DNS Jobs in London

Domain Name System (DNS)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 185 157 193
Rank change year-on-year -28 +36 +94
Permanent jobs citing DNS 240 494 605
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.89% 2.06% 1.85%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.71% 15.20% 15.52%
Number of salaries quoted 178 437 494
10th Percentile £31,500 £36,050 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £38,615
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,001 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year 0.00% +0.00% +3.77%
75th Percentile £76,563 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,550 £91,750 £92,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £44,225 £42,500
% change year-on-year -3.90% +4.06% -5.56%

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 1,888 3,249 3,899
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 14.88% 13.55% 11.90%
Number of salaries quoted 907 1,985 2,653
10th Percentile £33,250 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.83% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £95,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing DNS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for DNS in London

DNS
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DNS in London.

Salary trend for DNS in London

DNS
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

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 30 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
Central London -15 40 £62,500 +19.05% 34
West London +16 22 £41,250 +26.92% 28
South London +5 7 £36,500 -33.64%
North London -11 4 £42,500 -20.93%
East London -26 4 - - 6
DNS
England

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 79 (32.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 40 (16.67%) SharePoint
3 12 (5.00%) IIS
4 9 (3.75%) nginx
5 6 (2.50%) WordPress
6 3 (1.25%) CMS
6 3 (1.25%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.83%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.83%) Traefik
8 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.42%) Confluence
8 1 (0.42%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 28 (11.67%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.08%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.42%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.42%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (1.67%) Fidessa
2 3 (1.25%) Sage 200
2 3 (1.25%) Sage 50
3 2 (0.83%) Carpe Diem
3 2 (0.83%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 152 (63.33%) Azure
2 121 (50.42%) Microsoft 365
3 73 (30.42%) AWS
3 73 (30.42%) Entra ID
4 25 (10.42%) GCP
5 22 (9.17%) OneDrive
6 15 (6.25%) SaaS
7 13 (5.42%) IaaS
8 12 (5.00%) Power Automate
9 11 (4.58%) PaaS
10 8 (3.33%) Mimecast
10 8 (3.33%) Nutanix
11 6 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (2.50%) GitHub
11 6 (2.50%) Google Workspace
12 5 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (2.08%) OpenShift
13 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (1.67%) Power Platform
14 3 (1.25%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 153 (63.75%) DHCP
2 93 (38.75%) TCP/IP
3 84 (35.00%) Firewall
4 55 (22.92%) WAN
5 53 (22.08%) LAN
6 52 (21.67%) VPN
7 41 (17.08%) VLAN
8 27 (11.25%) Network Security
9 17 (7.08%) Wi-Fi
10 16 (6.67%) SAN
11 14 (5.83%) HTTP
11 14 (5.83%) SMTP
11 14 (5.83%) Wireless
12 11 (4.58%) Cisco IOS
12 11 (4.58%) PBX
13 10 (4.17%) IPsec
14 9 (3.75%) BGP
14 9 (3.75%) IPv4
14 9 (3.75%) SD-WAN
15 8 (3.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.67%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.67%) MongoDB
2 4 (1.67%) MySQL
3 3 (1.25%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.83%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.83%) Power BI
5 1 (0.42%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.42%) JasperReports
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (5.42%) Git
2 9 (3.75%) JIRA
3 8 (3.33%) GitLab
4 4 (1.67%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.83%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.83%) Spinnaker
5 2 (0.83%) YouTrack
6 1 (0.42%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.42%) Maven
6 1 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.42%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.42%) Vite
6 1 (0.42%) webpack
General
1 90 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 67 (27.92%) Finance
3 39 (16.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 35 (14.58%) Law
5 26 (10.83%) Banking
6 20 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (6.25%) Legal
8 9 (3.75%) Retail
9 8 (3.33%) Marketing
10 7 (2.92%) Telecoms
11 6 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.25%) Back Office
12 3 (1.25%) Games
12 3 (1.25%) Spanish Language
13 2 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.83%) iGaming
13 2 (0.83%) Police
13 2 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.83%) Publishing
14 1 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 47 (19.58%) Analyst
2 43 (17.92%) IT Support
3 35 (14.58%) Senior
4 33 (13.75%) Support Analyst
5 32 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 31 (12.92%) Support Engineer
7 21 (8.75%) Cloud Engineer
8 19 (7.92%) IT Engineer
9 18 (7.50%) IT Support Engineer
10 17 (7.08%) Lead
11 15 (6.25%) Architect
11 15 (6.25%) Azure Engineer
12 14 (5.83%) Desktop Support
12 14 (5.83%) Network Engineer
13 13 (5.42%) Infrastructure Support
14 11 (4.58%) Security Engineer
14 11 (4.58%) Wintel Engineer
15 10 (4.17%) 2nd Line Support
15 10 (4.17%) 3rd Line Support
16 9 (3.75%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.75%) 802.1X
2 7 (2.92%) SAML
3 6 (2.50%) YAML
4 5 (2.08%) LDAP
5 4 (1.67%) CSS
5 4 (1.67%) FIX Protocol
6 3 (1.25%) Django
6 3 (1.25%) Flask
6 3 (1.25%) LEMP Stack
6 3 (1.25%) Node.js
7 2 (0.83%) Kafka
7 2 (0.83%) React
7 2 (0.83%) REST
7 2 (0.83%) WebSockets
8 1 (0.42%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.42%) HTML
8 1 (0.42%) HTML5
8 1 (0.42%) Jinja
8 1 (0.42%) OAuth
8 1 (0.42%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.08%) Public Cloud
2 14 (5.83%) Data Centre
3 13 (5.42%) Management Information System
4 11 (4.58%) Cyber Threat
4 11 (4.58%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (3.75%) Clustering
6 8 (3.33%) iPhone
6 8 (3.33%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.92%) Security Posture
8 6 (2.50%) Private Cloud
9 5 (2.08%) CCTV
9 5 (2.08%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.67%) Bitcoin
10 4 (1.67%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (1.67%) Derivative
10 4 (1.67%) Equities
10 4 (1.67%) Fixed Income
10 4 (1.67%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.67%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (1.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 145 (60.42%) Windows
2 82 (34.17%) Windows Server
3 41 (17.08%) Linux
4 37 (15.42%) Windows 10
5 28 (11.67%) Mac OS
5 28 (11.67%) Windows Server 2016
6 21 (8.75%) Windows Server 2012
7 19 (7.92%) Android
7 19 (7.92%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (3.75%) CentOS
9 8 (3.33%) Apple iOS
10 7 (2.92%) Rocky
11 5 (2.08%) Mac OS X
11 5 (2.08%) Unix
12 3 (1.25%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.42%) Debian
14 1 (0.42%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (24.17%) ITIL
2 44 (18.33%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (17.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 40 (16.67%) Customer Service
5 31 (12.92%) Cybersecurity
6 27 (11.25%) Infrastructure as Code
6 27 (11.25%) Task Automation
7 26 (10.83%) Patch Management
8 23 (9.58%) DevOps
9 22 (9.17%) Incident Management
9 22 (9.17%) ITSM
10 20 (8.33%) Mobile Device Management
11 19 (7.92%) Migration
12 18 (7.50%) Agile
13 17 (7.08%) CI/CD
13 17 (7.08%) Collaborative Working
13 17 (7.08%) Disaster Recovery
13 17 (7.08%) Platform Engineering
13 17 (7.08%) Roadmaps
14 16 (6.67%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 74 (30.83%) PowerShell
2 46 (19.17%) Python
3 42 (17.50%) SQL
4 14 (5.83%) Bash
5 6 (2.50%) Go
6 5 (2.08%) Java
6 5 (2.08%) Perl
7 4 (1.67%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.83%) C++
9 1 (0.42%) Bicep
9 1 (0.42%) Ruby
9 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.42%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 49 (20.42%) Degree
2 26 (10.83%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (10.83%) Microsoft Certification
3 21 (8.75%) Azure Certification
4 17 (7.08%) CCNA
5 12 (5.00%) Network+ Certification
6 10 (4.17%) CCNP
7 9 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (3.75%) MCSE
7 9 (3.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 5 (2.08%) CISSP
8 5 (2.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (1.67%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.25%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (1.25%) GIAC
10 3 (1.25%) OSCP
10 3 (1.25%) Security Cleared
11 2 (0.83%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.83%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.83%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (11.25%) SLA
2 9 (3.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.50%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.08%) QA
5 4 (1.67%) WCAG
6 3 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.83%) NIST
8 1 (0.42%) GDPR
System Software
1 141 (58.75%) Active Directory
2 62 (25.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (16.67%) Hyper-V
4 20 (8.33%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (6.67%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (5.83%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (3.75%) Docker
8 7 (2.92%) vSphere
9 3 (1.25%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.83%) Firmware
11 1 (0.42%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.42%) Forefront TMG
11 1 (0.42%) ISA Server
11 1 (0.42%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.42%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 83 (34.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 46 (19.17%) SCCM
3 26 (10.83%) Kubernetes
3 26 (10.83%) Terraform
4 20 (8.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 20 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
5 18 (7.50%) Ansible
6 11 (4.58%) NetBackup
6 11 (4.58%) SCOM
6 11 (4.58%) WSUS
7 7 (2.92%) Grafana
8 6 (2.50%) FortiGate
9 5 (2.08%) Nagios
10 4 (1.67%) HAProxy
10 4 (1.67%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (1.25%) Istio
11 3 (1.25%) Puppet
11 3 (1.25%) Red Hat Satellite
12 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Clustering
12 2 (0.83%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 130 (54.17%) Microsoft
2 72 (30.00%) VMware
3 54 (22.50%) Cisco
4 30 (12.50%) Veeam
5 25 (10.42%) SolarWinds
6 22 (9.17%) Citrix
7 14 (5.83%) Google
7 14 (5.83%) Meraki
8 13 (5.42%) Okta
8 13 (5.42%) Red Hat
8 13 (5.42%) ServiceNow
9 11 (4.58%) F5
9 11 (4.58%) Fortinet
9 11 (4.58%) Riverbed
10 10 (4.17%) Apple
11 9 (3.75%) Zscaler
12 8 (3.33%) Dell
12 8 (3.33%) Juniper
12 8 (3.33%) Palo Alto
13 6 (2.50%) Oracle