Domain Name System (DNS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 23 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 147 115 208
Rank change year-on-year -32 +93 -14
Permanent jobs citing DNS 1,320 1,693 2,689
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.74% 2.85% 1.91%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.98% 18.89% 14.98%
Number of salaries quoted 771 1,334 1,985
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £33,250 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -7.37% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,875 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £76,250 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% +6.25%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 10,167 8,963 17,949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.44% 15.08% 12.77%
Number of salaries quoted 4,126 6,750 10,879
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,768 £28,528
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,800 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for DNS in the UK

DNS
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for DNS in the UK

DNS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS over the 6 months to 23 October 2024.

Salary histogram for DNS in the UK

DNS
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the UK over the 6 months to 23 October 2024. 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 -38 1,225 £45,096 +3.67% 388
UK excluding London -56 942 £42,500 +6.25% 335
Work from Home -8 489 £45,000 -9.61% 354
London -35 349 £57,500 - 75
North of England -57 208 £44,008 +14.31% 85
South East -68 205 £42,500 -5.56% 77
Midlands -40 189 £35,000 -13.04% 58
East of England +10 133 £42,500 +18.06% 45
South West -33 126 £50,500 +27.38% 46
North West -45 114 £46,250 +14.20% 50
West Midlands -48 113 £37,338 -12.15% 45
Yorkshire -15 80 £30,775 -10.80% 24
East Midlands -20 76 £34,848 +4.02% 13
Scotland -27 40 £39,000 -17.20% 32
Wales +31 31 £28,750 -26.75% 3
North East -39 14 £44,274 +10.97% 12
Northern Ireland +19 10 - - 3

DNS
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
1 360 (27.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 189 (14.32%) SharePoint
3 41 (3.11%) IIS
4 35 (2.65%) Confluence
5 21 (1.59%) Apache
6 16 (1.21%) CMS
7 15 (1.14%) WordPress
8 7 (0.53%) Tomcat
9 4 (0.30%) nginx
9 4 (0.30%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
9 4 (0.30%) WebSphere
9 4 (0.30%) WebSphere Application Server
10 3 (0.23%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 3 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2010
10 3 (0.23%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.23%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
12 1 (0.076%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 148 (11.21%) Microsoft Office
2 47 (3.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.91%) Adobe XD
4 10 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.68%) Elementor
6 8 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 8 (0.61%) Adobe Illustrator
6 8 (0.61%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (0.61%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.23%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.15%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.076%) Academy Housing
4 1 (0.076%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.076%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.076%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 682 (51.67%) Azure
2 600 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
3 259 (19.62%) Entra ID
4 194 (14.70%) AWS
5 88 (6.67%) IaaS
6 61 (4.62%) PaaS
7 55 (4.17%) SaaS
8 47 (3.56%) Power Platform
9 42 (3.18%) GCP
10 39 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
11 38 (2.88%) OneDrive
12 36 (2.73%) Google Workspace
13 31 (2.35%) Nutanix
14 28 (2.12%) Mimecast
15 14 (1.06%) Azure Monitor
16 13 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
16 13 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
17 12 (0.91%) GitHub
17 12 (0.91%) Serverless
18 11 (0.83%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 855 (64.77%) DHCP
2 556 (42.12%) Firewall
3 430 (32.58%) TCP/IP
4 317 (24.02%) VPN
5 233 (17.65%) WAN
6 224 (16.97%) LAN
7 209 (15.83%) VLAN
8 141 (10.68%) Wireless
9 119 (9.02%) Network Security
10 113 (8.56%) Wi-Fi
11 91 (6.89%) SAN
12 66 (5.00%) HTTP
13 63 (4.77%) SMTP
14 62 (4.70%) VoIP
14 62 (4.70%) WLAN
15 52 (3.94%) BGP
16 51 (3.86%) OSPF
17 45 (3.41%) Broadband
18 38 (2.88%) Remote Desktop
19 36 (2.73%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (10.30%) SQL Server
2 32 (2.42%) Amazon RDS
2 32 (2.42%) Power BI
3 27 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (1.74%) MySQL
5 8 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (0.38%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (0.30%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.23%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.15%) MariaDB
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.15%) Redis
10 1 (0.076%) PowerPivot
10 1 (0.076%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.076%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 64 (4.85%) Git
2 50 (3.79%) JIRA
3 20 (1.52%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.91%) Subversion
5 9 (0.68%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 5 (0.38%) GitLab
7 4 (0.30%) Fiddler
7 4 (0.30%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.23%) webpack
9 2 (0.15%) Katalon Studio
10 1 (0.076%) Maven
10 1 (0.076%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.076%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.076%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.076%) TestRail
10 1 (0.076%) Travis CI
10 1 (0.076%) Visual Studio
General
1 478 (36.21%) Social Skills
2 187 (14.17%) Finance
3 133 (10.08%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (4.17%) Retail
5 52 (3.94%) Public Sector
6 44 (3.33%) Telecoms
7 40 (3.03%) Manufacturing
8 33 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 29 (2.20%) Banking
9 29 (2.20%) Legal
10 27 (2.05%) Aerospace
11 24 (1.82%) Automotive
12 22 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
13 20 (1.52%) Law
14 19 (1.44%) Back Office
14 19 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
15 13 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (0.91%) Games
17 11 (0.83%) Financial Institution
17 11 (0.83%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 242 (18.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 189 (14.32%) Senior
3 155 (11.74%) IT Support
4 153 (11.59%) Analyst
5 147 (11.14%) IT Engineer
6 121 (9.17%) Support Engineer
7 85 (6.44%) 2nd Line Support
8 82 (6.21%) Network Engineer
9 79 (5.98%) Administrator
10 72 (5.45%) Support Technician
11 71 (5.38%) IT Technician
12 70 (5.30%) Support Analyst
13 56 (4.24%) Cloud Engineer
13 56 (4.24%) Systems Engineer
14 53 (4.02%) IT Support Engineer
15 44 (3.33%) Lead
15 44 (3.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 43 (3.26%) Service Analyst
16 43 (3.26%) Systems Administrator
17 42 (3.18%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (3.41%) REST
2 38 (2.88%) LDAP
3 24 (1.82%) SAML
3 24 (1.82%) Web Services
4 21 (1.59%) HTML
5 20 (1.52%) OAuth
6 18 (1.36%) 802.1X
7 17 (1.29%) OpenID
8 16 (1.21%) CSS
8 16 (1.21%) HTML5
8 16 (1.21%) YAML
9 14 (1.06%) .NET
9 14 (1.06%) ARM Templates
10 13 (0.98%) FIX Protocol
11 10 (0.76%) RESTful
12 9 (0.68%) ADO
12 9 (0.68%) jQuery
12 9 (0.68%) Node.js
12 9 (0.68%) SailPoint
13 8 (0.61%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 95 (7.20%) Data Centre
2 83 (6.29%) Management Information System
3 79 (5.98%) Self-Motivation
4 59 (4.47%) Driving Licence
5 50 (3.79%) Video Conferencing
6 46 (3.48%) PKI
7 39 (2.95%) Smartphone
8 37 (2.80%) Replication
9 36 (2.73%) Clustering
10 35 (2.65%) Onboarding
11 31 (2.35%) Linux Command Line
12 30 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
13 27 (2.05%) Security Posture
14 25 (1.89%) Public Cloud
15 21 (1.59%) FPGA
16 19 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
17 17 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
18 14 (1.06%) Social Media
19 13 (0.98%) Client/Server
20 12 (0.91%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 882 (66.82%) Windows
2 476 (36.06%) Windows Server
3 324 (24.55%) Linux
4 256 (19.39%) Windows 10
5 119 (9.02%) Windows Server 2016
6 106 (8.03%) Windows Server 2019
7 68 (5.15%) Ubuntu
8 61 (4.62%) Mac OS
9 58 (4.39%) Windows Server 2012
10 45 (3.41%) Unix
11 42 (3.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 35 (2.65%) CentOS
13 30 (2.27%) Android
14 26 (1.97%) Mac OS X
15 25 (1.89%) Windows 7
15 25 (1.89%) Windows Server 2008
16 21 (1.59%) Apple iOS
17 16 (1.21%) Solaris
18 15 (1.14%) Debian
19 10 (0.76%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (26.36%) Problem-Solving
2 278 (21.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 246 (18.64%) ITIL
4 191 (14.47%) Customer Service
5 144 (10.91%) Cybersecurity
5 144 (10.91%) Disaster Recovery
6 104 (7.88%) DevOps
7 92 (6.97%) Computer Science
8 90 (6.82%) Agile
8 90 (6.82%) Project Delivery
9 82 (6.21%) Coaching
10 78 (5.91%) Mentoring
11 76 (5.76%) Service Management
12 73 (5.53%) Identity Access Management
12 73 (5.53%) Project Management
13 70 (5.30%) Incident Management
14 66 (5.00%) Infrastructure as Code
15 65 (4.92%) Migration
16 64 (4.85%) Continuous Improvement
17 60 (4.55%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 300 (22.73%) PowerShell
2 173 (13.11%) Python
3 132 (10.00%) SQL
4 101 (7.65%) Bash
5 48 (3.64%) Java
6 30 (2.27%) C#
7 26 (1.97%) JavaScript
8 22 (1.67%) Perl
9 19 (1.44%) VBScript
10 14 (1.06%) TypeScript
11 13 (0.98%) PHP
11 13 (0.98%) Shell Script
12 12 (0.91%) Bicep
13 10 (0.76%) C
13 10 (0.76%) C++
13 10 (0.76%) Go
13 10 (0.76%) T-SQL
13 10 (0.76%) VB
14 8 (0.61%) Ruby
15 2 (0.15%) R
Qualifications
1 203 (15.38%) Degree
2 135 (10.23%) Security Cleared
3 117 (8.86%) Microsoft Certification
4 91 (6.89%) SC Cleared
5 84 (6.36%) Cisco Certification
6 81 (6.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 79 (5.98%) Azure Certification
8 62 (4.70%) DV Cleared
9 51 (3.86%) CCNA
10 40 (3.03%) CCNP
11 33 (2.50%) MCSE
12 29 (2.20%) MCSA
13 24 (1.82%) MCP
14 21 (1.59%) HND
14 21 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
14 21 (1.59%) Network+ Certification
15 20 (1.52%) A+ Certification
15 20 (1.52%) HNC
16 19 (1.44%) RIBA
17 18 (1.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (5.68%) SLA
2 51 (3.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 39 (2.95%) GDPR
4 28 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials
5 21 (1.59%) NIST
6 20 (1.52%) QA
7 17 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 10 (0.76%) ISO 9001
9 8 (0.61%) Data Quality
9 8 (0.61%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.38%) COBIT
10 5 (0.38%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.30%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (0.30%) NCSC
11 4 (0.30%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.23%) IASME
12 3 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.23%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.15%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 830 (62.88%) Active Directory
2 290 (21.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 210 (15.91%) Hyper-V
4 88 (6.67%) Virtual Machines
5 74 (5.61%) VMware ESXi
6 68 (5.15%) vSphere
7 42 (3.18%) Docker
8 36 (2.73%) Virtual Desktop
9 28 (2.12%) Virtual Servers
10 26 (1.97%) Firmware
11 17 (1.29%) VMware NSX
12 14 (1.06%) XenDesktop
13 11 (0.83%) VMware Workstation
14 10 (0.76%) Embedded Firmware
15 9 (0.68%) NDS
15 9 (0.68%) NetIQ eDirectory
15 9 (0.68%) XenApp
16 8 (0.61%) Terminal Server
17 5 (0.38%) Terminal Services
18 4 (0.30%) NFS
Systems Management
1 199 (15.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 118 (8.94%) SCCM
3 103 (7.80%) Ansible
4 79 (5.98%) Terraform
5 69 (5.23%) WSUS
6 63 (4.77%) Kubernetes
7 54 (4.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 48 (3.64%) vCenter Server
9 42 (3.18%) SCOM
10 31 (2.35%) Single Sign-On
11 30 (2.27%) Jamf Pro
12 26 (1.97%) Puppet
13 25 (1.89%) FortiGate
14 22 (1.67%) Grafana
15 17 (1.29%) Microsoft Clustering
16 15 (1.14%) Failover Clustering
17 13 (0.98%) ZABBIX
18 12 (0.91%) Prometheus
19 10 (0.76%) VxRail
20 9 (0.68%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 701 (53.11%) Microsoft
2 444 (33.64%) VMware
3 194 (14.70%) Cisco
4 107 (8.11%) Veeam
5 93 (7.05%) Citrix
6 92 (6.97%) Dell
7 72 (5.45%) Apple
8 69 (5.23%) Google
9 62 (4.70%) Red Hat
10 50 (3.79%) Meraki
11 49 (3.71%) Fortinet
12 47 (3.56%) HP
13 37 (2.80%) ServiceNow
13 37 (2.80%) SolarWinds
14 35 (2.65%) Juniper
15 34 (2.58%) F5
15 34 (2.58%) Palo Alto
16 33 (2.50%) Zscaler
17 31 (2.35%) Oracle
18 29 (2.20%) Splunk