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

6 months to
19 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 143 138
Rank change year-on-year +96 -5 +16
Permanent jobs citing DNS 462 182 184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 6.17% 1.56% 2.54%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 32.06% 14.86% 11.88%
Number of salaries quoted 61 143 149
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,650 £26,450
25th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -1.10% +7.06%
75th Percentile £43,750 £63,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £62,500
England median annual salary £41,500 £43,621 £42,500
% change year-on-year -4.86% +2.64% -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 1,441 1,225 1,549
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 19.23% 10.53% 21.40%
Number of salaries quoted 477 911 615
10th Percentile £23,000 £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £45,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.11% -9.09% +6.45%
75th Percentile £51,240 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £66,750 £72,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £42,042 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.49% -5.00% -4.76%

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 19 June 2025.

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 19 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
Lancashire +52 307 £42,500 +21.43% 36
Manchester +49 75 £40,000 -17.11% 130
Cheshire +16 45 £37,500 -13.79% 39
Merseyside +37 32 £26,500 -43.62% 19
Cumbria -51 3 £31,000 -31.11% 7
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 13 (2.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.73%) IIS
3 6 (1.30%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.43%) CMS
4 2 (0.43%) WordPress
5 1 (0.22%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.22%) Confluence
5 1 (0.22%) nginx
5 1 (0.22%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 24 (5.19%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.65%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 48 (10.39%) Azure
2 31 (6.71%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (3.90%) AWS
4 9 (1.95%) Entra ID
5 8 (1.73%) GCP
6 6 (1.30%) Nutanix
7 4 (0.87%) OneDrive
8 3 (0.65%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (0.65%) SaaS
9 2 (0.43%) Azure AI
9 2 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.43%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (0.43%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (0.43%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (0.43%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.43%) Google Analytics
9 2 (0.43%) IaaS
9 2 (0.43%) PaaS
9 2 (0.43%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.43%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 402 (87.01%) VPN
2 53 (11.47%) DHCP
3 40 (8.66%) Firewall
4 25 (5.41%) WAN
5 21 (4.55%) TCP/IP
6 16 (3.46%) VLAN
7 14 (3.03%) LAN
8 8 (1.73%) HTTP
9 7 (1.52%) SD-WAN
10 6 (1.30%) MPLS
11 5 (1.08%) Cisco IOS
11 5 (1.08%) NAS
11 5 (1.08%) SAN
11 5 (1.08%) VSAN
12 4 (0.87%) SSH
12 4 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
13 3 (0.65%) VoIP
14 2 (0.43%) DMZ
14 2 (0.43%) IPv4
14 2 (0.43%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.81%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.52%) MongoDB
2 7 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.08%) MySQL
4 2 (0.43%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.43%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.43%) Power BI
5 1 (0.22%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.22%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 7 (1.52%) Git
2 6 (1.30%) JIRA
3 5 (1.08%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.22%) GitLab
4 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
General
1 392 (84.85%) Analytical Skills
2 385 (83.33%) Finance
3 379 (82.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 48 (10.39%) Social Skills
5 8 (1.73%) Retail
6 6 (1.30%) Banking
7 4 (0.87%) Manufacturing
8 3 (0.65%) Automotive
8 3 (0.65%) Games
9 2 (0.43%) Legal
9 2 (0.43%) Local Government
9 2 (0.43%) Marketing
10 1 (0.22%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.22%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 379 (82.03%) Developer
1 379 (82.03%) Software Developer
2 18 (3.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 17 (3.68%) IT Support
4 16 (3.46%) Support Engineer
5 13 (2.81%) Technical Support
6 11 (2.38%) Senior
7 10 (2.16%) Network Engineer
8 9 (1.95%) Technical Engineer
8 9 (1.95%) Technical Support Engineer
9 8 (1.73%) Analyst
9 8 (1.73%) Junior
10 7 (1.52%) Senior Technical Support
11 6 (1.30%) Junior Support Engineer
11 6 (1.30%) Junior Technical Engineer
11 6 (1.30%) Junior Technical Support
11 6 (1.30%) Junior Technical Support Engineer
12 5 (1.08%) Cloud Engineer
12 5 (1.08%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 5 (1.08%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.08%) Middleware
2 4 (0.87%) LDAP
3 2 (0.43%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.43%) CSS
3 2 (0.43%) Django
3 2 (0.43%) HTML
3 2 (0.43%) Node.js
3 2 (0.43%) React
4 1 (0.22%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.22%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 381 (82.47%) Cyberattack
2 9 (1.95%) Driving Licence
3 6 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (1.30%) Management Information System
3 6 (1.30%) Private Cloud
4 5 (1.08%) EPoS
4 5 (1.08%) Onboarding
5 4 (0.87%) Anti-Spyware
5 4 (0.87%) Clustering
6 3 (0.65%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.43%) NHS
7 2 (0.43%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.22%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.22%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.22%) PropTech
8 1 (0.22%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.22%) Replication
8 1 (0.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 400 (86.58%) Linux
2 384 (83.12%) Android
3 52 (11.26%) Windows
4 34 (7.36%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.52%) Mac OS
5 7 (1.52%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (1.30%) Unix
6 6 (1.30%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.30%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (1.30%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.08%) Windows 7
7 5 (1.08%) Windows 8
8 4 (0.87%) CentOS
9 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.22%) Debian
9 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 389 (84.20%) Agile
2 380 (82.25%) Line Management
3 379 (82.03%) Android Development
3 379 (82.03%) Design Patterns
3 379 (82.03%) Mathematics
3 379 (82.03%) OO
3 379 (82.03%) OOP
4 33 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (4.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 19 (4.11%) ITIL
7 16 (3.46%) Cybersecurity
8 15 (3.25%) Customer Service
9 14 (3.03%) Mentoring
10 10 (2.16%) ITSM
11 8 (1.73%) Disaster Recovery
11 8 (1.73%) Information Security
11 8 (1.73%) Service Management
12 7 (1.52%) Network Architecture
13 6 (1.30%) ERP
13 6 (1.30%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 388 (83.98%) Python
2 382 (82.68%) Java
3 381 (82.47%) C++
4 380 (82.25%) Go
5 13 (2.81%) SQL
6 11 (2.38%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.65%) Bicep
7 3 (0.65%) PHP
8 2 (0.43%) C#
8 2 (0.43%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.22%) Bash
9 1 (0.22%) VB
9 1 (0.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 382 (82.68%) Security Cleared
2 379 (82.03%) DV Cleared
3 16 (3.46%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (2.38%) Network+ Certification
5 8 (1.73%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.52%) Degree
7 5 (1.08%) CCNA
7 5 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (0.87%) CISM
8 4 (0.87%) CISSP
8 4 (0.87%) MCSE
9 3 (0.65%) A+ Certification
9 3 (0.65%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.65%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.43%) CEH
10 2 (0.43%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.43%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (0.87%) NIST
3 3 (0.65%) NCSC
4 2 (0.43%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.22%) SLA
System Software
1 380 (82.25%) Docker
2 38 (8.23%) Active Directory
3 22 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (3.25%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.52%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.43%) vSphere
8 1 (0.22%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.22%) Firmware
8 1 (0.22%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.22%) RHEV
8 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 390 (84.42%) Ansible
2 13 (2.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (1.73%) Terraform
4 6 (1.30%) Proxmox
4 6 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.08%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.65%) Autotask
6 3 (0.65%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.43%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.43%) SCCM
8 1 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.22%) Backup Exec
8 1 (0.22%) Grafana
8 1 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 51 (11.04%) Microsoft
2 39 (8.44%) VMware
3 19 (4.11%) Cisco
4 9 (1.95%) Veeam
5 8 (1.73%) Google
6 7 (1.52%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.30%) Fortinet
8 5 (1.08%) Meraki
8 5 (1.08%) MobileIron
8 5 (1.08%) Oracle
8 5 (1.08%) Zscaler
9 4 (0.87%) Okta
9 4 (0.87%) Perforce
10 3 (0.65%) Acronis
10 3 (0.65%) Kaseya
10 3 (0.65%) Sage
10 3 (0.65%) SonicWALL
10 3 (0.65%) Ubiquiti
10 3 (0.65%) WatchGuard
11 2 (0.43%) Databricks