DNS Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Domain Name System (DNS)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring DNS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 69 53
Rank change year-on-year -1 -16 +5
Permanent jobs citing DNS 20 26 19
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 1.55% 2.80% 2.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.22% 11.56% 20.65%
Number of salaries quoted 14 19 13
10th Percentile £42,900 £35,000 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.94% - +30.77%
75th Percentile £65,000 £46,250 £43,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £48,750 £47,150
South East median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% - +5.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 90 225 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 6.97% 24.22% 11.37%
Number of salaries quoted 36 86 75
10th Percentile £26,000 £34,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £38,750 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.87% +21.05% +2.70%
75th Percentile £64,063 £74,375 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £92,000 £77,300
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DNS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

DNS job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

DNS
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing DNS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing DNS

DNS
Salary Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for DNS in Buckinghamshire

DNS
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Milton Keynes +4 16 £48,000 +23.87% 13
Bletchley +5 2 - -
DNS
South East

DNS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (35.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) AWS
2 1 (5.00%) GCP
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 11 (55.00%) DHCP
3 10 (50.00%) Firewall
4 6 (30.00%) NAS
4 6 (30.00%) SAN
4 6 (30.00%) VLAN
4 6 (30.00%) Wireless
5 5 (25.00%) VPN
6 1 (5.00%) LAN
6 1 (5.00%) WAN
6 1 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Power BI
General
1 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) IT Support
2 5 (25.00%) SOC Manager
3 4 (20.00%) IT Support Technician
3 4 (20.00%) IT Technician
3 4 (20.00%) Support Technician
4 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 3 (15.00%) Security Manager
4 3 (15.00%) SOC Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 1 (5.00%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Security Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Senior
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 9 (45.00%) Windows
2 3 (15.00%) Linux
3 1 (5.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (40.00%) Security Operations
3 7 (35.00%) Collaborative Working
3 7 (35.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 7 (35.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (30.00%) Agile
4 6 (30.00%) Business Continuity
4 6 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (30.00%) Dashboard Development
4 6 (30.00%) High Availability
4 6 (30.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
4 6 (30.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 6 (30.00%) Sprint Planning
4 6 (30.00%) Sprint Retrospective
5 5 (25.00%) Event Correlation
5 5 (25.00%) Incident Response
6 4 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
7 3 (15.00%) Customer Service
7 3 (15.00%) Security Monitoring
7 3 (15.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) Bash
1 3 (15.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (15.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (35.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) MCSE
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 6 (30.00%) Hyper-V
1 6 (30.00%) Virtual Machines
1 6 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (30.00%) vSphere
2 5 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 17 (85.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (35.00%) VMware
3 6 (30.00%) LogicMonitor
3 6 (30.00%) Palo Alto
4 4 (20.00%) ServiceNow