DNS Jobs in Blackburn

Domain Name System (DNS)
Lancashire > Blackburn

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Blackburn 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 21 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 15 -
Rank change year-on-year -23 - -
Permanent jobs citing DNS 10 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Blackburn 4.05% 3.33% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.30% 20.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 0
10th Percentile £47,750 - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £32,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +87.50% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £40,375 -
90th Percentile - £45,400 -
Lancashire median annual salary £60,000 £47,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year +26.32% +90.00% -50.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Blackburn

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 Blackburn.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 33 15 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Blackburn 13.36% 16.67% 13.64%
Number of salaries quoted 15 15 2
10th Percentile £25,087 £22,489 £26,700
25th Percentile £33,169 £22,614 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £32,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +56.42% -39.62% +17.78%
75th Percentile £56,870 £33,750 £71,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £44,250 £80,900
Lancashire median annual salary £25,087 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -49.83% +5.26% +16.91%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Blackburn

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

Job vacancy trend for DNS in Blackburn

DNS
Salary Trend in Blackburn

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

Salary trend for DNS in Blackburn

DNS
Salary Histogram in Blackburn

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in Blackburn over the 6 months to 21 July 2025.

Salary histogram for DNS in Blackburn

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Blackburn 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 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (90.00%) VPN
2 5 (50.00%) DHCP
2 5 (50.00%) Firewall
2 5 (50.00%) LAN
2 5 (50.00%) VLAN
3 4 (40.00%) BGP
3 4 (40.00%) Network Security
3 4 (40.00%) OSPF
3 4 (40.00%) SD-WAN
3 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP
3 4 (40.00%) WAN
4 1 (10.00%) IPv4
General
1 5 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
1 5 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 5 (50.00%) Retail
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Developer
1 5 (50.00%) Software Developer
2 4 (40.00%) IT Manager
2 4 (40.00%) Network Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) IT Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Cyberattack
2 4 (40.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Linux
2 5 (50.00%) Android
3 1 (10.00%) Unix
3 1 (10.00%) Windows
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Agile
1 5 (50.00%) Android Development
1 5 (50.00%) Design Patterns
1 5 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 5 (50.00%) Line Management
1 5 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 5 (50.00%) OO
1 5 (50.00%) OOP
2 4 (40.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 4 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 4 (40.00%) Network Management
2 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (40.00%) Strategic Planning
2 4 (40.00%) TOGAF
2 4 (40.00%) Zero Trust
3 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (10.00%) Server Building
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) C++
1 5 (50.00%) Go
1 5 (50.00%) Java
1 5 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) CCIE
2 4 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (40.00%) CISSP
2 4 (40.00%) TOGAF Certification
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Docker
2 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (10.00%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) Ansible
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Veeam
1 1 (10.00%) VMware