DNS Jobs in Northamptonshire

Domain Name System (DNS)
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northamptonshire 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 12 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 53 57
Rank change year-on-year -12 +4 -11
Permanent jobs citing DNS 14 29 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 1.72% 2.82% 0.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.93% 28.43% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 14 28 2
10th Percentile £33,000 £28,250 £30,125
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £34,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -2.86% -20.45%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £54,063
90th Percentile £54,250 £56,250 £58,375
East Midlands median annual salary £38,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year +2.67% +2.74% +12.31%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 236 102 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 28.99% 9.90% 16.26%
Number of salaries quoted 40 95 50
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,350 £30,875
25th Percentile £27,531 £25,500 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £32,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +34.62% -31.58% +5.56%
75th Percentile £56,875 £50,000 £63,125
90th Percentile £67,500 £52,500 £75,000
East Midlands median annual salary £38,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -3.75% - -5.88%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Job postings citing DNS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

Job vacancy trend for DNS in Northamptonshire

DNS
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DNS in Northamptonshire.

Salary trend for DNS in Northamptonshire

DNS
Salary Histogram in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 12 June 2025.

Salary histogram for DNS in Northamptonshire

DNS
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 12 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
Northampton -20 9 £50,000 +17.65% 3
DNS
East Midlands

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 8 (57.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (42.86%) IIS
2 6 (42.86%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
2 2 (14.29%) Google Workspace
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (100.00%) DHCP
2 10 (71.43%) Firewall
3 6 (42.86%) Remote Desktop
3 6 (42.86%) SAN
4 5 (35.71%) VPN
5 2 (14.29%) TCP/IP
6 1 (7.14%) LAN
6 1 (7.14%) WAN
6 1 (7.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (57.14%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 7 (50.00%) Support Engineer
3 6 (42.86%) 3rd Line Support
3 6 (42.86%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (21.43%) Network Engineer
4 3 (21.43%) Server Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Active Directory Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Active Directory Support
5 2 (14.29%) Active Directory Support Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) SAN Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) SAN Support
5 2 (14.29%) Virtualisation Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Windows Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) IT Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) IT Support
6 1 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 13 (92.86%) Windows
2 12 (85.71%) Windows Server
3 3 (21.43%) CentOS
3 3 (21.43%) Linux
3 3 (21.43%) Rocky
3 3 (21.43%) Ubuntu
4 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (14.29%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (14.29%) Process Improvement
2 2 (14.29%) Time Management
2 2 (14.29%) Virtual Environments
2 2 (14.29%) Zero Trust
3 1 (7.14%) Data Protection
3 1 (7.14%) Network Optimisation
3 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (7.14%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared
1 2 (14.29%) MCP
1 2 (14.29%) MCSA
1 2 (14.29%) MCSE
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) SLA
2 1 (7.14%) GDPR
System Software
1 11 (78.57%) Active Directory
2 8 (57.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (50.00%) Hyper-V
4 6 (42.86%) Terminal Services
4 6 (42.86%) vSphere
5 2 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (7.14%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Ansible
2 2 (14.29%) FortiGate
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (14.29%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) VMware
2 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
3 6 (42.86%) Dell
3 6 (42.86%) HP
3 6 (42.86%) NetApp
4 2 (14.29%) arcserve
4 2 (14.29%) Cisco
4 2 (14.29%) Google