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

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 125 172
Rank change year-on-year -17 +47 +27
Permanent jobs citing DNS 1,150 1,945 1,944
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.35% 2.27% 2.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.95% 16.13% 13.84%
Number of salaries quoted 626 1,633 1,516
10th Percentile £29,250 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £32,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £44,225 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.90% +4.06% -5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £42,500 £43,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -2.30% +2.35% -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 8,245 12,060 14,047
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.85% 14.07% 15.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3,701 8,521 7,229
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

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 15 May 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 15 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
North of England +71 521 £40,000 -5.88% 173
North West +75 465 £42,134 -6.37% 84
London -39 241 £55,000 0.00% 414
South East -59 147 £37,500 -11.76% 206
Midlands -61 97 £35,000 -6.67% 77
South West +12 72 £40,000 +6.67% 97
East of England -24 66 £42,500 +2.41% 90
West Midlands -38 52 £35,000 -14.89% 38
Yorkshire +6 49 £37,500 +15.38% 70
East Midlands -39 45 £36,750 -2.00% 31
North East 0 7 £32,000 -24.71% 22
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
1 218 (18.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 115 (10.00%) SharePoint
3 52 (4.52%) IIS
4 13 (1.13%) nginx
5 11 (0.96%) Apache
6 10 (0.87%) WordPress
7 6 (0.52%) Apache Solr
7 6 (0.52%) CMS
8 5 (0.43%) Confluence
9 3 (0.26%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.26%) Skype for Business
9 3 (0.26%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
11 1 (0.087%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.087%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.087%) Exchange Server 2007
11 1 (0.087%) Exchange Server 2010
11 1 (0.087%) Office Communications Server
11 1 (0.087%) SharePoint 2010
11 1 (0.087%) Umbraco
Applications
1 115 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.22%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.087%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 8 (0.70%) Sage 50
2 7 (0.61%) Fidessa
3 5 (0.43%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.17%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.17%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.17%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.087%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.087%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.087%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 428 (37.22%) Azure
2 368 (32.00%) Microsoft 365
3 188 (16.35%) Entra ID
4 164 (14.26%) AWS
5 55 (4.78%) SaaS
6 52 (4.52%) GCP
7 49 (4.26%) OneDrive
8 41 (3.57%) IaaS
9 39 (3.39%) PaaS
10 31 (2.70%) Power Platform
11 30 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
12 29 (2.52%) Power Automate
13 28 (2.43%) Azure Monitor
14 26 (2.26%) Mimecast
15 25 (2.17%) Google Workspace
16 22 (1.91%) Nutanix
17 21 (1.83%) Azure Key Vault
18 19 (1.65%) Azure ExpressRoute
19 15 (1.30%) Azure AI
19 15 (1.30%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 628 (54.61%) VPN
2 515 (44.78%) DHCP
3 372 (32.35%) Firewall
4 265 (23.04%) TCP/IP
5 158 (13.74%) VLAN
6 151 (13.13%) WAN
7 130 (11.30%) LAN
8 70 (6.09%) Network Security
9 60 (5.22%) Wi-Fi
10 59 (5.13%) SAN
11 49 (4.26%) VoIP
12 47 (4.09%) Wireless
13 46 (4.00%) SD-WAN
14 37 (3.22%) SMTP
15 29 (2.52%) BGP
15 29 (2.52%) IPsec
16 28 (2.43%) NAS
17 27 (2.35%) HTTP
17 27 (2.35%) MPLS
17 27 (2.35%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (7.04%) SQL Server
2 35 (3.04%) Amazon RDS
3 28 (2.43%) MySQL
4 24 (2.09%) Power BI
5 18 (1.57%) Data Lake
6 12 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
7 10 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (0.78%) MongoDB
8 9 (0.78%) NoSQL
9 6 (0.52%) Couchbase
9 6 (0.52%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.35%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.35%) BusinessObjects
12 3 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (3.04%) Git
2 24 (2.09%) JIRA
3 10 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
4 7 (0.61%) GitLab
5 6 (0.52%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.17%) Vagrant
9 1 (0.087%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.087%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.087%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.087%) Log4Net
9 1 (0.087%) Maven
9 1 (0.087%) Subversion
9 1 (0.087%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.087%) TeamCity
General
1 484 (42.09%) Finance
2 457 (39.74%) Analytical Skills
3 450 (39.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 287 (24.96%) Social Skills
5 45 (3.91%) Retail
6 38 (3.30%) Law
7 35 (3.04%) Banking
8 26 (2.26%) Telecoms
9 23 (2.00%) Legal
10 19 (1.65%) Automotive
11 16 (1.39%) Public Sector
12 14 (1.22%) Manufacturing
13 10 (0.87%) Local Government
13 10 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
14 8 (0.70%) Back Office
15 6 (0.52%) Marketing
16 5 (0.43%) Games
16 5 (0.43%) Police
17 4 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
18 3 (0.26%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 398 (34.61%) Developer
2 397 (34.52%) Software Developer
3 139 (12.09%) IT Support
4 132 (11.48%) Support Engineer
5 119 (10.35%) Analyst
6 107 (9.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 88 (7.65%) Senior
8 81 (7.04%) IT Engineer
9 71 (6.17%) Support Analyst
10 65 (5.65%) 2nd Line Support
11 53 (4.61%) Network Engineer
12 47 (4.09%) 3rd Line Support
13 45 (3.91%) IT Support Engineer
14 40 (3.48%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 38 (3.30%) Technical Support
16 37 (3.22%) Cloud Engineer
17 36 (3.13%) Architect
18 33 (2.87%) Infrastructure Support
19 32 (2.78%) IT Analyst
20 31 (2.70%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (0.96%) 802.1X
2 10 (0.87%) YAML
3 9 (0.78%) LDAP
4 7 (0.61%) FIX Protocol
4 7 (0.61%) SAML
5 6 (0.52%) Node.js
5 6 (0.52%) RabbitMQ
6 5 (0.43%) CSS
6 5 (0.43%) Middleware
7 4 (0.35%) HTML
7 4 (0.35%) LEMP Stack
7 4 (0.35%) React
7 4 (0.35%) Web Services
8 3 (0.26%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.26%) Django
8 3 (0.26%) Loki
8 3 (0.26%) XML
9 2 (0.17%) EDI
9 2 (0.17%) JSON
9 2 (0.17%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 399 (34.70%) Cyberattack
2 63 (5.48%) Data Centre
3 55 (4.78%) Management Information System
4 48 (4.17%) Driving Licence
5 31 (2.70%) Clustering
6 30 (2.61%) Onboarding
7 23 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
8 20 (1.74%) PKI
8 20 (1.74%) Public Cloud
8 20 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
9 19 (1.65%) Cyber Threat
10 18 (1.57%) Security Posture
11 17 (1.48%) NHS
11 17 (1.48%) Smartphone
12 16 (1.39%) Replication
13 15 (1.30%) Private Cloud
14 12 (1.04%) CCTV
14 12 (1.04%) Cloud Native
15 11 (0.96%) Client/Server
16 10 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 563 (48.96%) Linux
2 508 (44.17%) Windows
3 432 (37.57%) Android
4 335 (29.13%) Windows Server
5 92 (8.00%) Windows 10
6 75 (6.52%) Windows Server 2016
7 66 (5.74%) Mac OS
8 55 (4.78%) Windows Server 2019
9 27 (2.35%) Windows Server 2012
10 25 (2.17%) Mac OS X
11 21 (1.83%) CentOS
11 21 (1.83%) Ubuntu
12 19 (1.65%) Unix
13 18 (1.57%) Apple iOS
14 15 (1.30%) Windows 7
15 14 (1.22%) VMS
16 10 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 10 (0.87%) Rocky
17 5 (0.43%) Windows Server 2003
17 5 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 444 (38.61%) Agile
2 410 (35.65%) Line Management
3 398 (34.61%) Mathematics
4 397 (34.52%) Android Development
4 397 (34.52%) Design Patterns
4 397 (34.52%) OO
4 397 (34.52%) OOP
5 203 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
6 153 (13.30%) ITIL
7 144 (12.52%) Customer Service
8 131 (11.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 120 (10.43%) Cybersecurity
10 95 (8.26%) Disaster Recovery
11 67 (5.83%) DevOps
12 65 (5.65%) Incident Management
13 64 (5.57%) Migration
14 61 (5.30%) Infrastructure as Code
15 56 (4.87%) Task Automation
16 53 (4.61%) Project Management
17 52 (4.52%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 494 (42.96%) Python
2 404 (35.13%) Java
3 403 (35.04%) Go
4 401 (34.87%) C++
5 220 (19.13%) PowerShell
6 135 (11.74%) SQL
7 24 (2.09%) Bash
8 22 (1.91%) Bicep
9 13 (1.13%) Perl
10 10 (0.87%) PHP
11 8 (0.70%) JavaScript
12 6 (0.52%) C#
13 4 (0.35%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.26%) VBScript
15 2 (0.17%) AWK
15 2 (0.17%) C
15 2 (0.17%) Groovy
15 2 (0.17%) Korn
15 2 (0.17%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 459 (39.91%) Security Cleared
2 426 (37.04%) DV Cleared
3 119 (10.35%) Degree
4 110 (9.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 58 (5.04%) Cisco Certification
6 56 (4.87%) Azure Certification
7 53 (4.61%) Network+ Certification
8 47 (4.09%) CCNA
9 43 (3.74%) Computer Science Degree
10 37 (3.22%) A+ Certification
11 31 (2.70%) MCSE
11 31 (2.70%) SC Cleared
12 26 (2.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 24 (2.09%) DBS Check
14 22 (1.91%) CCNP
14 22 (1.91%) MCP
15 20 (1.74%) MCSA
16 15 (1.30%) MCITP
17 14 (1.22%) HNC
17 14 (1.22%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (4.09%) SLA
2 19 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (1.22%) GDPR
4 13 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (0.70%) NIST
6 6 (0.52%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.43%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.43%) QA
8 3 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
8 3 (0.26%) NCSC
8 3 (0.26%) WCAG
9 2 (0.17%) ISO 9000
9 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.087%) GRC
10 1 (0.087%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.087%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.087%) PMO
System Software
1 455 (39.57%) Active Directory
2 435 (37.83%) Docker
3 193 (16.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 168 (14.61%) Hyper-V
5 62 (5.39%) VMware ESXi
6 52 (4.52%) Virtual Machines
7 41 (3.57%) vSphere
8 29 (2.52%) Virtual Desktop
9 15 (1.30%) Terminal Services
10 12 (1.04%) VMware NSX
11 10 (0.87%) BitLocker
11 10 (0.87%) Firmware
12 9 (0.78%) Microsoft App-V
13 5 (0.43%) DFS Replication
14 4 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.26%) KVM
16 2 (0.17%) ISA Server
16 2 (0.17%) pfSense
16 2 (0.17%) Postfix
16 2 (0.17%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 467 (40.61%) Ansible
2 139 (12.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 68 (5.91%) SCCM
4 58 (5.04%) Kubernetes
5 54 (4.70%) Terraform
6 42 (3.65%) Single Sign-On
7 36 (3.13%) vCenter Server
8 28 (2.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 24 (2.09%) WSUS
10 22 (1.91%) SCOM
11 20 (1.74%) Puppet
12 14 (1.22%) Nagios
12 14 (1.22%) vMotion
13 13 (1.13%) Grafana
14 12 (1.04%) FortiGate
14 12 (1.04%) NetBackup
15 11 (0.96%) Progress Chef
16 9 (0.78%) Proxmox
17 8 (0.70%) PowerCLI
17 8 (0.70%) vRealize
Vendors
1 444 (38.61%) Microsoft
2 244 (21.22%) VMware
3 156 (13.57%) Cisco
4 69 (6.00%) Veeam
5 61 (5.30%) Citrix
5 61 (5.30%) Google
6 47 (4.09%) Meraki
7 41 (3.57%) HP
8 39 (3.39%) Apple
8 39 (3.39%) Dell
8 39 (3.39%) SolarWinds
9 38 (3.30%) Fortinet
10 29 (2.52%) ServiceNow
11 24 (2.09%) Databricks
11 24 (2.09%) Oracle
12 23 (2.00%) Red Hat
13 21 (1.83%) Ubiquiti
14 18 (1.57%) Sophos
15 17 (1.48%) Riverbed
16 15 (1.30%) Juniper