DNS Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Domain Name System (DNS)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring DNS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 72 27
Rank change year-on-year +19 -45 +42
Permanent jobs citing DNS 8 9 25
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 1.15% 0.86% 6.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.33% 12.00% 26.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 22
10th Percentile - £37,145 £28,925
25th Percentile £25,500 £42,238 £33,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,000 £44,274 £39,897
Median % change year-on-year -41.27% +10.97% +2.96%
75th Percentile £26,500 £46,311 £48,668
90th Percentile - - £62,500
North East median annual salary £26,000 £44,274 £40,000
% change year-on-year -41.27% +10.69% +0.72%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 96 75 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 13.83% 7.18% 23.59%
Number of salaries quoted 82 38 82
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £25,375
25th Percentile £25,087 £34,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £39,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.64% -2.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £42,188 £54,688 £52,161
90th Percentile £61,250 £70,989 £84,375
North East median annual salary £25,087 £44,274 £39,804
% change year-on-year -43.34% +11.23% -0.49%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DNS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

DNS job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

DNS
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing DNS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing DNS

DNS
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 4 October 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
Gateshead - 7 - -
Newcastle upon Tyne +8 1 £26,000 -41.27% 6
DNS
North East

DNS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 7 (87.50%) VPN
2 7 (87.50%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (12.50%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (87.50%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (87.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Coordinator
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Service Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Linux
1 7 (87.50%) Mac OS
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Computer Science
1 7 (87.50%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
2 1 (12.50%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Degree
1 7 (87.50%) HNC
1 7 (87.50%) HND
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft