DNS Jobs in the UK excluding London

Domain Name System (DNS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 130 150
Rank change year-on-year -4 +20 +13
Permanent jobs citing DNS 938 1,563 1,351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.36% 2.09% 2.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.13% 15.84% 12.50%
Number of salaries quoted 467 1,262 1,046
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £64,250 £62,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £43,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -2.30% +2.35% -5.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,144 9,866 10,804
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.00% 13.17% 18.85%
Number of salaries quoted 3,355 7,111 4,601
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £44,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% -2.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,000 £58,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.94% -3.81%

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 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
North of England +73 517 £37,500 -11.76% 150
North West +76 458 £39,500 -12.22% 86
South East -59 158 £42,500 - 108
Midlands -72 95 £35,000 -6.67% 64
South West +19 73 £35,000 -6.67% 79
East of England -28 61 £43,500 +4.82% 57
Yorkshire 0 53 £33,500 +3.08% 48
West Midlands -37 52 £35,000 -11.95% 35
East Midlands -38 43 £38,500 +2.67% 27
Scotland +79 17 £36,250 -14.71% 34
Wales -3 15 £36,047 +6.02% 14
North East +6 6 £32,000 -24.71% 18
Northern Ireland +30 1 £85,000 +161.54% 8
Isle of Man +11 1 £34,500 -19.77%
Channel Islands -4 1 £45,000 -47.06% 2
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
1 136 (14.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 75 (8.00%) SharePoint
3 44 (4.69%) IIS
4 14 (1.49%) Apache
4 14 (1.49%) nginx
5 12 (1.28%) Confluence
6 8 (0.85%) Apache Solr
7 4 (0.43%) CMS
8 3 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
8 3 (0.32%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.21%) WordPress
10 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.11%) Office Communications Server
10 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.11%) SharePoint 2010
10 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 84 (8.96%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.64%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.32%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 3 (0.32%) Sage 50
2 1 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 276 (29.42%) Azure
2 245 (26.12%) Microsoft 365
3 107 (11.41%) AWS
3 107 (11.41%) Entra ID
4 34 (3.62%) SaaS
5 32 (3.41%) OneDrive
6 28 (2.99%) PaaS
7 27 (2.88%) GCP
7 27 (2.88%) IaaS
7 27 (2.88%) Power Platform
8 24 (2.56%) Azure Monitor
9 22 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (2.13%) Azure Key Vault
11 18 (1.92%) Google Workspace
12 17 (1.81%) Power Automate
13 15 (1.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 15 (1.60%) Nutanix
14 14 (1.49%) Azure AI
14 14 (1.49%) Azure Service Bus
15 13 (1.39%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 585 (62.37%) VPN
2 371 (39.55%) DHCP
3 302 (32.20%) Firewall
4 197 (21.00%) TCP/IP
5 112 (11.94%) VLAN
6 96 (10.23%) WAN
7 76 (8.10%) LAN
8 48 (5.12%) Network Security
9 45 (4.80%) Wi-Fi
10 44 (4.69%) VoIP
11 39 (4.16%) SAN
12 37 (3.94%) SD-WAN
13 32 (3.41%) Wireless
14 31 (3.30%) SMTP
15 22 (2.35%) HTTP
16 20 (2.13%) MPLS
16 20 (2.13%) NAS
17 19 (2.03%) BGP
17 19 (2.03%) OSPF
17 19 (2.03%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (5.54%) SQL Server
2 33 (3.52%) Amazon RDS
3 26 (2.77%) MySQL
4 21 (2.24%) Power BI
5 14 (1.49%) Data Lake
6 11 (1.17%) NoSQL
7 10 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (0.85%) Couchbase
9 7 (0.75%) MongoDB
10 6 (0.64%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
12 4 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (0.43%) Tableau
13 3 (0.32%) Amazon Aurora
13 3 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 32 (3.41%) Git
2 24 (2.56%) JIRA
3 12 (1.28%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.07%) Sonatype Nexus
5 8 (0.85%) Vagrant
6 5 (0.53%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.32%) GitLab
7 3 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.11%) Grunt
8 1 (0.11%) Log4Net
8 1 (0.11%) Maven
8 1 (0.11%) Subversion
8 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.11%) webpack
General
1 432 (46.06%) Analytical Skills
2 417 (44.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 415 (44.24%) Finance
4 223 (23.77%) Social Skills
5 26 (2.77%) Retail
6 23 (2.45%) Telecoms
7 19 (2.03%) Public Sector
8 15 (1.60%) Automotive
9 12 (1.28%) Local Government
10 9 (0.96%) Legal
10 9 (0.96%) Manufacturing
11 8 (0.85%) Law
11 8 (0.85%) Welsh Language
12 6 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (0.53%) Back Office
13 5 (0.53%) Banking
13 5 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.43%) Advertising
14 4 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.32%) Games
Job Titles
1 393 (41.90%) Developer
2 391 (41.68%) Software Developer
3 110 (11.73%) IT Support
4 105 (11.19%) Support Engineer
5 76 (8.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 73 (7.78%) Analyst
7 63 (6.72%) IT Engineer
8 55 (5.86%) 2nd Line Support
9 49 (5.22%) Network Engineer
10 44 (4.69%) Senior
10 44 (4.69%) Support Analyst
11 39 (4.16%) 3rd Line Support
12 38 (4.05%) Technical Support
13 36 (3.84%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 32 (3.41%) IT Support Engineer
15 26 (2.77%) IT Analyst
15 26 (2.77%) Systems Engineer
16 22 (2.35%) Infrastructure Support
16 22 (2.35%) IT Support Analyst
17 21 (2.24%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.07%) YAML
2 8 (0.85%) LDAP
2 8 (0.85%) RabbitMQ
3 5 (0.53%) Middleware
4 4 (0.43%) HTML
4 4 (0.43%) Web Services
5 3 (0.32%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.32%) Node.js
6 2 (0.21%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.21%) CSS
6 2 (0.21%) Django
6 2 (0.21%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.21%) React
7 1 (0.11%) Angular 2
7 1 (0.11%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.11%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (0.11%) LEMP Stack
7 1 (0.11%) Unity DI Container
7 1 (0.11%) Vue
7 1 (0.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 393 (41.90%) Cyberattack
2 51 (5.44%) Driving Licence
3 43 (4.58%) Data Centre
4 34 (3.62%) Management Information System
5 24 (2.56%) PKI
6 21 (2.24%) Clustering
7 16 (1.71%) Onboarding
8 14 (1.49%) NHS
9 13 (1.39%) Replication
9 13 (1.39%) Smartphone
10 12 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
10 12 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (0.96%) IoT
11 9 (0.96%) Security Posture
12 8 (0.85%) Private Cloud
13 7 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
14 6 (0.64%) Client/Server
14 6 (0.64%) Cloud Native
14 6 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 514 (54.80%) Linux
2 405 (43.18%) Android
3 366 (39.02%) Windows
4 245 (26.12%) Windows Server
5 46 (4.90%) Windows 10
6 43 (4.58%) Windows Server 2016
7 41 (4.37%) Mac OS
8 31 (3.30%) Windows Server 2019
9 23 (2.45%) VMS
10 21 (2.24%) Ubuntu
11 16 (1.71%) Unix
12 14 (1.49%) Mac OS X
13 12 (1.28%) Windows 7
14 11 (1.17%) Apple iOS
15 10 (1.07%) Windows Server 2012
16 9 (0.96%) CentOS
17 8 (0.85%) Amazon Linux
17 8 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 5 (0.53%) Windows 8
18 5 (0.53%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 430 (45.84%) Agile
2 401 (42.75%) Line Management
3 391 (41.68%) Android Development
3 391 (41.68%) Design Patterns
3 391 (41.68%) Mathematics
3 391 (41.68%) OO
3 391 (41.68%) OOP
4 185 (19.72%) Problem-Solving
5 110 (11.73%) Customer Service
6 95 (10.13%) ITIL
7 88 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
7 88 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 70 (7.46%) Disaster Recovery
9 52 (5.54%) DevOps
10 49 (5.22%) Incident Management
11 45 (4.80%) Migration
12 38 (4.05%) CI/CD
13 37 (3.94%) Infrastructure as Code
13 37 (3.94%) Service Management
14 36 (3.84%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 448 (47.76%) Python
2 401 (42.75%) Java
3 393 (41.90%) C++
4 392 (41.79%) Go
5 150 (15.99%) PowerShell
6 83 (8.85%) SQL
7 21 (2.24%) Bicep
8 14 (1.49%) Bash
9 10 (1.07%) Perl
9 10 (1.07%) PHP
10 8 (0.85%) Groovy
11 6 (0.64%) JavaScript
12 4 (0.43%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.32%) C#
13 3 (0.32%) VBScript
14 1 (0.11%) R
14 1 (0.11%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 467 (49.79%) Security Cleared
2 422 (44.99%) DV Cleared
3 93 (9.91%) Microsoft Certification
4 76 (8.10%) Degree
5 47 (5.01%) Azure Certification
6 45 (4.80%) Network+ Certification
7 44 (4.69%) SC Cleared
8 40 (4.26%) Cisco Certification
9 37 (3.94%) A+ Certification
9 37 (3.94%) CCNA
10 32 (3.41%) DBS Check
11 30 (3.20%) MCSE
12 29 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
12 29 (3.09%) MCSA
13 22 (2.35%) MCP
14 18 (1.92%) CCNP
15 17 (1.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 16 (1.71%) MCITP
17 11 (1.17%) HNC
17 11 (1.17%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (2.45%) SLA
2 12 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (1.07%) GDPR
4 8 (0.85%) NIST
5 4 (0.43%) NCSC
6 3 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.32%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.21%) ISO 9000
7 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.11%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.11%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.11%) GRC
8 1 (0.11%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.11%) QA
System Software
1 426 (45.42%) Docker
2 320 (34.12%) Active Directory
3 127 (13.54%) Hyper-V
3 127 (13.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 39 (4.16%) VMware ESXi
5 36 (3.84%) Virtual Machines
6 29 (3.09%) vSphere
7 15 (1.60%) Terminal Services
8 13 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
9 9 (0.96%) BitLocker
9 9 (0.96%) Firmware
9 9 (0.96%) Microsoft App-V
9 9 (0.96%) VMware NSX
10 5 (0.53%) DFS Replication
10 5 (0.53%) NFS
11 4 (0.43%) Squid
12 3 (0.32%) Dovecot
12 3 (0.32%) Postfix
12 3 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.21%) GPFS
Systems Management
1 451 (48.08%) Ansible
2 75 (8.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 44 (4.69%) Terraform
4 36 (3.84%) Kubernetes
5 28 (2.99%) vCenter Server
6 21 (2.24%) SCCM
6 21 (2.24%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (1.71%) Puppet
8 14 (1.49%) vMotion
9 12 (1.28%) Proxmox
9 12 (1.28%) WSUS
10 11 (1.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 10 (1.07%) SCOM
12 9 (0.96%) Autotask
12 9 (0.96%) Grafana
12 9 (0.96%) Prometheus
13 8 (0.85%) PowerCLI
13 8 (0.85%) Progress Chef
13 8 (0.85%) vRealize
14 7 (0.75%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 318 (33.90%) Microsoft
2 167 (17.80%) VMware
3 99 (10.55%) Cisco
4 48 (5.12%) Google
5 40 (4.26%) HP
6 35 (3.73%) Citrix
7 32 (3.41%) Meraki
8 28 (2.99%) Fortinet
9 27 (2.88%) Apple
10 25 (2.67%) Veeam
11 24 (2.56%) Dell
12 22 (2.35%) ServiceNow
13 20 (2.13%) Databricks
14 19 (2.03%) Ubiquiti
15 14 (1.49%) Oracle
16 13 (1.39%) SolarWinds
16 13 (1.39%) Sophos
17 12 (1.28%) SonicWALL
18 10 (1.07%) Juniper
19 9 (0.96%) Aruba