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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 126 98
Rank change year-on-year -7 -28 +23
Permanent jobs citing DNS 134 117 284
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.99% 2.07% 2.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.71% 13.80% 19.69%
Number of salaries quoted 118 92 227
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £30,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £38,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.19% +2.67% -
75th Percentile £48,063 £52,500 £50,250
90th Percentile £61,625 £72,500 £60,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% +5.88%

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 680 848 1,442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.02% 15.00% 11.84%
Number of salaries quoted 551 515 1,030
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,000 £30,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £39,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.97% -2.50% -10.36%
75th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £43,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.47% -9.47% -6.86%

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 22 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 22 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 -5 78 £32,500 -7.14% 9
West Midlands -22 55 £37,500 -10.71% 23
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 39 (29.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (18.66%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.75%) Apache
3 1 (0.75%) IIS
3 1 (0.75%) nginx
Applications
1 14 (10.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (6.72%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.49%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 92 (68.66%) Microsoft 365
2 78 (58.21%) Azure
3 42 (31.34%) Entra ID
4 9 (6.72%) IaaS
5 8 (5.97%) AWS
5 8 (5.97%) Azure AKS
5 8 (5.97%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 8 (5.97%) Azure Key Vault
5 8 (5.97%) Azure Storage
6 5 (3.73%) OneDrive
7 4 (2.99%) Cloudflare
7 4 (2.99%) SaaS
8 2 (1.49%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (1.49%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.49%) Pulumi
9 1 (0.75%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.75%) Azure Stack
9 1 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.75%) GCP
9 1 (0.75%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 103 (76.87%) DHCP
2 62 (46.27%) VPN
3 59 (44.03%) TCP/IP
4 50 (37.31%) Firewall
5 33 (24.63%) VLAN
6 16 (11.94%) WAN
7 15 (11.19%) VoIP
8 13 (9.70%) LAN
8 13 (9.70%) Wireless
9 10 (7.46%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (3.73%) SD-WAN
11 4 (2.99%) MQTT
11 4 (2.99%) Network Security
11 4 (2.99%) SAN
11 4 (2.99%) SSL
12 3 (2.24%) Ethernet
12 3 (2.24%) FTP
12 3 (2.24%) Internet
13 2 (1.49%) HTTP
13 2 (1.49%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.97%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.99%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (2.99%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.49%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (1.49%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (1.49%) KNIME
4 1 (0.75%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (4.48%) JIRA
2 2 (1.49%) Git
3 1 (0.75%) Carbide.c++
3 1 (0.75%) GitLab
General
1 73 (54.48%) Social Skills
2 13 (9.70%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (7.46%) Law
4 7 (5.22%) Legal
5 6 (4.48%) Finance
5 6 (4.48%) Telecoms
6 5 (3.73%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.99%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.99%) Retail
8 1 (0.75%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.75%) Automotive
8 1 (0.75%) Marketing
8 1 (0.75%) Military
8 1 (0.75%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 57 (42.54%) IT Support
2 39 (29.10%) Support Engineer
3 37 (27.61%) IT Engineer
4 27 (20.15%) IT Support Engineer
5 23 (17.16%) IT Technician
6 21 (15.67%) IT Support Technician
6 21 (15.67%) Support Technician
7 18 (13.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 15 (11.19%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 14 (10.45%) Analyst
10 11 (8.21%) Azure Engineer
11 10 (7.46%) Cloud Engineer
11 10 (7.46%) Senior
12 9 (6.72%) Network Engineer
13 8 (5.97%) 3rd Line Support
13 8 (5.97%) Administrator
14 7 (5.22%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
14 7 (5.22%) Network Administrator
14 7 (5.22%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
15 6 (4.48%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.49%) REST
2 1 (0.75%) LDAP
2 1 (0.75%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.96%) Driving Licence
1 12 (8.96%) Onboarding
2 8 (5.97%) Data Centre
3 7 (5.22%) Clustering
4 5 (3.73%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.99%) IoT
6 3 (2.24%) PKI
7 2 (1.49%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.75%) CCTV
8 1 (0.75%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.75%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.75%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.75%) Replication
8 1 (0.75%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 108 (80.60%) Windows
2 56 (41.79%) Windows Server
3 33 (24.63%) Windows 10
4 27 (20.15%) Linux
5 17 (12.69%) Mac OS
6 4 (2.99%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.99%) VMS
7 3 (2.24%) Android
8 2 (1.49%) Ubuntu
8 2 (1.49%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.49%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (44.78%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (26.12%) Continuous Improvement
3 30 (22.39%) ITSM
4 26 (19.40%) ITIL
5 23 (17.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 22 (16.42%) Service Delivery
7 20 (14.93%) Customer Service
8 17 (12.69%) Collaborative Working
8 17 (12.69%) Disaster Recovery
8 17 (12.69%) High Availability
8 17 (12.69%) Root Cause Analysis
9 16 (11.94%) Project Delivery
10 15 (11.19%) Mentoring
11 11 (8.21%) Patch Management
11 11 (8.21%) Task Automation
11 11 (8.21%) Virtual Environments
12 9 (6.72%) Agile
12 9 (6.72%) Load Balancing
12 9 (6.72%) Risk Management
12 9 (6.72%) Server Patching
Programming Languages
1 49 (36.57%) PowerShell
2 32 (23.88%) SQL
3 12 (8.96%) VBA
4 7 (5.22%) Bicep
4 7 (5.22%) Python
5 4 (2.99%) Bash
Qualifications
1 21 (15.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 16 (11.94%) Degree
3 12 (8.96%) Azure Certification
4 11 (8.21%) Security Cleared
5 10 (7.46%) SC Cleared
6 7 (5.22%) DBS Check
7 3 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.24%) CCNA
7 3 (2.24%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (2.24%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.24%) MCSA
7 3 (2.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 2 (1.49%) A+ Certification
8 2 (1.49%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.49%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.75%) CISSP
9 1 (0.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.75%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (15.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 20 (14.93%) SLA
3 12 (8.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (5.97%) GDPR
5 6 (4.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (3.73%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.75%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.75%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.75%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 92 (68.66%) Active Directory
2 49 (36.57%) Hyper-V
3 25 (18.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.24%) BitLocker
4 3 (2.24%) Docker
4 3 (2.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (2.24%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (1.49%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.49%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (21.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (8.21%) Kubernetes
3 8 (5.97%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (5.22%) Failover Clustering
4 7 (5.22%) Microsoft Clustering
5 6 (4.48%) Terraform
6 3 (2.24%) Ansible
7 2 (1.49%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.75%) CASB
8 1 (0.75%) Podman
8 1 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 108 (80.60%) Microsoft
2 30 (22.39%) VMware
3 15 (11.19%) Cisco
4 10 (7.46%) Apple
5 7 (5.22%) Citrix
5 7 (5.22%) Logitech
5 7 (5.22%) ServiceNow
5 7 (5.22%) Veeam
5 7 (5.22%) Yealink
6 6 (4.48%) Meraki
7 4 (2.99%) Freshdesk
8 3 (2.24%) Fortinet
8 3 (2.24%) SAP
9 2 (1.49%) Kaseya
9 2 (1.49%) Sage
9 2 (1.49%) SonicWALL
10 1 (0.75%) Aruba
10 1 (0.75%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.75%) WatchGuard
10 1 (0.75%) Zerto