DNS Job Trends in England

Domain Name System (DNS)
UK > England

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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 142 112
Rank change year-on-year +3 -30 +48
Permanent jobs citing DNS 986 851 1,918
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.50% 2.17% 2.59%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.54% 16.11% 18.97%
Number of salaries quoted 749 651 1,651
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £43,500 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.64% - -3.33%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £83,750 £77,000
UK median annual salary £38,000 £42,500 £43,500
% change year-on-year -10.59% -2.30% -3.33%

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 9,351 5,284 10,113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.26% 13.50% 13.64%
Number of salaries quoted 3,630 3,289 8,312
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,700 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,250 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £53,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.75% +9.28% -4.98%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,975
UK median annual salary £40,792 £53,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -23.03% +9.28% -7.62%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

DNS job vacancy trend in England

DNS
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing DNS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing DNS

DNS
Salary Histogram in England

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

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 14 March 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
London +5 238 £47,500 -20.83% 70
South East +23 208 £47,500 +11.76% 89
North of England -27 175 £33,500 -21.18% 76
South West +34 169 £32,250 -28.73% 28
Midlands +7 129 £32,500 -7.14% 36
Yorkshire -17 74 £32,500 -7.14% 26
North West -28 74 £35,000 -17.65% 41
East Midlands -6 69 £31,500 -10.00% 13
West Midlands +14 59 £39,500 +12.86% 23
East of England -40 52 £40,000 +16.36% 30
North East -2 27 £47,500 +48.44% 11
DNS
UK

DNS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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
1 328 (33.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 208 (21.10%) SharePoint
3 22 (2.23%) Exchange Server 2003
4 18 (1.83%) IIS
5 9 (0.91%) Confluence
6 6 (0.61%) Tomcat
7 5 (0.51%) WordPress
8 3 (0.30%) CMS
8 3 (0.30%) nginx
9 2 (0.20%) Apache
10 1 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2007
10 1 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.10%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 112 (11.36%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.30%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.10%) Alphatax
3 1 (0.10%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 607 (61.56%) Microsoft 365
2 577 (58.52%) Azure
3 283 (28.70%) Entra ID
4 145 (14.71%) AWS
5 98 (9.94%) OneDrive
6 62 (6.29%) GCP
6 62 (6.29%) SaaS
7 48 (4.87%) IaaS
8 47 (4.77%) Google Workspace
9 43 (4.36%) Azure DevOps
10 40 (4.06%) PaaS
11 27 (2.74%) Azure Monitor
12 26 (2.64%) GitHub
13 24 (2.43%) Datadog
14 22 (2.23%) GitHub Actions
15 19 (1.93%) Nutanix
16 18 (1.83%) Azure Sentinel
17 15 (1.52%) Mimecast
17 15 (1.52%) Power Platform
18 11 (1.12%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 776 (78.70%) DHCP
2 352 (35.70%) TCP/IP
3 339 (34.38%) Firewall
4 336 (34.08%) VPN
5 190 (19.27%) VLAN
6 171 (17.34%) Wi-Fi
7 152 (15.42%) WAN
8 141 (14.30%) LAN
9 88 (8.92%) VoIP
10 63 (6.39%) SAN
11 62 (6.29%) Wireless
12 50 (5.07%) HTTP
13 44 (4.46%) Network Security
14 38 (3.85%) SD-WAN
15 31 (3.14%) Remote Desktop
16 27 (2.74%) Internet
17 26 (2.64%) SSL
18 18 (1.83%) NAS
19 16 (1.62%) IPsec
20 15 (1.52%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (7.40%) Amazon RDS
2 68 (6.90%) SQL Server
3 22 (2.23%) Oracle Database
3 22 (2.23%) Oracle Database 10g
4 10 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (0.91%) Power BI
6 7 (0.71%) MySQL
7 5 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (0.51%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.20%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.20%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.10%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.10%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 49 (4.97%) Git
2 31 (3.14%) Jenkins
3 27 (2.74%) GitLab
4 19 (1.93%) JIRA
5 14 (1.42%) Bitbucket
6 13 (1.32%) Chocolatey
7 12 (1.22%) Robot Framework
7 12 (1.22%) Selenium
7 12 (1.22%) Snyk
8 4 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (0.41%) LabVIEW
8 4 (0.41%) Metasploit
9 2 (0.20%) IDA Disassembler
9 2 (0.20%) Rational Rhapsody
10 1 (0.10%) MSBuild
10 1 (0.10%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.10%) TeamCity
General
1 421 (42.70%) Social Skills
2 145 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
3 119 (12.07%) Finance
4 63 (6.39%) Law
5 43 (4.36%) Telecoms
6 42 (4.26%) Manufacturing
7 41 (4.16%) Documentation Skills
8 39 (3.96%) Organisational Skills
9 26 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 23 (2.33%) Banking
11 22 (2.23%) Legal
12 19 (1.93%) Retail
13 15 (1.52%) Advertising
14 13 (1.32%) Marketing
14 13 (1.32%) Public Sector
15 8 (0.81%) Electronics
16 7 (0.71%) Aerospace
16 7 (0.71%) Local Government
17 6 (0.61%) Automotive
18 5 (0.51%) Police
Job Titles
1 310 (31.44%) IT Support
2 222 (22.52%) Support Engineer
3 209 (21.20%) IT Engineer
4 149 (15.11%) IT Support Engineer
5 128 (12.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 116 (11.76%) 2nd Line Support
7 98 (9.94%) Senior
8 95 (9.63%) Analyst
9 93 (9.43%) Support Technician
10 81 (8.22%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 78 (7.91%) IT Support Technician
11 78 (7.91%) IT Technician
12 76 (7.71%) Systems Engineer
13 71 (7.20%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 68 (6.90%) Support Analyst
15 59 (5.98%) 3rd Line Support
16 54 (5.48%) Cloud Engineer
17 43 (4.36%) Azure Engineer
18 41 (4.16%) IT Analyst
19 37 (3.75%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (1.83%) Elastic Stack
2 10 (1.01%) LDAP
3 8 (0.81%) .NET
3 8 (0.81%) Middleware
4 7 (0.71%) OpenID
5 6 (0.61%) OAuth
5 6 (0.61%) SAML
5 6 (0.61%) Web Services
6 5 (0.51%) JSON
6 5 (0.51%) Regular Expression
6 5 (0.51%) WebSockets
7 4 (0.41%) Kafka
7 4 (0.41%) OpenTelemetry
7 4 (0.41%) XML
8 3 (0.30%) JSON Schema
9 2 (0.20%) .NET Framework
9 2 (0.20%) Apache NiFi
9 2 (0.20%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.20%) React
9 2 (0.20%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 155 (15.72%) Driving Licence
2 81 (8.22%) Onboarding
3 67 (6.80%) Legacy Systems
4 49 (4.97%) Hybrid Cloud
5 40 (4.06%) Data Centre
6 28 (2.84%) PKI
7 26 (2.64%) Cyber Threat
8 23 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
9 20 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
10 17 (1.72%) iPad
11 16 (1.62%) Security Posture
12 15 (1.52%) Cloud Native
13 14 (1.42%) Public Cloud
13 14 (1.42%) Replication
13 14 (1.42%) Video Conferencing
14 11 (1.12%) CCTV
15 10 (1.01%) iPhone
16 9 (0.91%) Clustering
16 9 (0.91%) Management Information System
17 8 (0.81%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 779 (79.01%) Windows
2 507 (51.42%) Windows Server
3 236 (23.94%) Linux
4 187 (18.97%) Windows 10
5 122 (12.37%) Windows Server 2016
6 87 (8.82%) Mac OS
7 62 (6.29%) Windows Server 2019
8 48 (4.87%) Apple iOS
9 40 (4.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 39 (3.96%) Android
11 37 (3.75%) Windows Server 2012
12 32 (3.25%) Unix
13 25 (2.54%) Windows 7
14 24 (2.43%) Windows Server 2008
15 23 (2.33%) Solaris
16 22 (2.23%) HPUX
16 22 (2.23%) Windows Server 2003
17 19 (1.93%) CentOS
18 9 (0.91%) Mac OS X
19 8 (0.81%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 404 (40.97%) Problem-Solving
2 295 (29.92%) Customer Service
3 212 (21.50%) ITIL
4 169 (17.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 138 (14.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 138 (14.00%) Migration
6 105 (10.65%) ITSM
7 90 (9.13%) Service Delivery
8 88 (8.92%) Incident Management
9 87 (8.82%) Cybersecurity
10 86 (8.72%) Infrastructure as Code
10 86 (8.72%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 85 (8.62%) DevOps
12 84 (8.52%) Continuous Improvement
13 83 (8.42%) Mentoring
14 82 (8.32%) Vulnerability Scanning
15 76 (7.71%) Customer Experience
16 71 (7.20%) CI/CD
17 70 (7.10%) Kalman Filter
17 70 (7.10%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 213 (21.60%) PowerShell
2 92 (9.33%) Python
3 68 (6.90%) Bash
4 52 (5.27%) SQL
5 33 (3.35%) Perl
6 18 (1.83%) Bicep
6 18 (1.83%) Go
7 14 (1.42%) PHP
8 8 (0.81%) Shell Script
9 6 (0.61%) C++
10 4 (0.41%) C#
10 4 (0.41%) Delphi
10 4 (0.41%) Pascal
11 3 (0.30%) Java
11 3 (0.30%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.20%) C
13 1 (0.10%) JavaScript
13 1 (0.10%) VB
13 1 (0.10%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 200 (20.28%) Security Cleared
2 138 (14.00%) SC Cleared
3 95 (9.63%) Degree
4 87 (8.82%) Microsoft Certification
5 68 (6.90%) DV Cleared
6 55 (5.58%) Azure Certification
7 26 (2.64%) Cisco Certification
8 25 (2.54%) A+ Certification
9 23 (2.33%) Network+ Certification
10 22 (2.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 19 (1.93%) CCNP
12 18 (1.83%) CCNA
13 15 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
14 13 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (1.32%) DBS Check
14 13 (1.32%) MCSA
15 11 (1.12%) MCSE
16 9 (0.91%) CompTIA Security+
16 9 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
17 8 (0.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (11.05%) Cyber Essentials
2 98 (9.94%) SLA
3 72 (7.30%) PCI DSS
4 39 (3.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 27 (2.74%) GDPR
6 17 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 11 (1.12%) NIST
8 9 (0.91%) QA
9 5 (0.51%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.41%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.20%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.20%) PMO
11 2 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.10%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 754 (76.47%) Active Directory
2 248 (25.15%) Hyper-V
3 180 (18.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 63 (6.39%) Terminal Server
5 48 (4.87%) vSphere
6 29 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
7 23 (2.33%) Docker
8 21 (2.13%) VMware ESXi
9 16 (1.62%) Firmware
9 16 (1.62%) Virtual Desktop
10 10 (1.01%) VMware NSX
11 6 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.41%) KVM
12 4 (0.41%) Terminal Services
13 3 (0.30%) BitLocker
13 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.30%) vCloud
14 1 (0.10%) iptables
Systems Management
1 206 (20.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 90 (9.13%) Terraform
3 83 (8.42%) Ansible
4 49 (4.97%) SCCM
5 44 (4.46%) Kubernetes
6 31 (3.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 31 (3.14%) Grafana
6 31 (3.14%) Prometheus
7 23 (2.33%) FortiGate
8 20 (2.03%) Jamf Pro
8 20 (2.03%) WSUS
9 18 (1.83%) vCenter Server
10 9 (0.91%) Backup Exec
10 9 (0.91%) Nagios
11 7 (0.71%) Puppet
11 7 (0.71%) SCOM
12 6 (0.61%) Failover Clustering
12 6 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.61%) VxRail
13 5 (0.51%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 650 (65.92%) Microsoft
2 358 (36.31%) VMware
3 115 (11.66%) Veeam
4 102 (10.34%) SolarWinds
5 81 (8.22%) Splunk
6 76 (7.71%) Nimble Storage
7 74 (7.51%) Cisco
8 63 (6.39%) Brocade
8 63 (6.39%) Tanium
9 58 (5.88%) Google
10 48 (4.87%) Apple
11 42 (4.26%) Citrix
12 37 (3.75%) Meraki
13 36 (3.65%) Dell
14 33 (3.35%) Palo Alto
15 31 (3.14%) Oracle
16 29 (2.94%) HP
17 24 (2.43%) Red Hat
18 22 (2.23%) Dynatrace
19 20 (2.03%) ServiceNow