DNS Job Trends in the East of England

Domain Name System (DNS)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring DNS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 66 90
Rank change year-on-year -24 +24 -25
Permanent jobs citing DNS 71 128 57
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.70% 3.63% 2.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.71% 19.60% 12.75%
Number of salaries quoted 51 104 50
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,000 £27,825
25th Percentile £27,375 £29,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £34,688 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.90% -7.50% -21.05%
75th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £55,000 £66,375 £58,750
England median annual salary £36,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -18.89% - -5.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 731 653 447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 17.48% 18.51% 18.34%
Number of salaries quoted 281 329 321
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £51,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.33% +6.19% +14.12%
75th Percentile £58,750 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

DNS job vacancy trend in the East of England

DNS
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing DNS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing DNS

DNS
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in the East of England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for DNS in the East of England

DNS
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the East of England region over the 6 months to 14 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
Hertfordshire -8 23 £43,000 -14.00% 19
Essex +2 21 £28,000 -39.13% 5
Suffolk -2 12 £36,250 -19.44% 4
Norfolk -19 8 £33,625 +7.17% 4
Cambridgeshire +1 5 £33,500 +3.08% 9
Bedfordshire +30 2 £43,250 +23.57% 4
DNS
England

DNS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 27 (38.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (14.08%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.41%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (1.41%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (1.41%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 23 (32.39%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 46 (64.79%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (42.25%) Azure
3 21 (29.58%) Entra ID
4 6 (8.45%) Power Automate
5 5 (7.04%) IaaS
5 5 (7.04%) PaaS
5 5 (7.04%) Power Platform
5 5 (7.04%) PowerApps
6 4 (5.63%) Google Workspace
7 3 (4.23%) SaaS
8 2 (2.82%) AWS
8 2 (2.82%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (2.82%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (1.41%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (1.41%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.41%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (1.41%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 60 (84.51%) DHCP
2 33 (46.48%) TCP/IP
3 30 (42.25%) VPN
4 26 (36.62%) Firewall
5 17 (23.94%) VLAN
6 12 (16.90%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (15.49%) Network Security
8 10 (14.08%) LAN
8 10 (14.08%) WAN
9 9 (12.68%) VoIP
10 8 (11.27%) SMTP
11 6 (8.45%) IMAP
11 6 (8.45%) POP3
11 6 (8.45%) SSL
12 5 (7.04%) EIGRP
12 5 (7.04%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (7.04%) OSPF
12 5 (7.04%) Wireless
12 5 (7.04%) Wireshark
13 4 (5.63%) IPsec
Development Applications
1 2 (2.82%) JIRA
General
1 35 (49.30%) Social Skills
2 8 (11.27%) Legal
3 7 (9.86%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.82%) Law
4 2 (2.82%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.41%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (32.39%) IT Support
2 12 (16.90%) Cloud Engineer
2 12 (16.90%) Systems Engineer
3 11 (15.49%) IT Technician
4 9 (12.68%) IT Support Specialist
4 9 (12.68%) Support Specialist
5 8 (11.27%) Support Technician
6 7 (9.86%) IT Support Technician
7 6 (8.45%) Lead
7 6 (8.45%) Support Engineer
8 5 (7.04%) 2nd Line Support
8 5 (7.04%) 3rd Line Support
8 5 (7.04%) Administrator
8 5 (7.04%) Desktop Support
8 5 (7.04%) IT Administrator
9 4 (5.63%) Desktop Support Team Leader
9 4 (5.63%) Help Desk Technician
9 4 (5.63%) Security Engineer
9 4 (5.63%) Support Team Leader
9 4 (5.63%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.82%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (21.13%) Onboarding
2 8 (11.27%) Driving Licence
3 2 (2.82%) Biopharmaceutical
3 2 (2.82%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.41%) Clustering
4 1 (1.41%) CSOC
4 1 (1.41%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.41%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.41%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 65 (91.55%) Windows
2 38 (53.52%) Windows Server
3 18 (25.35%) Windows 10
4 13 (18.31%) Mac OS
5 7 (9.86%) Apple iOS
6 6 (8.45%) Android
7 3 (4.23%) Linux
8 2 (2.82%) Windows 7
8 2 (2.82%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (1.41%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (39.44%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (35.21%) Customer Service
3 14 (19.72%) ITIL
4 13 (18.31%) Cybersecurity
5 12 (16.90%) Service Delivery
6 10 (14.08%) Security Patching
7 9 (12.68%) Inventory Management
8 6 (8.45%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (8.45%) Time Management
8 6 (8.45%) User Experience
9 5 (7.04%) AI
9 5 (7.04%) Case Management
9 5 (7.04%) Digital Innovation
9 5 (7.04%) Mobile Device Management
9 5 (7.04%) Network Monitoring
9 5 (7.04%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (7.04%) Strategic Thinking
10 4 (5.63%) Proactive Monitoring
10 4 (5.63%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 4 (5.63%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 13 (18.31%) PowerShell
2 6 (8.45%) VBScript
3 1 (1.41%) Bash
3 1 (1.41%) Bicep
3 1 (1.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (22.54%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (11.27%) CCNA
2 8 (11.27%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (9.86%) A+ Certification
3 7 (9.86%) MCSA
4 6 (8.45%) Azure Certification
4 6 (8.45%) DBS Check
5 5 (7.04%) CCNP
6 4 (5.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (5.63%) Security Cleared
7 3 (4.23%) MCSE
8 2 (2.82%) Degree
9 1 (1.41%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.41%) CEH
9 1 (1.41%) CISA
9 1 (1.41%) CISM
9 1 (1.41%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.41%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (1.41%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.82%) GDPR
1 2 (2.82%) GxP
1 2 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (2.82%) QA
1 2 (2.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.41%) NIST
2 1 (1.41%) SLA
System Software
1 53 (74.65%) Active Directory
2 12 (16.90%) vSphere
3 4 (5.63%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (2.82%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (1.41%) Docker
6 1 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (22.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (7.04%) SCCM
3 4 (5.63%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (2.82%) Nagios
4 2 (2.82%) PaperCut
5 1 (1.41%) CSIRT
5 1 (1.41%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (1.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 65 (91.55%) Microsoft
2 16 (22.54%) VMware
3 9 (12.68%) Mitel
4 8 (11.27%) Cisco
5 5 (7.04%) SolarWinds
6 4 (5.63%) Google
7 3 (4.23%) Blue Coat
7 3 (4.23%) CheckPoint
7 3 (4.23%) F5
7 3 (4.23%) Palo Alto
8 2 (2.82%) Darktrace
8 2 (2.82%) LogRhythm
8 2 (2.82%) Okta
8 2 (2.82%) ServiceNow
8 2 (2.82%) Sophos
8 2 (2.82%) Splunk
9 1 (1.41%) Apple
9 1 (1.41%) Freshdesk
9 1 (1.41%) Veeam