DNS Jobs in the South West

Domain Name System (DNS)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 13 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 127 126
Rank change year-on-year +29 -1 +36
Permanent jobs citing DNS 80 191 138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 2.25% 1.81% 2.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.82% 14.89% 11.23%
Number of salaries quoted 69 128 89
10th Percentile - £26,775 £28,300
25th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £43,750 £52,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £52,051 £57,500 £55,250
England median annual salary £41,750 £44,225 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.60% +4.06% -5.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 624 1,283 1,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 17.55% 12.15% 19.06%
Number of salaries quoted 379 953 527
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £26,625 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% +5.56% -6.25%
75th Percentile £53,951 £58,750 £62,833
90th Percentile £68,750 £71,725 £77,715
England median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% -4.76%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for DNS in the South West

DNS
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for DNS in the South West

DNS
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in the South West over the 6 months to 13 June 2025.

Salary histogram for DNS in the South West

DNS
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the South West region over the 6 months to 13 June 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
Devon +28 22 £31,500 +21.15% 20
Somerset +27 20 £40,000 -11.11% 17
Dorset +51 15 £47,500 +11.76% 3
Bristol +34 10 £47,500 +19.50% 22
Wiltshire +29 7 £34,500 -31.68% 7
Gloucestershire -8 5 £34,500 +11.29% 15
Cornwall +8 1 £32,000 +6.67% 2
DNS
England

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 31 (38.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (17.50%) SharePoint
3 12 (15.00%) IIS
4 1 (1.25%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (1.25%) CMS
4 1 (1.25%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.25%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.25%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 57 (71.25%) Microsoft 365
2 52 (65.00%) Azure
3 39 (48.75%) Entra ID
4 13 (16.25%) OneDrive
5 7 (8.75%) AWS
6 4 (5.00%) IaaS
6 4 (5.00%) PaaS
7 3 (3.75%) SaaS
8 2 (2.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (2.50%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (2.50%) Google Workspace
9 1 (1.25%) Azure AI
9 1 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.25%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (1.25%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (1.25%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.25%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.25%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.25%) Rubrik
9 1 (1.25%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 56 (70.00%) Firewall
2 53 (66.25%) DHCP
3 41 (51.25%) VPN
4 26 (32.50%) VLAN
5 15 (18.75%) LAN
6 12 (15.00%) WAN
7 11 (13.75%) VoIP
8 10 (12.50%) ADSL
8 10 (12.50%) Network Security
9 9 (11.25%) TCP/IP
10 8 (10.00%) MPLS
10 8 (10.00%) VPLS
11 7 (8.75%) Cisco ASA
11 7 (8.75%) Cisco Firepower
11 7 (8.75%) PBX
11 7 (8.75%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (7.50%) Reverse Proxy
12 6 (7.50%) Wireless
13 5 (6.25%) IPsec
14 3 (3.75%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (18.75%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (2.50%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.25%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.25%) MySQL
3 1 (1.25%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.25%) Power BI
3 1 (1.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (2.50%) Git
1 2 (2.50%) JIRA
2 1 (1.25%) GitLab
2 1 (1.25%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.25%) Log4Net
2 1 (1.25%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 11 (13.75%) Social Skills
2 6 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (6.25%) Local Government
4 4 (5.00%) Advertising
4 4 (5.00%) Finance
4 4 (5.00%) Manufacturing
5 3 (3.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.50%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.25%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.25%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (1.25%) Police
7 1 (1.25%) Publishing
7 1 (1.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 42 (52.50%) IT Support
2 27 (33.75%) 2nd Line Support
3 21 (26.25%) Analyst
4 20 (25.00%) Support Analyst
5 15 (18.75%) IT Analyst
5 15 (18.75%) IT Support Analyst
6 11 (13.75%) 3rd Line Support
7 10 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
7 10 (12.50%) Network Engineer
8 7 (8.75%) Support Engineer
9 6 (7.50%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
10 5 (6.25%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 5 (6.25%) IT Engineer
10 5 (6.25%) Technical Support
11 4 (5.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 4 (5.00%) IT Supervisor
11 4 (5.00%) Support Supervisor
11 4 (5.00%) Technical Analyst
11 4 (5.00%) Technical Support Analyst
12 3 (3.75%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.25%) .NET
1 1 (1.25%) .NET Framework
1 1 (1.25%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.25%) Ajax
1 1 (1.25%) Angular 2
1 1 (1.25%) AngularJS
1 1 (1.25%) ASP.NET
1 1 (1.25%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (1.25%) HTML
1 1 (1.25%) HTML5
1 1 (1.25%) JSON
1 1 (1.25%) Ninject
1 1 (1.25%) Razor View Engine
1 1 (1.25%) Unity DI Container
1 1 (1.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.75%) Driving Licence
2 4 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (3.75%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (3.75%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.50%) Cyberattack
4 2 (2.50%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.25%) BYOD
5 1 (1.25%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.25%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.25%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.25%) Handset
5 1 (1.25%) NHS
5 1 (1.25%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.25%) PKI
5 1 (1.25%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 37 (46.25%) Windows
2 30 (37.50%) Windows Server
3 20 (25.00%) Linux
4 3 (3.75%) Android
4 3 (3.75%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (3.75%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (3.75%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (2.50%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.25%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.25%) Solaris
6 1 (1.25%) Unix
6 1 (1.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (32.50%) Customer Service
2 25 (31.25%) ITIL
3 21 (26.25%) Cybersecurity
4 20 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 13 (16.25%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (11.25%) Line Management
6 9 (11.25%) Mentoring
7 8 (10.00%) Agile
7 8 (10.00%) Migration
8 7 (8.75%) Collaborative Working
8 7 (8.75%) CRM
9 6 (7.50%) Project Delivery
10 5 (6.25%) ITSM
10 5 (6.25%) Proactive Monitoring
10 5 (6.25%) Project Planning
10 5 (6.25%) Risk Management
11 4 (5.00%) Architectural Design
11 4 (5.00%) Server Management
12 3 (3.75%) Analytical Thinking
12 3 (3.75%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 21 (26.25%) PowerShell
2 14 (17.50%) SQL
3 3 (3.75%) Python
4 2 (2.50%) Bash
4 2 (2.50%) C++
4 2 (2.50%) Go
4 2 (2.50%) Java
5 1 (1.25%) Bicep
5 1 (1.25%) C#
5 1 (1.25%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.25%) VB
5 1 (1.25%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 29 (36.25%) Network+ Certification
2 22 (27.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (21.25%) MCITP
4 14 (17.50%) Security Cleared
5 10 (12.50%) A+ Certification
5 10 (12.50%) CCNA
5 10 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (12.50%) SC Cleared
6 5 (6.25%) CCNP
6 5 (6.25%) Degree
7 4 (5.00%) Azure Certification
7 4 (5.00%) DV Cleared
7 4 (5.00%) MCP
7 4 (5.00%) MCSA
8 3 (3.75%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.25%) DBS Check
9 1 (1.25%) MCSE
9 1 (1.25%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (2.50%) NIST
3 1 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.25%) NCSC
3 1 (1.25%) QA
System Software
1 59 (73.75%) Active Directory
2 12 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (12.50%) Hyper-V
4 4 (5.00%) Docker
5 1 (1.25%) BitLocker
5 1 (1.25%) LXC
5 1 (1.25%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (1.25%) Samba
5 1 (1.25%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (28.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (6.25%) Autotask
3 3 (3.75%) Ansible
3 3 (3.75%) Iperf
4 2 (2.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (2.50%) FortiGate
4 2 (2.50%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 2 (2.50%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.25%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.25%) SCCM
5 1 (1.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 47 (58.75%) Microsoft
2 16 (20.00%) VMware
3 12 (15.00%) Cisco
3 12 (15.00%) Meraki
4 9 (11.25%) Fortinet
4 9 (11.25%) HP
5 6 (7.50%) Citrix
6 5 (6.25%) SolarWinds
7 3 (3.75%) Google
7 3 (3.75%) Ruckus Wireless
7 3 (3.75%) SonicWALL
8 1 (1.25%) Apple
8 1 (1.25%) Aruba
8 1 (1.25%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.25%) McAfee
8 1 (1.25%) Oracle
8 1 (1.25%) PayPal
8 1 (1.25%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.25%) Symantec
8 1 (1.25%) Veeam