DNS Job Trends in the City of London

Domain Name System (DNS)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring DNS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 87 103
Rank change year-on-year -21 +16 +55
Permanent jobs citing DNS 25 75 60
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.09% 2.84% 2.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.56% 18.52% 16.26%
Number of salaries quoted 19 52 56
10th Percentile £26,950 £41,375 £48,125
25th Percentile £31,250 £50,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £55,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% -24.14% +31.82%
75th Percentile £46,250 £85,250 £79,625
90th Percentile £60,000 £94,625 £83,750
Central London median annual salary £55,000 £53,750 £70,000
% change year-on-year +2.33% -23.21% +27.27%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 199 405 369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 8.70% 15.35% 13.03%
Number of salaries quoted 153 231 333
10th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £50,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,000 £110,000 £92,500
Central London median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -4.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

DNS job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing DNS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing DNS

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Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in the City of London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for DNS in the City of London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (20.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (8.00%) Apache
3 2 (8.00%) nginx
4 1 (4.00%) Exchange Server 2013
Cloud Services
1 17 (68.00%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (60.00%) Azure
3 6 (24.00%) Google Workspace
4 5 (20.00%) AWS
4 5 (20.00%) OneDrive
5 4 (16.00%) Entra ID
6 3 (12.00%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (12.00%) GCP
7 2 (8.00%) Mimecast
8 1 (4.00%) IaaS
8 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (4.00%) PaaS
8 1 (4.00%) Power Automate
8 1 (4.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (84.00%) DHCP
2 12 (48.00%) TCP/IP
3 11 (44.00%) LAN
3 11 (44.00%) WAN
4 9 (36.00%) VPN
5 7 (28.00%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (16.00%) Firewall
7 3 (12.00%) VoIP
8 2 (8.00%) BGP
8 2 (8.00%) MPLS
8 2 (8.00%) NAS
8 2 (8.00%) OSPF
8 2 (8.00%) SAN
8 2 (8.00%) SNMP
8 2 (8.00%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) JIRA
General
1 11 (44.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (40.00%) Finance
3 4 (16.00%) Banking
3 4 (16.00%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (48.00%) Support Engineer
2 5 (20.00%) IT Engineer
2 5 (20.00%) Service Desk Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) IT Support
3 4 (16.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Senior
4 3 (12.00%) 1st Line Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (12.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Junior
4 3 (12.00%) Junior Support Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Incident Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Junior Network Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Junior Network Support Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Junior Technical Support
5 2 (8.00%) Linux Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Senior Linux Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Service Desk Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) Onboarding
2 4 (16.00%) CCTV
3 3 (12.00%) Cloud Security Posture
3 3 (12.00%) Security Posture
4 2 (8.00%) Data Centre
4 2 (8.00%) FPGA
4 2 (8.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (8.00%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (4.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 18 (72.00%) Windows
2 8 (32.00%) Windows 10
3 7 (28.00%) Mac OS
4 5 (20.00%) Windows Server
5 4 (16.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (16.00%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (12.00%) Linux
6 3 (12.00%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (8.00%) CentOS
7 2 (8.00%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (8.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (4.00%) OpenVMS
8 1 (4.00%) VMS
8 1 (4.00%) Windows 7
8 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (28.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (28.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (28.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 6 (24.00%) Computer Science
4 4 (16.00%) BCP
4 4 (16.00%) Data Analysis
4 4 (16.00%) Data Protection
4 4 (16.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (12.00%) AI
5 3 (12.00%) Cloud Security
5 3 (12.00%) Data Loss Prevention
5 3 (12.00%) DevOps
5 3 (12.00%) Incident Response
5 3 (12.00%) Information Security
5 3 (12.00%) SIEM
5 3 (12.00%) SOAR
6 2 (8.00%) Security Operations
6 2 (8.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.00%) Python
2 2 (8.00%) Bash
2 2 (8.00%) Java
2 2 (8.00%) Perl
2 2 (8.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (36.00%) Degree
2 2 (8.00%) CCNA
2 2 (8.00%) CCNP
2 2 (8.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.00%) A+ Certification
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (8.00%) SOC 2
2 1 (4.00%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (76.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (16.00%) BitLocker
3 3 (12.00%) Hyper-V
3 3 (12.00%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (8.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (36.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (16.00%) Nagios
2 4 (16.00%) SCCM
3 3 (12.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (12.00%) Kubernetes
4 2 (8.00%) Ansible
4 2 (8.00%) Red Hat Satellite
4 2 (8.00%) Red Hat Spacewalk
5 1 (4.00%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (4.00%) NetBackup
5 1 (4.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 18 (72.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (24.00%) Cisco
2 6 (24.00%) Google
3 4 (16.00%) Fortinet
3 4 (16.00%) Symantec
4 3 (12.00%) Oracle
4 3 (12.00%) ServiceNow
5 2 (8.00%) Apple
5 2 (8.00%) Citrix
5 2 (8.00%) Dell
5 2 (8.00%) Forcepoint
5 2 (8.00%) ForeScout
5 2 (8.00%) HP
5 2 (8.00%) Juniper
5 2 (8.00%) LogicMonitor
5 2 (8.00%) Meraki
5 2 (8.00%) Palo Alto
5 2 (8.00%) Red Hat
6 1 (4.00%) Veeam
6 1 (4.00%) VMware