Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring DMARC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited DMARC over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 682 877 909
Rank change year-on-year +195 +32 +336
Permanent jobs citing DMARC 25 40 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.045% 0.036% 0.020%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.24% 0.29% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 20 39 18
10th Percentile - £42,500 £35,150
25th Percentile £26,250 - £53,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £47,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% -27.69% +15.56%
75th Percentile £67,625 £53,750 £76,875
90th Percentile £73,886 £68,750 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,000 £47,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -29.79% -1.05% -5.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

DMARC 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 10,526 13,859 15,123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.79% 12.58% 16.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4,712 9,427 7,609
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £47,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.89% -6.86% -2.86%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £70,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £44,943 £45,000
% change year-on-year -27.69% -0.13% -5.26%

DMARC
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for DMARC in the UK

DMARC
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for DMARC in the UK

DMARC
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing DMARC over the 6 months to 14 June 2025.

Salary histogram for DMARC in the UK

DMARC
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DMARC within the UK over the 6 months to 14 June 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 +171 20 £33,000 -29.79% 6
England +169 19 £63,500 +35.11% 7
Work from Home +131 14 £27,500 -41.49% 2
East of England +53 9 £27,500 -28.57%
London +119 5 £64,000 -1.54% 1
Scotland +109 5 £33,000 -29.79%
North of England +53 5 £71,991 +53.17% 2
Yorkshire - 5 £71,991 -
Wales - 1 £55,000 -

DMARC
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 (52.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (36.00%) IIS
2 9 (36.00%) Tomcat
3 7 (28.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (36.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (76.00%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (60.00%) Azure
3 12 (48.00%) Entra ID
4 9 (36.00%) Microsoft Copilot
4 9 (36.00%) Power Automate
5 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (20.00%) SaaS
7 2 (8.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (60.00%) DKIM
2 9 (36.00%) Firewall
2 9 (36.00%) SSL
3 7 (28.00%) VPN
4 5 (20.00%) DHCP
4 5 (20.00%) DNS
4 5 (20.00%) DNSSEC
4 5 (20.00%) Internet
4 5 (20.00%) SMTP
4 5 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (36.00%) PostgreSQL
1 9 (36.00%) SQL Server
General
1 16 (64.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
3 9 (36.00%) Czech Language
3 9 (36.00%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (20.00%) Finance
5 4 (16.00%) Banking
6 1 (4.00%) Law
6 1 (4.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 10 (40.00%) Lead
2 9 (36.00%) Administrator
2 9 (36.00%) IT Administrator
2 9 (36.00%) IT Support
3 7 (28.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (20.00%) Help Desk Team Lead
4 5 (20.00%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (20.00%) Team Leader
5 2 (8.00%) Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Information Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Information Security Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Security Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Security Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Legal Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Senior
6 1 (4.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (36.00%) JSON
1 9 (36.00%) REST
1 9 (36.00%) SOAP
1 9 (36.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (36.00%) Enterprise Software
1 9 (36.00%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (20.00%) Linux Command Line
3 4 (16.00%) Cloud Native
4 3 (12.00%) Security Posture
5 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (8.00%) PKI
5 2 (8.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 19 (76.00%) Windows
2 14 (56.00%) Unix
3 9 (36.00%) Linux
4 5 (20.00%) VMS
5 1 (4.00%) Apple iOS
5 1 (4.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 9 (36.00%) Agile
3 9 (36.00%) CRM
3 9 (36.00%) Customer Service
3 9 (36.00%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (36.00%) Data Privacy
3 9 (36.00%) Portfolio Management
3 9 (36.00%) Project Management
3 9 (36.00%) Technology Roadmap
4 7 (28.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (20.00%) Incident Response
5 5 (20.00%) IT Strategy
5 5 (20.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 3 (12.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 3 (12.00%) Information Security
6 3 (12.00%) SIEM
6 3 (12.00%) Threat Intelligence
7 2 (8.00%) Migration
7 2 (8.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 15 (60.00%) PowerShell
2 9 (36.00%) Java
2 9 (36.00%) JavaScript
2 9 (36.00%) SQL
2 9 (36.00%) VBA
3 1 (4.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (36.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (8.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (8.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 12 (48.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (20.00%) Hyper-V
2 5 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (64.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (36.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (96.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (36.00%) Oracle
3 5 (20.00%) Apple
3 5 (20.00%) Cisco
3 5 (20.00%) IronPort
3 5 (20.00%) Veritas
3 5 (20.00%) VMware
4 1 (4.00%) Okta