
6 2 (16.67%) BGP
6 2 (16.67%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (16.67%) IPv4
6 2 (16.67%) LAN
6 2 (16.67%) OSPF
6 2 (16.67%) Skype
6 2 (16.67%) WAN
7 1 (8.33%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (8.33%) HTTP
7 1 (8.33%) SSL
7 1 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (16.67%) Electronics
1 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Senior
3 2 (16.67%) Cloud Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Field Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Field Service Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Administrator
4 1 (8.33%) Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Junior
4 1 (8.33%) Junior Field Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Migration Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Network Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Technical Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) NHS
2 2 (16.67%) Anti-Spyware
2 2 (16.67%) Data Centre
3 1 (8.33%) Cloud Native
3 1 (8.33%) e-Learning
3 1 (8.33%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (8.33%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (8.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
2 3 (25.00%) Linux
3 2 (16.67%) Windows 7
3 2 (16.67%) Windows Server
4 1 (8.33%) CentOS
4 1 (8.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Migration
2 3 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (16.67%) Incident Management
3 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (8.33%) Analytics
4 1 (8.33%) Cloud Security
4 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (8.33%) Data Analytics
4 1 (8.33%) DevSecOps
4 1 (8.33%) High Availability
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (8.33%) Open Source
4 1 (8.33%) Re-Platforming
4 1 (8.33%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (8.33%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (8.33%) Bash
2 1 (8.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (33.33%) CCNP
3 3 (25.00%) Azure Certification
4 2 (16.67%) A+ Certification
4 2 (16.67%) CCIE
4 2 (16.67%) CCNA
4 2 (16.67%) Degree
5 1 (8.33%) AWS Certification
5 1 (8.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) SLA
2 1 (8.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) Cisco Prime
2 2 (16.67%) AirWatch
2 2 (16.67%) SCCM
2 2 (16.67%) XenMobile
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Cisco
2 3 (25.00%) Ekahau
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (16.67%) Adobe
3 2 (16.67%) Apple
3 2 (16.67%) Google
3 2 (16.67%) Ivanti
3 2 (16.67%) MobileIron
3 2 (16.67%) Palo Alto
3 2 (16.67%) Remedy
3 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow
3 2 (16.67%) VMware
4 1 (8.33%) Aerohive Networks
4 1 (8.33%) Red Hat
4 1 (8.33%) SolarWinds