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 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 125 94
Rank change year-on-year +6 -31 +67
Permanent jobs citing DNS 124 98 266
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.27% 1.87% 2.74%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.88% 11.56% 18.05%
Number of salaries quoted 106 72 236
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,800 £24,250
25th Percentile £27,750 £31,188 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -17.65% +8.76%
75th Percentile £40,750 £40,250 £50,000
90th Percentile £53,750 £57,125 £58,250
England median annual salary £37,750 £45,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year -16.11% +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 1,573 848 1,474
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 16.12% 16.15% 15.18%
Number of salaries quoted 408 435 1,260
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,863 £35,000 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,750 £50,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.50% +19.05% -6.67%
75th Percentile £53,750 £61,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £66,250
England median annual salary £42,500 £53,250 £48,500
% change year-on-year -20.19% +9.79% -4.90%

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 10 March 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 10 March 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 67 £31,500 -10.00% 11
West Midlands +1 56 £39,500 +12.86% 18
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 35 (28.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (23.39%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.81%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (5.65%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 89 (71.77%) Microsoft 365
2 47 (37.90%) Azure
3 45 (36.29%) Entra ID
4 8 (6.45%) SaaS
5 6 (4.84%) IaaS
5 6 (4.84%) Microsoft Purview
5 6 (4.84%) OneDrive
6 5 (4.03%) AWS
6 5 (4.03%) GCP
6 5 (4.03%) PaaS
7 3 (2.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 3 (2.42%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (2.42%) Datadog
7 3 (2.42%) iPaaS
7 3 (2.42%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.81%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.81%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.81%) Cloudflare
8 1 (0.81%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 111 (89.52%) DHCP
2 45 (36.29%) VPN
3 40 (32.26%) TCP/IP
4 24 (19.35%) VoIP
5 23 (18.55%) Firewall
5 23 (18.55%) WAN
6 17 (13.71%) Wireless
7 16 (12.90%) LAN
7 16 (12.90%) VLAN
7 16 (12.90%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (9.68%) Internet
9 10 (8.06%) Ethernet
9 10 (8.06%) Network Security
10 8 (6.45%) Broadband
10 8 (6.45%) PBX
10 8 (6.45%) SD-WAN
11 6 (4.84%) ADSL
11 6 (4.84%) VDSL
12 5 (4.03%) SAN
12 5 (4.03%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.84%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.81%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (3.23%) JIRA
1 4 (3.23%) LabVIEW
2 2 (1.61%) Git
2 2 (1.61%) GitLab
General
1 55 (44.35%) Social Skills
2 16 (12.90%) Manufacturing
3 9 (7.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (6.45%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (5.65%) Legal
6 5 (4.03%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.03%) Retail
7 4 (3.23%) Law
8 3 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.61%) Automotive
9 2 (1.61%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.61%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.81%) Finance
10 1 (0.81%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 59 (47.58%) IT Support
2 55 (44.35%) IT Engineer
3 48 (38.71%) Support Engineer
4 40 (32.26%) IT Support Engineer
5 19 (15.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 17 (13.71%) Analyst
7 13 (10.48%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (8.87%) Support Analyst
9 10 (8.06%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
9 10 (8.06%) 3rd Line Support
9 10 (8.06%) IT Support Technician
9 10 (8.06%) IT Technician
9 10 (8.06%) Support Technician
9 10 (8.06%) Technical Engineer
9 10 (8.06%) Technical Support
10 7 (5.65%) 2nd Line Support
10 7 (5.65%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
10 7 (5.65%) IT Analyst
10 7 (5.65%) IT Support Analyst
10 7 (5.65%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.81%) .NET
1 1 (0.81%) .NET Framework
1 1 (0.81%) LDAP
1 1 (0.81%) SAP CAF
1 1 (0.81%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 45 (36.29%) Driving Licence
2 19 (15.32%) Onboarding
3 8 (6.45%) Data Centre
4 6 (4.84%) iPad
4 6 (4.84%) PMI
5 5 (4.03%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.42%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.42%) Clustering
6 3 (2.42%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.61%) Cyber Security Posture
7 2 (1.61%) PKI
7 2 (1.61%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.81%) iSeries
8 1 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 92 (74.19%) Windows
2 56 (45.16%) Windows Server
3 25 (20.16%) Windows 10
4 7 (5.65%) Mac OS
5 4 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (1.61%) Linux
7 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (41.13%) Customer Service
3 32 (25.81%) ITIL
4 30 (24.19%) Incident Management
5 21 (16.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 19 (15.32%) Disaster Recovery
7 18 (14.52%) ITSM
7 18 (14.52%) Service Delivery
8 12 (9.68%) ERP
9 11 (8.87%) Migration
10 10 (8.06%) Cybersecurity
10 10 (8.06%) Root Cause Analysis
11 9 (7.26%) Identity Management
12 8 (6.45%) Cloud Security
12 8 (6.45%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (6.45%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 8 (6.45%) Roadmaps
13 7 (5.65%) Network Monitoring
13 7 (5.65%) Performance Optimisation
13 7 (5.65%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 20 (16.13%) PowerShell
2 7 (5.65%) SQL
3 1 (0.81%) Bicep
3 1 (0.81%) VB
3 1 (0.81%) VBA
Qualifications
1 23 (18.55%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (16.13%) Degree
3 8 (6.45%) SC Cleared
3 8 (6.45%) Security Cleared
4 6 (4.84%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (4.84%) MCSA
4 6 (4.84%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 6 (4.84%) PMI Certification
5 4 (3.23%) HNC
6 3 (2.42%) A+ Certification
6 3 (2.42%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.42%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.61%) CCNP
7 2 (1.61%) CEH
7 2 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.61%) CISSP
7 2 (1.61%) GSEC
7 2 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.61%) OSCP
8 1 (0.81%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (13.71%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (11.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (8.06%) GDPR
4 9 (7.26%) SLA
5 8 (6.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.61%) NIST
7 1 (0.81%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 91 (73.39%) Active Directory
2 21 (16.94%) Hyper-V
3 14 (11.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.23%) Terminal Services
4 4 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.61%) BitLocker
5 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (1.61%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.81%) Firmware
6 1 (0.81%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (20.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (5.65%) Jamf Pro
3 6 (4.84%) WSUS
4 5 (4.03%) Terraform
5 3 (2.42%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (2.42%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.61%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.61%) Nagios
6 2 (1.61%) Nessus
7 1 (0.81%) Ansible
7 1 (0.81%) CASB
7 1 (0.81%) Dell DRAC
7 1 (0.81%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.81%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 69 (55.65%) Microsoft
2 22 (17.74%) VMware
3 18 (14.52%) Cisco
4 16 (12.90%) Meraki
5 13 (10.48%) Apple
6 9 (7.26%) Veeam
7 7 (5.65%) Logitech
7 7 (5.65%) Yealink
8 6 (4.84%) ServiceNow
9 5 (4.03%) Aruba
9 5 (4.03%) Citrix
10 4 (3.23%) Google
10 4 (3.23%) HP
10 4 (3.23%) Kaseya
10 4 (3.23%) SolarWinds
11 3 (2.42%) Fortinet
11 3 (2.42%) Freshdesk
12 2 (1.61%) Epicor
12 2 (1.61%) Panasonic
12 2 (1.61%) Qualys