DNS Jobs in Berkshire

Domain Name System (DNS)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring DNS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited DNS over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 68 155
Rank change year-on-year -6 +87 -15
Permanent jobs citing DNS 46 105 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.85% 3.40% 1.07%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.57% 21.04% 7.75%
Number of salaries quoted 39 94 30
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,000 £28,875
25th Percentile £31,375 £36,500 £35,108
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -9.09% +37.50%
75th Percentile £50,000 £59,000 £71,563
90th Percentile £57,500 - £74,325
South East median annual salary £38,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -9.41% +6.25% -11.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

DNS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 161 499 426
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 9.99% 16.16% 13.88%
Number of salaries quoted 120 360 175
10th Percentile £27,025 £28,790 £25,200
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,300 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% -10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,875 £72,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £46,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.11% +5.56% -5.26%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for DNS in Berkshire

DNS
Salary Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DNS in Berkshire.

Salary trend for DNS in Berkshire

DNS
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in Berkshire over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for DNS in Berkshire

DNS
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 22 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +15 17 £40,750 -30.93% 28
Bracknell +21 10 £50,000 +6.38% 2
Windsor - 8 £29,500 -
Maidenhead -26 4 £30,000 +11.11% 6
Wokingham +8 2 £50,000 +25.00% 4
Slough -33 1 - - 61
DNS
South East

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 18 (39.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (19.57%) SharePoint
3 8 (17.39%) IIS
4 6 (13.04%) Apache
5 1 (2.17%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 17 (36.96%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (28.26%) Azure
3 8 (17.39%) AWS
4 2 (4.35%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.17%) Azure AI
5 1 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.17%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (2.17%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (2.17%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (2.17%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (2.17%) IaaS
5 1 (2.17%) PaaS
5 1 (2.17%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.17%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (71.74%) DHCP
2 24 (52.17%) Firewall
3 20 (43.48%) TCP/IP
4 14 (30.43%) VPN
5 10 (21.74%) VLAN
6 8 (17.39%) WAN
7 6 (13.04%) VoIP
8 5 (10.87%) LAN
8 5 (10.87%) Remote Desktop
8 5 (10.87%) SMTP
8 5 (10.87%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (6.52%) SD-WAN
10 2 (4.35%) Broadband
10 2 (4.35%) Network Security
11 1 (2.17%) BGP
11 1 (2.17%) Internet
11 1 (2.17%) iSCSI
11 1 (2.17%) OSPF
11 1 (2.17%) VSAN
11 1 (2.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (32.61%) SQL Server
2 5 (10.87%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.17%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.17%) MySQL
3 1 (2.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Git
General
1 23 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.04%) Public Sector
3 5 (10.87%) Back Office
3 5 (10.87%) Local Government
4 1 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (34.78%) Support Engineer
2 8 (17.39%) IT Engineer
3 7 (15.22%) Technical Support
4 6 (13.04%) IT Support
4 6 (13.04%) IT Support Engineer
4 6 (13.04%) Technical Engineer
5 5 (10.87%) Analyst
5 5 (10.87%) Desktop Engineer
5 5 (10.87%) Desktop Support
5 5 (10.87%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 5 (10.87%) Help Desk Engineer
5 5 (10.87%) Help Desk Support
5 5 (10.87%) Help Desk Support Engineer
5 5 (10.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (10.87%) Technical Support Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) Security Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) Systems Engineer
7 3 (6.52%) Infrastructure Manager
7 3 (6.52%) Senior IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 13 (28.26%) Data Centre
2 8 (17.39%) Onboarding
3 5 (10.87%) Client/Server
3 5 (10.87%) Management Information System
4 3 (6.52%) Clustering
4 3 (6.52%) Driving Licence
4 3 (6.52%) PKI
4 3 (6.52%) Replication
5 1 (2.17%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.17%) Life Science
5 1 (2.17%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 37 (80.43%) Windows
2 25 (54.35%) Windows Server
3 11 (23.91%) Mac OS
4 9 (19.57%) Windows 10
5 5 (10.87%) Linux
6 3 (6.52%) Android
6 3 (6.52%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (2.17%) Unix
7 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (43.48%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (36.96%) Customer Service
3 11 (23.91%) Project Delivery
4 8 (17.39%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (15.22%) ITIL
5 7 (15.22%) Service Management
6 6 (13.04%) Analytics
6 6 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (13.04%) Project Management
7 5 (10.87%) Change Control
7 5 (10.87%) Change Management
7 5 (10.87%) Client Onboarding
7 5 (10.87%) CRM
7 5 (10.87%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (10.87%) Incident Management
7 5 (10.87%) Information Security
7 5 (10.87%) ITSM
8 3 (6.52%) Data Privacy
8 3 (6.52%) Issue Tracking
8 3 (6.52%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (34.78%) PowerShell
2 6 (13.04%) SQL
3 5 (10.87%) Python
4 1 (2.17%) Bicep
4 1 (2.17%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 8 (17.39%) Degree
1 8 (17.39%) Security Cleared
2 7 (15.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (13.04%) SC Cleared
4 5 (10.87%) A+ Certification
5 4 (8.70%) DBS Check
5 4 (8.70%) MCSA
6 3 (6.52%) MCP
7 2 (4.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (2.17%) Azure Certification
8 1 (2.17%) CISSP
8 1 (2.17%) DV Cleared
8 1 (2.17%) MCSE
8 1 (2.17%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.17%) GDPR
1 1 (2.17%) HIPAA
1 1 (2.17%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (71.74%) Active Directory
2 25 (54.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (47.83%) Hyper-V
4 9 (19.57%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (13.04%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (4.35%) NFS
6 2 (4.35%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (4.35%) vSphere
7 1 (2.17%) Docker
7 1 (2.17%) Firmware
7 1 (2.17%) vCloud
7 1 (2.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (21.74%) vCenter Server
2 8 (17.39%) WSUS
3 5 (10.87%) ZABBIX
4 3 (6.52%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (4.35%) PowerCLI
5 2 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (4.35%) vRealize
6 1 (2.17%) Kubernetes
6 1 (2.17%) VxRail
Vendors
1 29 (63.04%) VMware
2 28 (60.87%) Microsoft
3 11 (23.91%) Cisco
4 6 (13.04%) Sophos
5 5 (10.87%) Oracle
5 5 (10.87%) Ubiquiti
6 4 (8.70%) Apple
6 4 (8.70%) Citrix
7 3 (6.52%) Google
7 3 (6.52%) SonicWALL
8 2 (4.35%) Meraki
9 1 (2.17%) Databricks
9 1 (2.17%) Dell
9 1 (2.17%) Draytek
9 1 (2.17%) HP
9 1 (2.17%) Juniper