DNS Jobs in Merseyside

Domain Name System (DNS)
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Merseyside 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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 53 69
Rank change year-on-year +25 +16 -25
Permanent jobs citing DNS 36 42 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 8.00% 3.20% 3.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 37.89% 22.83% 13.49%
Number of salaries quoted 9 31 12
10th Percentile - £37,500 £37,085
25th Percentile £25,750 £42,125 £39,066
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,500 £47,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -43.62% +10.59% +18.06%
75th Percentile £43,750 £61,875 £45,000
90th Percentile £48,250 £70,000 -
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
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 95 184 252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 21.11% 14.01% 23.53%
Number of salaries quoted 53 122 70
10th Percentile £26,400 £25,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £37,154
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £43,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.29% -3.33% +4.05%
75th Percentile £35,750 £54,750 £55,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £72,750
North West median annual salary £33,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -26.67% -5.26% -

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for DNS in Merseyside

DNS
Salary Trend in Merseyside

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

Salary trend for DNS in Merseyside

DNS
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in Merseyside over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for DNS in Merseyside

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 18 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
Liverpool +12 4 £42,500 -9.57% 2
Southport - 3 - -
DNS
North West

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (44.44%) Azure
2 8 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (11.11%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.56%) IaaS
4 2 (5.56%) Power Platform
4 2 (5.56%) SaaS
5 1 (2.78%) AWS
5 1 (2.78%) Azure AI
5 1 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.78%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (2.78%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (2.78%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (2.78%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (2.78%) Mimecast
5 1 (2.78%) PaaS
5 1 (2.78%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 29 (80.56%) VPN
2 10 (27.78%) Firewall
2 10 (27.78%) WAN
3 8 (22.22%) DHCP
4 7 (19.44%) VLAN
5 6 (16.67%) MPLS
6 2 (5.56%) LAN
6 2 (5.56%) SD-WAN
6 2 (5.56%) TCP/IP
6 2 (5.56%) VoIP
7 1 (2.78%) Internet
7 1 (2.78%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (2.78%) SNMP
7 1 (2.78%) VSAN
7 1 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) Power BI
2 1 (2.78%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.78%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Git
General
1 20 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
1 20 (55.56%) Finance
1 20 (55.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.78%) Law
3 1 (2.78%) Legal
3 1 (2.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (55.56%) Developer
1 20 (55.56%) Software Developer
2 12 (33.33%) Support Engineer
3 6 (16.67%) Junior
3 6 (16.67%) Junior Support Engineer
3 6 (16.67%) Junior Technical Engineer
3 6 (16.67%) Junior Technical Support
3 6 (16.67%) Junior Technical Support Engineer
3 6 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
3 6 (16.67%) Technical Support
3 6 (16.67%) Technical Support Engineer
4 3 (8.33%) Analyst
5 2 (5.56%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (2.78%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 1 (2.78%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (2.78%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (2.78%) Architect
6 1 (2.78%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (2.78%) Senior Technical Analyst
6 1 (2.78%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (55.56%) Cyberattack
2 6 (16.67%) Private Cloud
3 2 (5.56%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.56%) Replication
4 1 (2.78%) NHS
4 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 20 (55.56%) Android
1 20 (55.56%) Linux
2 9 (25.00%) Windows
3 7 (19.44%) Windows Server
4 3 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (8.33%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (2.78%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (58.33%) Agile
2 20 (55.56%) Android Development
2 20 (55.56%) Design Patterns
2 20 (55.56%) Line Management
2 20 (55.56%) Mathematics
2 20 (55.56%) OO
2 20 (55.56%) OOP
3 8 (22.22%) ITIL
4 7 (19.44%) Customer Service
4 7 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (16.67%) Customer Experience
5 6 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (16.67%) Mentoring
6 5 (13.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (13.89%) Logistics
7 3 (8.33%) Migration
8 2 (5.56%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (5.56%) High Availability
8 2 (5.56%) Project Management
9 1 (2.78%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 20 (55.56%) C++
1 20 (55.56%) Go
1 20 (55.56%) Java
1 20 (55.56%) Python
2 2 (5.56%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.78%) Bicep
3 1 (2.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (55.56%) DV Cleared
1 20 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.78%) Azure Certification
2 1 (2.78%) DBS Check
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.89%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.78%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (55.56%) Docker
2 9 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 8 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (19.44%) Hyper-V
5 3 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (5.56%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 20 (55.56%) Ansible
2 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (16.67%) Proxmox
3 2 (5.56%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (2.78%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 14 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 9 (25.00%) VMware
3 6 (16.67%) Cisco
4 1 (2.78%) Aderant
4 1 (2.78%) Apple
4 1 (2.78%) ConnectWise
4 1 (2.78%) Databricks
4 1 (2.78%) Kaseya
4 1 (2.78%) Meraki
4 1 (2.78%) SolarWinds