DNS Jobs in the North West

Domain Name System (DNS)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 143 129 139
Rank change year-on-year -14 +10 +13
Permanent jobs citing DNS 139 153 240
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.50% 2.36% 2.38%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.26% 12.97% 19.02%
Number of salaries quoted 112 134 207
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £29,226
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £53,750 £53,125
90th Percentile £75,875 £63,750 £67,500
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 West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 975 1,180 1,262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 10.53% 18.24% 12.49%
Number of salaries quoted 697 572 856
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,126
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +6.10% +4.72%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,200 £77,542 £71,250
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for DNS in the North West

DNS
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for DNS in the North West

DNS
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in the North West over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for DNS in the North West

DNS
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the North West 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
Manchester -19 59 £51,250 +9.63% 11
Cheshire -17 40 £46,000 -2.13% 11
Merseyside +17 21 £55,500 +34.55% 4
Lancashire -11 15 £47,500 +90.00% 9
DNS
England

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 29 (20.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (12.23%) IIS
3 8 (5.76%) WebLogic
4 7 (5.04%) Apache
5 6 (4.32%) SharePoint
6 4 (2.88%) CMS
6 4 (2.88%) Umbraco
7 3 (2.16%) WebSphere
7 3 (2.16%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (1.44%) Confluence
9 1 (0.72%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (7.91%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (5.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.72%) Epicor Tropos
2 1 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 90 (64.75%) Azure
2 60 (43.17%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (27.34%) AWS
4 26 (18.71%) Entra ID
5 14 (10.07%) IaaS
6 12 (8.63%) PaaS
7 9 (6.47%) GitHub
8 8 (5.76%) Amazon EKS
8 8 (5.76%) Amazon SQS
8 8 (5.76%) GCP
9 7 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (5.04%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (4.32%) Nutanix
11 3 (2.16%) Anthos
11 3 (2.16%) AWS KMS
11 3 (2.16%) Azure AKS
11 3 (2.16%) Azure Key Vault
11 3 (2.16%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 3 (2.16%) Mimecast
11 3 (2.16%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 88 (63.31%) DHCP
2 46 (33.09%) Firewall
2 46 (33.09%) TCP/IP
3 34 (24.46%) WAN
4 32 (23.02%) VPN
5 26 (18.71%) LAN
6 23 (16.55%) SSL
7 15 (10.79%) SD-WAN
8 14 (10.07%) BGP
9 12 (8.63%) Network Security
9 12 (8.63%) SAN
10 9 (6.47%) Wireless
11 8 (5.76%) IPsec
11 8 (5.76%) VoIP
12 6 (4.32%) iSCSI
12 6 (4.32%) OSPF
13 5 (3.60%) DMZ
13 5 (3.60%) MPLS
13 5 (3.60%) Remote Desktop
13 5 (3.60%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.19%) Amazon RDS
1 10 (7.19%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.47%) Relational Database
3 8 (5.76%) Oracle Database
3 8 (5.76%) RDBMS
4 5 (3.60%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.72%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.72%) Power BI
5 1 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.88%) JIRA
2 3 (2.16%) Fiddler
2 3 (2.16%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.16%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (1.44%) Bitbucket
3 2 (1.44%) GitLab
General
1 28 (20.14%) Social Skills
2 13 (9.35%) Public Sector
3 8 (5.76%) Finance
4 7 (5.04%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.04%) Retail
5 2 (1.44%) Law
5 2 (1.44%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.72%) Banking
6 1 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (0.72%) Investment Banking
6 1 (0.72%) Legal
6 1 (0.72%) Marketing
6 1 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (28.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 32 (23.02%) Senior
3 18 (12.95%) Support Engineer
4 16 (11.51%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 14 (10.07%) Lead
6 13 (9.35%) Architect
6 13 (9.35%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 12 (8.63%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 11 (7.91%) IT Engineer
8 11 (7.91%) Network Engineer
9 10 (7.19%) Azure Engineer
10 8 (5.76%) 2nd Line Support
10 8 (5.76%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 8 (5.76%) Infrastructure Manager
10 8 (5.76%) Lead Architect
10 8 (5.76%) Lead Solutions Architect
10 8 (5.76%) Solutions Architect
11 7 (5.04%) Analyst
11 7 (5.04%) Cloud Engineer
11 7 (5.04%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.76%) RabbitMQ
1 8 (5.76%) Spring Boot
2 5 (3.60%) .NET
3 3 (2.16%) REST
3 3 (2.16%) SAML
4 2 (1.44%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.44%) LDAP
5 1 (0.72%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.72%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.72%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.72%) CSS
5 1 (0.72%) HTML
5 1 (0.72%) jQuery
5 1 (0.72%) Laravel
5 1 (0.72%) React
5 1 (0.72%) Tailwind CSS
5 1 (0.72%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 1 (0.72%) Visualforce
5 1 (0.72%) Vue
5 1 (0.72%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 19 (13.67%) Enterprise Software
2 17 (12.23%) Public Cloud
3 12 (8.63%) Data Centre
4 10 (7.19%) PKI
5 8 (5.76%) Onboarding
6 7 (5.04%) Distributed Computing
6 7 (5.04%) Driving Licence
6 7 (5.04%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (4.32%) Clustering
7 6 (4.32%) PMI
8 5 (3.60%) NHS
9 4 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.44%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (1.44%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (1.44%) Replication
11 1 (0.72%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.72%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 63 (45.32%) Windows
2 41 (29.50%) Windows Server
3 24 (17.27%) Linux
4 11 (7.91%) Windows 10
5 10 (7.19%) VMS
6 8 (5.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (4.32%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (3.60%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (2.88%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (1.44%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.72%) Android
11 1 (0.72%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.72%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.72%) Unix
11 1 (0.72%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (40.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 27 (19.42%) ITIL
3 26 (18.71%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (17.99%) Disaster Recovery
5 23 (16.55%) Project Management
6 21 (15.11%) Capacity Planning
7 20 (14.39%) Proactive Monitoring
8 19 (13.67%) Migration
9 18 (12.95%) DevOps
10 17 (12.23%) Computer Science
10 17 (12.23%) Customer Service
10 17 (12.23%) Mentoring
11 15 (10.79%) Agile
12 14 (10.07%) Cybersecurity
12 14 (10.07%) Incident Management
13 13 (9.35%) Continuous Improvement
13 13 (9.35%) Load Balancing
14 12 (8.63%) Coaching
15 11 (7.91%) Collaborative Working
15 11 (7.91%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 29 (20.86%) PowerShell
2 14 (10.07%) Python
3 12 (8.63%) SQL
4 7 (5.04%) Bash
5 5 (3.60%) Go
6 3 (2.16%) Ruby
7 2 (1.44%) C#
8 1 (0.72%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.72%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.72%) XAML
Qualifications
1 24 (17.27%) Degree
2 12 (8.63%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (7.19%) Azure Certification
4 9 (6.47%) SC Cleared
4 9 (6.47%) Security Cleared
5 8 (5.76%) AWS Certification
5 8 (5.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 7 (5.04%) CCNA
6 7 (5.04%) CCNP
6 7 (5.04%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (5.04%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (4.32%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.72%) CEH
9 1 (0.72%) CISM
9 1 (0.72%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.72%) GIAC
9 1 (0.72%) GSEC
9 1 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.72%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.91%) SLA
2 7 (5.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.44%) NCSC
3 2 (1.44%) NIST
3 2 (1.44%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.72%) GDPR
4 1 (0.72%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.72%) PMO
System Software
1 92 (66.19%) Active Directory
2 21 (15.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (10.79%) Hyper-V
4 6 (4.32%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.88%) vSphere
6 3 (2.16%) Docker
6 3 (2.16%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.44%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.72%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.72%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (20.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (10.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 12 (8.63%) Terraform
4 8 (5.76%) Ansible
4 8 (5.76%) Kubernetes
4 8 (5.76%) WSUS
5 7 (5.04%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (4.32%) CA Single Sign-On
6 6 (4.32%) Opsgenie
6 6 (4.32%) VxRail
6 6 (4.32%) ZABBIX
7 4 (2.88%) IBM BigFix
8 2 (1.44%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (1.44%) FortiGate
8 2 (1.44%) Grafana
8 2 (1.44%) SCCM
Vendors
1 83 (59.71%) Microsoft
2 53 (38.13%) VMware
3 24 (17.27%) Cisco
4 13 (9.35%) Citrix
4 13 (9.35%) ServiceNow
4 13 (9.35%) SolarWinds
5 12 (8.63%) Fortinet
6 11 (7.91%) Veeam
7 10 (7.19%) Dell
8 8 (5.76%) NetApp
8 8 (5.76%) Oracle
8 8 (5.76%) Sparx
9 6 (4.32%) Apple
9 6 (4.32%) Juniper
10 5 (3.60%) CyberArk
10 5 (3.60%) Meraki
11 4 (2.88%) Adobe
11 4 (2.88%) CA
11 4 (2.88%) CrowdStrike
12 3 (2.16%) LogicMonitor