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 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 138 83
Rank change year-on-year -5 -55 +58
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing DNS 191 266 357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.04% 1.88% 3.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.57% 12.08% 17.84%
Number of salaries quoted 163 197 284
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £42,500 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +1.19% -1.18%
75th Percentile £50,572 £56,250 £56,769
90th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £74,250
England median annual salary £39,398 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -12.45% +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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,651 2,202 2,001
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 17.61% 15.55% 19.41%
Number of salaries quoted 821 1,228 1,246
10th Percentile £25,500 £27,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £50,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.00% +4.17% +1.05%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £34,000 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -32.00% -2.91% -1.90%

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

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 27 August 2025.

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 27 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley -25 80 £37,500 -1.32% 33
Kent +16 56 £31,500 -10.00% 14
Berkshire -1 42 £37,500 -1.32% 18
Hampshire +60 40 £52,500 +12.90% 23
Oxfordshire +35 29 £36,000 -16.74% 5
Surrey +5 11 £37,500 -40.00% 4
Buckinghamshire -31 9 £46,000 +41.54% 11
West Sussex -2 3 - - 1
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 47 (24.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (14.66%) SharePoint
3 11 (5.76%) IIS
4 9 (4.71%) Apache
5 3 (1.57%) Confluence
6 1 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.52%) Office Communications Server
6 1 (0.52%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.52%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (4.19%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.57%) AutoCAD
2 3 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.05%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 80 (41.88%) Azure
2 60 (31.41%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (21.47%) Entra ID
4 37 (19.37%) AWS
5 10 (5.24%) SaaS
6 9 (4.71%) GCP
7 6 (3.14%) OpenShift
8 5 (2.62%) Amazon EC2
8 5 (2.62%) Amazon S3
8 5 (2.62%) Mimecast
8 5 (2.62%) Power Platform
8 5 (2.62%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 4 (2.09%) Azure AI
9 4 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.09%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 4 (2.09%) Azure Key Vault
9 4 (2.09%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (2.09%) Azure Service Bus
9 4 (2.09%) PaaS
9 4 (2.09%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 142 (74.35%) DHCP
2 94 (49.21%) Firewall
3 92 (48.17%) TCP/IP
4 75 (39.27%) VPN
5 57 (29.84%) VLAN
6 27 (14.14%) Wi-Fi
7 24 (12.57%) VoIP
8 23 (12.04%) SAN
9 22 (11.52%) LAN
9 22 (11.52%) Wireless
10 21 (10.99%) WAN
11 20 (10.47%) SMTP
12 15 (7.85%) NAS
13 11 (5.76%) Internet
13 11 (5.76%) Remote Desktop
14 10 (5.24%) Network Security
15 7 (3.66%) SD-WAN
15 7 (3.66%) VSAN
15 7 (3.66%) Wireshark
16 5 (2.62%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (9.95%) SQL Server
2 11 (5.76%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (3.14%) Relational Database
4 4 (2.09%) Data Lake
4 4 (2.09%) MySQL
4 4 (2.09%) Power BI
5 1 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (3.66%) Git
2 3 (1.57%) JIRA
2 3 (1.57%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (1.05%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.05%) Vagrant
4 1 (0.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.52%) Bitbucket
General
1 101 (52.88%) Social Skills
2 18 (9.42%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (9.42%) Telecoms
3 17 (8.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (4.19%) Public Sector
5 5 (2.62%) Back Office
5 5 (2.62%) Games
5 5 (2.62%) Local Government
6 4 (2.09%) Legal
7 3 (1.57%) Automotive
7 3 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.57%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.05%) Advertising
8 2 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.05%) Retail
9 1 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.52%) Finance
Job Titles
1 39 (20.42%) Support Engineer
2 32 (16.75%) IT Support
3 29 (15.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 28 (14.66%) 2nd Line Support
5 23 (12.04%) 3rd Line Support
6 22 (11.52%) Analyst
7 21 (10.99%) Technical Support
8 14 (7.33%) Support Analyst
9 13 (6.81%) Senior
10 11 (5.76%) IT Engineer
10 11 (5.76%) Technical Engineer
11 10 (5.24%) Infrastructure Support
11 10 (5.24%) Support Technician
11 10 (5.24%) Technical Support Engineer
12 8 (4.19%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 8 (4.19%) 3rd Line Technical Support
12 8 (4.19%) Support Specialist
13 7 (3.66%) Desktop Support
13 7 (3.66%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 7 (3.66%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.09%) FreeSWITCH
1 4 (2.09%) Node.js
2 3 (1.57%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.57%) YAML
3 1 (0.52%) CSS
3 1 (0.52%) HTML
3 1 (0.52%) RESTful
3 1 (0.52%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.42%) Data Centre
2 16 (8.38%) PKI
3 15 (7.85%) Clustering
4 8 (4.19%) Driving Licence
4 8 (4.19%) Management Information System
4 8 (4.19%) Onboarding
5 7 (3.66%) Replication
6 6 (3.14%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.62%) Client/Server
8 4 (2.09%) NHS
8 4 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.57%) CCTV
9 3 (1.57%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.05%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (1.05%) Video Conferencing
11 1 (0.52%) iPad
11 1 (0.52%) Linux Command Line
11 1 (0.52%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 134 (70.16%) Windows
2 92 (48.17%) Windows Server
3 34 (17.80%) Linux
4 28 (14.66%) Windows 10
5 24 (12.57%) Mac OS
6 10 (5.24%) Windows Server 2012
7 9 (4.71%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (4.19%) Android
9 7 (3.66%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (2.62%) Apple iOS
11 3 (1.57%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (1.05%) Amazon Linux
12 2 (1.05%) Mac OS X
12 2 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (1.05%) VMS
13 1 (0.52%) Debian
13 1 (0.52%) SUSE
13 1 (0.52%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (37.17%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (16.23%) Cybersecurity
2 31 (16.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 28 (14.66%) Customer Service
4 22 (11.52%) Incident Management
5 19 (9.95%) DevOps
5 19 (9.95%) Disaster Recovery
5 19 (9.95%) High Availability
5 19 (9.95%) ITIL
5 19 (9.95%) Project Delivery
6 15 (7.85%) Project Management
7 14 (7.33%) Agile
7 14 (7.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (7.33%) Mentoring
7 14 (7.33%) Task Automation
8 12 (6.28%) Infrastructure as Code
9 11 (5.76%) Collaborative Working
9 11 (5.76%) RBAC
10 10 (5.24%) Information Security
10 10 (5.24%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 50 (26.18%) PowerShell
2 16 (8.38%) Python
3 15 (7.85%) SQL
4 9 (4.71%) Bicep
5 8 (4.19%) Bash
6 5 (2.62%) Perl
7 3 (1.57%) R
8 2 (1.05%) Groovy
8 2 (1.05%) Java
9 1 (0.52%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.52%) Ruby
9 1 (0.52%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 40 (20.94%) Security Cleared
2 30 (15.71%) Degree
3 18 (9.42%) DV Cleared
4 17 (8.90%) SC Cleared
5 14 (7.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (5.76%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (5.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (5.24%) Azure Certification
7 10 (5.24%) DBS Check
8 9 (4.71%) CCNP
9 8 (4.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 6 (3.14%) MCSE
11 5 (2.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (2.09%) CCNA
12 4 (2.09%) MCP
12 4 (2.09%) MCSA
12 4 (2.09%) RHCE
13 3 (1.57%) A+ Certification
13 3 (1.57%) LPIC
14 2 (1.05%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.14%) SLA
2 3 (1.57%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.52%) GDPR
System Software
1 121 (63.35%) Active Directory
2 67 (35.08%) Hyper-V
3 55 (28.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 37 (19.37%) VMware ESXi
5 18 (9.42%) vSphere
6 15 (7.85%) Docker
7 8 (4.19%) BitLocker
7 8 (4.19%) Microsoft App-V
7 8 (4.19%) Terminal Services
7 8 (4.19%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (2.62%) NFS
9 3 (1.57%) Firmware
9 3 (1.57%) GPFS
9 3 (1.57%) Lustre
9 3 (1.57%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (1.05%) DFS Replication
10 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (1.05%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.52%) ISA Server
11 1 (0.52%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 42 (21.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (13.09%) vCenter Server
3 20 (10.47%) Ansible
4 14 (7.33%) vMotion
5 13 (6.81%) Kubernetes
5 13 (6.81%) SCCM
6 12 (6.28%) Puppet
7 7 (3.66%) PowerCLI
7 7 (3.66%) Terraform
7 7 (3.66%) vRealize
7 7 (3.66%) WSUS
8 6 (3.14%) Nagios
9 5 (2.62%) MaaS360
9 5 (2.62%) ZABBIX
10 4 (2.09%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (1.05%) Grafana
11 2 (1.05%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.52%) Packer
12 1 (0.52%) PaperCut
12 1 (0.52%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 123 (64.40%) Microsoft
2 75 (39.27%) VMware
3 34 (17.80%) Cisco
4 22 (11.52%) HP
5 21 (10.99%) Citrix
6 19 (9.95%) Meraki
7 17 (8.90%) Sophos
8 15 (7.85%) Veeam
9 10 (5.24%) Ubiquiti
10 9 (4.71%) Google
11 7 (3.66%) Dell
12 6 (3.14%) SolarWinds
12 6 (3.14%) Symantec
13 5 (2.62%) 3PAR
13 5 (2.62%) Apple
13 5 (2.62%) Barracuda Networks
13 5 (2.62%) McAfee
13 5 (2.62%) NetApp
13 5 (2.62%) Oracle
13 5 (2.62%) Riverbed