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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 130 149
Rank change year-on-year 0 +19 +8
Permanent jobs citing DNS 937 1,568 1,402
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.40% 2.21% 2.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.40% 16.09% 12.83%
Number of salaries quoted 470 1,276 1,093
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,297 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £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 6,508 9,744 10,925
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.69% 13.75% 18.18%
Number of salaries quoted 3,176 7,062 4,782
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,875 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.83% -2.50% -3.23%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

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 14 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 14 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 +75 519 £40,000 -5.88% 159
North West +77 463 £42,500 -5.56% 79
South East -58 147 £37,500 -11.76% 209
Midlands -68 94 £35,000 -10.26% 81
South West +5 72 £40,000 +6.67% 84
East of England -17 67 £42,500 +2.41% 86
West Midlands -44 51 £35,000 -17.65% 40
Yorkshire +14 49 £37,500 +15.38% 62
East Midlands -40 43 £36,750 -2.00% 32
Scotland +78 18 £37,500 -11.76% 29
Wales +3 18 £38,094 +12.04% 12
North East +3 7 £32,000 -24.71% 21
Northern Ireland +33 2 £85,000 +161.54% 7
Isle of Man +12 1 £34,500 -19.77% 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
1 140 (14.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 77 (8.22%) SharePoint
3 41 (4.38%) IIS
4 12 (1.28%) Apache
5 10 (1.07%) nginx
6 8 (0.85%) Apache Solr
7 6 (0.64%) Confluence
8 4 (0.43%) CMS
9 3 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
9 3 (0.32%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2013
10 2 (0.21%) WordPress
11 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2003
11 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2007
11 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2010
11 1 (0.11%) Office Communications Server
11 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.11%) SharePoint 2010
11 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 87 (9.28%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (2.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.64%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 3 (0.32%) Sage 50
2 2 (0.21%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 288 (30.74%) Azure
2 258 (27.53%) Microsoft 365
3 112 (11.95%) Entra ID
4 96 (10.25%) AWS
5 39 (4.16%) SaaS
6 30 (3.20%) GCP
7 29 (3.09%) PaaS
8 28 (2.99%) IaaS
8 28 (2.99%) OneDrive
8 28 (2.99%) Power Platform
9 25 (2.67%) Azure Monitor
10 24 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
11 20 (2.13%) Azure Key Vault
12 19 (2.03%) Google Workspace
13 17 (1.81%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 17 (1.81%) Power Automate
14 14 (1.49%) Azure AI
14 14 (1.49%) Azure Service Bus
15 13 (1.39%) Mimecast
16 12 (1.28%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 581 (62.01%) VPN
2 375 (40.02%) DHCP
3 298 (31.80%) Firewall
4 187 (19.96%) TCP/IP
5 113 (12.06%) VLAN
6 98 (10.46%) WAN
7 83 (8.86%) LAN
8 49 (5.23%) Wi-Fi
9 47 (5.02%) Network Security
9 47 (5.02%) VoIP
10 39 (4.16%) SAN
11 33 (3.52%) SD-WAN
12 30 (3.20%) Wireless
13 21 (2.24%) BGP
13 21 (2.24%) Remote Desktop
14 20 (2.13%) NAS
14 20 (2.13%) OSPF
15 19 (2.03%) MPLS
15 19 (2.03%) SMTP
15 19 (2.03%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (5.98%) SQL Server
2 28 (2.99%) MySQL
3 25 (2.67%) Amazon RDS
4 23 (2.45%) Power BI
5 16 (1.71%) Data Lake
6 11 (1.17%) Azure SQL Database
6 11 (1.17%) NoSQL
7 8 (0.85%) Couchbase
8 7 (0.75%) MongoDB
8 7 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (0.64%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
11 4 (0.43%) Tableau
12 3 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 3 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 26 (2.77%) Git
2 19 (2.03%) JIRA
3 10 (1.07%) Sonatype Nexus
4 6 (0.64%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.53%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.21%) GitLab
7 2 (0.21%) Vagrant
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
1 436 (46.53%) Analytical Skills
2 418 (44.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 417 (44.50%) Finance
4 213 (22.73%) Social Skills
5 35 (3.74%) Retail
6 22 (2.35%) Telecoms
7 20 (2.13%) Automotive
8 16 (1.71%) Public Sector
9 14 (1.49%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.07%) Law
10 10 (1.07%) Legal
10 10 (1.07%) Local Government
11 8 (0.85%) Welsh Language
12 5 (0.53%) Back Office
12 5 (0.53%) Banking
13 4 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.32%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.32%) Marketing
14 3 (0.32%) Police
15 2 (0.21%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 393 (41.94%) Developer
2 391 (41.73%) Software Developer
3 100 (10.67%) IT Support
4 98 (10.46%) Support Engineer
5 81 (8.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 76 (8.11%) Analyst
7 61 (6.51%) IT Engineer
8 54 (5.76%) 2nd Line Support
9 52 (5.55%) Senior
10 42 (4.48%) Network Engineer
10 42 (4.48%) Support Analyst
11 36 (3.84%) 3rd Line Support
12 35 (3.74%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 33 (3.52%) Technical Support
14 28 (2.99%) Systems Engineer
15 27 (2.88%) IT Support Engineer
16 26 (2.77%) IT Analyst
17 25 (2.67%) IT Technician
18 23 (2.45%) IT Support Analyst
19 22 (2.35%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.85%) RabbitMQ
2 7 (0.75%) YAML
3 6 (0.64%) LDAP
4 5 (0.53%) Middleware
5 4 (0.43%) HTML
5 4 (0.43%) Web Services
6 3 (0.32%) 802.1X
6 3 (0.32%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.32%) Node.js
6 3 (0.32%) XML
7 2 (0.21%) CSS
7 2 (0.21%) Django
7 2 (0.21%) EDI
7 2 (0.21%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.21%) LAMP
7 2 (0.21%) Loki
7 2 (0.21%) React
8 1 (0.11%) .NET
8 1 (0.11%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.11%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 393 (41.94%) Cyberattack
2 51 (5.44%) Data Centre
3 48 (5.12%) Driving Licence
4 40 (4.27%) Management Information System
5 23 (2.45%) Clustering
6 18 (1.92%) Onboarding
7 17 (1.81%) PKI
7 17 (1.81%) Replication
8 16 (1.71%) Smartphone
9 15 (1.60%) NHS
10 14 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (1.17%) Client/Server
13 10 (1.07%) IoT
14 9 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
15 8 (0.85%) Cloud Native
15 8 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
15 8 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
15 8 (0.85%) Private Cloud
15 8 (0.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 520 (55.50%) Linux
2 406 (43.33%) Android
3 379 (40.45%) Windows
4 258 (27.53%) Windows Server
5 53 (5.66%) Windows Server 2016
6 51 (5.44%) Windows 10
7 42 (4.48%) Mac OS
8 40 (4.27%) Windows Server 2019
9 21 (2.24%) Ubuntu
10 20 (2.13%) Unix
11 19 (2.03%) VMS
12 17 (1.81%) Mac OS X
13 13 (1.39%) Windows 7
14 10 (1.07%) CentOS
15 9 (0.96%) Apple iOS
16 8 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 8 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
17 5 (0.53%) Windows 8
17 5 (0.53%) Windows Server 2003
17 5 (0.53%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (45.57%) Agile
2 399 (42.58%) Line Management
3 391 (41.73%) Android Development
3 391 (41.73%) Design Patterns
3 391 (41.73%) Mathematics
3 391 (41.73%) OO
3 391 (41.73%) OOP
4 180 (19.21%) Problem-Solving
5 111 (11.85%) Customer Service
6 102 (10.89%) ITIL
7 94 (10.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 93 (9.93%) Cybersecurity
9 78 (8.32%) Disaster Recovery
10 52 (5.55%) Incident Management
11 48 (5.12%) DevOps
12 45 (4.80%) Migration
13 42 (4.48%) Service Management
14 40 (4.27%) Project Management
15 39 (4.16%) CI/CD
16 38 (4.06%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 443 (47.28%) Python
2 398 (42.48%) Java
3 395 (42.16%) C++
3 395 (42.16%) Go
4 150 (16.01%) PowerShell
5 85 (9.07%) SQL
6 21 (2.24%) Bicep
7 12 (1.28%) PHP
8 11 (1.17%) Bash
9 7 (0.75%) Perl
10 6 (0.64%) C#
10 6 (0.64%) JavaScript
11 4 (0.43%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.32%) VBScript
13 2 (0.21%) AWK
13 2 (0.21%) C
13 2 (0.21%) Groovy
13 2 (0.21%) Korn
14 1 (0.11%) R
14 1 (0.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 452 (48.24%) Security Cleared
2 420 (44.82%) DV Cleared
3 90 (9.61%) Microsoft Certification
4 68 (7.26%) Degree
5 47 (5.02%) Azure Certification
6 40 (4.27%) Network+ Certification
7 35 (3.74%) A+ Certification
7 35 (3.74%) Cisco Certification
8 32 (3.42%) CCNA
8 32 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
9 30 (3.20%) DBS Check
9 30 (3.20%) MCSE
9 30 (3.20%) SC Cleared
10 29 (3.09%) MCSA
11 23 (2.45%) MCP
12 19 (2.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 16 (1.71%) CCNP
14 15 (1.60%) MCITP
15 14 (1.49%) HNC
15 14 (1.49%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (3.09%) SLA
2 13 (1.39%) GDPR
2 13 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (0.75%) NIST
5 6 (0.64%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.32%) Government Security Classifications
6 3 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (0.32%) NCSC
7 2 (0.21%) GRC
7 2 (0.21%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.11%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.11%) COBIT
8 1 (0.11%) FISMA
8 1 (0.11%) GLBA
8 1 (0.11%) ISO 9000
8 1 (0.11%) PMO
8 1 (0.11%) QA
System Software
1 423 (45.14%) Docker
2 334 (35.65%) Active Directory
3 135 (14.41%) Hyper-V
4 133 (14.19%) VMware Infrastructure
5 40 (4.27%) Virtual Machines
5 40 (4.27%) VMware ESXi
6 35 (3.74%) vSphere
7 17 (1.81%) Virtual Desktop
8 15 (1.60%) Terminal Services
9 13 (1.39%) VMware NSX
10 10 (1.07%) Firmware
11 9 (0.96%) BitLocker
11 9 (0.96%) Microsoft App-V
12 5 (0.53%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.32%) KVM
13 3 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.21%) pfSense
14 2 (0.21%) Postfix
14 2 (0.21%) Sendmail
15 1 (0.11%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 447 (47.71%) Ansible
2 67 (7.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 39 (4.16%) Kubernetes
4 37 (3.95%) Terraform
5 35 (3.74%) vCenter Server
6 22 (2.35%) Single Sign-On
7 18 (1.92%) Puppet
8 17 (1.81%) SCCM
9 14 (1.49%) vMotion
10 12 (1.28%) SCOM
11 11 (1.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 11 (1.17%) WSUS
12 10 (1.07%) Progress Chef
13 9 (0.96%) Nagios
13 9 (0.96%) vRealize
14 8 (0.85%) PowerCLI
14 8 (0.85%) Proxmox
15 6 (0.64%) Autotask
15 6 (0.64%) VxRail
16 5 (0.53%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 326 (34.79%) Microsoft
2 169 (18.04%) VMware
3 105 (11.21%) Cisco
4 49 (5.23%) Google
5 38 (4.06%) HP
6 36 (3.84%) Apple
7 34 (3.63%) Dell
8 33 (3.52%) Veeam
9 32 (3.42%) Citrix
10 29 (3.09%) Meraki
11 27 (2.88%) Fortinet
12 22 (2.35%) Databricks
13 21 (2.24%) Ubiquiti
14 16 (1.71%) Oracle
14 16 (1.71%) ServiceNow
14 16 (1.71%) SolarWinds
15 13 (1.39%) Sophos
16 11 (1.17%) SonicWALL
17 10 (1.07%) Aruba
18 9 (0.96%) SAP