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 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 131 89
Rank change year-on-year -16 -42 +75
Permanent jobs citing DNS 116 88 309
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.91% 1.76% 2.69%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.09% 10.63% 19.80%
Number of salaries quoted 96 79 269
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,650 £25,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £29,750 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £35,000 £39,750
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% -11.95% +2.58%
75th Percentile £49,063 £43,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £52,750 £57,750
England median annual salary £41,500 £42,500 £43,500
% change year-on-year -2.35% -2.30% +2.35%

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 1,636 828 1,561
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.85% 16.57% 13.57%
Number of salaries quoted 453 471 1,299
10th Percentile £27,360 £27,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% -1.16%
75th Percentile £57,000 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £64,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 -22 65 £32,500 -7.14% 9
West Midlands -25 50 £39,500 +12.86% 21
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 34 (29.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (21.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (6.03%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 80 (68.97%) Microsoft 365
2 62 (53.45%) Azure
3 47 (40.52%) Entra ID
4 6 (5.17%) IaaS
4 6 (5.17%) Microsoft Purview
4 6 (5.17%) OneDrive
5 5 (4.31%) AWS
6 4 (3.45%) Azure AKS
6 4 (3.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 4 (3.45%) Azure Key Vault
6 4 (3.45%) Azure Storage
7 2 (1.72%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.72%) GCP
7 2 (1.72%) PaaS
7 2 (1.72%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.72%) Pulumi
7 2 (1.72%) SaaS
8 1 (0.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.86%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 94 (81.03%) DHCP
2 41 (35.34%) VPN
3 33 (28.45%) TCP/IP
4 22 (18.97%) VoIP
5 20 (17.24%) WAN
6 18 (15.52%) Firewall
7 14 (12.07%) LAN
8 13 (11.21%) VLAN
9 11 (9.48%) Internet
9 11 (9.48%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (9.48%) Wireless
10 7 (6.03%) Network Security
10 7 (6.03%) SD-WAN
11 6 (5.17%) PBX
12 4 (3.45%) Broadband
12 4 (3.45%) Ethernet
12 4 (3.45%) FTP
12 4 (3.45%) RFID
12 4 (3.45%) SSL
12 4 (3.45%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.90%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (1.72%) MongoDB
2 2 (1.72%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (3.45%) LabVIEW
2 2 (1.72%) Git
2 2 (1.72%) GitLab
3 1 (0.86%) JIRA
General
1 53 (45.69%) Social Skills
2 12 (10.34%) Manufacturing
3 9 (7.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (6.90%) Legal
5 5 (4.31%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (4.31%) Law
6 4 (3.45%) Retail
7 3 (2.59%) Finance
7 3 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.59%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.72%) Automotive
8 2 (1.72%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.86%) Marketing
9 1 (0.86%) Military
Job Titles
1 48 (41.38%) IT Support
2 43 (37.07%) IT Engineer
3 39 (33.62%) Support Engineer
4 29 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 17 (14.66%) Analyst
6 13 (11.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (8.62%) IT Support Technician
7 10 (8.62%) IT Technician
7 10 (8.62%) Support Analyst
7 10 (8.62%) Support Technician
8 9 (7.76%) Cloud Engineer
9 8 (6.90%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
9 8 (6.90%) 3rd Line Support
9 8 (6.90%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (6.03%) Azure Engineer
10 7 (6.03%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
10 7 (6.03%) IT Analyst
10 7 (6.03%) Operations Engineer
11 6 (5.17%) 2nd Line Support
11 6 (5.17%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.86%) LDAP
1 1 (0.86%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 32 (27.59%) Driving Licence
2 15 (12.93%) Onboarding
3 6 (5.17%) iPad
3 6 (5.17%) PMI
4 5 (4.31%) Data Centre
5 4 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.72%) IoT
6 2 (1.72%) PKI
7 1 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.86%) CCTV
7 1 (0.86%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.86%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (0.86%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.86%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.86%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 86 (74.14%) Windows
2 46 (39.66%) Windows Server
3 30 (25.86%) Windows 10
4 12 (10.34%) Mac OS
5 10 (8.62%) Linux
6 5 (4.31%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.72%) VMS
8 1 (0.86%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (48.28%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (37.07%) Customer Service
3 33 (28.45%) ITIL
4 25 (21.55%) ITSM
5 20 (17.24%) Incident Management
5 20 (17.24%) Service Delivery
6 17 (14.66%) Disaster Recovery
6 17 (14.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 12 (10.34%) Root Cause Analysis
8 11 (9.48%) ERP
9 10 (8.62%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (8.62%) Cybersecurity
9 10 (8.62%) Identity Management
9 10 (8.62%) Migration
10 9 (7.76%) E-Commerce
10 9 (7.76%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 8 (6.90%) Cloud Security
11 8 (6.90%) CRM
11 8 (6.90%) Roadmaps
11 8 (6.90%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 31 (26.72%) PowerShell
2 9 (7.76%) SQL
3 5 (4.31%) Bicep
4 4 (3.45%) Bash
4 4 (3.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (22.41%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (18.97%) Degree
3 12 (10.34%) SC Cleared
3 12 (10.34%) Security Cleared
4 7 (6.03%) MCSA
4 7 (6.03%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 6 (5.17%) Azure Certification
5 6 (5.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (5.17%) PMI Certification
6 4 (3.45%) A+ Certification
6 4 (3.45%) HNC
7 3 (2.59%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.72%) CISSP
8 2 (1.72%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.72%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.86%) CEH
9 1 (0.86%) GSEC
9 1 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.86%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (15.52%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (12.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (9.48%) SLA
4 9 (7.76%) GDPR
5 8 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.86%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.86%) NIST
6 1 (0.86%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 81 (69.83%) Active Directory
2 21 (18.10%) Hyper-V
3 14 (12.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.45%) Terminal Services
5 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (2.59%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (1.72%) BitLocker
6 2 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.86%) Docker
7 1 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.86%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (28.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (6.90%) Jamf Pro
3 7 (6.03%) Terraform
4 6 (5.17%) WSUS
5 5 (4.31%) Kubernetes
6 3 (2.59%) Ansible
7 2 (1.72%) Nagios
7 2 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.86%) CASB
8 1 (0.86%) Nessus
8 1 (0.86%) Podman
Vendors
1 78 (67.24%) Microsoft
2 22 (18.97%) VMware
3 17 (14.66%) Apple
4 12 (10.34%) Cisco
5 10 (8.62%) Meraki
6 8 (6.90%) Logitech
6 8 (6.90%) Yealink
7 7 (6.03%) ServiceNow
7 7 (6.03%) Veeam
8 6 (5.17%) Citrix
9 5 (4.31%) Freshdesk
10 4 (3.45%) Kaseya
11 2 (1.72%) Epicor
11 2 (1.72%) HP
11 2 (1.72%) SolarWinds
11 2 (1.72%) TP-LINK
12 1 (0.86%) Commvault
12 1 (0.86%) Netskope
12 1 (0.86%) Okta
12 1 (0.86%) Salesforce