DNS Jobs in the Midlands

Domain Name System (DNS)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for DNS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DNS over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 175 104
Rank change year-on-year +79 -71 +11
Permanent jobs citing DNS 311 167 339
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.67% 1.73% 3.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.58% 9.70% 19.70%
Number of salaries quoted 267 142 288
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £25,350
25th Percentile £28,750 £32,000 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,750 £38,750 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.58% +4.73% -7.50%
75th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £58,850 £58,825
England median annual salary £43,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.35% -5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

DNS is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,588 1,721 1,721
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.64% 17.88% 15.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,290 728 1,089
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,283 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,375 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.02% -0.29% -3.33%
75th Percentile £54,750 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,850
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for DNS in the Midlands

DNS
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for DNS in the Midlands

DNS
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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
West Midlands +65 171 £42,500 +9.68% 47
East Midlands +52 136 £37,500 +2.74% 24
DNS
England

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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
1 114 (36.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 83 (26.69%) SharePoint
3 27 (8.68%) IIS
4 5 (1.61%) Confluence
5 4 (1.29%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (1.29%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.96%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.64%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.64%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.64%) Tomcat
Applications
1 52 (16.72%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.29%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.64%) CATIA
3 2 (0.64%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.64%) NASTRAN
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.29%) Sage 200
1 4 (1.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.64%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.64%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.32%) Sage 300 ERP
3 1 (0.32%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 193 (62.06%) Microsoft 365
2 181 (58.20%) Azure
3 101 (32.48%) Entra ID
4 38 (12.22%) AWS
5 29 (9.32%) OneDrive
6 13 (4.18%) Mimecast
7 10 (3.22%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (2.57%) IaaS
9 7 (2.25%) Nutanix
10 6 (1.93%) Google Workspace
10 6 (1.93%) Power Platform
11 5 (1.61%) Azure App Service
11 5 (1.61%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.61%) ChatGPT
11 5 (1.61%) GCP
11 5 (1.61%) WhatsApp
12 4 (1.29%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (1.29%) Amazon SQS
12 4 (1.29%) PaaS
12 4 (1.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 245 (78.78%) DHCP
2 147 (47.27%) Firewall
3 127 (40.84%) TCP/IP
4 73 (23.47%) VLAN
5 71 (22.83%) WAN
6 60 (19.29%) LAN
7 56 (18.01%) VPN
8 52 (16.72%) SAN
9 40 (12.86%) Wi-Fi
10 24 (7.72%) SSL
11 23 (7.40%) Wireless
12 21 (6.75%) SD-WAN
13 14 (4.50%) BGP
13 14 (4.50%) HTTP
14 13 (4.18%) iSCSI
14 13 (4.18%) SMTP
15 12 (3.86%) Remote Desktop
15 12 (3.86%) SNMP
16 11 (3.54%) SSH
17 10 (3.22%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (10.93%) SQL Server
2 19 (6.11%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (2.25%) Oracle Database
4 5 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.29%) MySQL
5 4 (1.29%) Power BI
5 4 (1.29%) RDBMS
5 4 (1.29%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (0.96%) Redis
7 2 (0.64%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (0.64%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (2.57%) JIRA
2 4 (1.29%) Git
3 2 (0.64%) GitLab
3 2 (0.64%) MSBuild
3 2 (0.64%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 82 (26.37%) Social Skills
2 32 (10.29%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (6.43%) Finance
4 17 (5.47%) Telecoms
5 15 (4.82%) Documentation Skills
6 14 (4.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (3.86%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.25%) Law
8 7 (2.25%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.25%) Retail
9 6 (1.93%) Automotive
10 5 (1.61%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.29%) Public Sector
12 3 (0.96%) Legal
13 2 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.32%) Back Office
14 1 (0.32%) Games
14 1 (0.32%) Military
Job Titles
1 64 (20.58%) IT Engineer
2 62 (19.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 57 (18.33%) IT Support
4 53 (17.04%) Support Engineer
5 46 (14.79%) Senior
6 31 (9.97%) Analyst
7 29 (9.32%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 29 (9.32%) IT Support Engineer
8 23 (7.40%) Network Engineer
9 22 (7.07%) Administrator
10 19 (6.11%) IT Technician
10 19 (6.11%) Lead
10 19 (6.11%) Network Manager
11 18 (5.79%) Support Technician
12 17 (5.47%) IT Manager
12 17 (5.47%) Service Analyst
12 17 (5.47%) Service Desk Analyst
13 15 (4.82%) 3rd Line Support
13 15 (4.82%) IT Support Technician
13 15 (4.82%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.14%) .NET
2 11 (3.54%) ASP.NET
3 9 (2.89%) AngularJS
3 9 (2.89%) ASP.NET MVC
3 9 (2.89%) CSS
3 9 (2.89%) HTML
3 9 (2.89%) jQuery
3 9 (2.89%) React
3 9 (2.89%) REST
3 9 (2.89%) Tailwind CSS
3 9 (2.89%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 9 (2.89%) Vue
3 9 (2.89%) WPF
4 8 (2.57%) 802.1X
5 4 (1.29%) JSON
5 4 (1.29%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (1.29%) Spring Boot
5 4 (1.29%) YAML
6 3 (0.96%) .NET Core
6 3 (0.96%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.00%) Data Centre
2 26 (8.36%) Driving Licence
3 17 (5.47%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (4.50%) PKI
5 13 (4.18%) Public Cloud
6 10 (3.22%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.89%) Clustering
8 8 (2.57%) EFT
8 8 (2.57%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.93%) Cyberattack
9 6 (1.93%) Replication
10 4 (1.29%) CCTV
10 4 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.29%) FMCG
10 4 (1.29%) IoT
11 3 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.96%) Mobile Computing
11 3 (0.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 3 (0.96%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.64%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 245 (78.78%) Windows
2 170 (54.66%) Windows Server
3 49 (15.76%) Windows Server 2016
4 47 (15.11%) Windows Server 2019
5 44 (14.15%) Windows 10
6 31 (9.97%) Linux
7 30 (9.65%) Windows Server 2012
8 13 (4.18%) Apple iOS
8 13 (4.18%) Mac OS
9 8 (2.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 8 (2.57%) Windows Server 2008
10 7 (2.25%) Android
10 7 (2.25%) Ubuntu
11 6 (1.93%) CentOS
12 5 (1.61%) Mac OS X
12 5 (1.61%) Windows Server 2003
13 4 (1.29%) VMS
14 3 (0.96%) Unix
15 2 (0.64%) Windows 8
16 1 (0.32%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (23.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 69 (22.19%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (16.72%) Cybersecurity
4 49 (15.76%) ITIL
5 33 (10.61%) Disaster Recovery
6 32 (10.29%) Customer Service
7 26 (8.36%) Migration
8 24 (7.72%) Change Control
9 20 (6.43%) Project Delivery
10 19 (6.11%) Patch Management
11 18 (5.79%) Kalman Filter
12 17 (5.47%) Agile
13 16 (5.14%) Change Management
13 16 (5.14%) ERP
13 16 (5.14%) Project Management
14 15 (4.82%) Collaborative Working
14 15 (4.82%) Continuous Improvement
14 15 (4.82%) Load Balancing
15 14 (4.50%) DevOps
16 13 (4.18%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 76 (24.44%) PowerShell
2 29 (9.32%) SQL
3 11 (3.54%) C#
4 9 (2.89%) XAML
5 6 (1.93%) Bash
5 6 (1.93%) T-SQL
6 5 (1.61%) Python
7 3 (0.96%) Java
7 3 (0.96%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.96%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.64%) PHP
8 2 (0.64%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.32%) C
9 1 (0.32%) C++
9 1 (0.32%) Perl
9 1 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 35 (11.25%) Degree
2 29 (9.32%) CCNA
2 29 (9.32%) Cisco Certification
3 21 (6.75%) Microsoft Certification
4 19 (6.11%) Security Cleared
5 13 (4.18%) SC Cleared
6 12 (3.86%) A+ Certification
6 12 (3.86%) Azure Certification
6 12 (3.86%) Network+ Certification
7 11 (3.54%) MCSE
8 8 (2.57%) CCNP
9 7 (2.25%) MCSA
9 7 (2.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 6 (1.93%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.93%) DBS Check
10 6 (1.93%) DV Cleared
11 5 (1.61%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (1.29%) CCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.50%) SLA
2 6 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (0.96%) GDPR
3 3 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.64%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.64%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.32%) JSP 440
System Software
1 244 (78.46%) Active Directory
2 98 (31.51%) Hyper-V
3 87 (27.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (5.47%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (4.50%) vSphere
6 12 (3.86%) Virtual Servers
7 8 (2.57%) pfSense
7 8 (2.57%) Terminal Services
8 7 (2.25%) VMware Server
9 6 (1.93%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (1.61%) NFS
11 4 (1.29%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 4 (1.29%) VMware NSX
12 3 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (0.64%) Docker
13 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.64%) XenApp
13 2 (0.64%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.32%) Squid
Systems Management
1 77 (24.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (9.00%) SCCM
3 14 (4.50%) SmoothWall
4 12 (3.86%) vCenter Server
5 10 (3.22%) Terraform
6 8 (2.57%) SCOM
6 8 (2.57%) WSUS
7 6 (1.93%) FortiGate
8 5 (1.61%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.96%) Autotask
9 3 (0.96%) Backup Exec
9 3 (0.96%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (0.96%) Nagios
9 3 (0.96%) PaperCut
9 3 (0.96%) SCOrch
9 3 (0.96%) vMotion
10 2 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.32%) Icinga
Vendors
1 203 (65.27%) Microsoft
2 129 (41.48%) VMware
3 61 (19.61%) Cisco
4 60 (19.29%) Veeam
5 27 (8.68%) Dell
6 24 (7.72%) Apple
7 21 (6.75%) Citrix
8 20 (6.43%) HP
9 18 (5.79%) Acronis
10 17 (5.47%) Meraki
11 16 (5.14%) Fortinet
12 15 (4.82%) Aruba
13 14 (4.50%) Sophos
14 13 (4.18%) SonicWALL
15 12 (3.86%) Juniper
15 12 (3.86%) Zerto
16 11 (3.54%) WatchGuard
17 10 (3.22%) Sage
18 9 (2.89%) Google
19 8 (2.57%) Oracle