DNS Jobs in Dorset

Domain Name System (DNS)
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Dorset 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 91 56
Rank change year-on-year +44 -35 +7
Permanent jobs citing DNS 10 6 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 2.33% 0.50% 2.96%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.41% 6.19% 8.66%
Number of salaries quoted 8 6 17
10th Percentile - £36,875 £30,200
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £43,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% -2.78% -
75th Percentile £64,063 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £71,750 £57,500 -
South West median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% -6.98%

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 49 97 231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 11.40% 8.15% 34.22%
Number of salaries quoted 30 71 76
10th Percentile £32,125 £31,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £36,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,563 £50,000 £62,813
90th Percentile £66,000 £58,750 £73,750
South West median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -5.26%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for DNS in Dorset

DNS
Salary Trend in Dorset

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

Salary trend for DNS in Dorset

DNS
Salary Histogram in Dorset

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in Dorset over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

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 15 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
Blandford Forum - 2 - -
Bournemouth +56 1 £85,000 +54.55% 2
Dorchester - 1 £50,000 - 1
Wareham - 1 £60,000 -
DNS
South West

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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%) Apache Solr
1 1 (10.00%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (90.00%) VPN
2 7 (70.00%) DHCP
2 7 (70.00%) Firewall
2 7 (70.00%) MPLS
2 7 (70.00%) VPLS
3 6 (60.00%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (60.00%) Cisco Firepower
3 6 (60.00%) Network Security
3 6 (60.00%) PBX
3 6 (60.00%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (10.00%) HTTPS
4 1 (10.00%) IPsec
4 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Couchbase
1 1 (10.00%) MySQL
1 1 (10.00%) NoSQL
General
1 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) GCP DevOps
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) LEMP Stack
1 1 (10.00%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Cyberattack
2 1 (10.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Linux
2 2 (20.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 4 (40.00%) Architectural Design
3 2 (20.00%) Agile
3 2 (20.00%) Android Development
3 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (20.00%) Design Patterns
3 2 (20.00%) Line Management
3 2 (20.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (20.00%) OO
3 2 (20.00%) OOP
4 1 (10.00%) B2C
4 1 (10.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (10.00%) DevOps
4 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (10.00%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (10.00%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (20.00%) C++
2 2 (20.00%) Go
2 2 (20.00%) Java
2 2 (20.00%) Python
3 1 (10.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (60.00%) CCNA
2 6 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (50.00%) CCNP
4 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Ansible
2 1 (10.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Cisco
1 7 (70.00%) HP
2 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (50.00%) Citrix
3 5 (50.00%) Fortinet
3 5 (50.00%) Meraki
3 5 (50.00%) SolarWinds
3 5 (50.00%) VMware