DNS Jobs in the South East

Domain Name System (DNS)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 87 147
Rank change year-on-year -35 +60 -13
Permanent jobs citing DNS 311 401 557
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.06% 3.46% 2.52%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.36% 18.12% 15.80%
Number of salaries quoted 242 313 467
10th Percentile £26,275 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% +2.41%
75th Percentile £58,569 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £64,875 £74,250 £71,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,328 2,213 3,525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.42% 19.10% 15.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,452 1,346 2,049
10th Percentile £26,660 £27,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £48,500 £50,985 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.87% -2.89% +5.00%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing DNS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for DNS in the South East

DNS
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DNS in the South East.

Salary trend for DNS in the South East

DNS
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in the South East over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for DNS in the South East

DNS
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Thames Valley +4 148 £42,500 +25.00% 19
Berkshire +37 67 £52,500 -8.70% 10
Hampshire -57 58 £46,500 +10.71% 15
Kent -6 54 £35,000 +2.94% 12
Buckinghamshire -34 43 £32,500 - 6
Oxfordshire -3 38 £43,239 +10.87% 3
Surrey -30 32 £62,500 +56.25% 7
East Sussex +11 15 £42,500 -22.73% 1
West Sussex +7 6 £40,000 -4.76% 3
DNS
England

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 66 (21.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (12.54%) SharePoint
3 19 (6.11%) IIS
4 5 (1.61%) WordPress
5 4 (1.29%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (1.29%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.96%) Confluence
7 1 (0.32%) CMS
7 1 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 40 (12.86%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 179 (57.56%) Microsoft 365
2 171 (54.98%) Azure
3 66 (21.22%) Entra ID
4 41 (13.18%) AWS
5 27 (8.68%) IaaS
6 20 (6.43%) Azure Monitor
7 16 (5.14%) Azure Storage
8 15 (4.82%) OneDrive
9 13 (4.18%) Nutanix
10 10 (3.22%) GitHub
11 8 (2.57%) WhatsApp
12 7 (2.25%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (2.25%) Google Workspace
12 7 (2.25%) PaaS
12 7 (2.25%) Power Platform
13 6 (1.93%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (1.93%) SaaS
13 6 (1.93%) Twilio
14 5 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
14 5 (1.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 172 (55.31%) DHCP
2 136 (43.73%) Firewall
3 82 (26.37%) TCP/IP
4 78 (25.08%) VPN
5 36 (11.58%) WAN
6 35 (11.25%) VLAN
7 34 (10.93%) LAN
8 32 (10.29%) Wireless
9 27 (8.68%) SAN
10 24 (7.72%) Wi-Fi
11 20 (6.43%) Network Security
12 19 (6.11%) iSCSI
13 16 (5.14%) SSL
14 15 (4.82%) NAS
15 14 (4.50%) BGP
15 14 (4.50%) OSPF
16 13 (4.18%) SD-WAN
17 12 (3.86%) Fibre Channel
17 12 (3.86%) HTTP
18 11 (3.54%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.50%) Amazon RDS
1 14 (4.50%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.25%) Relational Database
3 6 (1.93%) Oracle Database
4 5 (1.61%) Power BI
5 4 (1.29%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.32%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 12 (3.86%) Git
2 11 (3.54%) JIRA
3 9 (2.89%) Jenkins
3 9 (2.89%) Trac
4 1 (0.32%) Hudson
General
1 93 (29.90%) Social Skills
2 35 (11.25%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (7.72%) Finance
4 16 (5.14%) Telecoms
5 11 (3.54%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (2.89%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.61%) Law
9 4 (1.29%) Electronics
10 3 (0.96%) Marketing
11 2 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.64%) Legal
11 2 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.32%) Automotive
12 1 (0.32%) Games
Job Titles
1 72 (23.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 50 (16.08%) Analyst
3 38 (12.22%) IT Support
4 37 (11.90%) Support Engineer
5 27 (8.68%) IT Analyst
6 26 (8.36%) Senior
7 22 (7.07%) Support Analyst
8 21 (6.75%) Lead
8 21 (6.75%) Network Engineer
9 20 (6.43%) 2nd Line Support
9 20 (6.43%) Active Directory Specialist
9 20 (6.43%) Azure Specialist
9 20 (6.43%) Support Specialist
10 19 (6.11%) IT Engineer
11 17 (5.47%) Architect
12 16 (5.14%) 1st Line Support
12 16 (5.14%) 3rd Line Support
12 16 (5.14%) Help Desk Analyst
12 16 (5.14%) Help Desk Support
12 16 (5.14%) Help Desk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.79%) ARM Templates
2 15 (4.82%) REST
3 12 (3.86%) OAuth
3 12 (3.86%) OpenID
3 12 (3.86%) SAML
4 11 (3.54%) Web Services
5 8 (2.57%) .NET
6 6 (1.93%) HTML
7 5 (1.61%) CSS
7 5 (1.61%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (1.29%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.29%) ASP.NET
8 4 (1.29%) ASP.NET MVC
8 4 (1.29%) LAMP
8 4 (1.29%) React
8 4 (1.29%) Spring Boot
9 3 (0.96%) jQuery
9 3 (0.96%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 3 (0.96%) Vue
9 3 (0.96%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.97%) PKI
2 30 (9.65%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (4.50%) Data Centre
3 14 (4.50%) Driving Licence
3 14 (4.50%) Replication
4 12 (3.86%) IoT
5 9 (2.89%) Public Cloud
6 8 (2.57%) Clustering
7 6 (1.93%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.61%) Client/Server
8 5 (1.61%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.61%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (1.61%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.29%) NHS
10 3 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.64%) BYOD
11 2 (0.64%) CMDB
11 2 (0.64%) Fibre Optics
11 2 (0.64%) Molecular Biology
Operating Systems
1 231 (74.28%) Windows
2 158 (50.80%) Windows Server
3 76 (24.44%) Linux
4 70 (22.51%) Windows 10
5 41 (13.18%) Windows Server 2016
5 41 (13.18%) Windows Server 2019
6 16 (5.14%) Windows Server 2012
7 12 (3.86%) Apple iOS
8 11 (3.54%) Android
9 8 (2.57%) Windows Server 2008
10 7 (2.25%) Mac OS X
10 7 (2.25%) Ubuntu
11 6 (1.93%) VMS
11 6 (1.93%) Windows XP
12 4 (1.29%) Mac OS
12 4 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (1.29%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.96%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.32%) Embedded Linux
14 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (28.30%) Problem-Solving
2 78 (25.08%) ITIL
3 76 (24.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 69 (22.19%) Customer Service
5 48 (15.43%) DevOps
6 46 (14.79%) Agile
7 26 (8.36%) Cybersecurity
7 26 (8.36%) Service Management
8 22 (7.07%) Disaster Recovery
9 20 (6.43%) Analytics
9 20 (6.43%) Log Analytics
9 20 (6.43%) Release Management
9 20 (6.43%) Service Delivery
10 19 (6.11%) CI/CD
10 19 (6.11%) Infrastructure as Code
11 18 (5.79%) Identity Management
11 18 (5.79%) Project Management
12 17 (5.47%) Kanban
12 17 (5.47%) Scrum
13 16 (5.14%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 70 (22.51%) PowerShell
2 30 (9.65%) C#
3 25 (8.04%) Python
4 20 (6.43%) VB
4 20 (6.43%) VBScript
5 18 (5.79%) Bicep
5 18 (5.79%) SQL
6 15 (4.82%) Java
7 14 (4.50%) Bash
8 11 (3.54%) Perl
9 7 (2.25%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.96%) XAML
11 2 (0.64%) Go
11 2 (0.64%) PHP
11 2 (0.64%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.64%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.32%) C
12 1 (0.32%) C++
12 1 (0.32%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.32%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 71 (22.83%) Security Cleared
2 43 (13.83%) SC Cleared
3 38 (12.22%) Degree
4 32 (10.29%) DV Cleared
5 21 (6.75%) Azure Certification
6 20 (6.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 14 (4.50%) MCP
8 13 (4.18%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (3.86%) Cisco Certification
9 12 (3.86%) DBS Check
10 9 (2.89%) AWS Certification
11 8 (2.57%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (1.93%) CCNA
12 6 (1.93%) CCNP
12 6 (1.93%) MCSA
13 4 (1.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (0.96%) CTC Cleared
15 2 (0.64%) CCIE
15 2 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
16 1 (0.32%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (9.00%) SLA
2 13 (4.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (3.86%) GDPR
4 11 (3.54%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.64%) QA
7 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 226 (72.67%) Active Directory
2 62 (19.94%) Hyper-V
3 44 (14.15%) Virtual Machines
3 44 (14.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (8.04%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (6.11%) Virtual Servers
6 14 (4.50%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (3.22%) Docker
7 10 (3.22%) pfSense
7 10 (3.22%) vSphere
8 9 (2.89%) NFS
9 6 (1.93%) XenApp
10 4 (1.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (1.29%) Terminal Services
11 3 (0.96%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.32%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 57 (18.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 40 (12.86%) SCCM
3 37 (11.90%) WSUS
4 27 (8.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 26 (8.36%) SCOM
6 19 (6.11%) Kubernetes
7 15 (4.82%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 15 (4.82%) SCDPM
8 11 (3.54%) Ansible
9 10 (3.22%) Grafana
10 9 (2.89%) ZABBIX
11 8 (2.57%) Terraform
12 7 (2.25%) Microsoft Clustering
13 6 (1.93%) vCenter Server
14 4 (1.29%) Autotask
14 4 (1.29%) EMC NetWorker
14 4 (1.29%) NetBackup
15 3 (0.96%) NetCrunch
16 2 (0.64%) SolarWinds Orion
17 1 (0.32%) systemd
Vendors
1 187 (60.13%) Microsoft
2 108 (34.73%) VMware
3 36 (11.58%) Cisco
4 27 (8.68%) Veeam
5 20 (6.43%) Citrix
6 19 (6.11%) Fortinet
7 16 (5.14%) Juniper
8 15 (4.82%) Dell
9 13 (4.18%) WatchGuard
10 10 (3.22%) Apple
10 10 (3.22%) Oracle
11 9 (2.89%) Adobe
11 9 (2.89%) HP
11 9 (2.89%) McAfee
11 9 (2.89%) Palo Alto
12 7 (2.25%) Extreme Networks
12 7 (2.25%) SolarWinds
13 6 (1.93%) Dell Compellent
13 6 (1.93%) Meraki
14 5 (1.61%) Aruba