DNS Jobs in the UK excluding London

Domain Name System (DNS)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 150 156
Rank change year-on-year +28 +6 -27
Permanent jobs citing DNS 1,595 1,428 1,719
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.28% 2.31% 2.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.33% 12.93% 15.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,287 1,101 1,427
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% +1.19%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £43,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.35% -5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,766 11,047 10,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.94% 17.88% 15.48%
Number of salaries quoted 7,096 4,889 6,514
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,600
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £32,638
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing DNS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for DNS in the UK excluding London

DNS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DNS in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for DNS in the UK excluding London

DNS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for DNS in the UK excluding London

DNS
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 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
South East +1 445 £42,500 +6.56% 85
North of England +39 348 £41,500 +3.75% 83
Midlands +79 311 £39,750 +2.58% 71
South West +40 219 £37,500 -10.71% 29
North West +14 182 £45,000 - 52
West Midlands +65 171 £42,500 +9.68% 47
East of England -15 141 £40,000 -5.88% 41
East Midlands +52 136 £37,500 +2.74% 24
Yorkshire +60 121 £32,500 -10.34% 25
Wales +39 61 £36,476 -2.73% 6
Scotland -48 59 £42,500 +21.43% 19
North East +10 51 £42,500 +13.33% 8
Northern Ireland +28 13 £32,500 - 7
Channel Islands - 4 £85,000 -
Isle of Man - 4 £43,000 -
DNS
UK

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 386 (24.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 251 (15.74%) SharePoint
3 98 (6.14%) IIS
4 40 (2.51%) WebLogic
5 33 (2.07%) CMS
6 27 (1.69%) WordPress
7 23 (1.44%) Exchange Server 2010
7 23 (1.44%) Exchange Server 2013
8 20 (1.25%) Exchange Server 2007
9 17 (1.07%) Confluence
10 16 (1.00%) Skype for Business
11 14 (0.88%) nginx
12 13 (0.82%) Apache
13 7 (0.44%) OpenStack
14 6 (0.38%) Tomcat
15 5 (0.31%) Umbraco
16 4 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2003
17 2 (0.13%) Apache Solr
18 1 (0.063%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 194 (12.16%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.38%) Trello
5 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.13%) CATIA
7 2 (0.13%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 40 (2.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.25%) Epicor Tropos
3 4 (0.25%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.063%) Sage 300 ERP
6 1 (0.063%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.063%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.063%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 884 (55.42%) Azure
2 807 (50.60%) Microsoft 365
3 327 (20.50%) AWS
4 299 (18.75%) Entra ID
5 104 (6.52%) OneDrive
6 73 (4.58%) IaaS
7 63 (3.95%) SaaS
8 56 (3.51%) Power Platform
9 42 (2.63%) PaaS
10 41 (2.57%) Amazon EKS
11 40 (2.51%) Amazon SQS
12 38 (2.38%) Mimecast
13 36 (2.26%) OpenShift
14 31 (1.94%) Nutanix
15 30 (1.88%) AWS CloudFormation
15 30 (1.88%) GCP
16 29 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
17 27 (1.69%) Azure Monitor
18 25 (1.57%) WhatsApp
19 24 (1.50%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1,028 (64.45%) DHCP
2 635 (39.81%) Firewall
3 555 (34.80%) TCP/IP
4 312 (19.56%) VPN
5 300 (18.81%) WAN
6 258 (16.18%) LAN
7 215 (13.48%) VLAN
8 149 (9.34%) Wi-Fi
9 132 (8.28%) SAN
10 130 (8.15%) Wireless
11 128 (8.03%) SSL
12 114 (7.15%) HTTP
13 89 (5.58%) VoIP
14 74 (4.64%) BGP
15 70 (4.39%) Internet
16 66 (4.14%) Network Security
16 66 (4.14%) SD-WAN
17 41 (2.57%) iSCSI
18 38 (2.38%) DKIM
18 38 (2.38%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (8.65%) SQL Server
2 77 (4.83%) Amazon RDS
3 48 (3.01%) Oracle Database
4 43 (2.70%) Relational Database
5 40 (2.51%) RDBMS
6 34 (2.13%) MySQL
7 28 (1.76%) Power BI
8 15 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 12 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
10 11 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
10 11 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
11 8 (0.50%) Redis
12 7 (0.44%) NoSQL
13 6 (0.38%) GIS
14 3 (0.19%) Crystal Reports
15 2 (0.13%) Data Warehouse
15 2 (0.13%) OLAP
15 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 2 (0.13%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 34 (2.13%) JIRA
2 21 (1.32%) Git
3 20 (1.25%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.63%) Trac
5 3 (0.19%) GitLab
5 3 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.13%) Grunt
6 2 (0.13%) Hudson
6 2 (0.13%) MSBuild
6 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.13%) webpack
7 1 (0.063%) Log4Net
7 1 (0.063%) Selenium
7 1 (0.063%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.063%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 472 (29.59%) Social Skills
2 142 (8.90%) Analytical Skills
3 139 (8.71%) Finance
4 62 (3.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 59 (3.70%) Telecoms
6 41 (2.57%) Public Sector
7 39 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
8 33 (2.07%) Marketing
9 31 (1.94%) Law
10 28 (1.76%) Manufacturing
11 26 (1.63%) Aerospace
12 23 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
13 21 (1.32%) Retail
14 17 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
15 13 (0.82%) Legal
16 10 (0.63%) Electronics
17 9 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
18 8 (0.50%) Automotive
18 8 (0.50%) Local Government
19 7 (0.44%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 331 (20.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 249 (15.61%) Senior
3 224 (14.04%) IT Support
4 206 (12.92%) IT Engineer
4 206 (12.92%) Support Engineer
5 189 (11.85%) Analyst
6 109 (6.83%) Lead
7 99 (6.21%) IT Support Engineer
7 99 (6.21%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 98 (6.14%) Network Engineer
9 92 (5.77%) Architect
10 87 (5.45%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 83 (5.20%) 2nd Line Support
11 83 (5.20%) IT Technician
12 78 (4.89%) 3rd Line Support
13 71 (4.45%) Support Analyst
14 66 (4.14%) Support Technician
15 62 (3.89%) Administrator
16 61 (3.82%) Developer
17 59 (3.70%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (4.70%) HTML
2 51 (3.20%) SAML
3 50 (3.13%) .NET
4 48 (3.01%) OpenID
5 47 (2.95%) REST
6 44 (2.76%) CSS
6 44 (2.76%) RabbitMQ
7 40 (2.51%) Spring Boot
8 30 (1.88%) ASP.NET
9 28 (1.76%) jQuery
9 28 (1.76%) React
10 24 (1.50%) Vue
11 22 (1.38%) AngularJS
11 22 (1.38%) ASP.NET MVC
12 19 (1.19%) OAuth
12 19 (1.19%) Tailwind CSS
12 19 (1.19%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 19 (1.19%) WPF
13 18 (1.13%) ARM Templates
13 18 (1.13%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 125 (7.84%) Data Centre
2 116 (7.27%) Driving Licence
3 109 (6.83%) Self-Motivation
4 86 (5.39%) Public Cloud
5 61 (3.82%) Cyberattack
6 58 (3.64%) PKI
7 57 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
8 49 (3.07%) Replication
9 42 (2.63%) Onboarding
10 39 (2.45%) Management Information System
11 36 (2.26%) Cloud Native
12 30 (1.88%) Clustering
13 20 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
13 20 (1.25%) IoT
14 18 (1.13%) CMDB
15 15 (0.94%) CCTV
16 14 (0.88%) Client/Server
17 12 (0.75%) PMI
18 10 (0.63%) Tandem
19 8 (0.50%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 1,049 (65.77%) Windows
2 676 (42.38%) Windows Server
3 346 (21.69%) Linux
4 200 (12.54%) Windows 10
5 189 (11.85%) Windows Server 2016
6 167 (10.47%) Windows Server 2019
7 146 (9.15%) Windows Server 2012
8 89 (5.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 63 (3.95%) Android
10 58 (3.64%) Apple iOS
11 49 (3.07%) Windows Server 2008
12 31 (1.94%) Mac OS
12 31 (1.94%) Windows 7
12 31 (1.94%) Windows 8
13 26 (1.63%) VMS
14 23 (1.44%) Unix
15 20 (1.25%) Mac OS X
16 19 (1.19%) Ubuntu
16 19 (1.19%) Windows Server 2003
16 19 (1.19%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 388 (24.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 332 (20.82%) Problem-Solving
3 319 (20.00%) ITIL
4 242 (15.17%) Customer Service
5 199 (12.48%) Agile
6 155 (9.72%) DevOps
7 154 (9.66%) Disaster Recovery
8 152 (9.53%) Cybersecurity
9 131 (8.21%) Migration
10 120 (7.52%) Project Management
11 100 (6.27%) Actionable Insight
12 94 (5.89%) Collaborative Working
13 87 (5.45%) Mentoring
13 87 (5.45%) Service Management
14 76 (4.76%) Line Management
15 72 (4.51%) Incident Management
16 71 (4.45%) Server Management
17 70 (4.39%) Open Source
18 69 (4.33%) SDLC
19 68 (4.26%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 309 (19.37%) PowerShell
2 141 (8.84%) SQL
3 105 (6.58%) Python
4 69 (4.33%) Bash
5 67 (4.20%) C#
6 65 (4.08%) Java
7 44 (2.76%) JavaScript
8 30 (1.88%) VBScript
9 22 (1.38%) T-SQL
10 20 (1.25%) VB
11 19 (1.19%) Bicep
11 19 (1.19%) PHP
11 19 (1.19%) XAML
12 18 (1.13%) Perl
13 11 (0.69%) C++
14 9 (0.56%) C
15 8 (0.50%) PL/SQL
16 5 (0.31%) Ruby
16 5 (0.31%) VB.NET
17 4 (0.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 264 (16.55%) Security Cleared
2 186 (11.66%) Degree
3 151 (9.47%) SC Cleared
4 137 (8.59%) DV Cleared
5 103 (6.46%) Cisco Certification
6 99 (6.21%) Microsoft Certification
7 92 (5.77%) Azure Certification
8 91 (5.71%) CCNA
9 80 (5.02%) AWS Certification
10 69 (4.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 46 (2.88%) CCNP
11 46 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
12 41 (2.57%) MCSE
13 40 (2.51%) DBS Check
14 39 (2.45%) A+ Certification
15 32 (2.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 29 (1.82%) Network+ Certification
17 24 (1.50%) MCP
18 22 (1.38%) MCSA
19 17 (1.07%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (6.27%) SLA
2 40 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 25 (1.57%) GDPR
5 15 (0.94%) Data Quality
6 7 (0.44%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.25%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.25%) QA
8 2 (0.13%) NIST
9 1 (0.063%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.063%) GxP
9 1 (0.063%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.063%) PMO
System Software
1 1,012 (63.45%) Active Directory
2 372 (23.32%) Hyper-V
3 347 (21.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 75 (4.70%) Virtual Machines
5 68 (4.26%) VMware ESXi
6 67 (4.20%) Docker
7 54 (3.39%) vSphere
8 40 (2.51%) Virtual Servers
9 36 (2.26%) Virtual Desktop
10 19 (1.19%) Terminal Services
11 18 (1.13%) pfSense
12 16 (1.00%) Firmware
12 16 (1.00%) NFS
13 11 (0.69%) XenApp
14 7 (0.44%) Embedded Firmware
14 7 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 7 (0.44%) VMware Server
14 7 (0.44%) XenDesktop
15 6 (0.38%) VMware NSX
16 4 (0.25%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 285 (17.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 127 (7.96%) SCCM
3 95 (5.96%) WSUS
4 81 (5.08%) SCOM
5 77 (4.83%) Kubernetes
6 70 (4.39%) Terraform
7 64 (4.01%) Ansible
8 54 (3.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 37 (2.32%) Puppet
10 34 (2.13%) vCenter Server
11 27 (1.69%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 26 (1.63%) CASB
12 26 (1.63%) FortiGate
13 22 (1.38%) ZABBIX
14 21 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
15 20 (1.25%) Grafana
16 17 (1.07%) Jamf Pro
17 16 (1.00%) SCDPM
18 14 (0.88%) SmoothWall
19 13 (0.82%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 879 (55.11%) Microsoft
2 512 (32.10%) VMware
3 243 (15.24%) Cisco
4 151 (9.47%) Veeam
5 115 (7.21%) Citrix
6 84 (5.27%) Dell
7 77 (4.83%) HP
8 72 (4.51%) Oracle
9 70 (4.39%) Meraki
10 64 (4.01%) Apple
10 64 (4.01%) Juniper
11 54 (3.39%) Fortinet
12 50 (3.13%) Red Hat
13 44 (2.76%) SolarWinds
14 43 (2.70%) Sophos
15 40 (2.51%) Sparx
16 39 (2.45%) Palo Alto
17 34 (2.13%) Acronis
18 31 (1.94%) Aruba
19 30 (1.88%) WatchGuard