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 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 116 120 172
Rank change year-on-year +4 +52 +25
Permanent jobs citing DNS 1,159 1,991 2,071
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.54% 2.37% 2.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.23% 16.45% 14.19%
Number of salaries quoted 669 1,669 1,592
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £57,563
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year - - -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 6,027 12,102 14,593
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.23% 14.40% 15.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,673 8,612 7,635
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,750 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,650 £77,500 £88,563
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year - -6.86% -2.86%

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 21 April 2025.

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 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
North of England +76 522 £42,500 +2.41% 88
North West +74 467 £42,500 -5.56% 52
London -45 245 £55,000 - 283
South East -49 136 £37,500 -11.76% 120
Midlands -65 86 £35,000 -11.95% 53
East of England +27 81 £41,750 +4.38% 58
South West +19 80 £40,000 +6.67% 40
Yorkshire +15 46 £35,000 +7.69% 25
West Midlands -69 45 £35,000 -17.65% 22
East Midlands -16 41 £35,000 -10.26% 30
North East +5 9 £32,000 -24.71% 11
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
1 228 (19.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 129 (11.13%) SharePoint
3 50 (4.31%) IIS
4 16 (1.38%) nginx
5 11 (0.95%) Apache
5 11 (0.95%) Apache Solr
6 8 (0.69%) WordPress
7 3 (0.26%) CMS
7 3 (0.26%) Confluence
7 3 (0.26%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.26%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.086%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.086%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.086%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.086%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.086%) Office Communications Server
9 1 (0.086%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.086%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.086%) Umbraco
Applications
1 116 (10.01%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (3.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.21%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.26%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.086%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 10 (0.86%) Sage 50
2 9 (0.78%) Fidessa
3 7 (0.60%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.26%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.17%) Carpe Diem
5 2 (0.17%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.086%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.086%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.086%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.086%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 426 (36.76%) Azure
2 407 (35.12%) Microsoft 365
3 196 (16.91%) Entra ID
4 137 (11.82%) AWS
5 53 (4.57%) GCP
6 51 (4.40%) OneDrive
7 44 (3.80%) SaaS
8 34 (2.93%) IaaS
9 30 (2.59%) Google Workspace
10 29 (2.50%) Mimecast
11 27 (2.33%) PaaS
12 18 (1.55%) Nutanix
12 18 (1.55%) Power Platform
13 16 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
13 16 (1.38%) Cloud Computing
14 14 (1.21%) Power Automate
15 13 (1.12%) Azure Sentinel
16 12 (1.04%) Azure Monitor
17 9 (0.78%) PowerApps
18 8 (0.69%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 617 (53.24%) VPN
2 538 (46.42%) DHCP
3 363 (31.32%) Firewall
4 274 (23.64%) TCP/IP
5 166 (14.32%) VLAN
6 135 (11.65%) LAN
7 126 (10.87%) WAN
8 72 (6.21%) Network Security
9 66 (5.69%) Wi-Fi
10 57 (4.92%) SAN
11 46 (3.97%) VoIP
11 46 (3.97%) Wireless
12 36 (3.11%) BGP
13 35 (3.02%) IPsec
14 34 (2.93%) OSPF
14 34 (2.93%) SMTP
15 33 (2.85%) IPv4
16 28 (2.42%) PBX
17 27 (2.33%) Cisco IOS
17 27 (2.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (6.73%) SQL Server
2 28 (2.42%) Amazon RDS
3 18 (1.55%) MySQL
4 15 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
5 14 (1.21%) NoSQL
6 11 (0.95%) Couchbase
6 11 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (0.95%) Power BI
7 9 (0.78%) MongoDB
8 6 (0.52%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.43%) BigQuery
9 5 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.35%) BusinessObjects
10 4 (0.35%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.26%) Tableau
12 2 (0.17%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 23 (1.98%) JIRA
2 18 (1.55%) Git
3 8 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (0.35%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.26%) GitLab
6 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.17%) Subversion
8 1 (0.086%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.086%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.086%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.086%) Log4Net
8 1 (0.086%) Maven
8 1 (0.086%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.086%) TeamCity
General
1 494 (42.62%) Finance
2 459 (39.60%) Analytical Skills
3 438 (37.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 295 (25.45%) Social Skills
5 52 (4.49%) Retail
6 47 (4.06%) Law
7 33 (2.85%) Banking
8 29 (2.50%) Telecoms
9 28 (2.42%) Legal
10 23 (1.98%) Automotive
11 19 (1.64%) Manufacturing
12 15 (1.29%) Public Sector
13 10 (0.86%) Local Government
13 10 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
14 8 (0.69%) Back Office
14 8 (0.69%) Marketing
15 5 (0.43%) Police
16 4 (0.35%) Aviation
16 4 (0.35%) Electronics
16 4 (0.35%) Games
Job Titles
1 398 (34.34%) Developer
2 397 (34.25%) Software Developer
3 139 (11.99%) IT Support
4 132 (11.39%) Analyst
5 129 (11.13%) Support Engineer
6 110 (9.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 102 (8.80%) IT Engineer
8 92 (7.94%) Senior
9 68 (5.87%) Support Analyst
10 61 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support
11 54 (4.66%) IT Support Engineer
12 53 (4.57%) Network Engineer
13 47 (4.06%) 3rd Line Support
14 39 (3.36%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 38 (3.28%) IT Technician
16 35 (3.02%) IT Analyst
17 34 (2.93%) Cloud Engineer
18 32 (2.76%) Technical Support
19 30 (2.59%) Systems Engineer
20 29 (2.50%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.12%) 802.1X
2 11 (0.95%) RabbitMQ
3 9 (0.78%) FIX Protocol
3 9 (0.78%) SAML
4 8 (0.69%) LDAP
5 7 (0.60%) YAML
6 6 (0.52%) Node.js
7 5 (0.43%) Middleware
7 5 (0.43%) React
8 4 (0.35%) HTML
8 4 (0.35%) LEMP Stack
8 4 (0.35%) Web Services
9 3 (0.26%) AngularJS
9 3 (0.26%) Django
9 3 (0.26%) Loki
9 3 (0.26%) XML
10 2 (0.17%) CSS
10 2 (0.17%) EDI
10 2 (0.17%) JSON
10 2 (0.17%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 399 (34.43%) Cyberattack
2 58 (5.00%) Management Information System
3 53 (4.57%) Data Centre
4 49 (4.23%) Driving Licence
5 36 (3.11%) Onboarding
6 25 (2.16%) Replication
7 22 (1.90%) Clustering
7 22 (1.90%) Cyber Threat
8 21 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
9 20 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
10 19 (1.64%) Public Cloud
10 19 (1.64%) Security Posture
10 19 (1.64%) Smartphone
11 18 (1.55%) PKI
12 12 (1.04%) CCTV
12 12 (1.04%) Client/Server
12 12 (1.04%) Cloud Native
12 12 (1.04%) Private Cloud
13 10 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
14 9 (0.78%) Eurex
Operating Systems
1 568 (49.01%) Linux
2 545 (47.02%) Windows
3 431 (37.19%) Android
4 345 (29.77%) Windows Server
5 108 (9.32%) Windows 10
6 85 (7.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 69 (5.95%) Windows Server 2019
8 65 (5.61%) Mac OS
9 29 (2.50%) Mac OS X
10 28 (2.42%) Unix
11 27 (2.33%) Windows Server 2012
12 26 (2.24%) Ubuntu
13 21 (1.81%) CentOS
14 20 (1.73%) Apple iOS
15 14 (1.21%) Windows 7
16 10 (0.86%) Rocky
17 9 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 9 (0.78%) VMS
18 8 (0.69%) Windows Server 2008
19 5 (0.43%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 424 (36.58%) Agile
2 407 (35.12%) Line Management
3 398 (34.34%) Mathematics
4 397 (34.25%) Android Development
4 397 (34.25%) Design Patterns
4 397 (34.25%) OO
4 397 (34.25%) OOP
5 220 (18.98%) Problem-Solving
6 144 (12.42%) ITIL
7 143 (12.34%) Customer Service
8 129 (11.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 118 (10.18%) Cybersecurity
10 113 (9.75%) Disaster Recovery
11 69 (5.95%) Incident Management
12 54 (4.66%) DevOps
13 53 (4.57%) Migration
13 53 (4.57%) Task Automation
14 51 (4.40%) Continuous Improvement
14 51 (4.40%) High Availability
15 47 (4.06%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 487 (42.02%) Python
2 405 (34.94%) Go
3 404 (34.86%) Java
4 401 (34.60%) C++
5 205 (17.69%) PowerShell
6 124 (10.70%) SQL
7 22 (1.90%) Bash
8 15 (1.29%) PHP
9 11 (0.95%) JavaScript
9 11 (0.95%) Perl
10 7 (0.60%) Bicep
10 7 (0.60%) C#
11 4 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (0.35%) Ruby
11 4 (0.35%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.26%) VBScript
13 2 (0.17%) AWK
13 2 (0.17%) C
13 2 (0.17%) Korn
14 1 (0.086%) VB
Qualifications
1 447 (38.57%) Security Cleared
2 417 (35.98%) DV Cleared
3 124 (10.70%) Degree
4 120 (10.35%) Microsoft Certification
5 66 (5.69%) Cisco Certification
6 56 (4.83%) Network+ Certification
7 53 (4.57%) CCNA
8 48 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 41 (3.54%) A+ Certification
10 36 (3.11%) Azure Certification
11 32 (2.76%) MCSE
12 27 (2.33%) SC Cleared
13 26 (2.24%) CCNP
13 26 (2.24%) MCP
14 24 (2.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 20 (1.73%) MCSA
16 17 (1.47%) HNC
16 17 (1.47%) HND
17 16 (1.38%) CompTIA Security+
18 14 (1.21%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (3.88%) SLA
2 17 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (1.38%) GDPR
4 12 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (0.69%) NIST
6 6 (0.52%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.43%) QA
8 4 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.26%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
9 3 (0.26%) NCSC
9 3 (0.26%) PMO
10 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.086%) GRC
11 1 (0.086%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.086%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 482 (41.59%) Active Directory
2 432 (37.27%) Docker
3 185 (15.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 162 (13.98%) Hyper-V
5 60 (5.18%) VMware ESXi
6 46 (3.97%) Virtual Machines
7 40 (3.45%) vSphere
8 24 (2.07%) Virtual Desktop
9 14 (1.21%) VMware NSX
10 12 (1.04%) DFS Replication
10 12 (1.04%) Firmware
10 12 (1.04%) Terminal Services
11 7 (0.60%) BitLocker
12 6 (0.52%) Microsoft App-V
13 5 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.26%) KVM
15 2 (0.17%) pfSense
15 2 (0.17%) Postfix
15 2 (0.17%) Sendmail
15 2 (0.17%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 455 (39.26%) Ansible
2 136 (11.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 64 (5.52%) SCCM
4 55 (4.75%) Terraform
5 50 (4.31%) Kubernetes
6 37 (3.19%) vCenter Server
7 31 (2.67%) Single Sign-On
8 27 (2.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 26 (2.24%) WSUS
10 14 (1.21%) SCOM
11 13 (1.12%) FortiGate
12 12 (1.04%) Puppet
13 10 (0.86%) Grafana
13 10 (0.86%) Jamf Pro
13 10 (0.86%) Nagios
13 10 (0.86%) NetBackup
14 9 (0.78%) Progress Chef
15 8 (0.69%) Failover Clustering
15 8 (0.69%) vMotion
15 8 (0.69%) VxRail
Vendors
1 470 (40.55%) Microsoft
2 242 (20.88%) VMware
3 156 (13.46%) Cisco
4 73 (6.30%) Veeam
5 68 (5.87%) Google
6 55 (4.75%) Citrix
7 46 (3.97%) Dell
8 43 (3.71%) Apple
9 40 (3.45%) SolarWinds
10 37 (3.19%) Fortinet
11 35 (3.02%) HP
12 31 (2.67%) Meraki
13 27 (2.33%) ServiceNow
14 25 (2.16%) Oracle
15 24 (2.07%) Ubiquiti
16 23 (1.98%) Red Hat
17 19 (1.64%) Riverbed
17 19 (1.64%) Sophos
18 17 (1.47%) Juniper
18 17 (1.47%) SAP