DNS Jobs in the North of England

Domain Name System (DNS)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 18 February 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 163 109 152
Rank change year-on-year -54 +43 -14
Permanent jobs citing DNS 158 327 394
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.40% 2.51% 2.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.32% 19.42% 16.60%
Number of salaries quoted 88 277 283
10th Percentile £29,175 £26,150 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £30,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,600 £41,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.34% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £53,000 £48,750 £53,375
90th Percentile £68,250 £67,968 £62,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £43,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,031 1,684 2,374
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 9.14% 12.90% 13.69%
Number of salaries quoted 562 1,360 1,354
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £34,125 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,231 £44,505
Median % change year-on-year +4.09% -2.86% -1.10%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -2.91% +0.98%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing DNS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for DNS in the North of England

DNS
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DNS in the North of England.

Salary trend for DNS in the North of England

DNS
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 February 2025.

Salary histogram for DNS in the North of England

DNS
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 February 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
North West -62 94 £45,000 +3.45% 51
Yorkshire +13 57 £35,000 +7.69% 20
North East -20 7 £35,000 -15.66% 8
DNS
England

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 48 (30.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (16.46%) SharePoint
3 8 (5.06%) Apache
4 4 (2.53%) OpenStack
5 2 (1.27%) CMS
5 2 (1.27%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (1.27%) WordPress
6 1 (0.63%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.63%) IIS
6 1 (0.63%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (6.96%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.27%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (1.27%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 95 (60.13%) Microsoft 365
2 88 (55.70%) Azure
3 27 (17.09%) AWS
4 25 (15.82%) Entra ID
5 15 (9.49%) GCP
6 11 (6.96%) SaaS
7 10 (6.33%) IaaS
8 7 (4.43%) OneDrive
8 7 (4.43%) PaaS
9 5 (3.16%) Mimecast
10 4 (2.53%) Amazon S3
10 4 (2.53%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (2.53%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (2.53%) Nutanix
10 4 (2.53%) Power Platform
10 4 (2.53%) Route 53
10 4 (2.53%) Serverless
11 3 (1.90%) Rubrik
12 2 (1.27%) Azure AKS
12 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 120 (75.95%) DHCP
2 87 (55.06%) Firewall
3 62 (39.24%) TCP/IP
4 53 (33.54%) VPN
5 49 (31.01%) LAN
6 43 (27.22%) VLAN
7 37 (23.42%) WAN
8 14 (8.86%) SAN
8 14 (8.86%) VoIP
9 12 (7.59%) Wireless
10 10 (6.33%) IPv4
10 10 (6.33%) Remote Desktop
11 9 (5.70%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (5.06%) NAS
12 8 (5.06%) VSAN
12 8 (5.06%) WLAN
13 6 (3.80%) Network Security
13 6 (3.80%) SD-WAN
14 5 (3.16%) Cisco Nexus
14 5 (3.16%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (17.09%) SQL Server
2 11 (6.96%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (5.70%) MongoDB
4 5 (3.16%) MySQL
5 4 (2.53%) Power BI
6 2 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.27%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (1.27%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.63%) Couchbase
7 1 (0.63%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (3.16%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (2.53%) Git
3 3 (1.90%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (1.27%) JIRA
General
1 53 (33.54%) Social Skills
2 17 (10.76%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (10.13%) Retail
4 9 (5.70%) Law
5 8 (5.06%) Telecoms
6 7 (4.43%) Finance
6 7 (4.43%) Manufacturing
7 5 (3.16%) Banking
8 4 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.90%) Legal
10 2 (1.27%) Automotive
10 2 (1.27%) Local Government
10 2 (1.27%) Marketing
10 2 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.27%) Police
Job Titles
1 36 (22.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 28 (17.72%) IT Engineer
3 22 (13.92%) Senior
4 20 (12.66%) Analyst
4 20 (12.66%) Cloud Engineer
5 15 (9.49%) IT Support
6 13 (8.23%) Network Engineer
7 12 (7.59%) Administrator
8 11 (6.96%) Azure Engineer
8 11 (6.96%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (6.33%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (6.33%) IT Administrator
10 9 (5.70%) IT Technician
10 9 (5.70%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 9 (5.70%) Support Engineer
10 9 (5.70%) Systems Administrator
11 8 (5.06%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 7 (4.43%) IT Support Engineer
12 7 (4.43%) Support Technician
12 7 (4.43%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.16%) Middleware
2 4 (2.53%) LAPP Stack
3 3 (1.90%) ARM Templates
3 3 (1.90%) SAML
4 2 (1.27%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.27%) CSS
4 2 (1.27%) Django
4 2 (1.27%) EDI
4 2 (1.27%) HTML
4 2 (1.27%) LAMP
4 2 (1.27%) LDAP
4 2 (1.27%) Loki
4 2 (1.27%) Node.js
4 2 (1.27%) React
4 2 (1.27%) XML
5 1 (0.63%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.66%) Replication
2 11 (6.96%) Data Centre
3 10 (6.33%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (4.43%) Driving Licence
4 7 (4.43%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (4.43%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.80%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.53%) PKI
6 4 (2.53%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.90%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.27%) CCTV
8 2 (1.27%) Cyberattack
8 2 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.27%) HP Storage
8 2 (1.27%) Life Science
8 2 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.27%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.63%) Fat Client
9 1 (0.63%) PropTech
9 1 (0.63%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 110 (69.62%) Windows
2 67 (42.41%) Windows Server
3 36 (22.78%) Linux
4 28 (17.72%) Windows Server 2019
5 24 (15.19%) Windows Server 2016
6 13 (8.23%) Unix
6 13 (8.23%) Windows 10
7 7 (4.43%) Android
8 6 (3.80%) CentOS
8 6 (3.80%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (2.53%) AIX
9 4 (2.53%) Mac OS X
9 4 (2.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (2.53%) Ubuntu
10 3 (1.90%) Mac OS
10 3 (1.90%) Windows 7
11 2 (1.27%) Debian
11 2 (1.27%) Solaris
11 2 (1.27%) SUSE
11 2 (1.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (36.08%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (31.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 44 (27.85%) Disaster Recovery
4 30 (18.99%) ITIL
5 21 (13.29%) Incident Management
6 20 (12.66%) Continuous Improvement
7 19 (12.03%) Customer Service
7 19 (12.03%) Cybersecurity
7 19 (12.03%) Migration
8 17 (10.76%) High Availability
9 15 (9.49%) Project Delivery
10 13 (8.23%) Proactive Monitoring
11 12 (7.59%) Computer Science
11 12 (7.59%) Mentoring
12 11 (6.96%) Business Continuity
13 9 (5.70%) Capacity Planning
13 9 (5.70%) Patch Management
13 9 (5.70%) Server Management
14 8 (5.06%) Infrastructure Management
14 8 (5.06%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 24 (15.19%) PowerShell
2 21 (13.29%) SQL
3 13 (8.23%) Python
4 5 (3.16%) PHP
5 4 (2.53%) C++
6 2 (1.27%) AWK
6 2 (1.27%) Bash
6 2 (1.27%) Bicep
6 2 (1.27%) C
6 2 (1.27%) C#
6 2 (1.27%) Java
6 2 (1.27%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.27%) Korn
6 2 (1.27%) Perl
6 2 (1.27%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.27%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.63%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 18 (11.39%) Microsoft Certification
2 16 (10.13%) Degree
3 15 (9.49%) Azure Certification
4 12 (7.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (4.43%) CCNA
5 7 (4.43%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (4.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 6 (3.80%) A+ Certification
6 6 (3.80%) SC Cleared
6 6 (3.80%) Security Cleared
7 5 (3.16%) CCNP
8 3 (1.90%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.90%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.90%) JNCIA
8 3 (1.90%) JNCIS
8 3 (1.90%) MCSA
8 3 (1.90%) Server+ Certification
9 2 (1.27%) CEH
9 2 (1.27%) CISM
9 2 (1.27%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.53%) ISO 9001
2 4 (2.53%) SLA
3 3 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (1.90%) IASME
3 3 (1.90%) PMO
4 2 (1.27%) NIST
System Software
1 99 (62.66%) Active Directory
2 47 (29.75%) Hyper-V
3 40 (25.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (9.49%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (9.49%) vSphere
5 12 (7.59%) DFS Replication
6 11 (6.96%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (4.43%) VMware NSX
8 4 (2.53%) Docker
8 4 (2.53%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (1.90%) Firmware
10 2 (1.27%) KVM
10 2 (1.27%) Postfix
10 2 (1.27%) Sendmail
11 1 (0.63%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 30 (18.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (8.23%) Terraform
3 12 (7.59%) Ansible
4 11 (6.96%) vCenter Server
5 9 (5.70%) Kubernetes
6 8 (5.06%) WSUS
7 5 (3.16%) Progress Chef
8 4 (2.53%) Puppet
9 3 (1.90%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.90%) SCCM
9 3 (1.90%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (1.27%) Grafana
10 2 (1.27%) Nagios
10 2 (1.27%) Nessus
10 2 (1.27%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.63%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 88 (55.70%) Microsoft
1 88 (55.70%) VMware
2 39 (24.68%) Veeam
3 20 (12.66%) Cisco
4 10 (6.33%) Citrix
5 8 (5.06%) Oracle
6 7 (4.43%) Apple
6 7 (4.43%) CheckPoint
6 7 (4.43%) Google
7 6 (3.80%) Juniper
7 6 (3.80%) Red Hat
7 6 (3.80%) SolarWinds
8 4 (2.53%) HP
8 4 (2.53%) IBM
8 4 (2.53%) Veritas
8 4 (2.53%) Zerto
9 3 (1.90%) Dell
9 3 (1.90%) Meraki
9 3 (1.90%) Sophos
9 3 (1.90%) Synology