DNS Job Trends in Hampshire

Domain Name System (DNS)
South East > Hampshire

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 119 68
Rank change year-on-year +66 -51 +34
Permanent jobs citing DNS 73 34 60
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 2.94% 1.29% 3.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.96% 6.28% 20.34%
Number of salaries quoted 70 23 41
10th Percentile £29,500 £30,050 £31,000
25th Percentile £33,375 £36,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £42,500 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.47% +1.19% -11.58%
75th Percentile £59,500 £53,750 £55,250
90th Percentile £77,400 £80,000 £63,750
South East median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% - +5.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 318 541 295
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 12.80% 20.46% 14.76%
Number of salaries quoted 252 355 248
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,600 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £64,063 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £72,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

DNS job vacancy trend in Hampshire

DNS
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing DNS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing DNS

DNS
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in Hampshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for DNS in Hampshire

DNS
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Basingstoke +47 44 £58,000 -31.76% 2
Southampton +19 5 £32,500 +2.36% 6
Waterlooville - 4 £27,000 - 2
Gosport - 3 £33,750 -
Farnborough +1 2 £55,000 - 1
Hayling Island - 1 - -
Eastleigh - 1 £50,000 -
DNS
South East

DNS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 28 (38.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (30.14%) Exchange Server 2003
3 7 (9.59%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.37%) Confluence
4 1 (1.37%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 35 (47.95%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (43.84%) Azure
3 17 (23.29%) AWS
4 13 (17.81%) Entra ID
5 12 (16.44%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (12.33%) Azure Monitor
6 9 (12.33%) GCP
7 4 (5.48%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.37%) Cloudflare
8 1 (1.37%) GitHub
8 1 (1.37%) Heroku
8 1 (1.37%) IaaS
8 1 (1.37%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 55 (75.34%) DHCP
2 20 (27.40%) VLAN
2 20 (27.40%) VPN
3 16 (21.92%) TCP/IP
4 5 (6.85%) Firewall
5 4 (5.48%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (4.11%) VoIP
7 1 (1.37%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (1.37%) NAS
7 1 (1.37%) NetScaler
7 1 (1.37%) PBX
7 1 (1.37%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (30.14%) Oracle Database
1 22 (30.14%) Oracle Database 10g
2 1 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.37%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.37%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (17.81%) Git
2 12 (16.44%) Robot Framework
2 12 (16.44%) Selenium
2 12 (16.44%) Snyk
3 1 (1.37%) JIRA
General
1 29 (39.73%) Social Skills
2 14 (19.18%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (19.18%) Finance
3 5 (6.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.37%) Advertising
4 1 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.37%) Military
4 1 (1.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (30.14%) Systems Support
2 21 (28.77%) 3rd Line Support
3 15 (20.55%) 2nd Line Support
4 14 (19.18%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 13 (17.81%) Support Engineer
6 12 (16.44%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 8 (10.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (9.59%) Lead
9 6 (8.22%) IT Engineer
10 5 (6.85%) DevSecOps Engineer
10 5 (6.85%) IT Support
11 4 (5.48%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
12 3 (4.11%) Infrastructure Specialist
13 2 (2.74%) IT Support Engineer
13 2 (2.74%) IT Support Technician
13 2 (2.74%) IT Technician
13 2 (2.74%) Linux Engineer
13 2 (2.74%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
13 2 (2.74%) Senior
13 2 (2.74%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.37%) CSS
1 1 (1.37%) HTML
1 1 (1.37%) RESTful
1 1 (1.37%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.59%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.11%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (2.74%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.37%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (1.37%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 68 (93.15%) Windows
2 32 (43.84%) Windows Server
3 25 (34.25%) Linux
4 23 (31.51%) Unix
5 22 (30.14%) HPUX
5 22 (30.14%) Solaris
5 22 (30.14%) Windows 7
5 22 (30.14%) Windows Server 2003
5 22 (30.14%) Windows Server 2008
6 15 (20.55%) Windows 10
7 2 (2.74%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.37%) Android
8 1 (1.37%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (36.99%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (35.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 22 (30.14%) Incident Management
4 21 (28.77%) Build Automation
5 15 (20.55%) Roadmaps
6 14 (19.18%) Agile
7 13 (17.81%) CI/CD
7 13 (17.81%) Test Automation
8 12 (16.44%) DevOps
8 12 (16.44%) DevSecOps
8 12 (16.44%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
8 12 (16.44%) Infrastructure as Code
8 12 (16.44%) Interactive Application Security Testing
8 12 (16.44%) ITSM
8 12 (16.44%) Scrum
8 12 (16.44%) Secrets Management
8 12 (16.44%) Test Management
9 9 (12.33%) Business Continuity
9 9 (12.33%) Disaster Recovery
9 9 (12.33%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (50.68%) PowerShell
2 22 (30.14%) Perl
3 1 (1.37%) Bash
3 1 (1.37%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.37%) Ruby
3 1 (1.37%) SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (49.32%) Security Cleared
2 34 (46.58%) DV Cleared
3 24 (32.88%) SC Cleared
4 4 (5.48%) Azure Certification
5 3 (4.11%) AWS Certification
5 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.74%) Degree
6 2 (2.74%) MCSE
6 2 (2.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.37%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.37%) MCP
7 1 (1.37%) MCSA
7 1 (1.37%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.37%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (30.14%) SLA
2 4 (5.48%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.74%) QA
System Software
1 58 (79.45%) Active Directory
2 14 (19.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (17.81%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.37%) Docker
4 1 (1.37%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 12 (16.44%) Ansible
1 12 (16.44%) Terraform
2 7 (9.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.37%) AirWatch
3 1 (1.37%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.37%) SCCM
3 1 (1.37%) SCOM
Vendors
1 37 (50.68%) VMware
2 29 (39.73%) Microsoft
3 22 (30.14%) Oracle
4 12 (16.44%) Black Duck
4 12 (16.44%) Coverity
5 9 (12.33%) Dynatrace
6 5 (6.85%) Apple
7 3 (4.11%) HP
8 2 (2.74%) Mitel
9 1 (1.37%) Cisco
9 1 (1.37%) Citrix
9 1 (1.37%) Commvault
9 1 (1.37%) Fortinet
9 1 (1.37%) Juniper
9 1 (1.37%) Palo Alto
9 1 (1.37%) Red Hat
9 1 (1.37%) SendGrid
9 1 (1.37%) SolarWinds
9 1 (1.37%) Veeam
9 1 (1.37%) Veritas