DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring DKIM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 774 683 790
Rank change year-on-year -91 +107 +21
Permanent jobs citing DKIM 8 9 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.008% 0.018% 0.026%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.11% 0.12% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 7 7 21
10th Percentile £34,850 - £42,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £33,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -45.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £54,500 £64,625 £70,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,400 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £33,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% -34.00% -9.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

DKIM 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,456 7,379 9,852
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.04% 14.78% 11.86%
Number of salaries quoted 4,795 4,256 6,312
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,688 £29,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.10% -16.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +16.00% -16.67% -

DKIM
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DKIM relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

DKIM job vacancy trend in the UK

DKIM
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing DKIM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing DKIM

DKIM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing DKIM over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

Salary histogram for DKIM in the UK

DKIM
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DKIM within the UK over the 6 months to 10 August 2026. 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
England -83 7 £37,500 -41.41% 8
UK excluding London -95 6 £37,500 +13.64% 7
North of England - 3 £37,500 - 3
North West - 3 £37,500 - 3
London -60 2 £67,500 +5.47% 5
Work from Home - 2 £33,500 - 6
South East - 1 - - 2
South West - 1 £33,500 -
Wales - 1 £39,500 - 1

DKIM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (87.50%) SharePoint
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Copilot
3 3 (37.50%) OneDrive
3 3 (37.50%) SaaS
3 3 (37.50%) Slack
4 2 (25.00%) Azure
4 2 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 2 (25.00%) Power Automate
5 1 (12.50%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) DMARC
2 6 (75.00%) DNS
3 5 (62.50%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (50.00%) Firewall
5 3 (37.50%) PBX
5 3 (37.50%) Unified Communications
5 3 (37.50%) VLAN
5 3 (37.50%) VoIP
6 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
3 1 (12.50%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) IT Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Engineering Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Telecoms Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) IT Administrator
4 1 (12.50%) IT Support
4 1 (12.50%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) IT Systems Administrator
4 1 (12.50%) Security Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Services Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Support Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) OpenID
1 1 (12.50%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Onboarding
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Licensing
3 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (12.50%) Linux
3 1 (12.50%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (62.50%) Service Delivery
2 4 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (37.50%) AI
3 3 (37.50%) Asset Management
3 3 (37.50%) Deployment Automation
3 3 (37.50%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (37.50%) ITIL
3 3 (37.50%) People Management
3 3 (37.50%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 3 (37.50%) Software Deployment
3 3 (37.50%) Software Licensing
3 3 (37.50%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (25.00%) Data Privacy
4 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (25.00%) Identity Management
4 2 (25.00%) Information Security
4 2 (25.00%) IT Asset Management
4 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (12.50%) Bash
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (12.50%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (37.50%) SLA
2 2 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (12.50%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Hyper-V
1 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) cPanel
1 3 (37.50%) Plesk
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (12.50%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Acronis
2 3 (37.50%) Datto
2 3 (37.50%) NETGEAR
2 3 (37.50%) SonicWALL
2 3 (37.50%) Veeam
2 3 (37.50%) VMware
2 3 (37.50%) WatchGuard
3 1 (12.50%) Atlassian
3 1 (12.50%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (12.50%) Okta
3 1 (12.50%) Zscaler