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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 129 131
Rank change year-on-year +78 +2 +16
Permanent jobs citing DNS 465 183 204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.78% 1.84% 2.64%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 33.99% 15.75% 12.62%
Number of salaries quoted 65 150 166
10th Percentile £25,750 £29,900 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,134 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.37% - +4.29%
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £71,331 £75,000 £58,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £43,742 £42,500
% change year-on-year -2.84% +2.92% -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 1,368 1,162 1,616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 17.00% 11.69% 20.88%
Number of salaries quoted 453 885 679
10th Percentile - £26,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £23,504 £31,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £59,000
90th Percentile £73,608 £73,250 £74,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -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 17 May 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 17 May 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 +39 317 £42,500 +32.81% 16
Manchester +28 66 £50,000 +3.61% 42
Cheshire +11 44 £37,500 -13.79% 8
Merseyside +28 36 £26,500 -43.62% 4
Cumbria -68 2 - - 5
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 15 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.51%) IIS
2 7 (1.51%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.43%) Apache
3 2 (0.43%) CMS
3 2 (0.43%) WordPress
4 1 (0.22%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.22%) Confluence
4 1 (0.22%) nginx
4 1 (0.22%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 17 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.65%) Sage 50
2 2 (0.43%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 52 (11.18%) Azure
2 37 (7.96%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (3.87%) AWS
4 13 (2.80%) Entra ID
5 11 (2.37%) GCP
6 6 (1.29%) Nutanix
7 5 (1.08%) SaaS
8 4 (0.86%) IaaS
8 4 (0.86%) OneDrive
9 3 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (0.65%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 3 (0.65%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (0.65%) PaaS
9 3 (0.65%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.43%) Azure AI
10 2 (0.43%) Azure Key Vault
10 2 (0.43%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (0.43%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.43%) Google Analytics
10 2 (0.43%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 398 (85.59%) VPN
2 55 (11.83%) DHCP
3 39 (8.39%) Firewall
4 24 (5.16%) WAN
5 18 (3.87%) TCP/IP
6 17 (3.66%) LAN
7 15 (3.23%) VLAN
8 10 (2.15%) SD-WAN
9 9 (1.94%) HTTP
10 8 (1.72%) SAN
11 6 (1.29%) MPLS
11 6 (1.29%) SSH
11 6 (1.29%) VSAN
12 5 (1.08%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (1.08%) IPv4
12 5 (1.08%) NAS
12 5 (1.08%) VoIP
13 4 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
14 3 (0.65%) HTTPS
14 3 (0.65%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.15%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.51%) MongoDB
2 7 (1.51%) MySQL
2 7 (1.51%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.65%) Data Lake
3 3 (0.65%) Power BI
4 2 (0.43%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.22%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.22%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 6 (1.29%) Git
1 6 (1.29%) JIRA
2 5 (1.08%) Oracle Forms
General
1 391 (84.09%) Analytical Skills
2 385 (82.80%) Finance
3 379 (81.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 45 (9.68%) Social Skills
5 8 (1.72%) Retail
6 6 (1.29%) Manufacturing
7 5 (1.08%) Banking
8 3 (0.65%) Automotive
8 3 (0.65%) Legal
9 2 (0.43%) Games
9 2 (0.43%) Law
9 2 (0.43%) Local Government
9 2 (0.43%) Marketing
10 1 (0.22%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.22%) Publishing
10 1 (0.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 379 (81.51%) Developer
1 379 (81.51%) Software Developer
2 21 (4.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 15 (3.23%) Support Engineer
4 13 (2.80%) Technical Support
5 12 (2.58%) Analyst
5 12 (2.58%) IT Support
5 12 (2.58%) Senior
6 9 (1.94%) Technical Engineer
6 9 (1.94%) Technical Support Engineer
7 7 (1.51%) Architect
7 7 (1.51%) Junior
7 7 (1.51%) Senior Technical Support
8 6 (1.29%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (1.29%) IT Engineer
8 6 (1.29%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (1.29%) Junior Support Engineer
8 6 (1.29%) Junior Technical Support
8 6 (1.29%) Junior Technical Support Engineer
8 6 (1.29%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.08%) Middleware
2 4 (0.86%) LDAP
3 2 (0.43%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.43%) CSS
3 2 (0.43%) Django
3 2 (0.43%) EDI
3 2 (0.43%) HTML
3 2 (0.43%) LAMP
3 2 (0.43%) Loki
3 2 (0.43%) Node.js
3 2 (0.43%) React
3 2 (0.43%) XML
4 1 (0.22%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.22%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 381 (81.94%) Cyberattack
2 8 (1.72%) Management Information System
3 6 (1.29%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (1.29%) Onboarding
3 6 (1.29%) Private Cloud
3 6 (1.29%) Replication
4 5 (1.08%) Data Centre
5 4 (0.86%) Anti-Spyware
6 3 (0.65%) Clustering
6 3 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.43%) Life Science
7 2 (0.43%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.43%) NHS
7 2 (0.43%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (0.43%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.22%) CCTV
8 1 (0.22%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.22%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.22%) PropTech
8 1 (0.22%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 401 (86.24%) Linux
2 384 (82.58%) Android
3 54 (11.61%) Windows
4 32 (6.88%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.94%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (1.94%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (1.72%) Mac OS
6 8 (1.72%) Unix
7 5 (1.08%) CentOS
7 5 (1.08%) Windows 10
7 5 (1.08%) Windows 7
7 5 (1.08%) Windows 8
8 2 (0.43%) AIX
8 2 (0.43%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.22%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 389 (83.66%) Agile
2 382 (82.15%) Line Management
3 379 (81.51%) Android Development
3 379 (81.51%) Design Patterns
3 379 (81.51%) Mathematics
3 379 (81.51%) OO
3 379 (81.51%) OOP
4 36 (7.74%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (5.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 20 (4.30%) ITIL
7 17 (3.66%) Cybersecurity
8 15 (3.23%) Customer Service
9 14 (3.01%) Disaster Recovery
10 13 (2.80%) Mentoring
11 9 (1.94%) Information Security
11 9 (1.94%) ITSM
11 9 (1.94%) Service Management
12 8 (1.72%) Incident Management
13 7 (1.51%) Analytics
13 7 (1.51%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 388 (83.44%) Python
2 383 (82.37%) C++
3 382 (82.15%) Java
4 380 (81.72%) Go
5 13 (2.80%) PowerShell
6 10 (2.15%) SQL
7 5 (1.08%) PHP
8 2 (0.43%) AWK
8 2 (0.43%) Bicep
8 2 (0.43%) C
8 2 (0.43%) C#
8 2 (0.43%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.43%) Korn
8 2 (0.43%) Perl
9 1 (0.22%) VB
9 1 (0.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 381 (81.94%) Security Cleared
2 379 (81.51%) DV Cleared
3 17 (3.66%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (1.51%) Azure Certification
4 7 (1.51%) Network+ Certification
5 6 (1.29%) Degree
6 5 (1.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (0.86%) CCNA
7 4 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (0.86%) CISM
7 4 (0.86%) CISSP
7 4 (0.86%) MCSE
8 3 (0.65%) A+ Certification
8 3 (0.65%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.43%) CEH
9 2 (0.43%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.43%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (0.86%) NIST
3 3 (0.65%) NCSC
4 2 (0.43%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.22%) PMO
System Software
1 381 (81.94%) Docker
2 45 (9.68%) Active Directory
3 23 (4.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (4.30%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.51%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.51%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.86%) vSphere
7 3 (0.65%) DFS Replication
8 2 (0.43%) KVM
8 2 (0.43%) Postfix
8 2 (0.43%) Sendmail
8 2 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.22%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.22%) Firmware
9 1 (0.22%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.22%) RHEV
9 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 389 (83.66%) Ansible
2 14 (3.01%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (1.51%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (1.51%) Terraform
4 6 (1.29%) Proxmox
5 5 (1.08%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.65%) Autotask
6 3 (0.65%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.43%) Grafana
7 2 (0.43%) Nagios
7 2 (0.43%) Nessus
7 2 (0.43%) SCCM
8 1 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.22%) Backup Exec
8 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 52 (11.18%) Microsoft
2 44 (9.46%) VMware
3 18 (3.87%) Cisco
4 13 (2.80%) Veeam
5 8 (1.72%) Google
5 8 (1.72%) Meraki
6 7 (1.51%) Oracle
6 7 (1.51%) ServiceNow
7 4 (0.86%) Kaseya
7 4 (0.86%) Okta
7 4 (0.86%) Perforce
7 4 (0.86%) Zscaler
8 3 (0.65%) Acronis
8 3 (0.65%) Databricks
8 3 (0.65%) Fortinet
8 3 (0.65%) SAP
8 3 (0.65%) SonicWALL
8 3 (0.65%) Sophos
8 3 (0.65%) Synology
8 3 (0.65%) WatchGuard