DNS Jobs in the Midlands

Domain Name System (DNS)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for DNS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DNS over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 161 109
Rank change year-on-year +66 -52 +3
Permanent jobs citing DNS 308 167 338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.59% 1.81% 3.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.56% 9.71% 19.50%
Number of salaries quoted 264 147 285
10th Percentile £25,325 £26,250 £24,350
25th Percentile £28,750 £32,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,250 £38,750 £35,700
Median % change year-on-year -1.29% +8.54% -10.75%
75th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £51,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
England median annual salary £44,225 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.06% -5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

DNS is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,575 1,719 1,733
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.25% 18.59% 15.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,293 731 1,086
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £25,375
25th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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 11 May 2024.

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 11 May 2024. 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 +55 167 £41,125 +6.13% 39
East Midlands +48 137 £37,500 +2.74% 28
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
1 111 (36.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 80 (25.97%) SharePoint
3 26 (8.44%) IIS
4 5 (1.62%) Confluence
5 4 (1.30%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (1.30%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.97%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.65%) Tomcat
Applications
1 53 (17.21%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.65%) CATIA
3 2 (0.65%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.65%) NASTRAN
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.30%) Dynamics NAV
1 4 (1.30%) Sage 200
1 4 (1.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.65%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.32%) Sage 300 ERP
4 1 (0.32%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 191 (62.01%) Microsoft 365
2 177 (57.47%) Azure
3 99 (32.14%) Entra ID
4 35 (11.36%) AWS
5 29 (9.42%) OneDrive
6 13 (4.22%) Mimecast
7 9 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (2.60%) IaaS
9 7 (2.27%) Nutanix
10 6 (1.95%) Google Workspace
11 5 (1.62%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.62%) ChatGPT
11 5 (1.62%) Power Platform
11 5 (1.62%) WhatsApp
12 4 (1.30%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (1.30%) Amazon SQS
12 4 (1.30%) Azure App Service
12 4 (1.30%) PaaS
12 4 (1.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 3 (0.97%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 242 (78.57%) DHCP
2 142 (46.10%) Firewall
3 128 (41.56%) TCP/IP
4 71 (23.05%) VLAN
5 69 (22.40%) WAN
6 60 (19.48%) LAN
7 55 (17.86%) VPN
8 48 (15.58%) SAN
9 38 (12.34%) Wi-Fi
10 24 (7.79%) SSL
11 21 (6.82%) SD-WAN
11 21 (6.82%) Wireless
12 14 (4.55%) BGP
13 13 (4.22%) SMTP
14 12 (3.90%) HTTP
14 12 (3.90%) Remote Desktop
14 12 (3.90%) SNMP
15 11 (3.57%) iSCSI
15 11 (3.57%) SSH
16 10 (3.25%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (11.36%) SQL Server
2 16 (5.19%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (2.27%) Oracle Database
4 5 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.30%) Power BI
5 4 (1.30%) RDBMS
5 4 (1.30%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (0.97%) MySQL
6 3 (0.97%) Redis
7 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.32%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.32%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 8 (2.60%) JIRA
2 4 (1.30%) Git
3 2 (0.65%) GitLab
3 2 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.32%) MSBuild
4 1 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 82 (26.62%) Social Skills
2 31 (10.06%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (6.49%) Finance
4 15 (4.87%) Documentation Skills
5 14 (4.55%) Telecoms
6 12 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (2.92%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.27%) Law
8 7 (2.27%) Retail
9 6 (1.95%) Automotive
10 5 (1.62%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.30%) Public Sector
12 3 (0.97%) Legal
12 3 (0.97%) Military
13 2 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.32%) Back Office
14 1 (0.32%) Games
Job Titles
1 63 (20.45%) IT Engineer
2 59 (19.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 57 (18.51%) IT Support
4 53 (17.21%) Support Engineer
5 43 (13.96%) Senior
6 32 (10.39%) Analyst
7 30 (9.74%) IT Support Engineer
8 29 (9.42%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 22 (7.14%) Administrator
9 22 (7.14%) Network Engineer
10 19 (6.17%) IT Technician
10 19 (6.17%) Lead
10 19 (6.17%) Support Technician
11 18 (5.84%) Network Manager
11 18 (5.84%) Service Analyst
11 18 (5.84%) Service Desk Analyst
12 16 (5.19%) IT Manager
13 15 (4.87%) 3rd Line Support
13 15 (4.87%) IT Support Technician
13 15 (4.87%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.87%) .NET
2 10 (3.25%) ASP.NET
3 9 (2.92%) AngularJS
3 9 (2.92%) ASP.NET MVC
3 9 (2.92%) CSS
3 9 (2.92%) HTML
3 9 (2.92%) jQuery
3 9 (2.92%) React
3 9 (2.92%) REST
3 9 (2.92%) Tailwind CSS
3 9 (2.92%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 9 (2.92%) Vue
3 9 (2.92%) WPF
4 8 (2.60%) 802.1X
5 4 (1.30%) JSON
5 4 (1.30%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (1.30%) Spring Boot
5 4 (1.30%) YAML
6 3 (0.97%) .NET Core
6 3 (0.97%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 26 (8.44%) Driving Licence
3 16 (5.19%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (4.55%) PKI
5 13 (4.22%) Public Cloud
6 10 (3.25%) Management Information System
6 10 (3.25%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.92%) Clustering
8 8 (2.60%) EFT
9 6 (1.95%) Cyberattack
9 6 (1.95%) Replication
10 4 (1.30%) CCTV
10 4 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.30%) FMCG
10 4 (1.30%) IoT
11 3 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.97%) Mobile Computing
11 3 (0.97%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 3 (0.97%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.65%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 244 (79.22%) Windows
2 167 (54.22%) Windows Server
3 53 (17.21%) Windows Server 2016
4 51 (16.56%) Windows Server 2019
5 45 (14.61%) Windows 10
6 31 (10.06%) Linux
6 31 (10.06%) Windows Server 2012
7 12 (3.90%) Apple iOS
8 11 (3.57%) Mac OS
9 8 (2.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 8 (2.60%) Windows Server 2008
10 7 (2.27%) Android
10 7 (2.27%) Ubuntu
11 6 (1.95%) CentOS
12 5 (1.62%) Mac OS X
12 5 (1.62%) Windows Server 2003
13 4 (1.30%) VMS
14 2 (0.65%) Unix
14 2 (0.65%) Windows 8
15 1 (0.32%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (22.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 64 (20.78%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (17.53%) Cybersecurity
4 48 (15.58%) ITIL
5 32 (10.39%) Disaster Recovery
6 30 (9.74%) Customer Service
7 24 (7.79%) Change Control
7 24 (7.79%) Migration
8 22 (7.14%) Project Delivery
9 19 (6.17%) Patch Management
10 17 (5.52%) Agile
10 17 (5.52%) Kalman Filter
11 16 (5.19%) Change Management
11 16 (5.19%) Project Management
12 15 (4.87%) Collaborative Working
12 15 (4.87%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (4.87%) ERP
13 14 (4.55%) Load Balancing
13 14 (4.55%) Server Management
14 13 (4.22%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 73 (23.70%) PowerShell
2 28 (9.09%) SQL
3 10 (3.25%) C#
4 9 (2.92%) XAML
5 6 (1.95%) Bash
5 6 (1.95%) T-SQL
6 5 (1.62%) Python
7 3 (0.97%) Java
7 3 (0.97%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.97%) PL/SQL
7 3 (0.97%) R
8 2 (0.65%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.32%) C
9 1 (0.32%) C++
9 1 (0.32%) Perl
9 1 (0.32%) PHP
Qualifications
1 34 (11.04%) Degree
2 28 (9.09%) CCNA
2 28 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
3 21 (6.82%) Security Cleared
4 17 (5.52%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (4.22%) SC Cleared
6 12 (3.90%) Azure Certification
6 12 (3.90%) Network+ Certification
7 10 (3.25%) A+ Certification
8 9 (2.92%) MCSE
9 8 (2.60%) CCNP
9 8 (2.60%) DV Cleared
10 7 (2.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (1.95%) AWS Certification
12 5 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.62%) DBS Check
12 5 (1.62%) MCSA
13 4 (1.30%) CCA
13 4 (1.30%) CCDA
13 4 (1.30%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.22%) SLA
2 6 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (0.97%) GDPR
3 3 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.97%) JSP 440
4 2 (0.65%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.65%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 242 (78.57%) Active Directory
2 99 (32.14%) Hyper-V
3 82 (26.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (5.52%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (4.55%) vSphere
6 11 (3.57%) Virtual Servers
7 8 (2.60%) pfSense
7 8 (2.60%) Terminal Services
8 7 (2.27%) VMware Server
9 6 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (1.62%) NFS
11 4 (1.30%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 4 (1.30%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.65%) Docker
12 2 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (0.65%) XenApp
12 2 (0.65%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 74 (24.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (9.09%) SCCM
3 13 (4.22%) SmoothWall
4 12 (3.90%) vCenter Server
5 10 (3.25%) Terraform
6 8 (2.60%) SCOM
7 5 (1.62%) Backup Exec
7 5 (1.62%) FortiGate
7 5 (1.62%) WSUS
8 3 (0.97%) Autotask
8 3 (0.97%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (0.97%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.97%) Nagios
8 3 (0.97%) SCOrch
8 3 (0.97%) vMotion
9 2 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.65%) PaperCut
10 1 (0.32%) Icinga
Vendors
1 201 (65.26%) Microsoft
2 125 (40.58%) VMware
3 60 (19.48%) Veeam
4 58 (18.83%) Cisco
5 27 (8.77%) Dell
6 23 (7.47%) Apple
7 21 (6.82%) Citrix
8 18 (5.84%) Acronis
8 18 (5.84%) HP
9 16 (5.19%) Fortinet
10 15 (4.87%) Aruba
11 14 (4.55%) Meraki
11 14 (4.55%) Sophos
12 13 (4.22%) SonicWALL
13 12 (3.90%) Juniper
14 11 (3.57%) WatchGuard
15 10 (3.25%) Sage
15 10 (3.25%) Zerto
16 8 (2.60%) Google
16 8 (2.60%) Oracle