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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 122 97
Rank change year-on-year -14 -25 +5
Permanent jobs citing DNS 141 125 246
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.99% 2.18% 2.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.67% 14.38% 19.57%
Number of salaries quoted 123 94 193
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £38,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.90% +2.67% -
75th Percentile £47,875 £52,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £62,250 £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 717 869 1,257
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.05% 15.15% 11.62%
Number of salaries quoted 579 524 854
10th Percentile £27,694 £26,325 £25,950
25th Percentile £31,000 £29,938 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.39% -9.41% -5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £67,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -2.91%

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 5 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 5 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 +3 84 £36,750 +5.00% 16
West Midlands -42 57 £37,000 -12.94% 30
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 38 (26.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (17.73%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.84%) IIS
4 3 (2.13%) Apache
4 3 (2.13%) nginx
Applications
1 14 (9.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (6.38%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.42%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.71%) Sage 50
2 1 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 95 (67.38%) Microsoft 365
2 81 (57.45%) Azure
3 48 (34.04%) Entra ID
4 9 (6.38%) IaaS
5 8 (5.67%) Azure AKS
5 8 (5.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 8 (5.67%) Azure Key Vault
5 8 (5.67%) Azure Storage
6 7 (4.96%) AWS
6 7 (4.96%) OneDrive
7 6 (4.26%) Cloudflare
8 5 (3.55%) SaaS
9 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (2.13%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.42%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (1.42%) Mimecast
10 2 (1.42%) Pulumi
11 1 (0.71%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.71%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.71%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 103 (73.05%) DHCP
2 66 (46.81%) VPN
3 64 (45.39%) TCP/IP
4 60 (42.55%) Firewall
5 35 (24.82%) VLAN
6 17 (12.06%) Wireless
7 13 (9.22%) LAN
7 13 (9.22%) VoIP
7 13 (9.22%) WAN
8 9 (6.38%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (4.26%) Network Security
10 5 (3.55%) SSL
11 4 (2.84%) MQTT
11 4 (2.84%) SAN
11 4 (2.84%) SD-WAN
12 3 (2.13%) FTP
12 3 (2.13%) Internet
13 2 (1.42%) Ethernet
13 2 (1.42%) HTTP
13 2 (1.42%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.38%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.84%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (2.84%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.42%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (1.42%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (1.42%) KNIME
4 1 (0.71%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (4.26%) JIRA
2 3 (2.13%) Git
3 1 (0.71%) Carbide.c++
3 1 (0.71%) GitLab
General
1 74 (52.48%) Social Skills
2 17 (12.06%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (7.09%) Law
4 6 (4.26%) Finance
4 6 (4.26%) Telecoms
5 5 (3.55%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (3.55%) Legal
5 5 (3.55%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (3.55%) Retail
6 3 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.71%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.71%) Automotive
7 1 (0.71%) Marketing
7 1 (0.71%) Military
7 1 (0.71%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 62 (43.97%) IT Support
2 45 (31.91%) Support Engineer
3 39 (27.66%) IT Engineer
4 31 (21.99%) IT Support Engineer
5 24 (17.02%) IT Technician
6 22 (15.60%) IT Support Technician
6 22 (15.60%) Support Technician
7 18 (12.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 17 (12.06%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 14 (9.93%) Senior
10 11 (7.80%) Administrator
10 11 (7.80%) Analyst
10 11 (7.80%) Azure Engineer
11 10 (7.09%) Cloud Engineer
12 9 (6.38%) Network Administrator
12 9 (6.38%) Network Engineer
12 9 (6.38%) Senior Support Engineer
13 8 (5.67%) 2nd Line Support
13 8 (5.67%) 3rd Line Support
13 8 (5.67%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.13%) REST
2 1 (0.71%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.51%) Onboarding
2 11 (7.80%) Driving Licence
3 7 (4.96%) Clustering
3 7 (4.96%) Data Centre
3 7 (4.96%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (3.55%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (2.84%) IoT
6 3 (2.13%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.13%) PKI
6 3 (2.13%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.42%) Replication
8 1 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.71%) CCTV
8 1 (0.71%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.71%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.71%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.71%) iPad
8 1 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.71%) PMI
8 1 (0.71%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 115 (81.56%) Windows
2 65 (46.10%) Windows Server
3 33 (23.40%) Windows 10
4 31 (21.99%) Linux
5 16 (11.35%) Mac OS
6 6 (4.26%) Apple iOS
7 5 (3.55%) Android
8 4 (2.84%) Ubuntu
8 4 (2.84%) VMS
9 2 (1.42%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (1.42%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (44.68%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (29.08%) Continuous Improvement
3 30 (21.28%) ITSM
4 27 (19.15%) Customer Service
5 25 (17.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 22 (15.60%) Disaster Recovery
6 22 (15.60%) ITIL
7 20 (14.18%) Service Delivery
8 19 (13.48%) High Availability
8 19 (13.48%) Patch Management
9 18 (12.77%) Mentoring
9 18 (12.77%) Root Cause Analysis
10 16 (11.35%) Collaborative Working
10 16 (11.35%) Project Delivery
11 12 (8.51%) Cybersecurity
12 11 (7.80%) Load Balancing
12 11 (7.80%) Task Automation
12 11 (7.80%) Virtual Environments
13 10 (7.09%) AI
13 10 (7.09%) Server Patching
Programming Languages
1 48 (34.04%) PowerShell
2 33 (23.40%) SQL
3 12 (8.51%) VBA
4 8 (5.67%) Python
5 7 (4.96%) Bicep
6 4 (2.84%) Bash
Qualifications
1 17 (12.06%) Degree
1 17 (12.06%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (9.22%) Azure Certification
3 8 (5.67%) Security Cleared
4 7 (4.96%) DBS Check
4 7 (4.96%) SC Cleared
5 6 (4.26%) CCNA
5 6 (4.26%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.13%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.13%) MCSA
6 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 2 (1.42%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.42%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.71%) CISSP
8 1 (0.71%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.71%) MCSE
8 1 (0.71%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (16.31%) SLA
2 18 (12.77%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (7.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (5.67%) GDPR
5 5 (3.55%) PCI DSS
6 4 (2.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.71%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.71%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.71%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 99 (70.21%) Active Directory
2 53 (37.59%) Hyper-V
3 30 (21.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.84%) Docker
5 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (2.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (2.13%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (2.13%) vSphere
6 2 (1.42%) BitLocker
6 2 (1.42%) Firmware
6 2 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 30 (21.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (8.51%) Kubernetes
3 8 (5.67%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (4.96%) Failover Clustering
4 7 (4.96%) Microsoft Clustering
5 6 (4.26%) Terraform
6 3 (2.13%) Ansible
7 2 (1.42%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.71%) Grafana
8 1 (0.71%) Podman
Vendors
1 113 (80.14%) Microsoft
2 33 (23.40%) VMware
3 15 (10.64%) Cisco
4 9 (6.38%) Apple
4 9 (6.38%) Veeam
5 8 (5.67%) ServiceNow
6 7 (4.96%) Citrix
7 6 (4.26%) SonicWALL
8 5 (3.55%) Fortinet
8 5 (3.55%) Logitech
8 5 (3.55%) Yealink
9 4 (2.84%) Freshdesk
9 4 (2.84%) Palo Alto
10 3 (2.13%) Meraki
10 3 (2.13%) Sage
10 3 (2.13%) SAP
10 3 (2.13%) Sophos
10 3 (2.13%) WatchGuard
11 1 (0.71%) Autodesk
11 1 (0.71%) Commvault