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 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 113 89
Rank change year-on-year -1 -24 +74
Permanent jobs citing DNS 131 130 243
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.46% 2.21% 2.91%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.26% 14.12% 18.55%
Number of salaries quoted 111 75 214
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £26,750 £31,625 £30,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £35,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -17.65% +7.21%
75th Percentile £40,750 £39,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £53,750 £56,000 £57,500
England median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +3.45% -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 1,586 921 1,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 17.69% 15.67% 15.69%
Number of salaries quoted 423 407 1,127
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,900 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,750 £36,500 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £66,250 £72,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £42,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -23.64% +10.00% -3.05%

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 19 February 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 19 February 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 -11 72 £28,500 -14.29% 7
West Midlands +2 58 £37,500 +7.14% 26
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 33 (25.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (22.14%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.76%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (5.34%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 90 (68.70%) Microsoft 365
2 45 (34.35%) Azure
3 41 (31.30%) Entra ID
4 11 (8.40%) SaaS
5 6 (4.58%) iPaaS
6 5 (3.82%) GCP
6 5 (3.82%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (3.82%) OneDrive
7 4 (3.05%) AWS
7 4 (3.05%) IaaS
7 4 (3.05%) PaaS
8 3 (2.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.29%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (2.29%) Datadog
9 2 (1.53%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.76%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.76%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.76%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 118 (90.08%) DHCP
2 48 (36.64%) VPN
3 42 (32.06%) TCP/IP
4 32 (24.43%) Firewall
5 26 (19.85%) WAN
6 25 (19.08%) VoIP
7 22 (16.79%) Wi-Fi
8 20 (15.27%) VLAN
9 19 (14.50%) Wireless
10 18 (13.74%) LAN
11 15 (11.45%) Internet
12 13 (9.92%) Ethernet
13 12 (9.16%) Network Security
14 10 (7.63%) PBX
14 10 (7.63%) SD-WAN
15 9 (6.87%) ADSL
15 9 (6.87%) VDSL
16 8 (6.11%) Broadband
17 7 (5.34%) SAN
18 5 (3.82%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.58%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (3.05%) JIRA
1 4 (3.05%) LabVIEW
2 2 (1.53%) Git
2 2 (1.53%) GitLab
General
1 61 (46.56%) Social Skills
2 18 (13.74%) Manufacturing
3 13 (9.92%) Documentation Skills
4 9 (6.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (4.58%) Law
6 5 (3.82%) Legal
6 5 (3.82%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.05%) Retail
8 3 (2.29%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.53%) Automotive
9 2 (1.53%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.76%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 61 (46.56%) IT Engineer
2 59 (45.04%) IT Support
3 57 (43.51%) Support Engineer
4 45 (34.35%) IT Support Engineer
5 21 (16.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 16 (12.21%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (11.45%) Technical Support
8 13 (9.92%) Analyst
8 13 (9.92%) Technical Engineer
9 10 (7.63%) 2nd Line Support
9 10 (7.63%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
9 10 (7.63%) 3rd Line Support
10 9 (6.87%) IT Support Technician
10 9 (6.87%) IT Technician
10 9 (6.87%) Support Analyst
10 9 (6.87%) Support Technician
10 9 (6.87%) Technical Support Engineer
11 8 (6.11%) Infrastructure Support
11 8 (6.11%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 7 (5.34%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.76%) .NET
1 1 (0.76%) .NET Framework
1 1 (0.76%) LDAP
1 1 (0.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 48 (36.64%) Driving Licence
2 21 (16.03%) Onboarding
3 11 (8.40%) Data Centre
4 8 (6.11%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (4.58%) Clustering
5 6 (4.58%) iPad
5 6 (4.58%) PMI
6 5 (3.82%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.53%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (1.53%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.76%) iSeries
9 1 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.76%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 95 (72.52%) Windows
2 61 (46.56%) Windows Server
3 22 (16.79%) Windows 10
4 5 (3.82%) Linux
4 5 (3.82%) Mac OS
5 4 (3.05%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (51.15%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (43.51%) Customer Service
3 34 (25.95%) Incident Management
4 30 (22.90%) ITIL
5 23 (17.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 22 (16.79%) Disaster Recovery
7 16 (12.21%) Service Delivery
8 13 (9.92%) ITSM
9 11 (8.40%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (8.40%) ERP
9 11 (8.40%) Migration
10 8 (6.11%) Cloud Security
11 7 (5.34%) Data Migration
11 7 (5.34%) Identity Management
11 7 (5.34%) Network Monitoring
11 7 (5.34%) Performance Optimisation
12 6 (4.58%) Data Protection
12 6 (4.58%) Logistics
12 6 (4.58%) Risk Management
12 6 (4.58%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (9.16%) PowerShell
2 8 (6.11%) SQL
3 1 (0.76%) VB
3 1 (0.76%) VBA
Qualifications
1 19 (14.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 16 (12.21%) Degree
3 7 (5.34%) SC Cleared
3 7 (5.34%) Security Cleared
4 6 (4.58%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (4.58%) PMI Certification
5 5 (3.82%) MCSA
5 5 (3.82%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 4 (3.05%) Azure Certification
6 4 (3.05%) CCNP
6 4 (3.05%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (3.05%) HNC
7 3 (2.29%) A+ Certification
7 3 (2.29%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.53%) CEH
8 2 (1.53%) CISSP
8 2 (1.53%) GSEC
8 2 (1.53%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.53%) OSCP
9 1 (0.76%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 13 (9.92%) GDPR
2 13 (9.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (5.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 7 (5.34%) SLA
4 2 (1.53%) NIST
5 1 (0.76%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 94 (71.76%) Active Directory
2 23 (17.56%) Hyper-V
3 18 (13.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.05%) Terminal Services
4 4 (3.05%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.29%) Firmware
6 1 (0.76%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (16.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.58%) Failover Clustering
2 6 (4.58%) Terraform
2 6 (4.58%) WSUS
3 5 (3.82%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (2.29%) Dell DRAC
4 3 (2.29%) FortiGate
4 3 (2.29%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.53%) Nagios
5 2 (1.53%) Nessus
6 1 (0.76%) CASB
6 1 (0.76%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 64 (48.85%) Microsoft
2 25 (19.08%) VMware
3 20 (15.27%) Cisco
4 18 (13.74%) Meraki
5 11 (8.40%) Apple
5 11 (8.40%) Veeam
6 6 (4.58%) ServiceNow
6 6 (4.58%) SolarWinds
7 5 (3.82%) Aruba
7 5 (3.82%) Logitech
7 5 (3.82%) Panasonic
7 5 (3.82%) Samsung
7 5 (3.82%) Yealink
8 4 (3.05%) Fortinet
8 4 (3.05%) Google
8 4 (3.05%) HP
9 3 (2.29%) Citrix
9 3 (2.29%) Dell
9 3 (2.29%) Kaseya
9 3 (2.29%) Zscaler