DNS Jobs in Manchester

Domain Name System (DNS)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 139 139
Rank change year-on-year +42 0 +13
Permanent jobs citing DNS 70 83 98
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 3.13% 1.52% 2.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.02% 14.54% 10.77%
Number of salaries quoted 33 67 88
10th Percentile £23,500 £26,000 £25,100
25th Percentile £29,500 £31,250 £39,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +8.70% +2.22%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,359 £53,750
90th Percentile £73,886 £76,250 £63,750
North West median annual salary £39,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -12.22% - +5.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 269 571 910
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 12.04% 10.44% 19.61%
Number of salaries quoted 132 439 380
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £29,219
25th Percentile £31,375 £35,056 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £50,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% -2.91% +8.42%
75th Percentile £67,813 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,176 £75,000 £75,000
North West median annual salary £32,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -27.78% -5.26% +5.56%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for DNS in Manchester

DNS
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for DNS in Manchester

DNS
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in Manchester over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for DNS in Manchester

DNS
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 31 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
Bolton - 4 £29,000 - 8
Wigan - 4 - - 1
Rochdale +12 3 - -
Bury +1 3 - - 4
Salford +9 2 £39,500 -45.52% 3
Oldham - 2 £43,500 -
Sale -7 1 - -
Dukinfield - 1 - -
Heywood - 1 - -
Littleborough - 1 - -
DNS
North West

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 8 (11.43%) IIS
2 5 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.86%) CMS
3 2 (2.86%) WordPress
4 1 (1.43%) Apache Solr
4 1 (1.43%) Confluence
4 1 (1.43%) nginx
4 1 (1.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (8.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 24 (34.29%) Azure
2 16 (22.86%) AWS
3 12 (17.14%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (11.43%) GCP
5 6 (8.57%) Nutanix
6 4 (5.71%) Entra ID
7 3 (4.29%) OneDrive
8 2 (2.86%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (2.86%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (2.86%) Google Analytics
8 2 (2.86%) SaaS
9 1 (1.43%) Azure AI
9 1 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.43%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (1.43%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (1.43%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (1.43%) Cloudflare
9 1 (1.43%) IaaS
9 1 (1.43%) PaaS
9 1 (1.43%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 39 (55.71%) VPN
2 24 (34.29%) DHCP
3 17 (24.29%) Firewall
4 13 (18.57%) TCP/IP
5 9 (12.86%) WAN
6 8 (11.43%) HTTP
7 6 (8.57%) VLAN
8 5 (7.14%) Cisco IOS
8 5 (7.14%) NAS
8 5 (7.14%) SAN
8 5 (7.14%) SD-WAN
8 5 (7.14%) VSAN
9 4 (5.71%) LAN
9 4 (5.71%) SSH
9 4 (5.71%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (2.86%) DMZ
10 2 (2.86%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (2.86%) Network Security
10 2 (2.86%) SMTP
10 2 (2.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (15.71%) SQL Server
2 7 (10.00%) MongoDB
2 7 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (5.71%) MySQL
4 2 (2.86%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.43%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (1.43%) Couchbase
5 1 (1.43%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.43%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (7.14%) Git
1 5 (7.14%) JIRA
1 5 (7.14%) Oracle Forms
General
1 36 (51.43%) Analytical Skills
2 32 (45.71%) Finance
3 28 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 26 (37.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (7.14%) Banking
6 4 (5.71%) Retail
7 3 (4.29%) Games
8 2 (2.86%) Local Government
8 2 (2.86%) Marketing
9 1 (1.43%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 26 (37.14%) Developer
1 26 (37.14%) Software Developer
2 14 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 11 (15.71%) IT Support
4 8 (11.43%) Network Engineer
5 5 (7.14%) Cloud Engineer
5 5 (7.14%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (7.14%) Senior
6 4 (5.71%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (4.29%) 1st Line Support
7 3 (4.29%) Architect
7 3 (4.29%) Network Technician
8 2 (2.86%) Administrator
8 2 (2.86%) Analyst
8 2 (2.86%) IT Administrator
8 2 (2.86%) Junior
8 2 (2.86%) Junior Network Engineer
8 2 (2.86%) Security Analyst
8 2 (2.86%) Security Architect
8 2 (2.86%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.14%) Middleware
2 4 (5.71%) LDAP
3 2 (2.86%) AngularJS
3 2 (2.86%) CSS
3 2 (2.86%) Django
3 2 (2.86%) HTML
3 2 (2.86%) Node.js
3 2 (2.86%) React
4 1 (1.43%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 28 (40.00%) Cyberattack
2 6 (8.57%) Driving Licence
3 5 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (7.14%) Management Information System
4 4 (5.71%) Anti-Spyware
4 4 (5.71%) Clustering
4 4 (5.71%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.29%) EPoS
6 2 (2.86%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.86%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.43%) NHS
7 1 (1.43%) PropTech
7 1 (1.43%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 41 (58.57%) Linux
2 30 (42.86%) Android
2 30 (42.86%) Windows
3 18 (25.71%) Windows Server
4 5 (7.14%) Mac OS
4 5 (7.14%) Windows 10
5 4 (5.71%) CentOS
5 4 (5.71%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (5.71%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (4.29%) Unix
6 3 (4.29%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.43%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (48.57%) Agile
2 26 (37.14%) Android Development
2 26 (37.14%) Design Patterns
2 26 (37.14%) Line Management
2 26 (37.14%) Mathematics
2 26 (37.14%) OO
2 26 (37.14%) OOP
3 20 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 12 (17.14%) ITIL
6 9 (12.86%) ITSM
7 8 (11.43%) Information Security
7 8 (11.43%) Mentoring
8 7 (10.00%) Customer Service
8 7 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (10.00%) Service Management
9 6 (8.57%) Disaster Recovery
9 6 (8.57%) Identity Management
9 6 (8.57%) Network Architecture
10 5 (7.14%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 33 (47.14%) Python
2 29 (41.43%) Java
3 28 (40.00%) C++
4 27 (38.57%) Go
5 10 (14.29%) SQL
6 3 (4.29%) PHP
7 2 (2.86%) C#
7 2 (2.86%) JavaScript
7 2 (2.86%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.43%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 26 (37.14%) DV Cleared
1 26 (37.14%) Security Cleared
2 8 (11.43%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
4 6 (8.57%) Azure Certification
4 6 (8.57%) Degree
5 5 (7.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (5.71%) CISM
6 4 (5.71%) CISSP
7 3 (4.29%) A+ Certification
8 2 (2.86%) CCNA
8 2 (2.86%) CEH
8 2 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (2.86%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.86%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (2.86%) JNCIA
8 2 (2.86%) Master's Degree
8 2 (2.86%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (1.43%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (5.71%) NIST
2 2 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.86%) NCSC
2 2 (2.86%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 27 (38.57%) Docker
2 16 (22.86%) Active Directory
3 9 (12.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (10.00%) VMware NSX
5 3 (4.29%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (2.86%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (2.86%) vSphere
7 1 (1.43%) Hyper-V
7 1 (1.43%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 36 (51.43%) Ansible
2 7 (10.00%) Terraform
3 5 (7.14%) Progress Chef
3 5 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (5.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (4.29%) Autotask
6 2 (2.86%) FortiGate
6 2 (2.86%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.43%) Backup Exec
7 1 (1.43%) Grafana
7 1 (1.43%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (1.43%) Prometheus
7 1 (1.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (34.29%) Microsoft
2 20 (28.57%) VMware
3 9 (12.86%) Cisco
4 8 (11.43%) Google
5 7 (10.00%) ServiceNow
6 5 (7.14%) Oracle
6 5 (7.14%) Veeam
7 4 (5.71%) Okta
7 4 (5.71%) Perforce
7 4 (5.71%) Zscaler
8 3 (4.29%) MobileIron
8 3 (4.29%) Ubiquiti
9 2 (2.86%) Apple
9 2 (2.86%) Fortinet
9 2 (2.86%) Juniper
10 1 (1.43%) Meraki
10 1 (1.43%) SAP
10 1 (1.43%) SolarWinds
10 1 (1.43%) Splunk
10 1 (1.43%) Veritas