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 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 169 131
Rank change year-on-year +50 -38 +39
Contract jobs citing DNS 212 190 482
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.14% 1.25% 1.89%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.33% 12.14% 16.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 141 336
10th Percentile £350 £300 £325
25th Percentile £400 £350 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £475 £543
Median % change year-on-year +12.63% -12.44% +8.50%
75th Percentile £607 £608 £650
90th Percentile £838 £675 £713
UK median daily rate £536 £485 £525
% change year-on-year +10.63% -7.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 6
10th Percentile £21.23 £19.93 £42.25
25th Percentile £25.31 £22.06 £68.25
Median hourly rate £36.75 £24.00 £82.50
Median % change year-on-year +53.13% -70.91% +230.00%
75th Percentile £52.31 £35.44 £87.50
90th Percentile £58.88 £54.68 £100.00
UK median hourly rate £80.68 £40.00 £52.13
% change year-on-year +101.69% -23.27% +59.18%

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 1,565 2,949
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.54% 10.33% 11.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 671 1,011 1,962
10th Percentile £325 £300 £350
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £650
90th Percentile £700 £703 £725
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £520
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.81% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 77 95
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.75 £23.30
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% +21.73%
75th Percentile £64.69 £65.00 £72.63
90th Percentile £73.88 £87.46 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £30.70 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -23.25% +112.54% -31.56%

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 6 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 6 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 (8.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (6.13%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.77%) IIS
4 5 (2.36%) Apache
4 5 (2.36%) Confluence
4 5 (2.36%) nginx
4 5 (2.36%) Traefik
5 4 (1.89%) Skype for Business
6 3 (1.42%) CMS
6 3 (1.42%) WordPress
7 2 (0.94%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.47%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (4.72%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.42%) Trello
3 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.94%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 95 (44.81%) Azure
2 77 (36.32%) AWS
3 51 (24.06%) AWS CloudFormation
4 33 (15.57%) Entra ID
5 31 (14.62%) GCP
6 24 (11.32%) IaaS
7 23 (10.85%) Amazon EC2
7 23 (10.85%) SaaS
8 22 (10.38%) PaaS
9 16 (7.55%) GitHub
9 16 (7.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 14 (6.60%) Microsoft 365
11 12 (5.66%) Amazon EKS
12 11 (5.19%) Route 53
13 10 (4.72%) Amazon ECS
14 9 (4.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 9 (4.25%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (4.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 8 (3.77%) Amazon S3
16 7 (3.30%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 115 (54.25%) DHCP
2 85 (40.09%) TCP/IP
3 81 (38.21%) Firewall
4 55 (25.94%) VPN
5 42 (19.81%) HTTP
6 33 (15.57%) BGP
7 29 (13.68%) OSPF
8 27 (12.74%) WAN
9 25 (11.79%) Network Security
10 23 (10.85%) LAN
11 21 (9.91%) HTTPS
12 18 (8.49%) SSL
13 17 (8.02%) SMTP
14 15 (7.08%) Wireless
15 12 (5.66%) Internet
15 12 (5.66%) VLAN
16 10 (4.72%) FTP
16 10 (4.72%) NGFW
16 10 (4.72%) Wi-Fi
17 9 (4.25%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.49%) Amazon RDS
2 13 (6.13%) SQL Server
3 10 (4.72%) Amazon Aurora
4 8 (3.77%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.89%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.89%) Hadoop
5 4 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.89%) Power BI
6 2 (0.94%) InfluxDB
6 2 (0.94%) Looker
6 2 (0.94%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.94%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.47%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.47%) Sybase ASE
7 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 33 (15.57%) Jenkins
2 13 (6.13%) Git
3 12 (5.66%) GitLab
4 5 (2.36%) JIRA
5 3 (1.42%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.94%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.47%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.47%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.47%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.47%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.47%) Spinnaker
7 1 (0.47%) Subversion
7 1 (0.47%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.47%) Vite
7 1 (0.47%) webpack
General
1 34 (16.04%) Social Skills
2 26 (12.26%) Finance
3 14 (6.60%) Public Sector
4 5 (2.36%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (2.36%) Banking
5 4 (1.89%) Telecoms
6 3 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (1.42%) Retail
7 2 (0.94%) Aerospace
7 2 (0.94%) Military
7 2 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.47%) Advertising
8 1 (0.47%) Back Office
8 1 (0.47%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.47%) French Language
8 1 (0.47%) Italian Language
8 1 (0.47%) Law
8 1 (0.47%) Legal
8 1 (0.47%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 46 (21.70%) Architect
2 31 (14.62%) Network Engineer
3 28 (13.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 25 (11.79%) Senior
5 21 (9.91%) Cloud Architect
5 21 (9.91%) DevOps Engineer
6 20 (9.43%) Technical Architect
7 18 (8.49%) Cloud Native Architect
8 15 (7.08%) AWS Architect
8 15 (7.08%) Support Engineer
9 14 (6.60%) Azure Engineer
9 14 (6.60%) Senior DevOps
10 11 (5.19%) Security Architect
10 11 (5.19%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 11 (5.19%) Windows Engineer
11 10 (4.72%) Network Security Architect
12 9 (4.25%) Network Security Engineer
12 9 (4.25%) Security Engineer
12 9 (4.25%) Security Technical Architect
13 8 (3.77%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (8.02%) Elastic Stack
2 8 (3.77%) .NET
2 8 (3.77%) Kafka
3 7 (3.30%) ADO
3 7 (3.30%) cloud-init
3 7 (3.30%) Keycloak
4 5 (2.36%) YAML
5 4 (1.89%) CSS
6 3 (1.42%) Alpine.js
6 3 (1.42%) Bootstrap
6 3 (1.42%) Laravel
6 3 (1.42%) LDAP
6 3 (1.42%) OpenTelemetry
6 3 (1.42%) Tailwind CSS
7 2 (0.94%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.94%) boto
7 2 (0.94%) Flask
7 2 (0.94%) HTML
7 2 (0.94%) JSON
7 2 (0.94%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.79%) PKI
2 24 (11.32%) Cloud Native
2 24 (11.32%) Data Centre
3 7 (3.30%) Anti-Spyware
3 7 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.83%) Clustering
5 5 (2.36%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.36%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (2.36%) Replication
6 4 (1.89%) Enterprise Storage
6 4 (1.89%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.89%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.89%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.42%) Fibre Optics
7 3 (1.42%) IoT
7 3 (1.42%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.94%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (0.94%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 87 (41.04%) Windows
2 61 (28.77%) Linux
3 51 (24.06%) Windows Server
4 20 (9.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (8.02%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (6.60%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (6.13%) Unix
8 11 (5.19%) CentOS
9 10 (4.72%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (2.83%) Windows 10
11 4 (1.89%) VMS
12 3 (1.42%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.94%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.94%) SUSE
13 2 (0.94%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.47%) Amazon Linux
14 1 (0.47%) Android
14 1 (0.47%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.47%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.47%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (30.19%) Infrastructure as Code
2 50 (23.58%) DevOps
3 43 (20.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 40 (18.87%) CI/CD
5 36 (16.98%) Migration
6 27 (12.74%) Agile
7 25 (11.79%) Continuous Integration
8 24 (11.32%) Problem-Solving
8 24 (11.32%) Test Automation
9 21 (9.91%) Containerisation
9 21 (9.91%) Sprint Planning
10 19 (8.96%) ITIL
11 18 (8.49%) Configuration Management
12 17 (8.02%) High Availability
13 16 (7.55%) Observability
14 15 (7.08%) Deployment Automation
14 15 (7.08%) Mentoring
15 12 (5.66%) Analytics
15 12 (5.66%) DevSecOps
15 12 (5.66%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (21.23%) Python
2 37 (17.45%) PowerShell
3 29 (13.68%) Bash
4 24 (11.32%) Bicep
5 9 (4.25%) Go
6 7 (3.30%) Perl
6 7 (3.30%) Shell Script
7 6 (2.83%) C#
7 6 (2.83%) Java
8 5 (2.36%) PHP
8 5 (2.36%) SQL
8 5 (2.36%) VBScript
9 3 (1.42%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.94%) C
10 2 (0.94%) C++
10 2 (0.94%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.94%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.94%) VB
11 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 70 (33.02%) Security Cleared
2 66 (31.13%) SC Cleared
3 20 (9.43%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (8.02%) AWS Certification
5 15 (7.08%) CCNP
6 10 (4.72%) CCNA
6 10 (4.72%) Degree
7 7 (3.30%) DV Cleared
8 6 (2.83%) Azure Certification
9 5 (2.36%) CISSP
10 4 (1.89%) MCSE
10 4 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.42%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 3 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.42%) MCSA
12 2 (0.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.94%) CCDP
12 2 (0.94%) CCSP
12 2 (0.94%) CEH
12 2 (0.94%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.25%) NCSC
2 5 (2.36%) QA
3 4 (1.89%) SLA
4 3 (1.42%) NIST
5 2 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.94%) GDPR
5 2 (0.94%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.47%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 79 (37.26%) Active Directory
2 24 (11.32%) Docker
2 24 (11.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (8.96%) VMware ESXi
4 14 (6.60%) Hyper-V
5 8 (3.77%) vSphere
6 5 (2.36%) NFS
7 4 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.89%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (1.89%) VMware NSX
8 3 (1.42%) DFS Replication
9 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.94%) Samba
9 2 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.94%) XenApp
9 2 (0.94%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.47%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.47%) Firmware
10 1 (0.47%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 72 (33.96%) Terraform
2 44 (20.75%) Ansible
3 36 (16.98%) Kubernetes
4 25 (11.79%) Grafana
5 22 (10.38%) Prometheus
6 21 (9.91%) Progress Chef
6 21 (9.91%) Puppet
7 16 (7.55%) Microsoft Intune
8 14 (6.60%) WSUS
9 12 (5.66%) SCCM
9 12 (5.66%) vCenter Server
10 9 (4.25%) Packer
11 8 (3.77%) ZABBIX
12 7 (3.30%) Consul
12 7 (3.30%) FortiGate
12 7 (3.30%) Istio
12 7 (3.30%) Jamf Pro
12 7 (3.30%) linkerd
12 7 (3.30%) Rancher
13 5 (2.36%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 55 (25.94%) Cisco
2 51 (24.06%) Microsoft
2 51 (24.06%) VMware
3 40 (18.87%) Palo Alto
4 33 (15.57%) CheckPoint
5 23 (10.85%) Red Hat
6 22 (10.38%) Fortinet
7 20 (9.43%) F5
8 13 (6.13%) Splunk
9 12 (5.66%) Infoblox
10 10 (4.72%) HP
11 7 (3.30%) Dell
11 7 (3.30%) Okta
11 7 (3.30%) Oracle
12 6 (2.83%) Apple
12 6 (2.83%) Aruba
12 6 (2.83%) Citrix
12 6 (2.83%) Google
12 6 (2.83%) Juniper
13 5 (2.36%) Zscaler