DNS Jobs in the South East

Domain Name System (DNS)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for DNS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DNS over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 102 104 148
Rank change year-on-year +2 +44 -24
Permanent jobs citing DNS 455 460 481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.74% 3.02% 2.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.47% 17.46% 15.92%
Number of salaries quoted 391 375 421
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -8.05% -8.42%
75th Percentile £58,750 £52,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £65,900 £71,250
England median annual salary £42,927 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.00% -5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

DNS is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,762 2,634 3,022
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 16.64% 17.32% 15.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,912 1,548 1,854
10th Percentile £26,004 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £59,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,725 £77,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +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 23 April 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 23 April 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 +29 223 £42,500 +30.77% 35
Berkshire +90 109 £52,500 +23.53% 14
Hampshire -19 99 £45,750 +7.65% 22
Oxfordshire +30 67 £43,239 +37.27% 10
Kent -26 50 £37,000 -8.64% 9
Buckinghamshire -50 47 £35,000 +7.69% 11
Surrey -7 46 £62,500 +56.25% 9
East Sussex +35 24 £37,500 -25.00% 1
West Sussex +48 17 £35,000 -33.33% 8
Middlesex - 1 £32,500 -
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 91 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 63 (13.85%) SharePoint
3 36 (7.91%) IIS
4 16 (3.52%) WordPress
5 12 (2.64%) Apache
5 12 (2.64%) CMS
5 12 (2.64%) nginx
6 4 (0.88%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 55 (12.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (0.88%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 255 (56.04%) Azure
2 232 (50.99%) Microsoft 365
3 74 (16.26%) Entra ID
4 65 (14.29%) AWS
5 30 (6.59%) IaaS
6 22 (4.84%) Azure Monitor
6 22 (4.84%) OneDrive
7 16 (3.52%) Nutanix
8 14 (3.08%) Azure Storage
9 12 (2.64%) GitHub
9 12 (2.64%) OCI
10 10 (2.20%) Power Platform
11 9 (1.98%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (1.76%) PaaS
13 7 (1.54%) Google Workspace
13 7 (1.54%) WhatsApp
14 6 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (1.32%) Azure Sentinel
14 6 (1.32%) Twilio
15 5 (1.10%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 258 (56.70%) DHCP
2 216 (47.47%) Firewall
3 118 (25.93%) TCP/IP
4 94 (20.66%) VPN
5 65 (14.29%) VLAN
6 50 (10.99%) WAN
7 47 (10.33%) LAN
8 45 (9.89%) Wireless
9 38 (8.35%) SAN
10 35 (7.69%) SSL
11 32 (7.03%) VoIP
12 24 (5.27%) Wi-Fi
13 20 (4.40%) SNMP
14 19 (4.18%) Network Security
15 17 (3.74%) OSPF
16 16 (3.52%) Internet
16 16 (3.52%) NAS
16 16 (3.52%) SD-WAN
17 15 (3.30%) BGP
18 14 (3.08%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (5.71%) SQL Server
2 15 (3.30%) MySQL
3 11 (2.42%) Amazon RDS
4 10 (2.20%) Power BI
5 9 (1.98%) Oracle Database
6 8 (1.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (1.10%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.88%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.44%) SAP HANA
11 1 (0.22%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 14 (3.08%) JIRA
2 13 (2.86%) Git
3 10 (2.20%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.20%) Trac
4 2 (0.44%) Hudson
General
1 144 (31.65%) Social Skills
2 46 (10.11%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (5.71%) Finance
4 22 (4.84%) Telecoms
5 17 (3.74%) Public Sector
6 16 (3.52%) Marketing
7 11 (2.42%) Law
8 10 (2.20%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (1.32%) Electronics
9 6 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.44%) Legal
12 1 (0.22%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.22%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.22%) Military
Job Titles
1 99 (21.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 67 (14.73%) Analyst
2 67 (14.73%) IT Support
3 63 (13.85%) Support Engineer
4 54 (11.87%) IT Engineer
5 42 (9.23%) Senior
6 38 (8.35%) 2nd Line Support
7 34 (7.47%) IT Support Engineer
7 34 (7.47%) Systems Engineer
8 28 (6.15%) IT Analyst
9 27 (5.93%) Lead
9 27 (5.93%) Support Analyst
10 26 (5.71%) 3rd Line Support
11 25 (5.49%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 23 (5.05%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 23 (5.05%) Architect
13 22 (4.84%) 1st Line Support
14 20 (4.40%) Active Directory Specialist
14 20 (4.40%) Azure Specialist
15 19 (4.18%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.62%) REST
2 18 (3.96%) ARM Templates
2 18 (3.96%) OAuth
2 18 (3.96%) OpenID
2 18 (3.96%) SAML
3 14 (3.08%) .NET
4 10 (2.20%) Web Services
5 8 (1.76%) HTML
6 6 (1.32%) ASP.NET
6 6 (1.32%) ASP.NET MVC
6 6 (1.32%) CSS
6 6 (1.32%) RabbitMQ
7 5 (1.10%) .NET Core
7 5 (1.10%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.10%) LDAP
7 5 (1.10%) React
8 4 (0.88%) LAMP
8 4 (0.88%) Spring Boot
8 4 (0.88%) YAML
9 3 (0.66%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 32 (7.03%) PKI
2 28 (6.15%) Self-Motivation
3 25 (5.49%) Data Centre
4 24 (5.27%) Driving Licence
5 18 (3.96%) Onboarding
6 17 (3.74%) CMDB
6 17 (3.74%) IoT
7 15 (3.30%) Replication
8 10 (2.20%) Clustering
9 8 (1.76%) Cyberattack
9 8 (1.76%) Public Cloud
10 7 (1.54%) CCTV
10 7 (1.54%) Client/Server
11 5 (1.10%) Apple TV
11 5 (1.10%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (1.10%) NHS
12 4 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
12 4 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.88%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 324 (71.21%) Windows
2 208 (45.71%) Windows Server
3 116 (25.49%) Linux
4 91 (20.00%) Windows 10
5 56 (12.31%) Windows Server 2019
6 50 (10.99%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (5.49%) Windows Server 2012
8 21 (4.62%) Apple iOS
9 17 (3.74%) Android
10 16 (3.52%) Windows XP
11 15 (3.30%) Windows 8
12 11 (2.42%) Mac OS X
13 10 (2.20%) VMS
14 9 (1.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 9 (1.98%) Windows Server 2008
15 8 (1.76%) Windows Server 2003
16 6 (1.32%) Windows 7
17 5 (1.10%) Ubuntu
18 4 (0.88%) CentOS
19 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (27.69%) Problem-Solving
2 103 (22.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 97 (21.32%) ITIL
4 85 (18.68%) Customer Service
5 66 (14.51%) Agile
6 54 (11.87%) DevOps
7 46 (10.11%) Cybersecurity
8 40 (8.79%) Disaster Recovery
9 29 (6.37%) Project Management
10 28 (6.15%) Storage Management
11 27 (5.93%) Configuration Management
11 27 (5.93%) Technical Leadership
12 26 (5.71%) Kanban
12 26 (5.71%) Scrum
13 25 (5.49%) Migration
13 25 (5.49%) Service Delivery
13 25 (5.49%) Service Management
14 24 (5.27%) Decision-Making
14 24 (5.27%) Open Source
15 22 (4.84%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 82 (18.02%) PowerShell
2 50 (10.99%) SQL
3 34 (7.47%) C#
3 34 (7.47%) Python
4 21 (4.62%) Bash
5 20 (4.40%) VB
5 20 (4.40%) VBScript
6 19 (4.18%) Java
6 19 (4.18%) Perl
7 18 (3.96%) Bicep
8 16 (3.52%) PHP
9 10 (2.20%) JavaScript
10 7 (1.54%) T-SQL
11 5 (1.10%) PL/SQL
11 5 (1.10%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.66%) C++
12 3 (0.66%) XAML
13 2 (0.44%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.22%) C
14 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 116 (25.49%) Security Cleared
2 68 (14.95%) SC Cleared
3 61 (13.41%) DV Cleared
4 48 (10.55%) Degree
5 33 (7.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 27 (5.93%) Cisco Certification
7 22 (4.84%) Azure Certification
8 21 (4.62%) CCNA
9 19 (4.18%) MCP
10 18 (3.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 15 (3.30%) CCNP
12 12 (2.64%) DBS Check
13 10 (2.20%) MCSE
14 9 (1.98%) AWS Certification
14 9 (1.98%) MCSA
15 7 (1.54%) ITIL Certification
16 5 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
17 4 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 4 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
18 2 (0.44%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.15%) SLA
2 17 (3.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (3.52%) Data Quality
4 14 (3.08%) GDPR
5 8 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.88%) QA
System Software
1 307 (67.47%) Active Directory
2 102 (22.42%) Hyper-V
3 76 (16.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 48 (10.55%) Virtual Machines
5 27 (5.93%) VMware ESXi
6 24 (5.27%) Virtual Servers
7 20 (4.40%) Virtual Desktop
8 12 (2.64%) Docker
9 11 (2.42%) NFS
10 10 (2.20%) pfSense
10 10 (2.20%) vSphere
11 8 (1.76%) XenApp
12 5 (1.10%) Terminal Services
13 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.66%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 68 (14.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 59 (12.97%) WSUS
3 48 (10.55%) SCCM
4 47 (10.33%) SCOM
5 28 (6.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 17 (3.74%) Kubernetes
7 16 (3.52%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 16 (3.52%) SCDPM
8 15 (3.30%) vCenter Server
9 14 (3.08%) Grafana
10 12 (2.64%) EMC NetWorker
10 12 (2.64%) NetBackup
11 10 (2.20%) Ansible
11 10 (2.20%) ZABBIX
12 8 (1.76%) CASB
13 5 (1.10%) Microsoft Clustering
14 4 (0.88%) Autotask
14 4 (0.88%) FortiGate
14 4 (0.88%) SolarWinds Orion
14 4 (0.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 260 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 135 (29.67%) VMware
3 49 (10.77%) Cisco
4 34 (7.47%) Veeam
5 28 (6.15%) Citrix
6 27 (5.93%) Dell
7 26 (5.71%) Juniper
8 21 (4.62%) Oracle
9 18 (3.96%) Fortinet
10 17 (3.74%) Palo Alto
11 16 (3.52%) Apple
11 16 (3.52%) Dynatrace
11 16 (3.52%) HP
12 13 (2.86%) 3PAR
12 13 (2.86%) WatchGuard
13 12 (2.64%) EMC
13 12 (2.64%) Extreme Networks
13 12 (2.64%) Symantec
14 11 (2.42%) McAfee
15 9 (1.98%) Adobe