DNS Jobs in the East Midlands

Domain Name System (DNS)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 73 124
Rank change year-on-year -30 +51 -29
Permanent jobs citing DNS 42 137 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 1.72% 3.16% 1.81%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.00% 23.58% 9.01%
Number of salaries quoted 39 120 41
10th Percentile £25,700 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +2.74% +28.07%
75th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £54,000 £56,250 £61,250
England median annual salary £42,500 £43,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -2.30% +2.35% -5.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 323 581 577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 13.21% 13.41% 20.06%
Number of salaries quoted 167 454 195
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £28,864 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £40,000 £41,659
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% -3.98% +6.82%
75th Percentile £57,000 £52,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £61,250 £58,750 £63,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing DNS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for DNS in the East Midlands

DNS
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DNS in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for DNS in the East Midlands

DNS
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for DNS in the East Midlands

DNS
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
Northamptonshire -21 14 £45,000 +5.88% 4
Nottinghamshire +15 12 £31,500 -35.05% 10
Derbyshire -10 9 £28,000 -25.33% 10
Leicestershire +16 6 £48,500 +56.45% 6
Lincolnshire +8 1 - - 6
DNS
England

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 15 (35.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (16.67%) IIS
3 6 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 22 (52.38%) Azure
1 22 (52.38%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (11.90%) Entra ID
3 2 (4.76%) GCP
3 2 (4.76%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.38%) Mimecast
4 1 (2.38%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 37 (88.10%) DHCP
2 23 (54.76%) Firewall
3 13 (30.95%) VPN
4 8 (19.05%) Network Security
5 6 (14.29%) Remote Desktop
5 6 (14.29%) SAN
5 6 (14.29%) TCP/IP
6 4 (9.52%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (7.14%) VLAN
7 3 (7.14%) WAN
8 2 (4.76%) 4G
8 2 (4.76%) 5G
8 2 (4.76%) LAN
8 2 (4.76%) Wireless
9 1 (2.38%) Internet
9 1 (2.38%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (26.19%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (30.95%) Social Skills
2 3 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (7.14%) Retail
3 2 (4.76%) Electronics
3 2 (4.76%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.38%) Finance
4 1 (2.38%) Legal
4 1 (2.38%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (28.57%) IT Support
2 11 (26.19%) Support Engineer
3 9 (21.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 9 (21.43%) IT Engineer
4 7 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
5 6 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 6 (14.29%) IT Support Specialist
5 6 (14.29%) Support Specialist
6 4 (9.52%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (7.14%) Analyst
7 3 (7.14%) Network Engineer
7 3 (7.14%) Senior
7 3 (7.14%) Server Engineer
7 3 (7.14%) Service Desk Engineer
7 3 (7.14%) Technical Engineer
8 2 (4.76%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (4.76%) Active Directory Engineer
8 2 (4.76%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (4.76%) SAN Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) 802.1X
1 1 (2.38%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 3 (7.14%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.76%) CCTV
3 2 (4.76%) IoT
3 2 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.76%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (2.38%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.38%) Clustering
4 1 (2.38%) Cyberattack
4 1 (2.38%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 37 (88.10%) Windows
2 34 (80.95%) Windows Server
3 6 (14.29%) Windows 7
4 5 (11.90%) Android
5 4 (9.52%) Linux
6 3 (7.14%) CentOS
6 3 (7.14%) Rocky
6 3 (7.14%) Ubuntu
6 3 (7.14%) Windows 10
7 2 (4.76%) Apple iOS
7 2 (4.76%) VMS
7 2 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (40.48%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (26.19%) Customer Service
3 9 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (19.05%) Disaster Recovery
5 7 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (14.29%) Data Analysis
6 6 (14.29%) Migration
7 5 (11.90%) Incident Management
8 4 (9.52%) Project Management
9 3 (7.14%) IT Strategy
10 2 (4.76%) Cloud Security
10 2 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (4.76%) Edge Computing
10 2 (4.76%) High Availability
10 2 (4.76%) Mobile Device Management
10 2 (4.76%) Process Improvement
10 2 (4.76%) Product Management
10 2 (4.76%) Project Delivery
10 2 (4.76%) Server Management
10 2 (4.76%) Telematics
Programming Languages
1 11 (26.19%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.38%) C++
2 1 (2.38%) Go
2 1 (2.38%) Java
2 1 (2.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (19.05%) Azure Certification
2 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (7.14%) MCSA
4 2 (4.76%) A+ Certification
4 2 (4.76%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.76%) Degree
4 2 (4.76%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.76%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (4.76%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.38%) MCP
5 1 (2.38%) MCSE
5 1 (2.38%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (19.05%) GDPR
2 2 (4.76%) SLA
3 1 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.38%) GRC
3 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 35 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 21 (50.00%) Hyper-V
3 11 (26.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (14.29%) Terminal Services
4 6 (14.29%) vSphere
5 2 (4.76%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (2.38%) Docker
6 1 (2.38%) Firmware
6 1 (2.38%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (2.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (9.52%) Ansible
1 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (9.52%) SCCM
2 3 (7.14%) SCOM
3 2 (4.76%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.38%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (2.38%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 27 (64.29%) Microsoft
2 13 (30.95%) VMware
3 8 (19.05%) HP
4 7 (16.67%) Dell
5 6 (14.29%) NetApp
6 4 (9.52%) Cisco
6 4 (9.52%) Google
6 4 (9.52%) Sophos
7 2 (4.76%) NVIDIA
7 2 (4.76%) TP-LINK
8 1 (2.38%) Apple
8 1 (2.38%) arcserve
8 1 (2.38%) Meraki
8 1 (2.38%) Nasuni
8 1 (2.38%) Rapid7
8 1 (2.38%) Sitecore