DNS Jobs in England

Domain Name System (DNS)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for DNS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DNS over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 174 203
Rank change year-on-year +52 +29 -44
Permanent jobs citing DNS 1,976 2,019 2,659
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.33% 2.17% 2.03%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.28% 14.01% 15.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,650 1,558 2,137
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,531 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.35% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £58,638 £59,281 £60,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £76,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £43,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.35% -5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

DNS is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,134 14,414 17,659
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.31% 15.46% 13.51%
Number of salaries quoted 8,588 7,484 10,465
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +55 507 £55,000 - 100
South East +1 445 £42,500 +6.56% 85
North of England +39 348 £41,500 +3.75% 83
Midlands +79 311 £39,750 +2.58% 71
South West +40 219 £37,500 -10.71% 29
North West +14 182 £45,000 - 52
West Midlands +65 171 £42,500 +9.68% 47
East of England -15 141 £40,000 -5.88% 41
East Midlands +52 136 £37,500 +2.74% 24
Yorkshire +60 121 £32,500 -10.34% 25
North East +10 51 £42,500 +13.33% 8
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
1 493 (24.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 311 (15.74%) SharePoint
3 121 (6.12%) IIS
4 36 (1.82%) WordPress
5 34 (1.72%) CMS
5 34 (1.72%) Exchange Server 2013
6 32 (1.62%) Exchange Server 2010
7 28 (1.42%) WebLogic
8 24 (1.21%) Confluence
9 23 (1.16%) nginx
10 22 (1.11%) Exchange Server 2007
11 21 (1.06%) Apache
12 11 (0.56%) Skype for Business
12 11 (0.56%) Tomcat
13 7 (0.35%) Umbraco
14 5 (0.25%) SAS
15 4 (0.20%) Apache Solr
15 4 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2003
16 2 (0.10%) Moodle
16 2 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 238 (12.04%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.30%) Trello
5 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.15%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.15%) SPSS
7 2 (0.10%) CATIA
7 2 (0.10%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 28 (1.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 16 (0.81%) Fidessa
3 5 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.20%) Epicor Tropos
4 4 (0.20%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.15%) Oracle Cash Management
5 3 (0.15%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.10%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.10%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.051%) Carpe Diem
7 1 (0.051%) Eikon
7 1 (0.051%) Sage 300 ERP
7 1 (0.051%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.051%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.051%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.051%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 1,085 (54.91%) Azure
2 937 (47.42%) Microsoft 365
3 401 (20.29%) AWS
4 348 (17.61%) Entra ID
5 115 (5.82%) IaaS
6 110 (5.57%) OneDrive
7 77 (3.90%) SaaS
8 76 (3.85%) PaaS
9 74 (3.74%) GCP
10 72 (3.64%) Power Platform
11 55 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
12 52 (2.63%) Mimecast
13 47 (2.38%) Nutanix
14 42 (2.13%) AWS CloudFormation
15 40 (2.02%) GitHub
16 37 (1.87%) OpenShift
17 33 (1.67%) Amazon EKS
18 28 (1.42%) Amazon SQS
19 26 (1.32%) Azure Monitor
20 25 (1.27%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1,260 (63.77%) DHCP
2 817 (41.35%) Firewall
3 645 (32.64%) TCP/IP
4 410 (20.75%) VPN
5 400 (20.24%) WAN
6 354 (17.91%) LAN
7 277 (14.02%) VLAN
8 226 (11.44%) Wi-Fi
9 190 (9.62%) SAN
10 189 (9.56%) Wireless
11 144 (7.29%) HTTP
12 143 (7.24%) SSL
13 112 (5.67%) VoIP
14 100 (5.06%) Network Security
15 96 (4.86%) Internet
16 91 (4.61%) SD-WAN
17 88 (4.45%) BGP
18 64 (3.24%) OSPF
19 62 (3.14%) SNMP
20 59 (2.99%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 206 (10.43%) SQL Server
2 76 (3.85%) Amazon RDS
3 51 (2.58%) MySQL
4 38 (1.92%) Oracle Database
4 38 (1.92%) Relational Database
5 37 (1.87%) Power BI
6 33 (1.67%) RDBMS
7 21 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
8 20 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
9 17 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 13 (0.66%) Redis
11 12 (0.61%) MongoDB
11 12 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
11 12 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 9 (0.46%) NoSQL
13 6 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.20%) Data Lake
15 3 (0.15%) Amazon Aurora
15 3 (0.15%) Crystal Reports
15 3 (0.15%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 56 (2.83%) Jenkins
2 48 (2.43%) JIRA
3 37 (1.87%) Git
4 16 (0.81%) GitLab
5 10 (0.51%) Trac
6 7 (0.35%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
7 5 (0.25%) Katalon Studio
7 5 (0.25%) Subversion
8 4 (0.20%) Charles Proxy
8 4 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
9 3 (0.15%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.10%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 2 (0.10%) Browser DevTools
10 2 (0.10%) git-flow
10 2 (0.10%) Hudson
10 2 (0.10%) MSBuild
10 2 (0.10%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.051%) Gatling
11 1 (0.051%) gulp
General
1 568 (28.74%) Social Skills
2 237 (11.99%) Finance
3 198 (10.02%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (3.54%) Telecoms
5 61 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 53 (2.68%) Law
7 50 (2.53%) Public Sector
8 48 (2.43%) Banking
9 35 (1.77%) Marketing
10 30 (1.52%) Manufacturing
10 30 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
11 28 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
11 28 (1.42%) Legal
12 26 (1.32%) Aerospace
12 26 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
13 25 (1.27%) Retail
14 16 (0.81%) Games
15 9 (0.46%) Electronics
15 9 (0.46%) Financial Institution
16 8 (0.40%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 386 (19.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 277 (14.02%) Senior
3 251 (12.70%) Support Engineer
4 247 (12.50%) IT Support
5 239 (12.10%) Analyst
6 229 (11.59%) IT Engineer
7 132 (6.68%) Network Engineer
8 119 (6.02%) IT Support Engineer
9 112 (5.67%) Lead
9 112 (5.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 101 (5.11%) Architect
11 99 (5.01%) 2nd Line Support
12 88 (4.45%) Support Analyst
13 83 (4.20%) 3rd Line Support
14 77 (3.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 77 (3.90%) IT Technician
15 76 (3.85%) Administrator
16 74 (3.74%) Systems Engineer
17 70 (3.54%) IT Analyst
18 62 (3.14%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (4.30%) HTML
2 66 (3.34%) .NET
3 64 (3.24%) SAML
4 53 (2.68%) REST
5 48 (2.43%) OpenID
6 46 (2.33%) CSS
7 39 (1.97%) ARM Templates
8 36 (1.82%) React
9 35 (1.77%) RabbitMQ
10 33 (1.67%) LDAP
11 32 (1.62%) 802.1X
12 31 (1.57%) ASP.NET
13 30 (1.52%) YAML
14 28 (1.42%) jQuery
14 28 (1.42%) Spring Boot
15 23 (1.16%) RESTful
16 22 (1.11%) AngularJS
16 22 (1.11%) ASP.NET MVC
16 22 (1.11%) Vue
17 20 (1.01%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 155 (7.84%) Data Centre
2 120 (6.07%) Self-Motivation
3 114 (5.77%) Driving Licence
4 104 (5.26%) PKI
5 86 (4.35%) Public Cloud
6 68 (3.44%) Replication
7 63 (3.19%) Enterprise Software
8 58 (2.94%) Onboarding
9 55 (2.78%) Cyberattack
10 47 (2.38%) Management Information System
11 37 (1.87%) Client/Server
11 37 (1.87%) Cloud Native
11 37 (1.87%) Clustering
12 31 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
13 28 (1.42%) Security Posture
14 25 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
15 22 (1.11%) IoT
15 22 (1.11%) Smartphone
16 18 (0.91%) CMDB
17 17 (0.86%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 1,308 (66.19%) Windows
2 797 (40.33%) Windows Server
3 419 (21.20%) Linux
4 257 (13.01%) Windows 10
5 213 (10.78%) Windows Server 2016
6 186 (9.41%) Windows Server 2019
7 165 (8.35%) Windows Server 2012
8 92 (4.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 77 (3.90%) Windows Server 2008
10 70 (3.54%) Android
11 61 (3.09%) Apple iOS
12 60 (3.04%) Unix
13 45 (2.28%) Mac OS
14 37 (1.87%) Windows 7
15 35 (1.77%) CentOS
16 33 (1.67%) Ubuntu
16 33 (1.67%) VMS
17 31 (1.57%) Windows 8
18 20 (1.01%) Mac OS X
18 20 (1.01%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 470 (23.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 414 (20.95%) Problem-Solving
3 411 (20.80%) ITIL
4 256 (12.96%) Customer Service
5 253 (12.80%) Agile
6 239 (12.10%) Cybersecurity
7 234 (11.84%) DevOps
8 208 (10.53%) Disaster Recovery
9 166 (8.40%) Migration
10 126 (6.38%) Project Management
11 116 (5.87%) Infrastructure as Code
12 101 (5.11%) Load Balancing
13 97 (4.91%) Collaborative Working
13 97 (4.91%) Mentoring
14 96 (4.86%) Information Security
15 93 (4.71%) Continuous Improvement
16 92 (4.66%) CI/CD
17 87 (4.40%) Service Management
18 86 (4.35%) Roadmaps
19 84 (4.25%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 443 (22.42%) PowerShell
2 206 (10.43%) Python
3 193 (9.77%) SQL
4 126 (6.38%) Bash
5 87 (4.40%) Java
6 75 (3.80%) C#
7 64 (3.24%) JavaScript
8 54 (2.73%) Perl
9 31 (1.57%) T-SQL
10 30 (1.52%) VBScript
11 24 (1.21%) PHP
12 23 (1.16%) Ruby
13 21 (1.06%) VB
14 19 (0.96%) Bicep
14 19 (0.96%) XAML
15 16 (0.81%) C++
16 11 (0.56%) C
17 10 (0.51%) PL/SQL
18 5 (0.25%) Shell Script
18 5 (0.25%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 252 (12.75%) Degree
2 249 (12.60%) Security Cleared
3 137 (6.93%) DV Cleared
4 135 (6.83%) Microsoft Certification
5 132 (6.68%) SC Cleared
6 129 (6.53%) Cisco Certification
7 113 (5.72%) CCNA
8 95 (4.81%) Azure Certification
9 77 (3.90%) AWS Certification
10 61 (3.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 57 (2.88%) MCSE
12 48 (2.43%) DBS Check
13 47 (2.38%) CCNP
13 47 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
14 43 (2.18%) A+ Certification
14 43 (2.18%) MCSA
15 35 (1.77%) Network+ Certification
16 32 (1.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 30 (1.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 26 (1.32%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (6.28%) SLA
2 60 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 47 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 31 (1.57%) GDPR
5 15 (0.76%) Data Quality
6 14 (0.71%) COBIT
6 14 (0.71%) NIST
7 13 (0.66%) SOC 2
8 9 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 9 (0.46%) PMO
9 8 (0.40%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.30%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.30%) QA
11 5 (0.25%) NCSC
12 4 (0.20%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.10%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.051%) GxP
14 1 (0.051%) ISO 20022
14 1 (0.051%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1,255 (63.51%) Active Directory
2 474 (23.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 409 (20.70%) Hyper-V
4 115 (5.82%) VMware ESXi
5 93 (4.71%) Docker
6 88 (4.45%) Virtual Machines
7 73 (3.69%) vSphere
8 68 (3.44%) Virtual Servers
9 45 (2.28%) Virtual Desktop
10 20 (1.01%) Firmware
10 20 (1.01%) Terminal Services
11 19 (0.96%) NFS
12 18 (0.91%) pfSense
13 13 (0.66%) XenApp
14 9 (0.46%) VMware NSX
15 8 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 8 (0.40%) VMware Server
16 7 (0.35%) DFS Replication
16 7 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
16 7 (0.35%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 300 (15.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 145 (7.34%) SCCM
3 137 (6.93%) Terraform
4 124 (6.28%) Ansible
4 124 (6.28%) WSUS
5 105 (5.31%) Kubernetes
6 80 (4.05%) SCOM
7 77 (3.90%) Puppet
8 70 (3.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 58 (2.94%) vCenter Server
10 48 (2.43%) Single Sign-On
11 35 (1.77%) Grafana
12 33 (1.67%) FortiGate
13 27 (1.37%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 23 (1.16%) ZABBIX
15 22 (1.11%) Jamf Pro
15 22 (1.11%) NetBackup
16 20 (1.01%) Progress Chef
17 19 (0.96%) Nagios
18 18 (0.91%) CASB
Vendors
1 1,063 (53.80%) Microsoft
2 662 (33.50%) VMware
3 298 (15.08%) Cisco
4 189 (9.56%) Veeam
5 165 (8.35%) Citrix
6 102 (5.16%) HP
7 97 (4.91%) Dell
8 92 (4.66%) Oracle
9 84 (4.25%) Red Hat
10 81 (4.10%) Juniper
11 78 (3.95%) Apple
11 78 (3.95%) Fortinet
12 71 (3.59%) SolarWinds
13 69 (3.49%) Meraki
14 56 (2.83%) Google
15 47 (2.38%) Sophos
16 46 (2.33%) Palo Alto
17 43 (2.18%) Aruba
18 40 (2.02%) Bloomberg
19 37 (1.87%) ServiceNow