DNS Job Trends in Oxford

Domain Name System (DNS)
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Oxford requiring DNS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 35 33
Rank change year-on-year +8 -2 +6
Permanent jobs citing DNS 3 6 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxford 1.24% 2.35% 1.62%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.08% 17.14% 14.29%
Number of salaries quoted 3 6 5
10th Percentile £35,725 £32,500 £44,000
25th Percentile £43,562 £33,438 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,623 £42,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.23% -29.17% +118.18%
75th Percentile £59,890 £56,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £61,851 £59,375 -
Oxfordshire median annual salary £28,500 £27,500 £43,500
% change year-on-year +3.64% -36.78% +38.10%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13 35 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxford 5.39% 13.73% 11.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9 20 31
10th Percentile £41,100 £32,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% +37.50%
75th Percentile £63,158 £93,688 £62,500
90th Percentile £81,500 £100,000 £77,500
Oxfordshire median annual salary £35,500 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -11.25% -15.79% +26.67%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DNS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Oxford.

DNS job vacancy trend in Oxford

DNS
Salary Trend in Oxford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing DNS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing DNS

DNS
Salary Histogram in Oxford

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in Oxford over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for DNS in Oxford

DNS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) CMS
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
1 2 (66.67%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
2 2 (66.67%) Ethernet
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) SSL
2 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 2 (66.67%) VLAN
2 2 (66.67%) Wireless
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Head of IT
2 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support Technician
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support Technician
2 1 (33.33%) IT Technician
2 1 (33.33%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Android
2 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Mac OS
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Security
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 2 (66.67%) Network Management
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Server Management
1 2 (66.67%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) VMware