DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring DKIM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited DKIM over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 694 858 946
Rank change year-on-year +164 +88 +262
Permanent jobs citing DKIM 15 54 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.052% 0.016%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.15% 0.40% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 13 53 16
10th Percentile - £43,125 £49,375
25th Percentile £32,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £47,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.17% -27.69% -0.04%
75th Percentile £73,886 £57,500 £75,625
90th Percentile - £70,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £47,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year +9.57% -8.29% -14.65%

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 9,970 13,562 15,535
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.99% 13.13% 15.99%
Number of salaries quoted 4,374 9,412 7,743
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £26,781 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -5.94% -3.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £44,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.45% -2.22% -5.26%

DKIM
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing DKIM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for DKIM in the UK

DKIM
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DKIM.

Salary trend for DKIM in the UK

DKIM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing DKIM over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for DKIM in the UK

DKIM
Top 7 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 30 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
UK excluding London +158 10 £51,500 +9.57% 3
England +126 10 £70,000 +48.94% 3
Scotland +112 5 £33,000 -29.79%
London +112 5 £64,000 -20.00%
North of England +41 5 £71,991 +53.17% 2
Yorkshire - 5 £71,991 -
Work from Home +87 4 £71,991 +53.17%

DKIM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 13 (86.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (46.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 5 (33.33%) Azure
3 5 (33.33%) SaaS
4 3 (20.00%) Entra ID
5 2 (13.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (100.00%) DMARC
2 8 (53.33%) Firewall
3 7 (46.67%) VPN
4 5 (33.33%) DHCP
4 5 (33.33%) DNS
4 5 (33.33%) DNSSEC
4 5 (33.33%) Internet
4 5 (33.33%) SMTP
4 5 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Finance
3 4 (26.67%) Banking
4 1 (6.67%) Law
4 1 (6.67%) Legal
4 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Lead
2 7 (46.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (33.33%) Help Desk Team Lead
3 5 (33.33%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (33.33%) Team Leader
4 2 (13.33%) Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Information Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Information Security Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Security Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Legal Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Security Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Senior
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Linux Command Line
2 4 (26.67%) Cloud Native
3 2 (13.33%) PKI
3 2 (13.33%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (13.33%) Security Posture
4 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 10 (66.67%) Windows
2 5 (33.33%) Unix
2 5 (33.33%) VMS
3 1 (6.67%) Apple iOS
3 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (46.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 5 (33.33%) IT Strategy
3 5 (33.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 3 (20.00%) SIEM
5 2 (13.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 2 (13.33%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (13.33%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (13.33%) Information Security
5 2 (13.33%) Migration
5 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (13.33%) Security Operations
5 2 (13.33%) Threat Intelligence
5 2 (13.33%) Threat Management
5 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 1 (6.67%) Decision-Making
6 1 (6.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 1 (6.67%) Project Delivery
6 1 (6.67%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 5 (33.33%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (13.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 5 (33.33%) Hyper-V
1 5 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (33.33%) Apple
2 5 (33.33%) Cisco
2 5 (33.33%) IronPort
2 5 (33.33%) Veritas
2 5 (33.33%) VMware