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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 95 162
Rank change year-on-year -65 +67 -52
Permanent jobs citing DNS 95 308 167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.34% 2.59% 1.81%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.73% 19.56% 9.71%
Number of salaries quoted 80 264 147
10th Percentile £27,650 £25,325 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £28,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £38,250 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year -8.50% -1.29% +8.54%
75th Percentile £43,750 £50,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £53,875 £57,500 £57,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £44,225 £42,500
% change year-on-year -3.90% +4.06% -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 885 1,575 1,719
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.52% 13.25% 18.59%
Number of salaries quoted 479 1,293 731
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £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 12 May 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 12 May 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 -42 51 £35,000 -14.89% 30
East Midlands -30 44 £35,000 -6.67% 23
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 30 (31.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (12.63%) SharePoint
3 7 (7.37%) IIS
4 3 (3.16%) Confluence
5 2 (2.11%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 29 (30.53%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (21.05%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 40 (42.11%) Azure
1 40 (42.11%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (16.84%) Google Workspace
3 12 (12.63%) AWS
4 10 (10.53%) Entra ID
4 10 (10.53%) Power Platform
5 7 (7.37%) Power Automate
6 6 (6.32%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (6.32%) SaaS
7 5 (5.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (5.26%) IaaS
7 5 (5.26%) PaaS
8 4 (4.21%) Azure AI
8 4 (4.21%) Azure Key Vault
8 4 (4.21%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (4.21%) Azure Service Bus
8 4 (4.21%) OneDrive
9 3 (3.16%) GCP
9 3 (3.16%) PowerApps
10 2 (2.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 79 (83.16%) DHCP
2 59 (62.11%) Firewall
3 35 (36.84%) TCP/IP
4 29 (30.53%) VPN
5 21 (22.11%) VLAN
6 19 (20.00%) WAN
7 15 (15.79%) BGP
7 15 (15.79%) WLAN
8 14 (14.74%) OSPF
9 13 (13.68%) LAN
10 11 (11.58%) SAN
11 10 (10.53%) Network Security
12 8 (8.42%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (7.37%) SD-WAN
14 6 (6.32%) Remote Desktop
15 4 (4.21%) Wireless
16 3 (3.16%) HTTP
17 2 (2.11%) FTP
17 2 (2.11%) SMTP
17 2 (2.11%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (7.37%) Power BI
3 5 (5.26%) Data Lake
4 4 (4.21%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (4.21%) MySQL
5 3 (3.16%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (3.16%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (3.16%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (3.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (3.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (3.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (3.16%) Tableau
6 2 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (1.05%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (8.42%) Git
2 4 (4.21%) Jenkins
3 3 (3.16%) JIRA
3 3 (3.16%) Sonatype Nexus
3 3 (3.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (2.11%) Vagrant
5 1 (1.05%) Maven
General
1 40 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 18 (18.95%) Retail
3 14 (14.74%) Automotive
4 7 (7.37%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.21%) Law
6 3 (3.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.16%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.11%) Electronics
7 2 (2.11%) Finance
7 2 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.11%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.05%) Legal
Job Titles
1 23 (24.21%) IT Engineer
2 18 (18.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 18 (18.95%) IT Support
2 18 (18.95%) Support Engineer
3 15 (15.79%) Systems Engineer
4 12 (12.63%) Analyst
5 11 (11.58%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 6 (6.32%) 3rd Line Support
6 6 (6.32%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 6 (6.32%) Infrastructure Support
6 6 (6.32%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 6 (6.32%) IT Support Specialist
6 6 (6.32%) Support Specialist
7 5 (5.26%) Architect
7 5 (5.26%) DevOps Engineer
7 5 (5.26%) IT Analyst
7 5 (5.26%) IT Support Analyst
7 5 (5.26%) IT Support Engineer
7 5 (5.26%) Network Engineer
7 5 (5.26%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.16%) Web Services
2 2 (2.11%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (2.11%) LDAP
3 1 (1.05%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.05%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (18.95%) Management Information System
2 14 (14.74%) Smartphone
3 8 (8.42%) Data Centre
3 8 (8.42%) Driving Licence
4 4 (4.21%) NHS
5 2 (2.11%) CCTV
5 2 (2.11%) Clustering
5 2 (2.11%) IoT
5 2 (2.11%) Replication
5 2 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.11%) Video\Live Streaming
6 1 (1.05%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.05%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.05%) iPhone
6 1 (1.05%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 78 (82.11%) Windows
2 63 (66.32%) Windows Server
3 26 (27.37%) Linux
4 25 (26.32%) Windows 10
5 23 (24.21%) Windows Server 2016
6 20 (21.05%) Windows Server 2019
7 18 (18.95%) Ubuntu
8 14 (14.74%) Mac OS X
9 6 (6.32%) Windows 7
10 5 (5.26%) Android
11 4 (4.21%) CentOS
11 4 (4.21%) VMS
12 3 (3.16%) Rocky
13 2 (2.11%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (2.11%) Apple iOS
13 2 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (2.11%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (1.05%) Debian
14 1 (1.05%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (21.05%) Customer Service
3 19 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 17 (17.89%) Computer Science
4 17 (17.89%) Performance Tuning
5 16 (16.84%) Cybersecurity
6 14 (14.74%) Business Case
6 14 (14.74%) Systems Engineering
7 12 (12.63%) Disaster Recovery
8 11 (11.58%) Migration
9 10 (10.53%) Artificial Intelligence
9 10 (10.53%) DevOps
9 10 (10.53%) ITIL
10 9 (9.47%) Agile
10 9 (9.47%) Project Management
11 8 (8.42%) Analytics
12 7 (7.37%) Infrastructure as Code
13 6 (6.32%) CI/CD
13 6 (6.32%) Continuous Improvement
13 6 (6.32%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 36 (37.89%) PowerShell
2 26 (27.37%) SQL
3 7 (7.37%) Python
4 4 (4.21%) Bicep
4 4 (4.21%) Java
4 4 (4.21%) Perl
5 3 (3.16%) Bash
6 2 (2.11%) Go
6 2 (2.11%) Groovy
7 1 (1.05%) C++
7 1 (1.05%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.05%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 26 (27.37%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (23.16%) Degree
3 17 (17.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (16.84%) MCSE
5 14 (14.74%) Azure Certification
5 14 (14.74%) HNC
5 14 (14.74%) HND
6 13 (13.68%) Security Cleared
7 10 (10.53%) MCSA
8 8 (8.42%) A+ Certification
8 8 (8.42%) DV Cleared
8 8 (8.42%) MCP
9 6 (6.32%) SC Cleared
10 4 (4.21%) DBS Check
11 3 (3.16%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (2.11%) AWS Certification
12 2 (2.11%) CCNA
12 2 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (2.11%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (2.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.42%) GDPR
1 8 (8.42%) SLA
2 3 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.05%) GRC
3 1 (1.05%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 66 (69.47%) Active Directory
2 26 (27.37%) Hyper-V
3 18 (18.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (7.37%) Docker
5 6 (6.32%) Terminal Services
5 6 (6.32%) vSphere
6 4 (4.21%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (3.16%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (3.16%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (2.11%) DFS Replication
8 2 (2.11%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (1.05%) Firmware
9 1 (1.05%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (8.42%) SCOM
2 7 (7.37%) SCCM
3 6 (6.32%) Ansible
4 5 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (4.21%) Terraform
6 3 (3.16%) Kubernetes
6 3 (3.16%) Puppet
6 3 (3.16%) vCenter Server
7 2 (2.11%) FortiGate
7 2 (2.11%) Grafana
7 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (2.11%) Progress Chef
7 2 (2.11%) Prometheus
7 2 (2.11%) SCOrch
7 2 (2.11%) SCSM
8 1 (1.05%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (1.05%) Nagios
8 1 (1.05%) Nessus
8 1 (1.05%) VxRail
Vendors
1 65 (68.42%) Microsoft
2 25 (26.32%) Cisco
3 22 (23.16%) Dell
4 21 (22.11%) VMware
5 18 (18.95%) Google
6 15 (15.79%) Apple
6 15 (15.79%) Fortinet
7 14 (14.74%) Ubiquiti
8 10 (10.53%) HP
9 7 (7.37%) Meraki
10 6 (6.32%) NetApp
11 5 (5.26%) Databricks
11 5 (5.26%) ServiceNow
11 5 (5.26%) Sophos
12 3 (3.16%) SAP
13 2 (2.11%) arcserve
13 2 (2.11%) ArcSight
13 2 (2.11%) Juniper
13 2 (2.11%) Red Hat
13 2 (2.11%) Splunk