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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 138 146 136
Rank change year-on-year +8 -10 +12
Permanent jobs citing DNS 279 303 483
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.71% 2.33% 2.52%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.67% 12.35% 18.82%
Number of salaries quoted 211 259 392
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,200 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,016 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.21% -5.84% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £67,968 £63,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -

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 1,781 2,453 2,566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 10.93% 18.90% 13.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,262 1,110 1,843
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% -1.05% +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,000 £62,833 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £73,675
England median annual salary £48,500 £50,985 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.87% -2.89% +5.00%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 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
North West -14 139 £47,500 +5.56% 37
Yorkshire +45 116 £33,000 -4.35% 29
North East -8 30 £44,274 +10.97% 14
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 63 (22.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (10.39%) SharePoint
3 24 (8.60%) IIS
4 12 (4.30%) WebLogic
5 11 (3.94%) CMS
6 7 (2.51%) Apache
7 5 (1.79%) WordPress
8 4 (1.43%) Umbraco
9 3 (1.08%) WebSphere
9 3 (1.08%) WebSphere Application Server
10 2 (0.72%) Confluence
11 1 (0.36%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 41 (14.70%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (5.38%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (4.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.36%) Epicor Tropos
2 1 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 153 (54.84%) Azure
2 117 (41.94%) Microsoft 365
3 56 (20.07%) AWS
3 56 (20.07%) Entra ID
4 18 (6.45%) IaaS
5 14 (5.02%) PaaS
6 12 (4.30%) Amazon EKS
6 12 (4.30%) Amazon SQS
6 12 (4.30%) Nutanix
7 10 (3.58%) OneDrive
8 9 (3.23%) GitHub
9 8 (2.87%) GCP
10 7 (2.51%) AWS KMS
10 7 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.51%) Azure Key Vault
10 7 (2.51%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.79%) Power Platform
11 5 (1.79%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 184 (65.95%) DHCP
2 93 (33.33%) Firewall
3 92 (32.97%) TCP/IP
4 71 (25.45%) WAN
5 62 (22.22%) LAN
6 59 (21.15%) VPN
7 34 (12.19%) SSL
8 23 (8.24%) Network Security
9 22 (7.89%) SAN
10 20 (7.17%) Wireless
11 19 (6.81%) VLAN
11 19 (6.81%) VoIP
12 18 (6.45%) BGP
13 17 (6.09%) WLAN
14 15 (5.38%) SD-WAN
15 14 (5.02%) Wi-Fi
16 9 (3.23%) iSCSI
17 8 (2.87%) Internet
17 8 (2.87%) IPsec
18 7 (2.51%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (8.96%) Amazon RDS
2 20 (7.17%) SQL Server
3 13 (4.66%) Relational Database
4 12 (4.30%) Oracle Database
4 12 (4.30%) RDBMS
5 5 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (1.79%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (1.79%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.79%) Redis
6 3 (1.08%) Power BI
7 1 (0.36%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (1.79%) JIRA
2 3 (1.08%) Fiddler
2 3 (1.08%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.08%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (0.72%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.72%) GitLab
4 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
General
1 62 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 25 (8.96%) Public Sector
3 17 (6.09%) Finance
4 16 (5.73%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (3.58%) Games
6 8 (2.87%) Retail
7 6 (2.15%) Marketing
8 4 (1.43%) Agriculture
9 3 (1.08%) French Language
9 3 (1.08%) German Language
9 3 (1.08%) Italian Language
9 3 (1.08%) Local Government
9 3 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.08%) Portuguese Language
9 3 (1.08%) Spanish Language
9 3 (1.08%) Swedish Language
9 3 (1.08%) Turkish Language
10 2 (0.72%) Law
10 2 (0.72%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.36%) Legal
Job Titles
1 72 (25.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 41 (14.70%) Senior
3 39 (13.98%) IT Support
4 32 (11.47%) IT Engineer
4 32 (11.47%) Support Engineer
5 28 (10.04%) Analyst
6 26 (9.32%) 2nd Line Support
6 26 (9.32%) Lead
7 23 (8.24%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 23 (8.24%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 22 (7.89%) Architect
9 19 (6.81%) IT Support Engineer
10 18 (6.45%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 18 (6.45%) Network Engineer
11 14 (5.02%) IT Analyst
12 13 (4.66%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (4.66%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
12 13 (4.66%) Support Analyst
13 12 (4.30%) IT Support Analyst
13 12 (4.30%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.02%) REST
2 12 (4.30%) CSS
2 12 (4.30%) HTML
2 12 (4.30%) RabbitMQ
2 12 (4.30%) Spring Boot
3 11 (3.94%) React
4 9 (3.23%) .NET
5 7 (2.51%) jQuery
5 7 (2.51%) Node.js
5 7 (2.51%) Vue
6 5 (1.79%) Middleware
7 4 (1.43%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.43%) ASP.NET
7 4 (1.43%) ASP.NET MVC
7 4 (1.43%) Tailwind CSS
7 4 (1.43%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 4 (1.43%) WPF
8 3 (1.08%) SAML
8 3 (1.08%) Sass
9 2 (0.72%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.75%) Enterprise Software
1 30 (10.75%) Public Cloud
2 20 (7.17%) Data Centre
3 19 (6.81%) Hybrid Cloud
4 18 (6.45%) PKI
5 14 (5.02%) Driving Licence
5 14 (5.02%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (4.66%) Clustering
7 11 (3.94%) Management Information System
8 10 (3.58%) Onboarding
9 9 (3.23%) Replication
10 8 (2.87%) Enterprise Cloud
11 7 (2.51%) Distributed Computing
12 6 (2.15%) PMI
13 5 (1.79%) NHS
14 4 (1.43%) Linux Command Line
15 3 (1.08%) Client/Server
16 2 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
16 2 (0.72%) Social Media
16 2 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 175 (62.72%) Windows
2 106 (37.99%) Windows Server
3 51 (18.28%) Linux
4 48 (17.20%) Windows 10
5 21 (7.53%) Windows Server 2012
6 20 (7.17%) Android
6 20 (7.17%) Windows Server 2016
7 19 (6.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 16 (5.73%) Apple iOS
9 12 (4.30%) VMS
10 11 (3.94%) Windows 7
11 7 (2.51%) Windows Server 2008
12 5 (1.79%) Windows Server 2019
13 3 (1.08%) Mac OS
13 3 (1.08%) Unix
14 2 (0.72%) Windows 8
14 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2003
15 1 (0.36%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (34.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 62 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (16.85%) ITIL
4 44 (15.77%) Customer Service
5 38 (13.62%) Disaster Recovery
6 35 (12.54%) Mentoring
7 30 (10.75%) Coaching
8 29 (10.39%) Cybersecurity
8 29 (10.39%) Project Management
9 28 (10.04%) Computer Science
10 27 (9.68%) DevOps
11 26 (9.32%) Proactive Monitoring
12 25 (8.96%) Migration
13 24 (8.60%) Agile
14 21 (7.53%) Capacity Planning
14 21 (7.53%) Load Balancing
14 21 (7.53%) Service Management
15 17 (6.09%) Scrum
15 17 (6.09%) TOGAF
16 16 (5.73%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 67 (24.01%) PowerShell
2 29 (10.39%) SQL
3 25 (8.96%) Python
4 12 (4.30%) Bash
5 9 (3.23%) JavaScript
6 7 (2.51%) VBScript
7 6 (2.15%) C#
8 5 (1.79%) Go
9 4 (1.43%) XAML
10 3 (1.08%) Ruby
11 2 (0.72%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.36%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 38 (13.62%) Degree
2 23 (8.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 21 (7.53%) Azure Certification
4 17 (6.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (5.02%) SC Cleared
5 14 (5.02%) Security Cleared
6 12 (4.30%) AWS Certification
6 12 (4.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 12 (4.30%) CCNA
6 12 (4.30%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (2.51%) CCNP
8 6 (2.15%) CISSP
8 6 (2.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 6 (2.15%) PMI Certification
9 5 (1.79%) MCP
9 5 (1.79%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (1.43%) MCSA
10 4 (1.43%) MCSE
11 2 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.17%) SLA
2 14 (5.02%) GDPR
3 7 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.72%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.72%) NCSC
5 2 (0.72%) NIST
5 2 (0.72%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.36%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.36%) PMO
System Software
1 195 (69.89%) Active Directory
2 55 (19.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 49 (17.56%) Hyper-V
4 18 (6.45%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (5.38%) vSphere
6 6 (2.15%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.08%) Ceph
7 3 (1.08%) Docker
7 3 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.72%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.36%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.36%) Firmware
9 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.36%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 53 (19.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (8.96%) SCCM
3 23 (8.24%) Ansible
4 22 (7.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 19 (6.81%) WSUS
6 14 (5.02%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (4.66%) Kubernetes
7 13 (4.66%) SCOM
8 12 (4.30%) Terraform
9 10 (3.58%) CA Single Sign-On
10 9 (3.23%) Failover Clustering
11 7 (2.51%) Grafana
11 7 (2.51%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 6 (2.15%) FortiGate
12 6 (2.15%) Opsgenie
12 6 (2.15%) VxRail
12 6 (2.15%) ZABBIX
13 5 (1.79%) Prometheus
14 4 (1.43%) IBM BigFix
15 3 (1.08%) Puppet
Vendors
1 166 (59.50%) Microsoft
2 98 (35.13%) VMware
3 42 (15.05%) Cisco
4 26 (9.32%) Citrix
5 24 (8.60%) Veeam
6 23 (8.24%) Oracle
6 23 (8.24%) SolarWinds
7 19 (6.81%) ServiceNow
8 16 (5.73%) Fortinet
9 13 (4.66%) Dell
10 12 (4.30%) Sparx
11 11 (3.94%) CA
11 11 (3.94%) CyberArk
12 10 (3.58%) SAP
13 9 (3.23%) Juniper
14 8 (2.87%) Apple
14 8 (2.87%) NetApp
15 6 (2.15%) Red Hat
15 6 (2.15%) Sophos
16 5 (1.79%) Meraki