DNS Job Trends in the South East

Domain Name System (DNS)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring DNS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 138 113
Rank change year-on-year +32 -25 -17
Permanent jobs citing DNS 226 159 428
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.55% 2.04% 2.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.56% 13.01% 15.40%
Number of salaries quoted 182 139 362
10th Percentile £27,575 £25,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,563 £30,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% -11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £63,250 £57,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £63,200 £63,750
England median annual salary £42,500 £41,750 £44,225
% change year-on-year +1.80% -5.60% +4.06%

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 1,218 1,222 2,780
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 8.34% 15.65% 15.22%
Number of salaries quoted 930 742 1,898
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £30,850 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

DNS job vacancy trend in the South East

DNS
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing DNS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing DNS

DNS
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in the South East over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

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 13 June 2026. 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 +49 120 £60,000 +63.27% 35
Berkshire +9 51 £67,500 +80.00% 14
Buckinghamshire - 43 £55,000 - 10
Kent -15 40 £37,500 +3.45% 12
Oxfordshire -6 26 £50,000 +81.82% 11
Hampshire -41 26 £34,250 -37.73% 15
Surrey -5 24 £47,500 -18.80% 11
Sussex - 8 £31,500 -
West Sussex -14 4 £47,500 -
East Sussex -11 3 £29,500 -21.33%
Middlesex +44 2 £60,000 - 1
DNS
England

DNS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 40 (17.70%) SharePoint
2 35 (15.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.33%) IIS
4 2 (0.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (5.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 114 (50.44%) Azure
2 94 (41.59%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (21.68%) Entra ID
4 39 (17.26%) AWS
5 15 (6.64%) IaaS
6 14 (6.19%) OneDrive
7 13 (5.75%) Azure AKS
7 13 (5.75%) Azure Key Vault
7 13 (5.75%) GCP
7 13 (5.75%) SaaS
8 11 (4.87%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 11 (4.87%) Azure Sentinel
8 11 (4.87%) Azure Storage
9 8 (3.54%) Nutanix
10 7 (3.10%) Google Workspace
11 5 (2.21%) Cloudflare
12 4 (1.77%) Sumo Logic
13 3 (1.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 3 (1.33%) Azure Monitor
14 2 (0.88%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 126 (55.75%) Firewall
2 119 (52.65%) DHCP
3 84 (37.17%) VPN
4 63 (27.88%) TCP/IP
5 41 (18.14%) VLAN
6 34 (15.04%) WAN
7 26 (11.50%) HTTP
8 25 (11.06%) LAN
9 21 (9.29%) SSL
10 19 (8.41%) VoIP
11 17 (7.52%) Network Security
12 16 (7.08%) Wi-Fi
13 15 (6.64%) SAN
14 14 (6.19%) BGP
15 12 (5.31%) IPsec
15 12 (5.31%) NetScaler
15 12 (5.31%) Remote Desktop
15 12 (5.31%) Wireless
16 10 (4.42%) NAS
17 9 (3.98%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.77%) Crystal Reports
2 3 (1.33%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 4 (1.77%) GitLab
2 2 (0.88%) JIRA
2 2 (0.88%) MSI
3 1 (0.44%) Git
3 1 (0.44%) Metasploit
General
1 83 (36.73%) Social Skills
2 24 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (7.52%) Organisational Skills
4 12 (5.31%) Finance
5 11 (4.87%) Law
6 9 (3.98%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (3.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.21%) Local Government
9 5 (2.21%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.77%) Electronics
10 4 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.33%) Retail
12 1 (0.44%) Aviation
12 1 (0.44%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.44%) Military
Job Titles
1 39 (17.26%) Analyst
2 33 (14.60%) Architect
2 33 (14.60%) IT Support
3 30 (13.27%) Support Engineer
4 28 (12.39%) IT Engineer
5 27 (11.95%) Senior
6 24 (10.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 22 (9.73%) Cloud Engineer
7 22 (9.73%) IT Support Engineer
8 21 (9.29%) Security Architect
9 20 (8.85%) 2nd Line Support
9 20 (8.85%) Applications Architect
10 16 (7.08%) SOC Analyst
11 13 (5.75%) Support Analyst
12 12 (5.31%) Azure Engineer
13 11 (4.87%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 11 (4.87%) Lead
13 11 (4.87%) Support Technician
14 9 (3.98%) 3rd Line Support
14 9 (3.98%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (9.73%) Regular Expression
2 18 (7.96%) LDAP
2 18 (7.96%) XMPP
3 8 (3.54%) SAML
4 7 (3.10%) OAuth
5 6 (2.65%) JSON
5 6 (2.65%) JSON Schema
5 6 (2.65%) XML
6 5 (2.21%) .NET
7 2 (0.88%) ADO
7 2 (0.88%) YAML
8 1 (0.44%) 802.1X
8 1 (0.44%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 33 (14.60%) Driving Licence
2 17 (7.52%) Cyber Defence
3 13 (5.75%) PKI
3 13 (5.75%) Security Operations Centre
3 13 (5.75%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (4.87%) Cyber Threat
4 11 (4.87%) Public Cloud
5 10 (4.42%) Replication
5 10 (4.42%) Security Posture
6 8 (3.54%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (3.54%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (3.10%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 7 (3.10%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.77%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.33%) CSOC
9 3 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.33%) EPoS
9 3 (1.33%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.33%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (1.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 160 (70.80%) Windows
2 114 (50.44%) Windows Server
3 75 (33.19%) Linux
4 33 (14.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (6.19%) Mac OS
6 9 (3.98%) Windows 10
6 9 (3.98%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (3.10%) CentOS
8 4 (1.77%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (1.77%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (1.33%) Android
9 3 (1.33%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.44%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.44%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.44%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (26.99%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (23.45%) Cybersecurity
3 48 (21.24%) Continuous Improvement
3 48 (21.24%) ITIL
4 45 (19.91%) SIEM
5 42 (18.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 37 (16.37%) Customer Service
7 32 (14.16%) Disaster Recovery
8 31 (13.72%) High Availability
8 31 (13.72%) Root Cause Analysis
9 26 (11.50%) Mentoring
9 26 (11.50%) Validation
10 22 (9.73%) Incident Response
10 22 (9.73%) Platform Engineering
10 22 (9.73%) Security Operations
11 21 (9.29%) Server Management
12 20 (8.85%) Agile
12 20 (8.85%) Coaching
13 18 (7.96%) Containerisation
14 17 (7.52%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 59 (26.11%) PowerShell
2 33 (14.60%) Python
3 9 (3.98%) Bash
4 7 (3.10%) C#
4 7 (3.10%) Perl
4 7 (3.10%) PHP
4 7 (3.10%) Search Processing Language
5 6 (2.65%) Shell Script
6 5 (2.21%) SQL
7 3 (1.33%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.88%) Go
9 1 (0.44%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 61 (26.99%) Security Cleared
2 32 (14.16%) DV Cleared
3 22 (9.73%) Degree
4 18 (7.96%) Azure Certification
5 17 (7.52%) SC Cleared
6 16 (7.08%) CompTIA Security+
7 12 (5.31%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (4.42%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (4.42%) GIAC
9 9 (3.98%) CCNA
9 9 (3.98%) GCIA
9 9 (3.98%) Network+ Certification
10 8 (3.54%) CREST Certified
10 8 (3.54%) DBS Check
10 8 (3.54%) GCIH
11 7 (3.10%) GCED
11 7 (3.10%) SANS
12 6 (2.65%) CCNP
12 6 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (2.65%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (12.39%) SLA
2 14 (6.19%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (6.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (4.87%) NIST
4 7 (3.10%) QA
5 5 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.77%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.33%) NCSC
8 2 (0.88%) GDPR
8 2 (0.88%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.88%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 148 (65.49%) Active Directory
2 55 (24.34%) Hyper-V
3 32 (14.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (11.95%) vSphere
5 9 (3.98%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.77%) Docker
6 4 (1.77%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (1.77%) VMware Server
7 2 (0.88%) UAG
7 2 (0.88%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.44%) Firmware
8 1 (0.44%) KVM
8 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (13.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (8.85%) Kubernetes
3 9 (3.98%) Backup Exec
4 8 (3.54%) FortiGate
4 8 (3.54%) Kibana
4 8 (3.54%) Terraform
5 7 (3.10%) CASB
5 7 (3.10%) vCenter Server
6 6 (2.65%) Graylog
6 6 (2.65%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (2.65%) SCCM
7 5 (2.21%) Ansible
7 5 (2.21%) Grafana
7 5 (2.21%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.88%) Argo
8 2 (0.88%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.88%) WSUS
9 1 (0.44%) QRadar
Vendors
1 159 (70.35%) Microsoft
2 78 (34.51%) VMware
3 30 (13.27%) Cisco
4 25 (11.06%) Veeam
5 18 (7.96%) Red Hat
6 15 (6.64%) CrowdStrike
7 14 (6.19%) McAfee
8 13 (5.75%) NetApp
8 13 (5.75%) Palo Alto
9 12 (5.31%) Citrix
10 11 (4.87%) Splunk
11 10 (4.42%) HP
12 9 (3.98%) Meraki
13 8 (3.54%) Dell
14 7 (3.10%) Apple
14 7 (3.10%) Carbon Black
14 7 (3.10%) Dell Compellent
14 7 (3.10%) Google
14 7 (3.10%) Nimble Storage
14 7 (3.10%) WatchGuard