DNS Job Trends in the Midlands

Domain Name System (DNS)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring DNS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 133 93
Rank change year-on-year +5 -40 +70
Permanent jobs citing DNS 124 83 278
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.19% 1.70% 2.71%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.81% 11.37% 18.70%
Number of salaries quoted 107 74 247
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,900 £25,250
25th Percentile £27,750 £30,125 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -12.50% +1.81%
75th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £56,375 £57,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £43,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% -2.30% -3.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,587 730 1,487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 15.26% 14.96% 14.50%
Number of salaries quoted 420 429 1,261
10th Percentile £26,225 £28,850 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,975 £32,500 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £54,063 £60,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £48,446
% change year-on-year -19.05% +8.37% -3.59%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

DNS job vacancy trend in the Midlands

DNS
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing DNS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing DNS

DNS
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in the Midlands over the 6 months to 24 March 2026.

Salary histogram for DNS in the Midlands

DNS
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 March 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
East Midlands -9 66 £31,500 -10.00% 15
West Midlands +4 57 £39,500 +12.86% 28
DNS
England

DNS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 35 (28.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (23.39%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.81%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (5.65%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 90 (72.58%) Microsoft 365
2 53 (42.74%) Azure
3 48 (38.71%) Entra ID
4 8 (6.45%) IaaS
5 7 (5.65%) SaaS
6 6 (4.84%) Microsoft Purview
6 6 (4.84%) OneDrive
7 5 (4.03%) AWS
7 5 (4.03%) GCP
7 5 (4.03%) PaaS
8 3 (2.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (2.42%) Azure AKS
8 3 (2.42%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (2.42%) Azure Key Vault
8 3 (2.42%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (2.42%) Azure Storage
8 3 (2.42%) Datadog
8 3 (2.42%) Nutanix
9 2 (1.61%) iPaaS
9 2 (1.61%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 107 (86.29%) DHCP
2 42 (33.87%) VPN
3 39 (31.45%) TCP/IP
4 23 (18.55%) VoIP
5 21 (16.94%) WAN
6 20 (16.13%) Firewall
7 15 (12.10%) LAN
7 15 (12.10%) VLAN
7 15 (12.10%) Wireless
8 14 (11.29%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (8.06%) Internet
10 9 (7.26%) Network Security
11 8 (6.45%) Broadband
11 8 (6.45%) Ethernet
12 7 (5.65%) SD-WAN
13 6 (4.84%) PBX
14 5 (4.03%) FTP
14 5 (4.03%) SSL
15 4 (3.23%) HTTP
15 4 (3.23%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.84%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.61%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (3.23%) JIRA
1 4 (3.23%) LabVIEW
2 2 (1.61%) Git
2 2 (1.61%) GitLab
General
1 55 (44.35%) Social Skills
2 15 (12.10%) Manufacturing
3 9 (7.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (6.45%) Legal
5 6 (4.84%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (4.84%) Retail
6 5 (4.03%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.03%) Law
7 3 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.61%) Automotive
8 2 (1.61%) Finance
9 1 (0.81%) Marketing
9 1 (0.81%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 59 (47.58%) IT Support
2 53 (42.74%) IT Engineer
3 45 (36.29%) Support Engineer
4 38 (30.65%) IT Support Engineer
5 18 (14.52%) Analyst
6 17 (13.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 12 (9.68%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (8.87%) IT Support Technician
8 11 (8.87%) IT Technician
8 11 (8.87%) Support Analyst
8 11 (8.87%) Support Technician
9 9 (7.26%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
9 9 (7.26%) 3rd Line Support
9 9 (7.26%) Cloud Engineer
10 8 (6.45%) Technical Engineer
10 8 (6.45%) Technical Support
11 7 (5.65%) 2nd Line Support
11 7 (5.65%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
11 7 (5.65%) IT Support Analyst
11 7 (5.65%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.81%) .NET
1 1 (0.81%) .NET Framework
1 1 (0.81%) LDAP
1 1 (0.81%) SAP CAF
1 1 (0.81%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 43 (34.68%) Driving Licence
2 15 (12.10%) Onboarding
3 7 (5.65%) Data Centre
4 6 (4.84%) iPad
4 6 (4.84%) PMI
5 4 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.61%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.61%) Clustering
6 2 (1.61%) Cyber Security Posture
6 2 (1.61%) PKI
6 2 (1.61%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.81%) CCTV
7 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.81%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 92 (74.19%) Windows
2 54 (43.55%) Windows Server
3 28 (22.58%) Windows 10
4 8 (6.45%) Mac OS
5 5 (4.03%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (2.42%) Linux
7 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (38.71%) Customer Service
3 33 (26.61%) ITIL
4 28 (22.58%) Incident Management
5 21 (16.94%) ITSM
6 19 (15.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 19 (15.32%) Service Delivery
7 18 (14.52%) Disaster Recovery
8 12 (9.68%) ERP
8 12 (9.68%) Root Cause Analysis
9 10 (8.06%) Identity Management
9 10 (8.06%) Migration
10 9 (7.26%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (7.26%) E-Commerce
11 8 (6.45%) Application Packaging
11 8 (6.45%) Cloud Security
11 8 (6.45%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (6.45%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 8 (6.45%) Roadmaps
11 8 (6.45%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 25 (20.16%) PowerShell
2 6 (4.84%) SQL
3 2 (1.61%) Bicep
4 1 (0.81%) Bash
4 1 (0.81%) VB
4 1 (0.81%) VBA
Qualifications
1 26 (20.97%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (17.74%) Degree
3 9 (7.26%) SC Cleared
3 9 (7.26%) Security Cleared
4 7 (5.65%) MCSA
4 7 (5.65%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 6 (4.84%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (4.84%) PMI Certification
6 4 (3.23%) A+ Certification
6 4 (3.23%) Azure Certification
6 4 (3.23%) HNC
7 3 (2.42%) CISSP
7 3 (2.42%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.61%) CEH
8 2 (1.61%) GSEC
8 2 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.61%) OSCP
9 1 (0.81%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.81%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (15.32%) Cyber Essentials
2 15 (12.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (8.06%) GDPR
4 9 (7.26%) SLA
5 8 (6.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.61%) NIST
7 1 (0.81%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 91 (73.39%) Active Directory
2 22 (17.74%) Hyper-V
3 14 (11.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.23%) Terminal Services
4 4 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (2.42%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (1.61%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.81%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (22.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (6.45%) Jamf Pro
3 6 (4.84%) WSUS
4 5 (4.03%) Terraform
5 3 (2.42%) Kubernetes
5 3 (2.42%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.61%) Ansible
6 2 (1.61%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (1.61%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.61%) Nagios
6 2 (1.61%) Nessus
7 1 (0.81%) CASB
7 1 (0.81%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 74 (59.68%) Microsoft
2 22 (17.74%) VMware
3 17 (13.71%) Cisco
4 15 (12.10%) Meraki
5 14 (11.29%) Apple
6 8 (6.45%) Logitech
6 8 (6.45%) Veeam
6 8 (6.45%) Yealink
7 7 (5.65%) ServiceNow
8 6 (4.84%) Citrix
9 4 (3.23%) Aruba
9 4 (3.23%) Freshdesk
9 4 (3.23%) Google
9 4 (3.23%) HP
9 4 (3.23%) Kaseya
10 2 (1.61%) Darktrace
10 2 (1.61%) Epicor
10 2 (1.61%) Fortinet
10 2 (1.61%) Qualys
10 2 (1.61%) SolarWinds