DNS Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Domain Name System (DNS)
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring DNS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 48 65
Rank change year-on-year -42 +17 -11
Permanent jobs citing DNS 30 6 28
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 1.16% 1.18% 2.87%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.11% 11.76% 22.58%
Number of salaries quoted 14 5 7
10th Percentile - - £27,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £21,000 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +59.09% -5.71%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £36,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £81,750 £45,500
South West median annual salary £41,750 £34,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year +21.01% -31.68% +27.38%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

6 months to
22 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 157 51 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 6.07% 10.02% 12.69%
Number of salaries quoted 88 26 72
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,250 £28,450
25th Percentile £32,375 £42,626 £40,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year - +7.32% +2.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £60,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,150 £73,125 -
South West median annual salary £45,000 £34,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +32.35% -32.00% -

DNS Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

DNS job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

DNS Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing DNS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing DNS

DNS Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 22 October 2026.

Salary histogram for DNS in Gloucestershire

DNS Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 22 October 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
Gloucester -35 17 £31,000 -66.49% 4
Cheltenham -37 7 £62,500 +11.11% 12
DNS
South West

DNS Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1DHCP83.3%25
2TCP/IP53.3%16
3VPN43.3%13
4Wireless40.0%12
5Firewall36.7%11
6LAN30.0%9
6WAN30.0%9
8BGP16.7%5
8OSPF16.7%5
8VoIP16.7%5
11SD-WAN13.3%4
11Wi-Fi13.3%4
11WLAN13.3%4
14MPLS6.7%2
14NAS6.7%2
14SAN6.7%2
14VLAN6.7%2
14VSAN6.7%2
19EIGRP3.3%1
19Fibre Channel3.3%1