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 8 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 124 98
Rank change year-on-year -8 -26 +24
Permanent jobs citing DNS 129 114 315
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.99% 2.09% 2.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.34% 13.40% 19.50%
Number of salaries quoted 112 91 254
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,250 £38,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +2.67% -0.66%
75th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £50,188
90th Percentile £62,375 £73,750 £59,625
England median annual salary £42,500 £41,500 £43,500
% change year-on-year +2.41% -4.60% +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 667 851 1,615
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.12% 15.60% 12.07%
Number of salaries quoted 532 516 1,195
10th Percentile £27,519 £26,813 £25,097
25th Percentile £30,500 £30,750 £30,387
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £41,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.41% +3.75% -8.05%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £72,375 £72,061 £65,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -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 8 July 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 8 July 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 -8 74 £32,500 -15.58% 14
West Midlands -21 54 £37,000 -10.84% 27
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 40 (31.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (21.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (10.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (6.20%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.78%) Sage 200
1 1 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 88 (68.22%) Microsoft 365
2 76 (58.91%) Azure
3 42 (32.56%) Entra ID
4 9 (6.98%) IaaS
5 8 (6.20%) Azure AKS
5 8 (6.20%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 8 (6.20%) Azure Key Vault
5 8 (6.20%) Azure Storage
6 7 (5.43%) OneDrive
7 6 (4.65%) AWS
8 3 (2.33%) Cloudflare
8 3 (2.33%) SaaS
9 2 (1.55%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.55%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.55%) Pulumi
10 1 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.78%) GCP
10 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.78%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.78%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 102 (79.07%) DHCP
2 64 (49.61%) VPN
3 54 (41.86%) TCP/IP
4 44 (34.11%) Firewall
5 31 (24.03%) VLAN
6 18 (13.95%) VoIP
7 17 (13.18%) WAN
8 14 (10.85%) Wireless
9 11 (8.53%) LAN
10 10 (7.75%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (5.43%) SD-WAN
12 4 (3.10%) MQTT
12 4 (3.10%) Network Security
12 4 (3.10%) SAN
12 4 (3.10%) SSL
13 3 (2.33%) Ethernet
13 3 (2.33%) FTP
13 3 (2.33%) Internet
13 3 (2.33%) Remote Desktop
14 2 (1.55%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.65%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.10%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (3.10%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.55%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (1.55%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (1.55%) KNIME
4 1 (0.78%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (2.33%) JIRA
2 1 (0.78%) Carbide.c++
2 1 (0.78%) GitLab
General
1 68 (52.71%) Social Skills
2 11 (8.53%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (7.75%) Law
4 8 (6.20%) Legal
5 7 (5.43%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (4.65%) Finance
6 6 (4.65%) Manufacturing
6 6 (4.65%) Telecoms
7 5 (3.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (3.88%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.10%) Retail
9 2 (1.55%) Automotive
10 1 (0.78%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.78%) Marketing
10 1 (0.78%) Military
10 1 (0.78%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 58 (44.96%) IT Support
2 40 (31.01%) Support Engineer
3 39 (30.23%) IT Engineer
4 30 (23.26%) IT Support Engineer
5 20 (15.50%) IT Technician
6 18 (13.95%) IT Support Technician
6 18 (13.95%) Support Technician
7 17 (13.18%) Analyst
8 16 (12.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 13 (10.08%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 11 (8.53%) Azure Engineer
11 10 (7.75%) Cloud Engineer
12 9 (6.98%) IT Analyst
12 9 (6.98%) Senior
13 8 (6.20%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
13 8 (6.20%) 3rd Line Support
13 8 (6.20%) IT Support Analyst
13 8 (6.20%) Support Analyst
14 7 (5.43%) Network Engineer
15 6 (4.65%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.55%) REST
2 1 (0.78%) LDAP
2 1 (0.78%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.63%) Driving Licence
2 14 (10.85%) Onboarding
3 8 (6.20%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.88%) Clustering
4 5 (3.88%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (3.10%) IoT
5 4 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.33%) PKI
7 2 (1.55%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.78%) CCTV
8 1 (0.78%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.78%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.78%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.78%) Replication
8 1 (0.78%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 103 (79.84%) Windows
2 49 (37.98%) Windows Server
3 36 (27.91%) Windows 10
4 24 (18.60%) Linux
5 18 (13.95%) Mac OS
6 4 (3.10%) VMS
7 2 (1.55%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.55%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.55%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.78%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (48.84%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (22.48%) Continuous Improvement
3 28 (21.71%) ITSM
4 26 (20.16%) ITIL
5 23 (17.83%) Customer Service
6 22 (17.05%) Service Delivery
7 21 (16.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 16 (12.40%) Collaborative Working
8 16 (12.40%) Root Cause Analysis
9 15 (11.63%) High Availability
10 14 (10.85%) Disaster Recovery
10 14 (10.85%) Project Delivery
11 13 (10.08%) Mentoring
12 11 (8.53%) Incident Management
12 11 (8.53%) Task Automation
13 10 (7.75%) CRM
13 10 (7.75%) Patch Management
14 9 (6.98%) Agile
14 9 (6.98%) Cybersecurity
14 9 (6.98%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 47 (36.43%) PowerShell
2 29 (22.48%) SQL
3 11 (8.53%) VBA
4 7 (5.43%) Bicep
4 7 (5.43%) Python
5 4 (3.10%) Bash
Qualifications
1 21 (16.28%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (11.63%) Degree
3 12 (9.30%) Azure Certification
4 11 (8.53%) Security Cleared
5 10 (7.75%) SC Cleared
6 7 (5.43%) DBS Check
7 5 (3.88%) A+ Certification
8 4 (3.10%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.33%) DV Cleared
9 3 (2.33%) MCSA
9 3 (2.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (1.55%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (1.55%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (1.55%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.78%) CCNA
11 1 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.78%) CISSP
11 1 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.78%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (17.83%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (12.40%) SLA
3 13 (10.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (6.98%) GDPR
5 7 (5.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (3.88%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.78%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.78%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.78%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 87 (67.44%) Active Directory
2 43 (33.33%) Hyper-V
3 22 (17.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.33%) BitLocker
4 3 (2.33%) Docker
4 3 (2.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (2.33%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (1.55%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (24.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (8.53%) Kubernetes
3 8 (6.20%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (4.65%) Terraform
5 5 (3.88%) Failover Clustering
5 5 (3.88%) Microsoft Clustering
6 3 (2.33%) Ansible
7 2 (1.55%) FortiGate
7 2 (1.55%) Nagios
8 1 (0.78%) CASB
8 1 (0.78%) Podman
8 1 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 106 (82.17%) Microsoft
2 26 (20.16%) VMware
3 15 (11.63%) Cisco
4 11 (8.53%) Apple
5 8 (6.20%) Logitech
5 8 (6.20%) Yealink
6 7 (5.43%) Meraki
6 7 (5.43%) Veeam
7 6 (4.65%) Citrix
7 6 (4.65%) ServiceNow
8 4 (3.10%) Freshdesk
8 4 (3.10%) Kaseya
9 3 (2.33%) Fortinet
9 3 (2.33%) SAP
10 2 (1.55%) Epicor
10 2 (1.55%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.55%) TP-LINK
11 1 (0.78%) Netskope
11 1 (0.78%) Okta
11 1 (0.78%) Ubiquiti