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 26 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 98 177
Rank change year-on-year -64 +79 -72
Permanent jobs citing DNS 91 314 168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.35% 2.70% 1.74%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.28% 19.72% 9.78%
Number of salaries quoted 82 270 143
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £28,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £39,750 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.95% +2.58% +6.38%
75th Percentile £42,250 £50,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £58,700
England median annual salary £42,500 £43,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -2.30% +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 741 1,592 1,717
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 10.96% 13.67% 17.79%
Number of salaries quoted 472 1,294 726
10th Percentile £27,011 £25,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £31,261
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -2.30% +2.35%
75th Percentile £57,500 £54,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -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 26 April 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 26 April 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 -39 48 £35,000 -17.65% 31
East Midlands -23 43 £35,000 -6.67% 26
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 32 (35.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (15.38%) SharePoint
3 7 (7.69%) IIS
4 2 (2.20%) Skype for Business
5 1 (1.10%) Confluence
Applications
1 31 (34.07%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (24.18%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 44 (48.35%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (38.46%) Azure
3 17 (18.68%) Google Workspace
4 8 (8.79%) Entra ID
5 6 (6.59%) AWS
5 6 (6.59%) Power Platform
6 5 (5.49%) OneDrive
7 3 (3.30%) GCP
7 3 (3.30%) Power Automate
7 3 (3.30%) PowerApps
8 2 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (2.20%) SaaS
9 1 (1.10%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (1.10%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (1.10%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (1.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (1.10%) IaaS
9 1 (1.10%) Mimecast
9 1 (1.10%) PaaS
9 1 (1.10%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 83 (91.21%) DHCP
2 54 (59.34%) Firewall
3 36 (39.56%) TCP/IP
4 24 (26.37%) VLAN
4 24 (26.37%) VPN
5 17 (18.68%) BGP
6 16 (17.58%) OSPF
6 16 (17.58%) WLAN
7 12 (13.19%) SAN
7 12 (13.19%) WAN
8 11 (12.09%) LAN
8 11 (12.09%) Network Security
9 8 (8.79%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (6.59%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (4.40%) Wireless
12 2 (2.20%) 4G
12 2 (2.20%) 5G
12 2 (2.20%) Internet
12 2 (2.20%) Skype
13 1 (1.10%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (19.78%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.40%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (3.30%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (3.30%) BusinessObjects
3 3 (3.30%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (3.30%) Power BI
3 3 (3.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (3.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (3.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (3.30%) Tableau
4 1 (1.10%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.10%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 2 (2.20%) Git
2 2 (2.20%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.10%) JIRA
3 1 (1.10%) Maven
3 1 (1.10%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 40 (43.96%) Social Skills
2 20 (21.98%) Retail
3 16 (17.58%) Automotive
4 7 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.40%) Law
6 3 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.30%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.20%) Electronics
8 1 (1.10%) Finance
8 1 (1.10%) Legal
8 1 (1.10%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 28 (30.77%) IT Engineer
2 18 (19.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 17 (18.68%) IT Support
3 17 (18.68%) Support Engineer
3 17 (18.68%) Systems Engineer
4 12 (13.19%) Analyst
5 10 (10.99%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 6 (6.59%) 3rd Line Support
6 6 (6.59%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 6 (6.59%) Infrastructure Support
6 6 (6.59%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 6 (6.59%) IT Support Specialist
6 6 (6.59%) Support Specialist
7 5 (5.49%) IT Analyst
7 5 (5.49%) IT Support Analyst
7 5 (5.49%) Network Engineer
7 5 (5.49%) Support Analyst
8 4 (4.40%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Senior
8 4 (4.40%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.30%) Web Services
2 2 (2.20%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (2.20%) LDAP
3 1 (1.10%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.10%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (21.98%) Management Information System
2 16 (17.58%) Smartphone
3 9 (9.89%) Driving Licence
4 4 (4.40%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.20%) CCTV
5 2 (2.20%) Clustering
5 2 (2.20%) IoT
5 2 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.20%) Video\Live Streaming
6 1 (1.10%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.10%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.10%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (1.10%) Freedom of Information Act
6 1 (1.10%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 79 (86.81%) Windows
2 67 (73.63%) Windows Server
3 27 (29.67%) Windows 10
4 26 (28.57%) Windows Server 2016
5 24 (26.37%) Linux
6 21 (23.08%) Windows Server 2019
7 19 (20.88%) Ubuntu
8 16 (17.58%) Mac OS X
9 6 (6.59%) Windows 7
10 5 (5.49%) Android
11 3 (3.30%) CentOS
12 2 (2.20%) Apple iOS
12 2 (2.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (2.20%) Rocky
12 2 (2.20%) VMS
12 2 (2.20%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (2.20%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (1.10%) Debian
13 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (39.56%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (24.18%) Customer Service
3 19 (20.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 19 (20.88%) Performance Tuning
4 18 (19.78%) Computer Science
5 16 (17.58%) Business Case
5 16 (17.58%) Systems Engineering
6 15 (16.48%) Cybersecurity
7 12 (13.19%) Disaster Recovery
8 7 (7.69%) Incident Management
9 6 (6.59%) Artificial Intelligence
9 6 (6.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (6.59%) Data Analysis
9 6 (6.59%) Logistics
9 6 (6.59%) Migration
10 5 (5.49%) Collaborative Culture
10 5 (5.49%) ITIL
10 5 (5.49%) Project Management
11 4 (4.40%) Server Management
11 4 (4.40%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 31 (34.07%) PowerShell
2 24 (26.37%) SQL
3 5 (5.49%) Python
4 3 (3.30%) Bash
5 2 (2.20%) Go
5 2 (2.20%) Java
5 2 (2.20%) Perl
6 1 (1.10%) C++
6 1 (1.10%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.10%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 27 (29.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (24.18%) Degree
3 18 (19.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (18.68%) MCSE
5 16 (17.58%) HNC
5 16 (17.58%) HND
6 9 (9.89%) MCSA
6 9 (9.89%) Security Cleared
7 8 (8.79%) A+ Certification
7 8 (8.79%) Azure Certification
8 7 (7.69%) DV Cleared
8 7 (7.69%) MCP
9 3 (3.30%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (2.20%) CCNA
10 2 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (2.20%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (2.20%) SC Cleared
10 2 (2.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (1.10%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.89%) GDPR
2 8 (8.79%) SLA
3 3 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.10%) GRC
4 1 (1.10%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 69 (75.82%) Active Directory
2 28 (30.77%) Hyper-V
3 19 (20.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (7.69%) vSphere
5 6 (6.59%) Terminal Services
6 5 (5.49%) Docker
7 3 (3.30%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (2.20%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (2.20%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (1.10%) Firmware
9 1 (1.10%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (8.79%) SCOM
2 7 (7.69%) SCCM
3 5 (5.49%) Ansible
3 5 (5.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (3.30%) Kubernetes
4 3 (3.30%) Puppet
4 3 (3.30%) vCenter Server
5 2 (2.20%) FortiGate
5 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (2.20%) Progress Chef
5 2 (2.20%) SCOrch
5 2 (2.20%) SCSM
5 2 (2.20%) Terraform
6 1 (1.10%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (1.10%) Nessus
6 1 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.10%) VxRail
Vendors
1 66 (72.53%) Microsoft
2 24 (26.37%) Cisco
2 24 (26.37%) Dell
3 22 (24.18%) VMware
4 19 (20.88%) Google
5 17 (18.68%) Apple
6 16 (17.58%) Fortinet
6 16 (17.58%) Ubiquiti
7 10 (10.99%) HP
8 6 (6.59%) NetApp
9 5 (5.49%) Sophos
10 3 (3.30%) SAP
10 3 (3.30%) ServiceNow
11 2 (2.20%) ArcSight
11 2 (2.20%) Juniper
11 2 (2.20%) NVIDIA
11 2 (2.20%) Red Hat
11 2 (2.20%) Splunk
11 2 (2.20%) TP-LINK
11 2 (2.20%) Veeam