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 30 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 103 98
Rank change year-on-year -25 -5 -26
Permanent jobs citing DNS 169 147 230
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.07% 2.62% 2.38%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.70% 17.54% 20.81%
Number of salaries quoted 129 108 124
10th Percentile £27,500 £24,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,563 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £37,500 £37,419
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% +0.22% -6.45%
75th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £73,750 £59,625
England median annual salary £42,500 £38,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.39% -14.44% +5.88%

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 858 838 1,105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.44% 14.93% 11.41%
Number of salaries quoted 633 497 524
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £36,500 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.29% -17.98% +2.89%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,250 £71,250 £70,875
England median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -20.79% -3.81%

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 30 September 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 30 September 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 -14 91 £41,000 +17.14% 29
West Midlands -46 78 £35,500 -16.47% 41
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 48 (28.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 40 (23.67%) SharePoint
3 13 (7.69%) IIS
4 8 (4.73%) Apache
4 8 (4.73%) nginx
5 1 (0.59%) Tomcat
Applications
1 15 (8.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (5.92%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.78%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.18%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.59%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 116 (68.64%) Microsoft 365
2 89 (52.66%) Azure
3 73 (43.20%) Entra ID
4 19 (11.24%) OneDrive
5 9 (5.33%) AWS
6 8 (4.73%) Microsoft Copilot
6 8 (4.73%) Power Automate
7 5 (2.96%) Azure AKS
7 5 (2.96%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (2.96%) Azure Key Vault
7 5 (2.96%) Azure Storage
7 5 (2.96%) Cloudflare
7 5 (2.96%) IaaS
7 5 (2.96%) SaaS
8 3 (1.78%) GCP
9 2 (1.18%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.18%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.18%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.59%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 128 (75.74%) DHCP
2 87 (51.48%) Firewall
3 84 (49.70%) VPN
4 80 (47.34%) TCP/IP
5 44 (26.04%) VLAN
6 30 (17.75%) LAN
7 24 (14.20%) WAN
8 22 (13.02%) Wi-Fi
9 21 (12.43%) Wireless
10 8 (4.73%) Network Security
10 8 (4.73%) VoIP
11 5 (2.96%) SSL
11 5 (2.96%) Structured Cabling
12 4 (2.37%) BGP
12 4 (2.37%) Cisco Nexus
12 4 (2.37%) EIGRP
12 4 (2.37%) Internet
12 4 (2.37%) MQTT
12 4 (2.37%) OSPF
12 4 (2.37%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.55%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (2.37%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.18%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.18%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (1.18%) GIS
4 2 (1.18%) KNIME
4 2 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (4.73%) JIRA
2 7 (4.14%) Git
3 4 (2.37%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (1.78%) GitLab
5 1 (0.59%) Carbide.c++
General
1 94 (55.62%) Social Skills
2 16 (9.47%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (5.92%) Telecoms
4 9 (5.33%) Finance
4 9 (5.33%) Retail
5 8 (4.73%) Law
6 6 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.96%) Legal
7 5 (2.96%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.37%) Banking
8 4 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.37%) Marketing
8 4 (2.37%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.78%) Local Government
10 2 (1.18%) Advertising
11 1 (0.59%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.59%) Automotive
11 1 (0.59%) Back Office
11 1 (0.59%) Military
Job Titles
1 71 (42.01%) IT Support
2 64 (37.87%) Support Engineer
3 55 (32.54%) IT Engineer
4 48 (28.40%) IT Support Engineer
5 31 (18.34%) Senior
6 26 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 22 (13.02%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 21 (12.43%) IT Technician
9 18 (10.65%) IT Support Technician
9 18 (10.65%) Senior Support Engineer
9 18 (10.65%) Support Technician
10 17 (10.06%) Administrator
11 14 (8.28%) 2nd Line Support
12 13 (7.69%) Network Engineer
13 12 (7.10%) Senior IT Engineer
13 12 (7.10%) Systems Administrator
14 11 (6.51%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 11 (6.51%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 11 (6.51%) Senior IT Support
14 11 (6.51%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.73%) Terraform
2 4 (2.37%) REST
2 4 (2.37%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (13.02%) Driving Licence
2 16 (9.47%) Onboarding
3 10 (5.92%) Data Centre
4 9 (5.33%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (4.14%) Clustering
6 6 (3.55%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.96%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.96%) PMI
7 5 (2.96%) Private Cloud
8 4 (2.37%) IoT
9 3 (1.78%) PKI
10 2 (1.18%) Replication
11 1 (0.59%) Distributed Computing
11 1 (0.59%) Educational Technology
11 1 (0.59%) iPad
11 1 (0.59%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.59%) Security Operations Centre
11 1 (0.59%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.59%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 144 (85.21%) Windows
2 98 (57.99%) Windows Server
3 39 (23.08%) Linux
4 30 (17.75%) Windows 10
5 12 (7.10%) Mac OS
6 9 (5.33%) Ubuntu
7 8 (4.73%) Apple iOS
8 7 (4.14%) Android
9 4 (2.37%) VMS
10 3 (1.78%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.59%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (30.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 42 (24.85%) Customer Service
4 36 (21.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 34 (20.12%) Disaster Recovery
6 30 (17.75%) Cybersecurity
7 24 (14.20%) Mentoring
7 24 (14.20%) Service Delivery
8 23 (13.61%) Project Delivery
9 22 (13.02%) Patch Management
10 21 (12.43%) ITIL
10 21 (12.43%) Migration
11 20 (11.83%) ITSM
12 19 (11.24%) Stakeholder Management
13 18 (10.65%) AI
14 17 (10.06%) High Availability
15 15 (8.88%) Virtual Environments
16 13 (7.69%) Load Balancing
16 13 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
17 12 (7.10%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (26.63%) PowerShell
2 33 (19.53%) SQL
3 15 (8.88%) Python
4 12 (7.10%) VBA
5 3 (1.78%) Bicep
6 1 (0.59%) Bash
Qualifications
1 18 (10.65%) Degree
2 11 (6.51%) Azure Certification
2 11 (6.51%) CCNA
2 11 (6.51%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (5.92%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (4.14%) DBS Check
5 5 (2.96%) PMI Certification
5 5 (2.96%) Security Cleared
6 4 (2.37%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (2.37%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.78%) MCSE
8 2 (1.18%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.59%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.59%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (16.57%) SLA
2 13 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (5.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.96%) GDPR
4 5 (2.96%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.18%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.59%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.59%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.59%) QA
System Software
1 121 (71.60%) Active Directory
2 65 (38.46%) Hyper-V
3 50 (29.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (4.73%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (4.14%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (4.14%) vSphere
6 5 (2.96%) Docker
7 3 (1.78%) Firmware
8 2 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.59%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 37 (21.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (5.92%) Kubernetes
3 7 (4.14%) Failover Clustering
3 7 (4.14%) Microsoft Clustering
4 4 (2.37%) Ansible
4 4 (2.37%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.78%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (1.78%) SCCM
6 2 (1.18%) Grafana
7 1 (0.59%) Podman
Vendors
1 137 (81.07%) Microsoft
2 52 (30.77%) VMware
3 25 (14.79%) Cisco
4 13 (7.69%) SonicWALL
5 11 (6.51%) Citrix
5 11 (6.51%) ServiceNow
6 9 (5.33%) Veeam
7 8 (4.73%) Apple
8 7 (4.14%) Fortinet
9 6 (3.55%) Meraki
10 5 (2.96%) Palo Alto
10 5 (2.96%) Sophos
10 5 (2.96%) WatchGuard
11 4 (2.37%) Aruba
11 4 (2.37%) Google
11 4 (2.37%) JD Edwards
12 3 (1.78%) Sage
13 2 (1.18%) Acronis
13 2 (1.18%) Dynatrace
13 2 (1.18%) SAP