DNS Contract Job Trends in West Lothian

Domain Name System (DNS)
Scotland > West Lothian

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Lothian requiring DNS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DNS 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Lothian 2.78% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 33.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate £550 £450 £619
% change year-on-year +22.22% -27.30% +33.84%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Lothian

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 West Lothian.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3 1 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Lothian 8.33% 12.50% 20.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - £137
25th Percentile - £181 £321
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £188 £520
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -63.94% +205.88%
75th Percentile - £194 £589
90th Percentile - - £590
Scotland median daily rate £425 £428 £525
% change year-on-year -0.58% -18.57% +13.27%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DNS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Lothian.

DNS job vacancy trend in West Lothian

DNS
Daily Rate Trend in West Lothian

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing DNS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing DNS

DNS
Contract Job Locations in West Lothian

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the West Lothian region over the 6 months to 14 April 2026. 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
Livingston - 1 - - 1
DNS
Scotland

DNS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Lothian by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (100.00%) Italian Language
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Chat Support
1 1 (100.00%) Conversational UI
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Major Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft