DNS Jobs in the East of England

Domain Name System (DNS)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 21 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 103 83
Rank change year-on-year +27 -20 +41
Permanent jobs citing DNS 81 133 194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 2.81% 2.21% 3.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.95% 12.99% 17.23%
Number of salaries quoted 80 130 146
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,438 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,750 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.38% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £53,731 £43,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £66,000 £56,250 £66,250
England median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year - - -5.56%

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 406 1,024 1,126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 14.09% 17.04% 19.98%
Number of salaries quoted 266 777 431
10th Percentile £28,188 £24,936 £25,000
25th Percentile £34,125 £28,500 £30,765
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £61,125
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £72,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for DNS in the East of England

DNS
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary trend for DNS in the East of England

DNS
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in the East of England over the 6 months to 21 April 2025.

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 21 April 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
Hertfordshire +3 19 £44,000 +3.53% 23
Cambridgeshire +39 18 £47,500 +18.75% 12
Bedfordshire - 18 £47,500 - 7
Norfolk +6 14 £29,500 -10.61%
Suffolk -15 7 £32,500 -23.53% 4
Essex 0 5 £45,000 +63.64% 12
DNS
England

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 32 (39.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (35.80%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.70%) Apache
3 3 (3.70%) IIS
Applications
1 17 (20.99%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 51 (62.96%) Microsoft 365
2 45 (55.56%) Azure
3 32 (39.51%) Entra ID
4 14 (17.28%) AWS
5 10 (12.35%) Mimecast
6 6 (7.41%) OneDrive
7 4 (4.94%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (4.94%) Power Platform
7 4 (4.94%) PowerApps
8 3 (3.70%) Azure Storage
8 3 (3.70%) Nutanix
9 2 (2.47%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (2.47%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (2.47%) PaaS
9 2 (2.47%) SaaS
10 1 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (1.23%) Cloudflare
10 1 (1.23%) GCP
10 1 (1.23%) GitHub
10 1 (1.23%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 52 (64.20%) DHCP
2 50 (61.73%) Firewall
3 32 (39.51%) TCP/IP
4 27 (33.33%) VPN
5 19 (23.46%) VLAN
6 13 (16.05%) WAN
7 12 (14.81%) LAN
8 6 (7.41%) SD-WAN
9 5 (6.17%) IPv4
9 5 (6.17%) Network Security
9 5 (6.17%) Wireless
10 4 (4.94%) NGFW
10 4 (4.94%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (3.70%) Wireless Security
12 2 (2.47%) Cisco ISE
12 2 (2.47%) Converged Networks
12 2 (2.47%) GLBP
12 2 (2.47%) LLU
12 2 (2.47%) Multicast
12 2 (2.47%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.94%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.47%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (2.47%) Power BI
2 2 (2.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.23%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (6.17%) JIRA
2 2 (2.47%) Git
2 2 (2.47%) Subversion
General
1 23 (28.40%) Social Skills
2 12 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (9.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (3.70%) Aviation
4 3 (3.70%) Retail
5 2 (2.47%) Finance
6 1 (1.23%) Law
6 1 (1.23%) Legal
6 1 (1.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (17.28%) 2nd Line Support
1 14 (17.28%) IT Technician
2 13 (16.05%) Analyst
2 13 (16.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 13 (16.05%) IT Support
3 10 (12.35%) Support Engineer
4 9 (11.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 7 (8.64%) Systems Engineer
6 6 (7.41%) 3rd Line Support
6 6 (7.41%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 6 (7.41%) IT Engineer
6 6 (7.41%) IT Support Technician
6 6 (7.41%) Support Technician
7 5 (6.17%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 5 (6.17%) 2nd Line Support Technician
7 5 (6.17%) Security Engineer
7 5 (6.17%) Support Analyst
8 4 (4.94%) Project Engineer
8 4 (4.94%) Systems Administrator
8 4 (4.94%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.47%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.23%) Software Packaging
2 1 (1.23%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.35%) Driving Licence
2 9 (11.11%) Data Centre
3 6 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (4.94%) Cloud Security Posture
4 4 (4.94%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.94%) Security Posture
5 3 (3.70%) Client/Server
5 3 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.70%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (2.47%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (2.47%) PKI
7 1 (1.23%) CSOC
7 1 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.23%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 67 (82.72%) Windows
2 44 (54.32%) Windows Server
3 14 (17.28%) Linux
4 6 (7.41%) Apple iOS
4 6 (7.41%) Mac OS
4 6 (7.41%) VMS
5 5 (6.17%) Windows 10
6 3 (3.70%) SUSE
6 3 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (2.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (2.47%) Unix
7 2 (2.47%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (1.23%) Android
8 1 (1.23%) CentOS
8 1 (1.23%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (18.52%) Customer Service
3 14 (17.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 14 (17.28%) ITIL
4 11 (13.58%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (12.35%) Artificial Intelligence
6 9 (11.11%) ITSM
7 7 (8.64%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (8.64%) Roadmaps
7 7 (8.64%) Service Management
7 7 (8.64%) Technology Roadmap
8 6 (7.41%) Agile
8 6 (7.41%) Cloud Security
8 6 (7.41%) Security Management
8 6 (7.41%) Time Management
9 5 (6.17%) Identity Management
9 5 (6.17%) SIEM
10 4 (4.94%) Change Management
10 4 (4.94%) Computer Forensics
10 4 (4.94%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 14 (17.28%) PowerShell
2 9 (11.11%) Python
3 7 (8.64%) SQL
4 4 (4.94%) TypeScript
5 2 (2.47%) Bash
6 1 (1.23%) C#
6 1 (1.23%) Go
6 1 (1.23%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 10 (12.35%) Degree
2 7 (8.64%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (8.64%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.94%) A+ Certification
3 4 (4.94%) DBS Check
3 4 (4.94%) DV Cleared
3 4 (4.94%) MCSA
4 3 (3.70%) Azure Certification
4 3 (3.70%) MCP
4 3 (3.70%) Network+ Certification
4 3 (3.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (2.47%) CCNA
5 2 (2.47%) CCNP
5 2 (2.47%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.47%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.23%) MCITP
6 1 (1.23%) MCSE
6 1 (1.23%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.70%) Government Security Classifications
2 2 (2.47%) SLA
System Software
1 54 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 11 (13.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (9.88%) Firmware
4 7 (8.64%) Docker
5 5 (6.17%) VMware NSX
5 5 (6.17%) vSphere
6 4 (4.94%) Hyper-V
7 3 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (3.70%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (2.47%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (2.47%) pfSense
8 2 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (9.88%) Ansible
1 8 (9.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (7.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 5 (6.17%) vCenter Server
3 5 (6.17%) VxRail
4 4 (4.94%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (4.94%) Kubernetes
5 3 (3.70%) Avamar
5 3 (3.70%) Progress Chef
5 3 (3.70%) Puppet
6 2 (2.47%) Autotask
6 2 (2.47%) cPanel
6 2 (2.47%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (2.47%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (2.47%) SCCM
6 2 (2.47%) SCOM
6 2 (2.47%) vRealize
6 2 (2.47%) WSUS
7 1 (1.23%) CSIRT
7 1 (1.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 53 (65.43%) Microsoft
2 14 (17.28%) Cisco
3 12 (14.81%) VMware
4 8 (9.88%) Citrix
5 5 (6.17%) Aruba
5 5 (6.17%) Dell
5 5 (6.17%) EMC
5 5 (6.17%) Palo Alto
5 5 (6.17%) SolarWinds
6 3 (3.70%) Apple
6 3 (3.70%) Red Hat
7 2 (2.47%) Ab Initio
7 2 (2.47%) arcserve
7 2 (2.47%) Avaya
7 2 (2.47%) Draytek
7 2 (2.47%) Isilon
7 2 (2.47%) Juniper
7 2 (2.47%) Linksys
7 2 (2.47%) McAfee
7 2 (2.47%) Riverbed