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 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 112 101
Rank change year-on-year -19 -11 -5
Permanent jobs citing DNS 146 137 243
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.00% 2.37% 2.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.47% 15.75% 20.15%
Number of salaries quoted 122 104 184
10th Percentile £27,500 £24,475 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,500 £29,750 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,750 £38,500 £38,250
Median % change year-on-year -1.95% +0.65% +1.32%
75th Percentile £48,063 £52,500 £52,625
90th Percentile £62,500 £73,750 £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 750 870 1,206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.16% 15.03% 11.26%
Number of salaries quoted 594 527 799
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,250 £25,950
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,566 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% -11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,399 £68,050
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,085 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.87% -15.83% -2.63%

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 19 August 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 19 August 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 +1 85 £38,500 +10.00% 17
West Midlands -39 61 £37,000 -10.84% 34
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 36 (24.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (17.12%) SharePoint
3 7 (4.79%) IIS
4 5 (3.42%) Apache
4 5 (3.42%) nginx
Applications
1 14 (9.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (6.16%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.05%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.37%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.68%) Sage 50
2 1 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 95 (65.07%) Microsoft 365
2 83 (56.85%) Azure
3 51 (34.93%) Entra ID
4 9 (6.16%) IaaS
5 8 (5.48%) Azure AKS
5 8 (5.48%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 8 (5.48%) Azure Key Vault
5 8 (5.48%) Azure Storage
5 8 (5.48%) OneDrive
6 7 (4.79%) AWS
7 5 (3.42%) Cloudflare
7 5 (3.42%) Microsoft Copilot
7 5 (3.42%) Power Automate
7 5 (3.42%) SaaS
8 2 (1.37%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (1.37%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.37%) Pulumi
9 1 (0.68%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.68%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 105 (71.92%) DHCP
2 70 (47.95%) Firewall
3 67 (45.89%) VPN
4 65 (44.52%) TCP/IP
5 35 (23.97%) VLAN
6 17 (11.64%) Wireless
7 14 (9.59%) LAN
8 11 (7.53%) VoIP
8 11 (7.53%) WAN
9 8 (5.48%) Network Security
9 8 (5.48%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (3.42%) SSL
11 4 (2.74%) MQTT
11 4 (2.74%) SAN
12 3 (2.05%) Internet
12 3 (2.05%) NX-OS
12 3 (2.05%) Remote Desktop
13 2 (1.37%) Ethernet
13 2 (1.37%) HTTPS
13 2 (1.37%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.16%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.74%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (2.74%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.37%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (1.37%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (1.37%) KNIME
4 1 (0.68%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (5.48%) JIRA
2 3 (2.05%) Git
2 3 (2.05%) GitLab
3 1 (0.68%) Carbide.c++
General
1 77 (52.74%) Social Skills
2 17 (11.64%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (8.22%) Law
4 6 (4.11%) Finance
4 6 (4.11%) Manufacturing
4 6 (4.11%) Telecoms
5 5 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (2.74%) Retail
7 3 (2.05%) Legal
8 2 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.68%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.68%) Automotive
9 1 (0.68%) Military
9 1 (0.68%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 61 (41.78%) IT Support
2 48 (32.88%) Support Engineer
3 39 (26.71%) IT Engineer
4 32 (21.92%) IT Support Engineer
5 22 (15.07%) IT Technician
6 21 (14.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 20 (13.70%) IT Support Technician
7 20 (13.70%) Support Technician
8 19 (13.01%) Senior
9 18 (12.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 15 (10.27%) Administrator
11 12 (8.22%) Senior Support Engineer
12 11 (7.53%) Azure Engineer
12 11 (7.53%) Systems Administrator
13 10 (6.85%) Analyst
13 10 (6.85%) Cloud Engineer
13 10 (6.85%) Network Administrator
14 9 (6.16%) Network Engineer
15 8 (5.48%) Systems Engineer
15 8 (5.48%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.74%) REST
2 1 (0.68%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.53%) Driving Licence
2 10 (6.85%) Onboarding
3 8 (5.48%) Data Centre
3 8 (5.48%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (4.79%) Clustering
5 5 (3.42%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.74%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.74%) IoT
6 4 (2.74%) PKI
6 4 (2.74%) PMI
6 4 (2.74%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.37%) Replication
8 1 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.68%) CCTV
8 1 (0.68%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.68%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.68%) iPad
8 1 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.68%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.68%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 120 (82.19%) Windows
2 74 (50.68%) Windows Server
3 35 (23.97%) Linux
4 30 (20.55%) Windows 10
5 15 (10.27%) Mac OS
6 7 (4.79%) Apple iOS
7 6 (4.11%) Android
7 6 (4.11%) Ubuntu
8 4 (2.74%) VMS
9 2 (1.37%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (44.52%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (29.45%) Continuous Improvement
3 30 (20.55%) Customer Service
4 28 (19.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 26 (17.81%) ITSM
6 25 (17.12%) Disaster Recovery
7 22 (15.07%) ITIL
8 21 (14.38%) Patch Management
8 21 (14.38%) Project Delivery
9 20 (13.70%) Mentoring
10 19 (13.01%) High Availability
10 19 (13.01%) Service Delivery
11 17 (11.64%) Root Cause Analysis
12 15 (10.27%) Cybersecurity
12 15 (10.27%) Stakeholder Management
13 13 (8.90%) Collaborative Working
13 13 (8.90%) Load Balancing
14 12 (8.22%) AI
14 12 (8.22%) Business Continuity
15 11 (7.53%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 51 (34.93%) PowerShell
2 33 (22.60%) SQL
3 12 (8.22%) VBA
4 11 (7.53%) Python
5 7 (4.79%) Bicep
6 4 (2.74%) Bash
Qualifications
1 18 (12.33%) Degree
2 16 (10.96%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (9.59%) Azure Certification
4 10 (6.85%) CCNA
4 10 (6.85%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (4.79%) DBS Check
5 7 (4.79%) Security Cleared
6 6 (4.11%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.74%) PMI Certification
8 3 (2.05%) DV Cleared
8 3 (2.05%) MCSE
8 3 (2.05%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (1.37%) A+ Certification
9 2 (1.37%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.37%) MCSA
9 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.68%) CISSP
10 1 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (18.49%) SLA
2 15 (10.27%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (6.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (4.79%) GDPR
5 5 (3.42%) PCI DSS
6 3 (2.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.68%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.68%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.68%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 102 (69.86%) Active Directory
2 55 (37.67%) Hyper-V
3 35 (23.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.42%) Docker
4 5 (3.42%) vSphere
5 4 (2.74%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (2.05%) Firmware
6 3 (2.05%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.37%) BitLocker
7 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (1.37%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 29 (19.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (8.90%) Kubernetes
3 8 (5.48%) Terraform
4 7 (4.79%) Failover Clustering
4 7 (4.79%) Microsoft Clustering
5 6 (4.11%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (2.74%) FortiGate
7 3 (2.05%) Ansible
8 2 (1.37%) Grafana
9 1 (0.68%) Podman
Vendors
1 118 (80.82%) Microsoft
2 37 (25.34%) VMware
3 17 (11.64%) Cisco
4 9 (6.16%) ServiceNow
4 9 (6.16%) SonicWALL
4 9 (6.16%) Veeam
5 8 (5.48%) Apple
5 8 (5.48%) Citrix
6 6 (4.11%) Fortinet
7 5 (3.42%) Palo Alto
8 4 (2.74%) Freshdesk
8 4 (2.74%) Sophos
8 4 (2.74%) WatchGuard
9 3 (2.05%) Logitech
9 3 (2.05%) Sage
9 3 (2.05%) SAP
9 3 (2.05%) Yealink
10 2 (1.37%) Dynatrace
10 2 (1.37%) FIS
10 2 (1.37%) Meraki