DNS Job Trends in Merseyside

Domain Name System (DNS)
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring DNS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 37 30
Rank change year-on-year -8 -7 +37
Permanent jobs citing DNS 12 18 25
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 1.94% 3.52% 4.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.39% 24.00% 29.07%
Number of salaries quoted 12 15 22
10th Percentile £26,500 £37,500 £29,550
25th Percentile £27,813 £41,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £45,000 £45,625
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -1.37% -8.75%
75th Percentile £31,000 - £47,000
90th Percentile £33,475 £54,750 £59,500
North West median annual salary £33,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -26.67% +5.88% -5.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 69 75 86
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 11.18% 14.68% 14.90%
Number of salaries quoted 51 58 77
10th Percentile £26,500 - £28,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,650
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £32,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% -27.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £33,750 £43,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £84,250
North West median annual salary £30,750 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -31.67% -5.26% +5.56%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

DNS job vacancy trend in Merseyside

DNS
Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing DNS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing DNS

DNS
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 15 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
Liverpool -10 6 £28,250 -33.53% 5
Wirral - 6 £30,000 -
DNS
North West

DNS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (16.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 12 (100.00%) DHCP
2 10 (83.33%) VPN
3 7 (58.33%) Firewall
3 7 (58.33%) TCP/IP
4 6 (50.00%) Wireless
5 3 (25.00%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (8.33%) VLAN
6 1 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 9 (75.00%) IT Support
2 6 (50.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 6 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 6 (50.00%) IT Engineer
2 6 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 6 (50.00%) Support Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) IT Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) IT Support Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Junior
3 3 (25.00%) Junior Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Junior IT Support
3 3 (25.00%) Junior IT Support Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Junior Support Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Support Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Driving Licence
2 6 (50.00%) Onboarding
3 3 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 10 (83.33%) Windows
2 6 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (8.33%) Android
3 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
3 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 6 (50.00%) Proactive Maintenance
2 6 (50.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 3 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 3 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (25.00%) ITSM
4 1 (8.33%) Service Delivery
System Software
1 12 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (50.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft