DNS Job Trends in London

Domain Name System (DNS)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring DNS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 182 175
Rank change year-on-year +5 -7 0
Permanent jobs citing DNS 288 246 445
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.29% 1.96% 1.91%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.88% 19.31% 14.77%
Number of salaries quoted 216 189 387
10th Percentile £33,500 £30,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £44,188 £36,250 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £85,250 £90,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £41,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year +3.66% -5.75% +2.35%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,935 1,274 3,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 8.69% 10.13% 12.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,057 926 1,828
10th Percentile £33,400 £32,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,125 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,773 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.24% +4.17% -3.23%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £100,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

DNS job vacancy trend in London

DNS
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing DNS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing DNS

DNS
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in London over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Salary histogram for DNS in London

DNS
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the London region over the 6 months to 12 July 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
Central London -8 38 £69,480 +1.06% 19
North London +8 7 £42,500 -
South London +15 6 £31,000 -15.07% 2
West London -36 5 £85,000 +130.51% 11
DNS
England

DNS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 65 (22.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 45 (15.63%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.74%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.39%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (1.39%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (1.39%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (1.04%) nginx
6 2 (0.69%) Confluence
6 2 (0.69%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.35%) Apache
7 1 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (5.21%) Microsoft Office
1 15 (5.21%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.39%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.35%) Houdini
3 1 (0.35%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Alphatax
1 1 (0.35%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (0.35%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 176 (61.11%) Azure
2 142 (49.31%) Microsoft 365
3 71 (24.65%) AWS
4 70 (24.31%) Entra ID
5 38 (13.19%) Datadog
6 31 (10.76%) IaaS
6 31 (10.76%) PaaS
7 30 (10.42%) SaaS
8 23 (7.99%) OneDrive
9 14 (4.86%) OpenShift
10 11 (3.82%) GCP
10 11 (3.82%) Google Workspace
11 9 (3.13%) GitHub
11 9 (3.13%) Mimecast
12 8 (2.78%) Serverless
13 7 (2.43%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 6 (2.08%) Azure Monitor
15 5 (1.74%) Amazon Kinesis
15 5 (1.74%) AWS CloudFormation
15 5 (1.74%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 176 (61.11%) DHCP
2 148 (51.39%) VPN
3 139 (48.26%) Firewall
4 111 (38.54%) TCP/IP
5 85 (29.51%) VLAN
6 82 (28.47%) Wi-Fi
7 69 (23.96%) WAN
8 51 (17.71%) SAN
9 47 (16.32%) LAN
9 47 (16.32%) Network Security
10 30 (10.42%) BGP
11 29 (10.07%) SD-WAN
12 22 (7.64%) OSPF
12 22 (7.64%) Wireless
13 21 (7.29%) SSL
14 19 (6.60%) HTTP
15 15 (5.21%) Cisco ISE
15 15 (5.21%) Cisco Wireless
15 15 (5.21%) VoIP
16 13 (4.51%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (16.32%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.43%) NoSQL
3 5 (1.74%) Apache Hive
3 5 (1.74%) Big Data
3 5 (1.74%) Hadoop
3 5 (1.74%) HBase
4 4 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.39%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.04%) MySQL
6 2 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.35%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.35%) Power BI
7 1 (0.35%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 17 (5.90%) Chocolatey
1 17 (5.90%) Git
2 12 (4.17%) JIRA
3 8 (2.78%) Bitbucket
3 8 (2.78%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.74%) Metasploit
5 4 (1.39%) GitLab
6 2 (0.69%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.35%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.35%) TeamCity
General
1 105 (36.46%) Finance
2 86 (29.86%) Social Skills
3 36 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (11.46%) Banking
5 9 (3.13%) Legal
6 8 (2.78%) Law
7 7 (2.43%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.74%) Advertising
9 5 (1.74%) Front Office
9 5 (1.74%) Marketing
9 5 (1.74%) Military
9 5 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.04%) Digital Health
11 3 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.04%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.35%) Local Government
13 1 (0.35%) Police
Job Titles
1 81 (28.13%) Senior
2 54 (18.75%) IT Engineer
3 50 (17.36%) Support Engineer
4 43 (14.93%) Network Engineer
5 40 (13.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 36 (12.50%) IT Support
7 30 (10.42%) Azure Engineer
8 26 (9.03%) IT Support Engineer
9 25 (8.68%) 2nd Line Support
10 24 (8.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 24 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 23 (7.99%) Senior IT Engineer
12 19 (6.60%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 18 (6.25%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 18 (6.25%) Analyst
13 18 (6.25%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
14 14 (4.86%) 3rd Line Support
14 14 (4.86%) Network Security Specialist
14 14 (4.86%) Network Specialist
14 14 (4.86%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.82%) OAuth
2 9 (3.13%) OpenID
2 9 (3.13%) SAML
3 8 (2.78%) WebSockets
4 7 (2.43%) Node.js
5 5 (1.74%) ARM Templates
5 5 (1.74%) Kafka
6 4 (1.39%) ADO
6 4 (1.39%) GraphQL
6 4 (1.39%) JWT
6 4 (1.39%) Next.js
6 4 (1.39%) React
7 3 (1.04%) REST
8 2 (0.69%) 802.1X
8 2 (0.69%) LDAP
8 2 (0.69%) LEMP Stack
8 2 (0.69%) Middleware
8 2 (0.69%) RESTful
8 2 (0.69%) SailPoint
9 1 (0.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 43 (14.93%) Data Centre
2 27 (9.38%) Cyber Threat
3 24 (8.33%) Onboarding
4 22 (7.64%) PKI
4 22 (7.64%) Security Posture
5 19 (6.60%) Cloud Native
6 12 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.74%) Cyberattack
9 5 (1.74%) Driving Licence
9 5 (1.74%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.39%) AS400
10 4 (1.39%) CCTV
10 4 (1.39%) Derivative
10 4 (1.39%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.39%) iSeries
10 4 (1.39%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 172 (59.72%) Windows
2 77 (26.74%) Windows Server
3 66 (22.92%) Linux
4 29 (10.07%) Windows 10
5 25 (8.68%) Mac OS
6 17 (5.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 14 (4.86%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (4.51%) Windows Server 2012
9 12 (4.17%) Unix
10 10 (3.47%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (2.43%) Apple iOS
12 5 (1.74%) CentOS
12 5 (1.74%) Kali Linux
12 5 (1.74%) Ubuntu
12 5 (1.74%) Windows Server 2008
13 4 (1.39%) Rocky
14 3 (1.04%) Android
15 1 (0.35%) CoreOS
15 1 (0.35%) VMS
15 1 (0.35%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (32.99%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (24.65%) Disaster Recovery
3 58 (20.14%) ITSM
4 49 (17.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 48 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
5 48 (16.67%) Migration
6 46 (15.97%) DevOps
7 44 (15.28%) Continuous Improvement
8 39 (13.54%) Change Management
9 33 (11.46%) Incident Response
9 33 (11.46%) Roadmaps
10 31 (10.76%) CI/CD
11 28 (9.72%) ITIL
12 26 (9.03%) Network Monitoring
13 25 (8.68%) Zero Trust
14 24 (8.33%) Computer Science
14 24 (8.33%) RBAC
15 23 (7.99%) Business Continuity
15 23 (7.99%) High Availability
16 22 (7.64%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 61 (21.18%) Python
2 46 (15.97%) PowerShell
3 37 (12.85%) SQL
4 28 (9.72%) Bash
5 10 (3.47%) C#
5 10 (3.47%) PHP
6 6 (2.08%) Bicep
7 5 (1.74%) C
7 5 (1.74%) Java
7 5 (1.74%) Ruby
8 4 (1.39%) Delphi
8 4 (1.39%) Pascal
8 4 (1.39%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.69%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 40 (13.89%) CCNP
1 40 (13.89%) Cisco Certification
2 30 (10.42%) Degree
3 23 (7.99%) Azure Certification
4 18 (6.25%) Security Cleared
5 15 (5.21%) CISSP
6 11 (3.82%) DV Cleared
7 9 (3.13%) CCNA
7 9 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (3.13%) RHCSA
8 8 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.74%) GIAC
9 5 (1.74%) ISACA
9 5 (1.74%) SANS
10 4 (1.39%) A+ Certification
10 4 (1.39%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.39%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (1.39%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (1.39%) OSCP
11 2 (0.69%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (10.76%) SLA
2 28 (9.72%) NIST
3 17 (5.90%) PCI DSS
4 10 (3.47%) GDPR
5 8 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.78%) QA
6 6 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.04%) RMADS
8 2 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.69%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.69%) PMO
8 2 (0.69%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 167 (57.99%) Active Directory
2 72 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (11.46%) Hyper-V
4 20 (6.94%) vSphere
5 18 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (4.51%) Docker
7 7 (2.43%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (1.04%) Terminal Services
9 3 (1.04%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.69%) Firmware
11 1 (0.35%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.35%) KVM
Systems Management
1 68 (23.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 46 (15.97%) Ansible
3 38 (13.19%) Kubernetes
3 38 (13.19%) Terraform
4 28 (9.72%) SCCM
5 13 (4.51%) FortiGate
6 12 (4.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 11 (3.82%) Nagios
8 8 (2.78%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (2.78%) WSUS
9 5 (1.74%) Hadoop YARN
10 4 (1.39%) Grafana
10 4 (1.39%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (1.39%) SCOM
10 4 (1.39%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.69%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.69%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.69%) Puppet
11 2 (0.69%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (0.69%) VxRail
Vendors
1 192 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 103 (35.76%) VMware
3 43 (14.93%) Cisco
4 42 (14.58%) Palo Alto
5 31 (10.76%) SolarWinds
6 26 (9.03%) Zscaler
7 23 (7.99%) Fortinet
8 17 (5.90%) AppDynamics
8 17 (5.90%) Arista
8 17 (5.90%) Dynatrace
8 17 (5.90%) Google
8 17 (5.90%) Splunk
8 17 (5.90%) Tenable
9 16 (5.56%) Meraki
10 15 (5.21%) F5
10 15 (5.21%) ForeScout
10 15 (5.21%) Infoblox
10 15 (5.21%) SevOne
11 12 (4.17%) Red Hat
12 10 (3.47%) Oracle