DNS Job Trends in Dorset

Domain Name System (DNS)
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring DNS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 41 33
Rank change year-on-year +12 -8 +37
Permanent jobs citing DNS 18 8 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 3.77% 2.00% 4.66%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 36.00% 22.86% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 12 6 13
10th Percentile - - £34,700
25th Percentile £32,500 £51,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £63,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -44.88% +33.68% +5.56%
75th Percentile £38,250 £80,313 £48,750
90th Percentile - £84,375 £57,500
South West median annual salary £35,000 £52,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -32.69% +38.67% -16.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 50 35 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 10.46% 8.73% 23.29%
Number of salaries quoted 40 24 63
10th Percentile £24,750 £30,625 £35,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £39,813 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £39,938 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £83,000 £82,500
South West median annual salary £34,000 £52,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -34.62% +6.12% +3.16%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

DNS job vacancy trend in Dorset

DNS
Salary Trend in Dorset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing DNS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing DNS

DNS
Salary Histogram in Dorset

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in Dorset over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for DNS in Dorset

DNS
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Poole -2 11 £35,000 - 3
Bournemouth +8 6 £35,750 -53.87% 1
DNS
South West

DNS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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 14 (77.78%) SharePoint
2 11 (61.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 17 (94.44%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (77.78%) Entra ID
3 11 (61.11%) Azure
3 11 (61.11%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (72.22%) DHCP
2 9 (50.00%) LAN
3 8 (44.44%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (38.89%) VPN
5 6 (33.33%) Wireless
6 5 (27.78%) VoIP
7 3 (16.67%) VLAN
8 1 (5.56%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (5.56%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (5.56%) Firewall
8 1 (5.56%) MPLS
8 1 (5.56%) Network Security
8 1 (5.56%) PBX
8 1 (5.56%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (5.56%) VPLS
General
1 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Advertising
3 3 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Support Technician
2 6 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
2 6 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 6 (33.33%) Analyst
2 6 (33.33%) IT Support
2 6 (33.33%) Senior
2 6 (33.33%) Senior IT Support
2 6 (33.33%) Support Analyst
3 5 (27.78%) ICT Support
3 5 (27.78%) ICT Support Technician
3 5 (27.78%) ICT Technician
4 3 (16.67%) IT Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) IT Support Technician
4 3 (16.67%) IT Technician
4 3 (16.67%) Senior IT Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Senior IT Technician
4 3 (16.67%) Senior Support Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Senior Technician
4 3 (16.67%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 11 (61.11%) Windows
2 8 (44.44%) Windows 10
3 5 (27.78%) Android
3 5 (27.78%) Apple iOS
3 5 (27.78%) Mac OS
4 3 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) CRM
1 6 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (33.33%) ITSM
1 6 (33.33%) Line Management
1 6 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 5 (27.78%) Asset Management
2 5 (27.78%) Cloud Security
2 5 (27.78%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 3 (16.67%) ITIL
3 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (16.67%) Service Management
4 1 (5.56%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 6 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) MCP
2 1 (5.56%) CCNA
2 1 (5.56%) CCNP
2 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 17 (94.44%) Active Directory
2 6 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (27.78%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 17 (94.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (33.33%) Autotask
3 3 (16.67%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 15 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (38.89%) Meraki
3 6 (33.33%) VMware
4 3 (16.67%) Apple
5 1 (5.56%) Cisco
5 1 (5.56%) Citrix
5 1 (5.56%) Fortinet
5 1 (5.56%) HP
5 1 (5.56%) SolarWinds