DNS Jobs in Somerset

Domain Name System (DNS)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Somerset 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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 50 60
Rank change year-on-year +18 +10 -24
Permanent jobs citing DNS 20 12 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 5.29% 1.59% 1.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 35.09% 8.63% 5.88%
Number of salaries quoted 20 12 7
10th Percentile £31,250 £24,125 £40,000
25th Percentile £35,938 £34,063 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -5.00% +44.93%
75th Percentile £42,500 £56,763 £55,000
90th Percentile £45,025 £58,705 £59,000
South West median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year - -6.25% -5.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 57 139 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 15.08% 18.41% 21.10%
Number of salaries quoted 51 133 64
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £30,385 £34,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.00%
75th Percentile £60,404 £57,000 £59,344
90th Percentile £73,750 £60,000 £77,500
South West median annual salary £39,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -16.84% +5.56% -5.26%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for DNS in Somerset

DNS
Salary Trend in Somerset

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

Salary trend for DNS in Somerset

DNS
Salary Histogram in Somerset

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in Somerset over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for DNS in Somerset

DNS
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 21 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
Frome - 16 £40,000 -
Portishead +10 3 £45,000 - 3
DNS
South West

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 11 (55.00%) IIS
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 19 (95.00%) Azure
1 19 (95.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 3 (15.00%) AWS
4 1 (5.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (5.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (5.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 20 (100.00%) Firewall
2 19 (95.00%) DHCP
2 19 (95.00%) VLAN
3 17 (85.00%) VPN
4 11 (55.00%) VoIP
5 10 (50.00%) ADSL
6 4 (20.00%) WAN
7 3 (15.00%) LAN
8 2 (10.00%) DMZ
8 2 (10.00%) Wireshark
9 1 (5.00%) IPsec
9 1 (5.00%) SD-WAN
9 1 (5.00%) SSH
9 1 (5.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (75.00%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Database
General
1 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (5.00%) Fire and Rescue
1 1 (5.00%) Local Government
1 1 (5.00%) Police
1 1 (5.00%) Retail
1 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (75.00%) Analyst
1 15 (75.00%) IT Analyst
1 15 (75.00%) IT Support
1 15 (75.00%) IT Support Analyst
1 15 (75.00%) Support Analyst
2 11 (55.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 10 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
4 5 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Support Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Administrator
6 1 (5.00%) DBA
6 1 (5.00%) Technical Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Technical Support
6 1 (5.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.00%) Distributed Applications
2 1 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (100.00%) Windows
1 20 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 16 (80.00%) Linux
3 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (5.00%) Mac OS
4 1 (5.00%) Solaris
4 1 (5.00%) Unix
4 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (85.00%) Cybersecurity
1 17 (85.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 16 (80.00%) ITIL
3 5 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 5 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 5 (25.00%) Project Planning
4 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (15.00%) Server Management
5 2 (10.00%) Business Continuity
5 2 (10.00%) Customer Service
5 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (10.00%) Migration
5 2 (10.00%) Network Architecture
5 2 (10.00%) Risk Management
6 1 (5.00%) Change Management
6 1 (5.00%) Cloud Security
6 1 (5.00%) Load Balancing
6 1 (5.00%) Performance Monitoring
6 1 (5.00%) Process Management
6 1 (5.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (55.00%) PowerShell
1 11 (55.00%) SQL
2 1 (5.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 10 (50.00%) A+ Certification
1 10 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (10.00%) AWS Certification
3 2 (10.00%) Azure Certification
3 2 (10.00%) CCNA
3 2 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (10.00%) MCP
3 2 (10.00%) MCSA
System Software
1 20 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (20.00%) Hyper-V
2 4 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.00%) Docker
3 1 (5.00%) LXC
3 1 (5.00%) Samba
Systems Management
1 16 (80.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (10.00%) Iperf
Vendors
1 18 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (20.00%) VMware
3 2 (10.00%) Cisco
3 2 (10.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (10.00%) Ruckus Wireless
3 2 (10.00%) SonicWALL
4 1 (5.00%) Google
4 1 (5.00%) Oracle