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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 92 82
Rank change year-on-year -17 -10 +38
Permanent jobs citing DNS 71 147 177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 2.09% 2.40% 3.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.71% 14.07% 16.13%
Number of salaries quoted 69 143 134
10th Percentile £29,625 £25,500 £25,975
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £41,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.41% -2.35% -
75th Percentile £51,250 £48,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £64,200 £57,500 £67,125
England median annual salary £42,500 £44,225 £42,500
% change year-on-year -3.90% +4.06% -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 815 1,045 1,097
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 23.98% 17.05% 20.75%
Number of salaries quoted 250 794 410
10th Percentile £28,000 £24,888 £24,450
25th Percentile £32,750 £28,695 £28,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - -15.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £72,000
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 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 13 May 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 13 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
Cambridgeshire +39 18 £47,500 +18.75% 15
Bedfordshire - 15 £47,500 - 10
Hertfordshire -12 14 £43,250 +1.76% 27
Norfolk 0 9 £32,000 -3.03%
Essex 0 8 £45,000 +63.64% 12
Suffolk -19 7 £32,500 -23.53% 1
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 27 (38.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (33.80%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.23%) Apache
3 3 (4.23%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (21.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 46 (64.79%) Microsoft 365
2 42 (59.15%) Azure
3 28 (39.44%) Entra ID
4 13 (18.31%) AWS
5 10 (14.08%) Mimecast
6 6 (8.45%) Azure Storage
6 6 (8.45%) OneDrive
7 5 (7.04%) Power Platform
8 4 (5.63%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (5.63%) PowerApps
9 3 (4.23%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (4.23%) Nutanix
9 3 (4.23%) PaaS
9 3 (4.23%) SaaS
10 2 (2.82%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (1.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (1.41%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (1.41%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (1.41%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (1.41%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 49 (69.01%) DHCP
2 43 (60.56%) Firewall
3 30 (42.25%) TCP/IP
4 23 (32.39%) VPN
5 17 (23.94%) VLAN
6 12 (16.90%) WAN
7 10 (14.08%) LAN
8 7 (9.86%) SD-WAN
8 7 (9.86%) Wireless
9 6 (8.45%) Wireless Security
10 4 (5.63%) IPv4
10 4 (5.63%) Network Security
10 4 (5.63%) NGFW
10 4 (5.63%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (2.82%) Internet
11 2 (2.82%) LLU
11 2 (2.82%) PBX
11 2 (2.82%) SAN
11 2 (2.82%) VoIP
11 2 (2.82%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.63%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.23%) Power BI
3 2 (2.82%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (2.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (1.41%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.41%) MySQL
4 1 (1.41%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (7.04%) JIRA
2 2 (2.82%) Git
3 1 (1.41%) Subversion
General
1 18 (25.35%) Social Skills
2 10 (14.08%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (4.23%) Retail
5 2 (2.82%) Finance
6 1 (1.41%) Aviation
6 1 (1.41%) Legal
6 1 (1.41%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (18.31%) 2nd Line Support
2 12 (16.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 11 (15.49%) Analyst
3 11 (15.49%) IT Support
3 11 (15.49%) Support Engineer
4 10 (14.08%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 9 (12.68%) IT Technician
5 9 (12.68%) Systems Engineer
6 7 (9.86%) 3rd Line Support
6 7 (9.86%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 7 (9.86%) Administrator
6 7 (9.86%) Systems Administrator
7 6 (8.45%) Systems Support
7 6 (8.45%) Systems Support Engineer
8 5 (7.04%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 5 (7.04%) IT Support Technician
8 5 (7.04%) Support Analyst
8 5 (7.04%) Support Technician
9 4 (5.63%) 2nd Line Support Technician
9 4 (5.63%) Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.41%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.41%) Software Packaging
1 1 (1.41%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.68%) Driving Licence
2 8 (11.27%) Data Centre
3 5 (7.04%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (5.63%) Cloud Security Posture
4 4 (5.63%) Management Information System
4 4 (5.63%) Security Posture
5 3 (4.23%) Client/Server
5 3 (4.23%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (4.23%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (2.82%) PKI
7 1 (1.41%) CSOC
7 1 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.41%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.41%) NHS
7 1 (1.41%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 58 (81.69%) Windows
2 42 (59.15%) Windows Server
3 12 (16.90%) Linux
4 9 (12.68%) VMS
5 6 (8.45%) Apple iOS
5 6 (8.45%) Mac OS
6 5 (7.04%) Windows 10
7 3 (4.23%) SUSE
7 3 (4.23%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (2.82%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (1.41%) Android
9 1 (1.41%) CentOS
9 1 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (1.41%) Rocky
9 1 (1.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (21.13%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (19.72%) Customer Service
3 13 (18.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 12 (16.90%) ITIL
5 11 (15.49%) Artificial Intelligence
5 11 (15.49%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (9.86%) Agile
6 7 (9.86%) ITSM
6 7 (9.86%) Network Virtualisation
6 7 (9.86%) Project Management
6 7 (9.86%) Roadmaps
7 6 (8.45%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (8.45%) Security Management
7 6 (8.45%) Service Management
7 6 (8.45%) Storage Management
7 6 (8.45%) Technology Roadmap
7 6 (8.45%) Time Management
8 5 (7.04%) Cloud Security
8 5 (7.04%) Identity Management
8 5 (7.04%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 14 (19.72%) PowerShell
2 8 (11.27%) Python
3 7 (9.86%) SQL
4 4 (5.63%) TypeScript
5 2 (2.82%) Bash
6 1 (1.41%) Bicep
6 1 (1.41%) C#
6 1 (1.41%) Go
6 1 (1.41%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 7 (9.86%) Degree
2 6 (8.45%) Security Cleared
3 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (5.63%) Azure Certification
4 4 (5.63%) DBS Check
5 3 (4.23%) A+ Certification
5 3 (4.23%) DV Cleared
5 3 (4.23%) MCSA
5 3 (4.23%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (2.82%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (2.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.41%) CCNA
7 1 (1.41%) CCNP
7 1 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.41%) MCITP
7 1 (1.41%) MCP
7 1 (1.41%) MCSE
7 1 (1.41%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.23%) Government Security Classifications
2 2 (2.82%) SLA
System Software
1 49 (69.01%) Active Directory
2 8 (11.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (9.86%) Firmware
4 6 (8.45%) Docker
5 4 (5.63%) Hyper-V
5 4 (5.63%) VMware NSX
5 4 (5.63%) vSphere
6 3 (4.23%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (4.23%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (2.82%) pfSense
7 2 (2.82%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (1.41%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 11 (15.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (11.27%) Ansible
3 6 (8.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (5.63%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (5.63%) vCenter Server
4 4 (5.63%) VxRail
5 3 (4.23%) Avamar
5 3 (4.23%) Kubernetes
5 3 (4.23%) Progress Chef
5 3 (4.23%) Puppet
6 2 (2.82%) Autotask
6 2 (2.82%) cPanel
6 2 (2.82%) SCCM
6 2 (2.82%) SCOM
6 2 (2.82%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (1.41%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (1.41%) Graylog
7 1 (1.41%) Terraform
7 1 (1.41%) vRealize
7 1 (1.41%) WSUS
Vendors
1 45 (63.38%) Microsoft
2 11 (15.49%) Cisco
3 8 (11.27%) Citrix
3 8 (11.27%) VMware
4 5 (7.04%) Aruba
5 4 (5.63%) Dell
5 4 (5.63%) EMC
5 4 (5.63%) SolarWinds
6 3 (4.23%) Apple
6 3 (4.23%) Palo Alto
7 2 (2.82%) Ab Initio
7 2 (2.82%) arcserve
7 2 (2.82%) Avaya
7 2 (2.82%) Datto
7 2 (2.82%) Draytek
7 2 (2.82%) Freshdesk
7 2 (2.82%) Linksys
7 2 (2.82%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.41%) Arista
8 1 (1.41%) Databricks