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

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 685 842 960
Rank change year-on-year +157 +118 +243
Permanent jobs citing DKIM 20 55 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.036% 0.056% 0.017%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.22% 0.41% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 17 54 17
10th Percentile £32,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £47,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +48.94% -27.69% +8.24%
75th Percentile £73,886 £56,875 £77,500
90th Percentile £77,250 £70,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,996 £47,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +51.05% -1.05% -20.90%

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 9,258 13,486 15,697
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.78% 13.62% 15.64%
Number of salaries quoted 4,301 9,397 7,959
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £29,500 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,500 £43,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.20% -3.33% -3.23%

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 15 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 15 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
England +120 15 £71,991 +53.17% 5
UK excluding London +144 12 £70,996 +51.05% 3
London +104 8 £64,000 -20.00% 3
North of England +46 7 £71,991 +53.17%
Yorkshire - 7 £71,991 -
Work from Home +104 6 £71,991 +53.17%
Scotland +108 5 £33,000 -29.79%

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 18 (90.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (35.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (10.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 13 (65.00%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (45.00%) SaaS
3 8 (40.00%) Microsoft Purview
4 7 (35.00%) Azure
5 5 (25.00%) Entra ID
6 2 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (10.00%) Mimecast
6 2 (10.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 20 (100.00%) DMARC
2 10 (50.00%) Firewall
3 7 (35.00%) DHCP
3 7 (35.00%) DNS
3 7 (35.00%) DNSSEC
3 7 (35.00%) Internet
3 7 (35.00%) SMTP
3 7 (35.00%) VPN
4 5 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (10.00%) VLAN
General
1 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (35.00%) Finance
3 6 (30.00%) Banking
4 1 (5.00%) Law
4 1 (5.00%) Legal
4 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (60.00%) Lead
2 9 (45.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (35.00%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (25.00%) Help Desk Team Lead
4 5 (25.00%) Team Leader
5 2 (10.00%) Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Information Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Information Security Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) IT Manager
5 2 (10.00%) Security Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Security Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Legal Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Operations Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Senior
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Cloud Native
2 5 (25.00%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (15.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (10.00%) Onboarding
4 2 (10.00%) PKI
4 2 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (10.00%) Security Posture
4 2 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (10.00%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 14 (70.00%) Windows
2 5 (25.00%) Unix
2 5 (25.00%) VMS
3 3 (15.00%) Windows Server
4 2 (10.00%) Linux
4 2 (10.00%) Mac OS X
5 1 (5.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 5 (25.00%) IT Strategy
3 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (25.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 3 (15.00%) Security Operations
4 3 (15.00%) SIEM
5 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (10.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 2 (10.00%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (10.00%) High Availability
5 2 (10.00%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (10.00%) Information Security
5 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (10.00%) IT Audit
5 2 (10.00%) Migration
5 2 (10.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 2 (10.00%) Threat Management
5 2 (10.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (35.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 7 (35.00%) Hyper-V
2 5 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (20.00%) Active Directory
4 2 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (35.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (10.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (35.00%) Cisco
2 7 (35.00%) IronPort
2 7 (35.00%) Veritas
3 5 (25.00%) Apple
3 5 (25.00%) VMware
4 2 (10.00%) DocuSign
4 2 (10.00%) Meraki
4 2 (10.00%) Salesforce
4 2 (10.00%) Veeam
5 1 (5.00%) Proofpoint
5 1 (5.00%) SendGrid