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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 136 135
Rank change year-on-year +35 -1 +11
Permanent jobs citing DNS 66 88 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 2.91% 1.69% 2.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.49% 15.36% 11.29%
Number of salaries quoted 29 72 94
10th Percentile £23,400 £26,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £37,750 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,378 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.75% +9.52% +2.22%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,101 £53,750
90th Percentile £73,886 £76,250 £63,750
North West median annual salary £42,134 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -6.37% - +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 281 573 921
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 12.41% 11.03% 18.97%
Number of salaries quoted 143 444 400
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £28,625
25th Percentile £31,500 £35,084 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -1.96% +7.37%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £75,000
North West median annual salary £33,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -26.67% -5.26% -

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 15 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 15 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
Wigan - 4 - -
Rochdale +11 3 - -
Bury -1 3 - - 5
Bolton - 3 - - 8
Salford +7 2 £39,500 -45.52% 1
Oldham - 2 £43,500 -
Sale -9 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 7 (10.61%) IIS
2 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.03%) CMS
3 2 (3.03%) WordPress
4 1 (1.52%) Apache Solr
4 1 (1.52%) Confluence
4 1 (1.52%) nginx
4 1 (1.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 24 (36.36%) Azure
2 17 (25.76%) AWS
3 10 (15.15%) GCP
3 10 (15.15%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (9.09%) Nutanix
5 5 (7.58%) Entra ID
6 3 (4.55%) OneDrive
6 3 (4.55%) SaaS
7 2 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (3.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (3.03%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (3.03%) Google Analytics
7 2 (3.03%) IaaS
7 2 (3.03%) PaaS
8 1 (1.52%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (1.52%) Azure Stack
8 1 (1.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (1.52%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.52%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 35 (53.03%) VPN
2 20 (30.30%) DHCP
3 12 (18.18%) Firewall
4 10 (15.15%) TCP/IP
5 7 (10.61%) HTTP
5 7 (10.61%) WAN
6 5 (7.58%) Cisco IOS
6 5 (7.58%) NAS
6 5 (7.58%) SAN
6 5 (7.58%) SD-WAN
6 5 (7.58%) VSAN
7 4 (6.06%) SSH
8 3 (4.55%) LAN
8 3 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (3.03%) DMZ
9 2 (3.03%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (3.03%) SMTP
9 2 (3.03%) VLAN
9 2 (3.03%) Wireless
10 1 (1.52%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (15.15%) SQL Server
2 7 (10.61%) MongoDB
2 7 (10.61%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (6.06%) MySQL
4 2 (3.03%) Data Lake
4 2 (3.03%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.52%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (1.52%) Couchbase
5 1 (1.52%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (7.58%) Git
1 5 (7.58%) JIRA
1 5 (7.58%) Oracle Forms
General
1 34 (51.52%) Analytical Skills
2 32 (48.48%) Finance
3 26 (39.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 26 (39.39%) Social Skills
4 5 (7.58%) Banking
5 3 (4.55%) Retail
6 2 (3.03%) Games
6 2 (3.03%) Local Government
6 2 (3.03%) Marketing
7 1 (1.52%) Law
7 1 (1.52%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.52%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 26 (39.39%) Developer
1 26 (39.39%) Software Developer
2 12 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 8 (12.12%) IT Support
4 6 (9.09%) Cloud Engineer
4 6 (9.09%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (7.58%) Architect
5 5 (7.58%) Network Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) Senior
7 3 (4.55%) 1st Line Support
7 3 (4.55%) Analyst
7 3 (4.55%) Security Architect
7 3 (4.55%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (3.03%) Administrator
8 2 (3.03%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 2 (3.03%) IT Administrator
8 2 (3.03%) Lecturer
8 2 (3.03%) Security Analyst
8 2 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
9 1 (1.52%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.58%) Middleware
2 4 (6.06%) LDAP
3 2 (3.03%) AngularJS
3 2 (3.03%) CSS
3 2 (3.03%) Django
3 2 (3.03%) HTML
3 2 (3.03%) Node.js
3 2 (3.03%) React
4 1 (1.52%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 28 (42.42%) Cyberattack
2 5 (7.58%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (7.58%) Management Information System
3 4 (6.06%) Anti-Spyware
3 4 (6.06%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.55%) Clustering
4 3 (4.55%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.03%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.52%) CCTV
6 1 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.52%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.52%) EPoS
6 1 (1.52%) NHS
6 1 (1.52%) PropTech
6 1 (1.52%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.52%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 37 (56.06%) Linux
2 30 (45.45%) Android
3 25 (37.88%) Windows
4 14 (21.21%) Windows Server
5 5 (7.58%) Mac OS
6 4 (6.06%) Windows 10
6 4 (6.06%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (4.55%) CentOS
8 2 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (3.03%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (1.52%) Debian
9 1 (1.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (51.52%) Agile
2 27 (40.91%) Line Management
3 26 (39.39%) Android Development
3 26 (39.39%) Design Patterns
3 26 (39.39%) Mathematics
3 26 (39.39%) OO
3 26 (39.39%) OOP
4 18 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 11 (16.67%) ITIL
7 9 (13.64%) ITSM
8 8 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (12.12%) Information Security
9 7 (10.61%) Customer Service
9 7 (10.61%) Disaster Recovery
9 7 (10.61%) Mentoring
9 7 (10.61%) Service Management
10 6 (9.09%) Identity Management
10 6 (9.09%) Network Architecture
11 5 (7.58%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 33 (50.00%) Python
2 29 (43.94%) Java
3 28 (42.42%) C++
4 27 (40.91%) Go
5 9 (13.64%) SQL
6 3 (4.55%) PHP
7 2 (3.03%) C#
7 2 (3.03%) JavaScript
7 2 (3.03%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.52%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 26 (39.39%) DV Cleared
1 26 (39.39%) Security Cleared
2 8 (12.12%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (9.09%) Azure Certification
4 5 (7.58%) Degree
4 5 (7.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 4 (6.06%) CISM
5 4 (6.06%) CISSP
5 4 (6.06%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (4.55%) A+ Certification
7 2 (3.03%) CEH
7 2 (3.03%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (3.03%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (3.03%) Master's Degree
7 2 (3.03%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (1.52%) CCNA
8 1 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.52%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.52%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (6.06%) NIST
2 2 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (3.03%) NCSC
2 2 (3.03%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 28 (42.42%) Docker
2 15 (22.73%) Active Directory
3 8 (12.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (10.61%) VMware NSX
5 3 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (4.55%) vSphere
6 2 (3.03%) Hyper-V
6 2 (3.03%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (1.52%) DFS Replication
7 1 (1.52%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 36 (54.55%) Ansible
2 7 (10.61%) Terraform
3 5 (7.58%) Progress Chef
3 5 (7.58%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (4.55%) Autotask
4 3 (4.55%) Kubernetes
5 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.52%) Backup Exec
6 1 (1.52%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (1.52%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 20 (30.30%) VMware
3 8 (12.12%) Google
4 7 (10.61%) ServiceNow
5 6 (9.09%) Cisco
6 5 (7.58%) Oracle
7 4 (6.06%) Okta
7 4 (6.06%) Perforce
7 4 (6.06%) Veeam
7 4 (6.06%) Zscaler
8 2 (3.03%) Apple
8 2 (3.03%) Databricks
8 2 (3.03%) Ubiquiti
9 1 (1.52%) Aruba
9 1 (1.52%) IBM
9 1 (1.52%) Juniper
9 1 (1.52%) Meraki
9 1 (1.52%) Palo Alto
9 1 (1.52%) SAP
9 1 (1.52%) Veritas