DNS Jobs in England

Domain Name System (DNS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 139 148 215
Rank change year-on-year +9 +67 -33
Permanent jobs citing DNS 1,483 1,688 2,859
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.89% 2.37% 1.94%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.89% 14.68% 15.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,182 1,347 2,139
10th Percentile £27,513 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £79,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,962 11,495 18,987
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.71% 16.17% 12.91%
Number of salaries quoted 6,437 6,665 10,966
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,985 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.87% -2.89% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +5.00%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for DNS in England

DNS
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for DNS in England

DNS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in England over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for DNS in England

DNS
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the England region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
London -1 379 £54,399 -1.09% 31
South East -35 311 £42,500 +6.25% 62
North of England +8 279 £42,500 +6.21% 77
Midlands +25 275 £38,250 +2.00% 38
North West -14 139 £47,500 +5.56% 37
West Midlands +11 138 £39,750 +6.00% 26
South West -9 134 £40,000 - 26
East Midlands +25 133 £38,250 +8.62% 12
Yorkshire +45 116 £33,000 -4.35% 29
East of England -10 99 £42,500 +16.44% 28
North East -8 30 £44,274 +10.97% 14
DNS
UK

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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
1 352 (23.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 229 (15.44%) SharePoint
3 89 (6.00%) IIS
4 28 (1.89%) WebLogic
5 24 (1.62%) Confluence
6 18 (1.21%) WordPress
7 17 (1.15%) CMS
8 16 (1.08%) Apache
9 15 (1.01%) Exchange Server 2013
10 12 (0.81%) Tomcat
11 10 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2010
12 9 (0.61%) Skype for Business
13 8 (0.54%) Exchange Server 2007
13 8 (0.54%) nginx
14 6 (0.40%) Umbraco
15 3 (0.20%) WebSphere
15 3 (0.20%) WebSphere Application Server
16 2 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
16 2 (0.13%) Apache Solr
16 2 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 198 (13.35%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.27%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.27%) Trello
5 1 (0.067%) CATIA
5 1 (0.067%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 28 (1.89%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 10 (0.67%) Fidessa
3 6 (0.40%) Oracle Cash Management
4 4 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.27%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.067%) Carpe Diem
5 1 (0.067%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.067%) Eikon
5 1 (0.067%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.067%) Epicor Tropos
5 1 (0.067%) Sage 300 ERP
5 1 (0.067%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.067%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 800 (53.94%) Azure
2 678 (45.72%) Microsoft 365
3 280 (18.88%) Entra ID
4 266 (17.94%) AWS
5 112 (7.55%) IaaS
6 69 (4.65%) OneDrive
7 68 (4.59%) PaaS
8 67 (4.52%) SaaS
9 46 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
10 45 (3.03%) Mimecast
11 43 (2.90%) Power Platform
12 42 (2.83%) GCP
13 40 (2.70%) Nutanix
14 36 (2.43%) GitHub
15 32 (2.16%) Amazon EKS
15 32 (2.16%) Google Workspace
16 28 (1.89%) Amazon SQS
17 25 (1.69%) OpenShift
18 23 (1.55%) Amazon EC2
18 23 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 905 (61.02%) DHCP
2 605 (40.80%) Firewall
3 495 (33.38%) TCP/IP
4 315 (21.24%) VPN
5 310 (20.90%) WAN
6 261 (17.60%) LAN
7 197 (13.28%) VLAN
8 148 (9.98%) Wireless
9 131 (8.83%) Wi-Fi
10 123 (8.29%) SAN
11 110 (7.42%) SSL
12 89 (6.00%) Network Security
13 80 (5.39%) HTTP
14 78 (5.26%) BGP
15 77 (5.19%) SD-WAN
16 69 (4.65%) VoIP
17 54 (3.64%) MPLS
18 53 (3.57%) Internet
19 52 (3.51%) OSPF
20 49 (3.30%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (8.16%) SQL Server
2 66 (4.45%) Amazon RDS
3 37 (2.49%) Relational Database
4 32 (2.16%) Oracle Database
5 31 (2.09%) RDBMS
6 19 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
6 19 (1.28%) Power BI
7 17 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
8 14 (0.94%) MySQL
9 12 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
9 12 (0.81%) Redis
10 7 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (0.34%) NoSQL
13 3 (0.20%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 2 (0.13%) OLAP
14 2 (0.13%) OLAP Cube
14 2 (0.13%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 44 (2.97%) JIRA
2 43 (2.90%) Git
3 42 (2.83%) Jenkins
4 19 (1.28%) GitLab
5 9 (0.61%) Trac
6 7 (0.47%) Katalon Studio
7 5 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
8 4 (0.27%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.27%) Charles Proxy
9 3 (0.20%) Fiddler
9 3 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
9 3 (0.20%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.13%) Browser DevTools
11 1 (0.067%) Hudson
11 1 (0.067%) Selenium
11 1 (0.067%) Visual Studio
General
1 428 (28.86%) Social Skills
2 166 (11.19%) Finance
3 139 (9.37%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (3.91%) Public Sector
5 43 (2.90%) Telecoms
6 40 (2.70%) Aerospace
7 32 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
7 32 (2.16%) Manufacturing
8 31 (2.09%) Banking
9 28 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
9 28 (1.89%) Retail
10 27 (1.82%) Law
11 22 (1.48%) Games
11 22 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
12 21 (1.42%) Marketing
13 19 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (0.81%) Legal
15 10 (0.67%) Automotive
16 7 (0.47%) Financial Institution
17 6 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 314 (21.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 198 (13.35%) Senior
3 173 (11.67%) Support Engineer
4 164 (11.06%) Analyst
5 154 (10.38%) IT Support
6 136 (9.17%) IT Engineer
7 101 (6.81%) Lead
7 101 (6.81%) Network Engineer
8 88 (5.93%) Architect
9 81 (5.46%) 2nd Line Support
10 74 (4.99%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 73 (4.92%) Support Analyst
12 68 (4.59%) Administrator
13 59 (3.98%) IT Analyst
14 58 (3.91%) IT Support Engineer
15 56 (3.78%) 3rd Line Support
16 55 (3.71%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 54 (3.64%) IT Technician
18 53 (3.57%) Azure Engineer
18 53 (3.57%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (3.98%) REST
2 55 (3.71%) .NET
3 48 (3.24%) HTML
4 39 (2.63%) CSS
5 34 (2.29%) React
6 32 (2.16%) RabbitMQ
7 29 (1.96%) SAML
8 28 (1.89%) LDAP
8 28 (1.89%) Spring Boot
9 26 (1.75%) 802.1X
9 26 (1.75%) YAML
10 24 (1.62%) ARM Templates
10 24 (1.62%) jQuery
11 23 (1.55%) ASP.NET
12 22 (1.48%) Vue
13 21 (1.42%) ASP.NET MVC
14 20 (1.35%) AngularJS
15 19 (1.28%) Tailwind CSS
15 19 (1.28%) Twitter Bootstrap
15 19 (1.28%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 127 (8.56%) Data Centre
2 96 (6.47%) Public Cloud
3 95 (6.41%) Self-Motivation
4 91 (6.14%) PKI
5 71 (4.79%) Driving Licence
6 63 (4.25%) Management Information System
7 52 (3.51%) Replication
8 51 (3.44%) Enterprise Software
9 41 (2.76%) Clustering
10 40 (2.70%) Onboarding
11 36 (2.43%) Hybrid Cloud
12 34 (2.29%) Client/Server
13 25 (1.69%) Linux Command Line
14 21 (1.42%) Video Conferencing
15 18 (1.21%) Security Posture
16 17 (1.15%) Enterprise Cloud
17 14 (0.94%) NHS
18 13 (0.88%) Cloud Native
18 13 (0.88%) IoT
19 11 (0.74%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 969 (65.34%) Windows
2 598 (40.32%) Windows Server
3 336 (22.66%) Linux
4 249 (16.79%) Windows 10
5 171 (11.53%) Windows Server 2016
6 149 (10.05%) Windows Server 2019
7 104 (7.01%) Windows Server 2012
8 86 (5.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 50 (3.37%) Apple iOS
10 48 (3.24%) Unix
10 48 (3.24%) Windows Server 2008
11 47 (3.17%) Android
12 38 (2.56%) Mac OS
13 35 (2.36%) CentOS
14 33 (2.23%) Ubuntu
15 27 (1.82%) Windows 7
16 25 (1.69%) VMS
17 23 (1.55%) Mac OS X
18 13 (0.88%) Solaris
19 11 (0.74%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (24.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 336 (22.66%) Problem-Solving
3 282 (19.02%) ITIL
4 201 (13.55%) Customer Service
5 186 (12.54%) DevOps
6 176 (11.87%) Agile
7 160 (10.79%) Cybersecurity
8 137 (9.24%) Disaster Recovery
9 110 (7.42%) Project Management
10 92 (6.20%) Load Balancing
10 92 (6.20%) Service Management
11 89 (6.00%) Infrastructure as Code
12 88 (5.93%) Migration
13 83 (5.60%) Mentoring
14 79 (5.33%) Computer Science
15 70 (4.72%) CI/CD
15 70 (4.72%) Open Source
16 66 (4.45%) Change Management
16 66 (4.45%) Project Delivery
17 65 (4.38%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 358 (24.14%) PowerShell
2 184 (12.41%) Python
3 150 (10.11%) SQL
4 97 (6.54%) Bash
5 77 (5.19%) Java
6 63 (4.25%) C#
7 39 (2.63%) JavaScript
8 34 (2.29%) Perl
9 31 (2.09%) VBScript
10 20 (1.35%) VB
11 19 (1.28%) Bicep
11 19 (1.28%) XAML
12 14 (0.94%) Ruby
13 13 (0.88%) C++
14 12 (0.81%) T-SQL
15 11 (0.74%) C
16 8 (0.54%) Shell Script
17 7 (0.47%) Go
18 4 (0.27%) PHP
18 4 (0.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 200 (13.49%) Degree
2 177 (11.94%) Security Cleared
3 117 (7.89%) SC Cleared
4 95 (6.41%) Cisco Certification
5 92 (6.20%) Azure Certification
6 86 (5.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 84 (5.66%) DV Cleared
8 78 (5.26%) CCNA
9 50 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
10 46 (3.10%) AWS Certification
11 36 (2.43%) CCNP
12 31 (2.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 31 (2.09%) DBS Check
12 31 (2.09%) MCSE
13 30 (2.02%) MCSA
14 27 (1.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 23 (1.55%) MCP
16 20 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
17 19 (1.28%) CISSP
18 17 (1.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (6.00%) SLA
2 53 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (2.43%) GDPR
4 31 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (0.81%) SOC 2
6 11 (0.74%) Data Quality
6 11 (0.74%) NIST
6 11 (0.74%) QA
7 9 (0.61%) COBIT
8 8 (0.54%) Accessibility
8 8 (0.54%) ISO 9001
9 6 (0.40%) NCSC
10 3 (0.20%) JSP 440
10 3 (0.20%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.13%) PMO
12 1 (0.067%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.067%) GxP
12 1 (0.067%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.067%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 950 (64.06%) Active Directory
2 312 (21.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 260 (17.53%) Hyper-V
4 85 (5.73%) VMware ESXi
5 73 (4.92%) Virtual Machines
6 59 (3.98%) Docker
7 58 (3.91%) vSphere
8 41 (2.76%) Virtual Servers
9 37 (2.49%) Virtual Desktop
10 19 (1.28%) XenDesktop
11 16 (1.08%) pfSense
12 15 (1.01%) Firmware
12 15 (1.01%) NFS
12 15 (1.01%) XenApp
13 14 (0.94%) Terminal Services
14 11 (0.74%) VMware NSX
15 8 (0.54%) Embedded Firmware
15 8 (0.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 8 (0.54%) VMware Server
16 6 (0.40%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 240 (16.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 152 (10.25%) SCCM
3 122 (8.23%) Ansible
4 97 (6.54%) Terraform
4 97 (6.54%) WSUS
5 94 (6.34%) Kubernetes
6 80 (5.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 62 (4.18%) SCOM
8 49 (3.30%) Single Sign-On
9 48 (3.24%) Puppet
10 34 (2.29%) vCenter Server
11 29 (1.96%) Grafana
12 23 (1.55%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 23 (1.55%) Prometheus
13 20 (1.35%) ZABBIX
14 18 (1.21%) FortiGate
15 16 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
16 15 (1.01%) Failover Clustering
16 15 (1.01%) Progress Chef
16 15 (1.01%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 793 (53.47%) Microsoft
2 487 (32.84%) VMware
3 237 (15.98%) Cisco
4 123 (8.29%) Veeam
5 100 (6.74%) Citrix
6 86 (5.80%) Dell
7 81 (5.46%) Oracle
7 81 (5.46%) Red Hat
8 75 (5.06%) Fortinet
9 64 (4.32%) Apple
10 61 (4.11%) SolarWinds
11 58 (3.91%) Juniper
12 53 (3.57%) Google
13 48 (3.24%) HP
14 47 (3.17%) Meraki
15 35 (2.36%) Palo Alto
15 35 (2.36%) ServiceNow
16 30 (2.02%) Bloomberg
17 29 (1.96%) CheckPoint
18 28 (1.89%) Sophos