DNS Jobs in the Midlands

Domain Name System (DNS)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring DNS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited DNS over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 102 132
Rank change year-on-year -49 +30 -3
Permanent jobs citing DNS 111 319 185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.63% 2.29% 2.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.60% 19.04% 11.47%
Number of salaries quoted 90 255 154
10th Percentile £27,650 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £37,500 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% -1.32% -3.39%
75th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £59,500 £57,500
England median annual salary £41,500 £43,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -4.60% +2.35% -5.56%

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 881 1,675 1,613
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.92% 12.01% 19.60%
Number of salaries quoted 508 1,228 733
10th Percentile £26,675 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,750 £30,243 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £40,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -9.09% -4.58%
75th Percentile £57,000 £53,750 £59,000
90th Percentile £71,885 £65,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% -5.00% -4.76%

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 2 July 2025.

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 2 July 2025. 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 -26 59 £39,500 -0.63% 101
East Midlands -33 52 £38,500 +2.67% 70
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 31 (27.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (17.12%) SharePoint
3 17 (15.32%) Confluence
4 7 (6.31%) IIS
5 5 (4.50%) nginx
6 2 (1.80%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.90%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 23 (20.72%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (11.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.60%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Cloud Services
1 51 (45.95%) Azure
1 51 (45.95%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (22.52%) AWS
3 16 (14.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 16 (14.41%) Amazon EC2
3 16 (14.41%) Amazon ELB
3 16 (14.41%) Amazon S3
3 16 (14.41%) AWS KMS
3 16 (14.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 12 (10.81%) Amazon Glacier
5 11 (9.91%) Entra ID
6 10 (9.01%) Power Platform
7 9 (8.11%) Google Workspace
8 7 (6.31%) Nutanix
8 7 (6.31%) Power Automate
9 6 (5.41%) Mimecast
10 4 (3.60%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (3.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 4 (3.60%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 79 (71.17%) Firewall
2 78 (70.27%) DHCP
3 37 (33.33%) TCP/IP
4 32 (28.83%) VPN
5 29 (26.13%) WAN
6 25 (22.52%) VLAN
7 17 (15.32%) HTTP
8 16 (14.41%) FTP
8 16 (14.41%) SMTP
8 16 (14.41%) SSH
9 15 (13.51%) SD-WAN
10 14 (12.61%) LAN
10 14 (12.61%) SAN
11 12 (10.81%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (9.01%) Network Security
13 9 (8.11%) WLAN
14 8 (7.21%) BGP
14 8 (7.21%) OSPF
15 7 (6.31%) Remote Desktop
16 5 (4.50%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (14.41%) Amazon RDS
1 16 (14.41%) SQL Server
2 7 (6.31%) Power BI
3 5 (4.50%) MySQL
4 4 (3.60%) Amazon Aurora
4 4 (3.60%) Data Lake
4 4 (3.60%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.70%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (2.70%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (2.70%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (2.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (2.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (2.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (2.70%) Tableau
6 2 (1.80%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.90%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 22 (19.82%) Git
2 18 (16.22%) Jenkins
3 17 (15.32%) JIRA
4 16 (14.41%) Vagrant
5 6 (5.41%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (2.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.90%) Maven
General
1 35 (31.53%) Social Skills
2 12 (10.81%) Public Sector
3 9 (8.11%) Presentation Skills
4 8 (7.21%) Retail
5 7 (6.31%) Automotive
6 6 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (5.41%) Law
7 5 (4.50%) Billing
8 3 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.80%) Back Office
9 2 (1.80%) Finance
9 2 (1.80%) Legal
9 2 (1.80%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.80%) Publishing
10 1 (0.90%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 31 (27.93%) IT Engineer
2 30 (27.03%) Support Engineer
3 26 (23.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 24 (21.62%) IT Support
5 17 (15.32%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 17 (15.32%) DevOps Engineer
6 15 (13.51%) IT Support Engineer
7 11 (9.91%) 3rd Line Support
7 11 (9.91%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 10 (9.01%) Analyst
8 10 (9.01%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (7.21%) Infrastructure Support
9 8 (7.21%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 8 (7.21%) Network Engineer
9 8 (7.21%) Systems Engineer
10 7 (6.31%) Platform Engineer
11 6 (5.41%) IT Support Specialist
11 6 (5.41%) Support Specialist
12 5 (4.50%) AWS Engineer
12 5 (4.50%) Project Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.50%) LDAP
2 3 (2.70%) Web Services
3 2 (1.80%) EDI
3 2 (1.80%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.90%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.90%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.41%) Driving Licence
2 10 (9.01%) Management Information System
3 9 (8.11%) Replication
4 7 (6.31%) Smartphone
5 6 (5.41%) Data Centre
6 4 (3.60%) NHS
7 2 (1.80%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.90%) CCTV
8 1 (0.90%) Clustering
8 1 (0.90%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.90%) IoT
8 1 (0.90%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.90%) Video\Live Streaming
8 1 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 85 (76.58%) Windows
2 63 (56.76%) Windows Server
3 37 (33.33%) Linux
4 22 (19.82%) Windows Server 2016
5 20 (18.02%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (15.32%) VMS
7 16 (14.41%) Amazon Linux
8 15 (13.51%) Ubuntu
8 15 (13.51%) Windows 10
9 7 (6.31%) Mac OS X
10 6 (5.41%) Windows 7
11 5 (4.50%) Android
12 4 (3.60%) CentOS
13 3 (2.70%) Apple iOS
13 3 (2.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 3 (2.70%) Rocky
14 2 (1.80%) Windows Server 2003
15 1 (0.90%) Debian
15 1 (0.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (35.14%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (25.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 23 (20.72%) DevOps
4 19 (17.12%) Change Management
4 19 (17.12%) Configuration Management
4 19 (17.12%) Patch Management
5 18 (16.22%) Customer Service
6 16 (14.41%) Cloud Security
6 16 (14.41%) Cybersecurity
6 16 (14.41%) Migration
7 13 (11.71%) ITIL
7 13 (11.71%) Performance Tuning
8 12 (10.81%) Disaster Recovery
8 12 (10.81%) Platform Engineering
9 11 (9.91%) Agile
10 10 (9.01%) Systems Engineering
11 9 (8.11%) Artificial Intelligence
11 9 (8.11%) CI/CD
11 9 (8.11%) Computer Science
12 7 (6.31%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 46 (41.44%) PowerShell
2 21 (18.92%) SQL
3 20 (18.02%) Python
4 16 (14.41%) Groovy
5 14 (12.61%) Perl
6 13 (11.71%) Java
7 4 (3.60%) Bicep
8 2 (1.80%) Bash
9 1 (0.90%) C++
9 1 (0.90%) Go
9 1 (0.90%) PHP
9 1 (0.90%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 24 (21.62%) Security Cleared
2 23 (20.72%) Degree
3 19 (17.12%) Azure Certification
4 18 (16.22%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (15.32%) SC Cleared
6 11 (9.91%) MCSA
7 10 (9.01%) A+ Certification
8 9 (8.11%) AWS Certification
8 9 (8.11%) CCNA
8 9 (8.11%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (8.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (8.11%) MCSE
9 8 (7.21%) DV Cleared
9 8 (7.21%) MCP
10 7 (6.31%) HNC
10 7 (6.31%) HND
11 4 (3.60%) DBS Check
12 3 (2.70%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (2.70%) Network+ Certification
13 2 (1.80%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.11%) GDPR
2 8 (7.21%) SLA
3 4 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.80%) ISO 9000
5 1 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.90%) GRC
5 1 (0.90%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 74 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 23 (20.72%) Hyper-V
3 19 (17.12%) Docker
4 15 (13.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (8.11%) DFS Replication
6 6 (5.41%) Terminal Services
6 6 (5.41%) vSphere
7 4 (3.60%) Dovecot
7 4 (3.60%) Postfix
7 4 (3.60%) Squid
7 4 (3.60%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (1.80%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (1.80%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (1.80%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.90%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (16.22%) Terraform
2 16 (14.41%) Grafana
2 16 (14.41%) Prometheus
2 16 (14.41%) SCCM
3 12 (10.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (6.31%) Ansible
4 7 (6.31%) SCOM
5 5 (4.50%) Autotask
5 5 (4.50%) Nessus
6 4 (3.60%) Proxmox
6 4 (3.60%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (2.70%) FortiGate
7 3 (2.70%) Puppet
8 2 (1.80%) Kubernetes
8 2 (1.80%) Progress Chef
8 2 (1.80%) SCOrch
8 2 (1.80%) SCSM
8 2 (1.80%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.90%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 64 (57.66%) Microsoft
2 31 (27.93%) Cisco
3 18 (16.22%) ServiceNow
4 16 (14.41%) HP
4 16 (14.41%) VMware
5 13 (11.71%) Dell
5 13 (11.71%) Meraki
6 9 (8.11%) Fortinet
6 9 (8.11%) Google
7 7 (6.31%) Apple
7 7 (6.31%) Aruba
7 7 (6.31%) Ubiquiti
8 6 (5.41%) Nasuni
8 6 (5.41%) NetApp
8 6 (5.41%) Rapid7
9 5 (4.50%) Datto
10 4 (3.60%) Databricks
10 4 (3.60%) Jaspersoft
10 4 (3.60%) Sophos
11 3 (2.70%) Red Hat