DNS Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Domain Name System (DNS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 124 164 130
Rank change year-on-year +40 -34 +38
Contract jobs citing DNS 208 195 483
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.10% 1.27% 1.87%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.94% 12.11% 16.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 144 335
10th Percentile £350 £303 £325
25th Percentile £400 £355 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +12.63% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £607 £608 £650
90th Percentile £838 £675 £720
UK median daily rate £538 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +10.36% -7.14% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 7
10th Percentile £21.23 £19.93 £47.00
25th Percentile £25.31 £22.06 £70.50
Median hourly rate £36.75 £24.00 £84.00
Median % change year-on-year +53.13% -71.43% +236.00%
75th Percentile £52.31 £35.44 £87.50
90th Percentile £58.88 £54.68 £97.50
UK median hourly rate £67.59 £40.00 £52.13
% change year-on-year +68.97% -23.27% +48.94%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,043 1,610 2,954
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.53% 10.49% 11.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 1,029 1,967
10th Percentile £325 £300 £350
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £650
90th Percentile £700 £703 £725
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 77 101
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.75 £24.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £14.27 £42.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £24.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.35% -59.17% +23.51%
75th Percentile £64.38 £65.00 £71.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £87.46 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

DNS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing DNS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

DNS trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

DNS
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing DNS.

DNS daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

DNS
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing DNS over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

DNS daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

DNS
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing DNS.

DNS hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

DNS
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing DNS over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

DNS hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 17 (8.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (6.25%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.85%) IIS
4 5 (2.40%) Apache
4 5 (2.40%) Confluence
4 5 (2.40%) nginx
4 5 (2.40%) Traefik
5 4 (1.92%) Skype for Business
6 3 (1.44%) CMS
6 3 (1.44%) WordPress
7 2 (0.96%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (4.81%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.44%) Trello
3 2 (0.96%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 92 (44.23%) Azure
2 75 (36.06%) AWS
3 50 (24.04%) AWS CloudFormation
4 33 (15.87%) Entra ID
5 31 (14.90%) GCP
6 24 (11.54%) IaaS
7 22 (10.58%) Amazon EC2
7 22 (10.58%) PaaS
7 22 (10.58%) SaaS
8 16 (7.69%) GitHub
8 16 (7.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 14 (6.73%) Microsoft 365
10 11 (5.29%) Amazon EKS
10 11 (5.29%) Route 53
11 10 (4.81%) Amazon ECS
12 9 (4.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 9 (4.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 8 (3.85%) Amazon S3
13 8 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (3.37%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 116 (55.77%) DHCP
2 83 (39.90%) TCP/IP
3 81 (38.94%) Firewall
4 55 (26.44%) VPN
5 40 (19.23%) HTTP
6 33 (15.87%) BGP
7 29 (13.94%) OSPF
8 28 (13.46%) WAN
9 24 (11.54%) LAN
9 24 (11.54%) Network Security
10 21 (10.10%) HTTPS
11 18 (8.65%) SSL
12 17 (8.17%) SMTP
13 14 (6.73%) Wireless
14 12 (5.77%) VLAN
15 11 (5.29%) Internet
16 10 (4.81%) FTP
16 10 (4.81%) NGFW
16 10 (4.81%) Wi-Fi
17 9 (4.33%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.17%) Amazon RDS
2 11 (5.29%) SQL Server
3 9 (4.33%) Amazon Aurora
4 8 (3.85%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.92%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.92%) Hadoop
5 4 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.44%) Power BI
7 2 (0.96%) InfluxDB
7 2 (0.96%) Looker
7 2 (0.96%) MariaDB
7 2 (0.96%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.48%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.48%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 32 (15.38%) Jenkins
2 13 (6.25%) Git
3 12 (5.77%) GitLab
4 5 (2.40%) JIRA
5 3 (1.44%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.96%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.48%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.48%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.48%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.48%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.48%) Spinnaker
7 1 (0.48%) Subversion
7 1 (0.48%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.48%) Vite
7 1 (0.48%) webpack
General
1 33 (15.87%) Social Skills
2 26 (12.50%) Finance
3 14 (6.73%) Public Sector
4 5 (2.40%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (2.40%) Banking
4 5 (2.40%) Retail
5 4 (1.92%) Telecoms
6 3 (1.44%) Back Office
6 3 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (0.96%) Aerospace
7 2 (0.96%) Military
8 1 (0.48%) Advertising
8 1 (0.48%) Digital Health
8 1 (0.48%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.48%) Law
8 1 (0.48%) Legal
8 1 (0.48%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.48%) Marketing
8 1 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (22.12%) Architect
2 31 (14.90%) Network Engineer
3 27 (12.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 23 (11.06%) Senior
5 21 (10.10%) Cloud Architect
6 20 (9.62%) Technical Architect
7 19 (9.13%) DevOps Engineer
8 18 (8.65%) Cloud Native Architect
9 15 (7.21%) AWS Architect
10 14 (6.73%) Azure Engineer
10 14 (6.73%) Support Engineer
11 13 (6.25%) Senior DevOps
12 11 (5.29%) Security Architect
13 10 (4.81%) Network Security Architect
13 10 (4.81%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 9 (4.33%) Network Security Engineer
14 9 (4.33%) Security Engineer
14 9 (4.33%) Security Technical Architect
14 9 (4.33%) Windows Engineer
15 8 (3.85%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.69%) Elastic Stack
2 8 (3.85%) Kafka
3 7 (3.37%) .NET
3 7 (3.37%) ADO
3 7 (3.37%) cloud-init
3 7 (3.37%) Keycloak
4 4 (1.92%) CSS
4 4 (1.92%) YAML
5 3 (1.44%) Alpine.js
5 3 (1.44%) Bootstrap
5 3 (1.44%) Laravel
5 3 (1.44%) LDAP
5 3 (1.44%) OpenTelemetry
5 3 (1.44%) Tailwind CSS
6 2 (0.96%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.96%) boto
6 2 (0.96%) Flask
6 2 (0.96%) HTML
6 2 (0.96%) JSON
6 2 (0.96%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 25 (12.02%) PKI
2 24 (11.54%) Cloud Native
2 24 (11.54%) Data Centre
3 7 (3.37%) Anti-Spyware
4 6 (2.88%) Clustering
4 6 (2.88%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.40%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.92%) Enterprise Storage
6 4 (1.92%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.92%) Replication
7 3 (1.44%) EPoS
7 3 (1.44%) Fibre Optics
7 3 (1.44%) IoT
7 3 (1.44%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.44%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (1.44%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.96%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (0.96%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 85 (40.87%) Windows
2 61 (29.33%) Linux
3 51 (24.52%) Windows Server
4 20 (9.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (8.17%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (6.73%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (6.25%) Unix
8 11 (5.29%) CentOS
9 10 (4.81%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (2.40%) Windows 10
11 4 (1.92%) VMS
12 3 (1.44%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.96%) Android
13 2 (0.96%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.96%) SUSE
13 2 (0.96%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.48%) Amazon Linux
14 1 (0.48%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.48%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.48%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (29.81%) Infrastructure as Code
2 48 (23.08%) DevOps
3 42 (20.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 39 (18.75%) CI/CD
5 35 (16.83%) Migration
6 27 (12.98%) Agile
7 24 (11.54%) Continuous Integration
7 24 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (11.54%) Test Automation
8 21 (10.10%) Sprint Planning
9 20 (9.62%) Containerisation
9 20 (9.62%) ITIL
10 17 (8.17%) Configuration Management
11 16 (7.69%) Observability
12 15 (7.21%) High Availability
13 14 (6.73%) Deployment Automation
14 13 (6.25%) Mentoring
14 13 (6.25%) Patch Management
15 12 (5.77%) DevSecOps
16 11 (5.29%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 45 (21.63%) Python
2 36 (17.31%) PowerShell
3 29 (13.94%) Bash
4 23 (11.06%) Bicep
5 9 (4.33%) Go
6 7 (3.37%) Perl
6 7 (3.37%) Shell Script
7 6 (2.88%) C#
7 6 (2.88%) Java
8 5 (2.40%) PHP
8 5 (2.40%) SQL
9 4 (1.92%) VBScript
10 3 (1.44%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.96%) C
11 2 (0.96%) C++
11 2 (0.96%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.96%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.96%) VB
12 1 (0.48%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 69 (33.17%) Security Cleared
2 65 (31.25%) SC Cleared
3 20 (9.62%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (8.17%) AWS Certification
5 15 (7.21%) CCNP
6 10 (4.81%) CCNA
7 9 (4.33%) Degree
8 7 (3.37%) DV Cleared
9 6 (2.88%) Azure Certification
10 5 (2.40%) CISSP
11 4 (1.92%) MCSE
11 4 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (1.44%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 3 (1.44%) MCSA
13 2 (0.96%) CCDP
13 2 (0.96%) CCSP
13 2 (0.96%) CEH
13 2 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.96%) JNCIA
13 2 (0.96%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.33%) NCSC
2 5 (2.40%) QA
3 4 (1.92%) SLA
4 3 (1.44%) NIST
4 3 (1.44%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.96%) GDPR
6 1 (0.48%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.48%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.48%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.48%) WCAG
System Software
1 78 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 24 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (11.06%) Docker
4 19 (9.13%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (6.73%) Hyper-V
6 8 (3.85%) vSphere
7 5 (2.40%) NFS
8 4 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.92%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (1.92%) VMware NSX
9 3 (1.44%) DFS Replication
10 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.96%) Samba
10 2 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.96%) XenApp
10 2 (0.96%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.48%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.48%) Firmware
11 1 (0.48%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 71 (34.13%) Terraform
2 43 (20.67%) Ansible
3 35 (16.83%) Kubernetes
4 24 (11.54%) Grafana
5 21 (10.10%) Prometheus
6 20 (9.62%) Progress Chef
6 20 (9.62%) Puppet
7 16 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
8 14 (6.73%) WSUS
9 12 (5.77%) vCenter Server
10 11 (5.29%) SCCM
11 9 (4.33%) Packer
12 8 (3.85%) ZABBIX
13 7 (3.37%) Consul
13 7 (3.37%) Istio
13 7 (3.37%) Jamf Pro
13 7 (3.37%) linkerd
13 7 (3.37%) Rancher
14 6 (2.88%) FortiGate
15 5 (2.40%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 55 (26.44%) Cisco
2 51 (24.52%) Microsoft
2 51 (24.52%) VMware
3 40 (19.23%) Palo Alto
4 33 (15.87%) CheckPoint
5 22 (10.58%) Fortinet
5 22 (10.58%) Red Hat
6 20 (9.62%) F5
7 13 (6.25%) Splunk
8 12 (5.77%) Infoblox
9 10 (4.81%) HP
10 7 (3.37%) Dell
10 7 (3.37%) Okta
11 6 (2.88%) Apple
11 6 (2.88%) Aruba
11 6 (2.88%) Citrix
11 6 (2.88%) Google
11 6 (2.88%) Juniper
11 6 (2.88%) Oracle
12 5 (2.40%) ESET