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 13 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 142 154
Rank change year-on-year +77 +12 -8
Permanent jobs citing DNS 521 343 372
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.44% 1.71% 2.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.04% 15.18% 11.75%
Number of salaries quoted 104 265 280
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £29,500 £31,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% - +1.80%
75th Percentile £49,688 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,968 £63,750
England median annual salary £41,750 £44,225 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.60% +4.06% -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 2,600 2,260 3,166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 22.14% 11.26% 20.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,111 1,688 1,193
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,838 £27,100
25th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,500 £43,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -39.08% -5.43% -3.16%
75th Percentile £41,500 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% -4.76%

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 13 June 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 13 June 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 +103 460 £37,500 -16.67% 108
Yorkshire +5 55 £33,500 +3.08% 70
North East +12 6 £32,000 -24.71% 11
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 21 (4.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (2.69%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.11%) IIS
4 2 (0.38%) CMS
4 2 (0.38%) WordPress
5 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.19%) Confluence
5 1 (0.19%) nginx
5 1 (0.19%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 35 (6.72%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.58%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 75 (14.40%) Azure
2 64 (12.28%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (4.80%) AWS
4 16 (3.07%) Entra ID
5 9 (1.73%) SaaS
6 8 (1.54%) GCP
7 7 (1.34%) Nutanix
7 7 (1.34%) OneDrive
8 6 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (1.15%) IaaS
8 6 (1.15%) PaaS
9 5 (0.96%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (0.96%) Power Platform
10 4 (0.77%) Azure AI
10 4 (0.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 4 (0.77%) Azure Key Vault
10 4 (0.77%) Azure Service Bus
10 4 (0.77%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.38%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 438 (84.07%) VPN
2 92 (17.66%) DHCP
3 61 (11.71%) Firewall
4 47 (9.02%) TCP/IP
5 38 (7.29%) WAN
6 27 (5.18%) LAN
7 22 (4.22%) VLAN
8 9 (1.73%) SD-WAN
9 8 (1.54%) Cisco Nexus
9 8 (1.54%) HTTP
9 8 (1.54%) Network Security
9 8 (1.54%) Wireless
10 7 (1.34%) NAS
10 7 (1.34%) SAN
11 6 (1.15%) DWDM
11 6 (1.15%) MPLS
11 6 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (0.96%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (0.96%) VoIP
12 5 (0.96%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.26%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.34%) MongoDB
2 7 (1.34%) MySQL
2 7 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.96%) Power BI
4 4 (0.77%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.38%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.19%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 8 (1.54%) Git
2 7 (1.34%) JIRA
3 6 (1.15%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (0.96%) Oracle Forms
General
1 403 (77.35%) Analytical Skills
2 396 (76.01%) Finance
3 388 (74.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 71 (13.63%) Social Skills
5 10 (1.92%) Retail
6 6 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (0.96%) Banking
7 5 (0.96%) Manufacturing
8 4 (0.77%) Local Government
9 3 (0.58%) Automotive
9 3 (0.58%) Games
10 2 (0.38%) Legal
10 2 (0.38%) Marketing
10 2 (0.38%) Police
11 1 (0.19%) Aviation
11 1 (0.19%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.19%) Publishing
11 1 (0.19%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 388 (74.47%) Developer
1 388 (74.47%) Software Developer
2 25 (4.80%) IT Support
3 21 (4.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 21 (4.03%) Network Engineer
4 17 (3.26%) Support Engineer
5 15 (2.88%) Senior
6 13 (2.50%) Technical Support
7 12 (2.30%) 2nd Line Support
8 11 (2.11%) Analyst
9 9 (1.73%) Technical Engineer
9 9 (1.73%) Technical Support Engineer
10 8 (1.54%) Junior
11 7 (1.34%) Architect
11 7 (1.34%) Senior Technical Support
11 7 (1.34%) Support Analyst
12 6 (1.15%) Infrastructure Support
12 6 (1.15%) Junior Support Engineer
12 6 (1.15%) Junior Technical Engineer
12 6 (1.15%) Junior Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.96%) Middleware
2 4 (0.77%) LDAP
3 2 (0.38%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.38%) CSS
3 2 (0.38%) Django
3 2 (0.38%) HTML
3 2 (0.38%) Node.js
3 2 (0.38%) React
4 1 (0.19%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.19%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 390 (74.86%) Cyberattack
2 9 (1.73%) Driving Licence
2 9 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (1.34%) Data Centre
4 6 (1.15%) Management Information System
4 6 (1.15%) Onboarding
4 6 (1.15%) Private Cloud
5 5 (0.96%) EPoS
6 4 (0.77%) Anti-Spyware
6 4 (0.77%) Clustering
6 4 (0.77%) NHS
7 3 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.38%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.38%) PKI
8 2 (0.38%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.19%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.19%) HP Storage
9 1 (0.19%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.19%) PropTech
9 1 (0.19%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 416 (79.85%) Linux
2 393 (75.43%) Android
3 81 (15.55%) Windows
4 58 (11.13%) Windows Server
5 12 (2.30%) Windows 10
6 8 (1.54%) Mac OS
7 7 (1.34%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (1.34%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (1.15%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (0.96%) Unix
9 5 (0.96%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.96%) Windows 8
10 4 (0.77%) CentOS
11 3 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.38%) VMS
13 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.19%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 400 (76.78%) Agile
2 389 (74.66%) Line Management
3 388 (74.47%) Android Development
3 388 (74.47%) Design Patterns
3 388 (74.47%) Mathematics
3 388 (74.47%) OO
3 388 (74.47%) OOP
4 47 (9.02%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (5.76%) Customer Service
6 29 (5.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 23 (4.41%) ITIL
8 20 (3.84%) Mentoring
9 17 (3.26%) Cybersecurity
10 14 (2.69%) Disaster Recovery
11 13 (2.50%) Migration
11 13 (2.50%) Network Architecture
12 11 (2.11%) Incident Management
12 11 (2.11%) ITSM
12 11 (2.11%) Technical Leadership
13 10 (1.92%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 407 (78.12%) Python
2 391 (75.05%) Java
3 390 (74.86%) C++
4 389 (74.66%) Go
5 23 (4.41%) PowerShell
6 21 (4.03%) SQL
7 4 (0.77%) Bicep
8 3 (0.58%) Bash
8 3 (0.58%) PHP
9 2 (0.38%) C#
9 2 (0.38%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.19%) Perl
10 1 (0.19%) VB
10 1 (0.19%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 400 (76.78%) Security Cleared
2 388 (74.47%) DV Cleared
3 21 (4.03%) Microsoft Certification
4 18 (3.45%) Degree
5 13 (2.50%) CCNA
5 13 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (2.30%) SC Cleared
7 10 (1.92%) Azure Certification
7 10 (1.92%) Network+ Certification
8 8 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.54%) JNCIA
9 6 (1.15%) CCNP
9 6 (1.15%) JNCIS
9 6 (1.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 5 (0.96%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.96%) MCSE
11 4 (0.77%) CISM
11 4 (0.77%) CISSP
12 3 (0.58%) A+ Certification
12 3 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (0.96%) NIST
3 4 (0.77%) NCSC
4 2 (0.38%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.38%) SLA
5 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 389 (74.66%) Docker
2 72 (13.82%) Active Directory
3 33 (6.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 31 (5.95%) Hyper-V
5 15 (2.88%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (1.34%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.96%) vSphere
8 3 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.19%) Firmware
9 1 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.19%) RHEV
9 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 410 (78.69%) Ansible
2 20 (3.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (3.07%) Terraform
4 8 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.34%) Kubernetes
6 6 (1.15%) Proxmox
7 5 (0.96%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.96%) SCCM
8 3 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.58%) Autotask
8 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 3 (0.58%) SCOM
8 3 (0.58%) WSUS
9 2 (0.38%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.19%) Backup Exec
10 1 (0.19%) Grafana
10 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.19%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 76 (14.59%) Microsoft
2 54 (10.36%) VMware
3 29 (5.57%) Cisco
4 11 (2.11%) Veeam
5 8 (1.54%) Google
5 8 (1.54%) Oracle
5 8 (1.54%) ServiceNow
6 7 (1.34%) Meraki
7 6 (1.15%) Arista
8 5 (0.96%) Fortinet
8 5 (0.96%) MobileIron
8 5 (0.96%) Zscaler
9 4 (0.77%) Citrix
9 4 (0.77%) Databricks
9 4 (0.77%) Datto
9 4 (0.77%) Okta
9 4 (0.77%) Perforce
9 4 (0.77%) SonicWALL
10 3 (0.58%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.58%) Ubiquiti