Domain Name System (DNS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for DNS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DNS over the 6 months to 10 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 109 190 186
Rank change year-on-year +81 -4 -54
Permanent jobs citing DNS 1,581 2,474 2,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.02% 2.02% 2.06%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.92% 16.31% 15.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,251 1,915 2,172
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £33,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.37% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -3.53% +6.25% +2.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

DNS is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,935 15,167 16,426
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.18% 12.41% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 6,194 10,320 11,502
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,528 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £46,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.17% +2.22% -

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 10 December 2023.

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 10 December 2023. 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 +82 1,453 £42,714 -10.08% 583
UK excluding London +77 1,107 £41,000 -3.53% 463
Work from Home +47 555 £49,565 -0.87% 214
London +62 418 £57,081 +3.78% 148
South East +64 299 £44,250 +4.12% 147
North of England +77 253 £37,500 -6.25% 104
South West +83 213 £37,500 -16.04% 54
Midlands +96 211 £42,500 -2.30% 96
West Midlands +110 146 £42,500 - 68
North West +84 130 £40,000 -13.04% 68
Yorkshire +64 104 £34,250 -2.14% 26
East Midlands +39 65 £35,000 -22.22% 28
East of England +1 60 £37,500 -21.05% 34
Scotland +24 45 £47,103 +32.48% 22
Wales +14 32 £50,000 +11.11% 9
North East +36 21 £40,000 +6.67% 10
Northern Ireland +39 14 £37,500 -12.79% 5

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
1 176 (11.13%) SharePoint
2 112 (7.08%) MS Exchange
3 79 (5.00%) IIS
4 29 (1.83%) Confluence
5 14 (0.89%) Apache
6 13 (0.82%) Tomcat
7 12 (0.76%) nginx
8 9 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2010
8 9 (0.57%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
9 5 (0.32%) WordPress
10 3 (0.19%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.13%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
11 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
12 1 (0.063%) CMS
12 1 (0.063%) Exchange Server 2007
12 1 (0.063%) Gunicorn
12 1 (0.063%) uWSGI
12 1 (0.063%) WildFly
Applications
1 127 (8.03%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.76%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.32%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.25%) Trello
7 1 (0.063%) Revit
Business Applications
1 16 (1.01%) Fidessa
2 8 (0.51%) SAP Business One
3 4 (0.25%) Cerner Millennium
4 3 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.19%) Eikon
4 3 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.13%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.13%) Epicor Tropos
5 2 (0.13%) Misys Equation
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.063%) osCommerce
Cloud Services
1 898 (56.80%) Azure
2 726 (45.92%) Microsoft 365
3 371 (23.47%) AWS
4 251 (15.88%) Entra ID
5 89 (5.63%) SaaS
6 83 (5.25%) IaaS
7 82 (5.19%) GCP
8 81 (5.12%) PaaS
9 79 (5.00%) OneDrive
10 78 (4.93%) OpenShift
11 66 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
12 42 (2.66%) AWS CloudFormation
13 39 (2.47%) Azure Monitor
14 34 (2.15%) Mimecast
15 32 (2.02%) Power Platform
16 31 (1.96%) Azure Storage
17 29 (1.83%) Datadog
18 28 (1.77%) WhatsApp
19 27 (1.71%) Nutanix
20 26 (1.64%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1,179 (74.57%) DHCP
2 596 (37.70%) TCP/IP
3 586 (37.07%) Firewall
4 361 (22.83%) VPN
5 267 (16.89%) VLAN
6 266 (16.82%) WAN
7 258 (16.32%) LAN
8 195 (12.33%) HTTP
9 175 (11.07%) Wireless
10 158 (9.99%) Wi-Fi
11 140 (8.86%) SAN
12 112 (7.08%) Internet
13 95 (6.01%) VoIP
14 84 (5.31%) SNMP
15 78 (4.93%) Network Security
16 67 (4.24%) BGP
17 66 (4.17%) SMTP
18 65 (4.11%) OSPF
18 65 (4.11%) SSL
19 62 (3.92%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (10.50%) SQL Server
2 63 (3.98%) Amazon RDS
3 38 (2.40%) MySQL
4 24 (1.52%) Power BI
5 14 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
6 11 (0.70%) NoSQL
7 10 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (0.51%) Data Lake
8 8 (0.51%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
9 7 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.38%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
12 4 (0.25%) Big Data
12 4 (0.25%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.25%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.25%) SAP HANA
13 3 (0.19%) InfluxDB
13 3 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 50 (3.16%) JIRA
2 34 (2.15%) Jenkins
3 33 (2.09%) Git
4 23 (1.45%) Sonatype Nexus
5 20 (1.27%) GitLab
6 13 (0.82%) Octopus Deploy
7 12 (0.76%) SonarQube
8 11 (0.70%) Axure RP
9 10 (0.63%) Artifactory
10 9 (0.57%) Bitbucket
11 7 (0.44%) Subversion
12 4 (0.25%) TeamCity
13 3 (0.19%) Gatling
13 3 (0.19%) JUnit
13 3 (0.19%) LoadRunner
13 3 (0.19%) Maven
13 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
14 2 (0.13%) CircleCI
14 2 (0.13%) Fiddler
14 2 (0.13%) MSBuild
General
1 394 (24.92%) Social Skills
2 232 (14.67%) Finance
3 162 (10.25%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (7.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 77 (4.87%) Telecoms
6 68 (4.30%) Banking
7 58 (3.67%) Law
7 58 (3.67%) Legal
8 50 (3.16%) Aerospace
9 37 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
10 31 (1.96%) Public Sector
11 28 (1.77%) Retail
12 24 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
13 23 (1.45%) Manufacturing
14 20 (1.27%) Financial Institution
15 13 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (0.76%) Back Office
17 8 (0.51%) Investment Banking
17 8 (0.51%) Publishing
18 6 (0.38%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 378 (23.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 271 (17.14%) Support Engineer
3 246 (15.56%) Senior
4 174 (11.01%) IT Engineer
5 158 (9.99%) IT Support
6 135 (8.54%) Analyst
7 128 (8.10%) Network Engineer
8 112 (7.08%) 2nd Line Support
9 94 (5.95%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 93 (5.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 88 (5.57%) 3rd Line Support
11 88 (5.57%) IT Support Engineer
12 85 (5.38%) Administrator
13 84 (5.31%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 79 (5.00%) Support Analyst
15 67 (4.24%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 67 (4.24%) Systems Administrator
16 64 (4.05%) Cloud Engineer
17 63 (3.98%) Azure Engineer
17 63 (3.98%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (2.47%) SAML
2 34 (2.15%) HTML
3 31 (1.96%) OpenID
4 26 (1.64%) ARM Templates
5 24 (1.52%) .NET
6 21 (1.33%) YAML
7 20 (1.27%) Web Services
8 19 (1.20%) REST
8 19 (1.20%) XML
9 18 (1.14%) Elastic Stack
10 17 (1.08%) JSON
11 16 (1.01%) LDAP
12 14 (0.89%) Kafka
13 13 (0.82%) 802.1X
14 11 (0.70%) FIX Protocol
15 10 (0.63%) RabbitMQ
16 9 (0.57%) MFC
17 8 (0.51%) .NET Core
17 8 (0.51%) CSS
18 7 (0.44%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 129 (8.16%) Data Centre
2 76 (4.81%) Self-Motivation
3 72 (4.55%) Driving Licence
4 52 (3.29%) PKI
5 46 (2.91%) Onboarding
6 44 (2.78%) Cyberattack
7 39 (2.47%) Cloud Native
8 37 (2.34%) Clustering
9 35 (2.21%) Public Cloud
9 35 (2.21%) Replication
10 33 (2.09%) Management Information System
11 32 (2.02%) CMDB
12 28 (1.77%) Virtual Team
13 24 (1.52%) EFT
14 21 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
15 20 (1.27%) NHS
16 17 (1.08%) Smartphone
17 15 (0.95%) Security Posture
18 12 (0.76%) Linux Command Line
19 11 (0.70%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1,099 (69.51%) Windows
2 690 (43.64%) Windows Server
3 364 (23.02%) Linux
4 265 (16.76%) Windows 10
5 189 (11.95%) Windows Server 2019
6 186 (11.76%) Windows Server 2016
7 139 (8.79%) Windows Server 2012
8 103 (6.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 102 (6.45%) Android
10 50 (3.16%) Unix
11 49 (3.10%) Apple iOS
12 42 (2.66%) Mac OS
13 39 (2.47%) Windows Server 2003
14 37 (2.34%) Windows Server 2008
15 34 (2.15%) CentOS
16 28 (1.77%) Ubuntu
16 28 (1.77%) Windows 7
17 14 (0.89%) Solaris
17 14 (0.89%) Windows 8
18 12 (0.76%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 438 (27.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 316 (19.99%) ITIL
3 312 (19.73%) Problem-Solving
4 217 (13.73%) Agile
5 214 (13.54%) Customer Service
6 175 (11.07%) DevOps
7 163 (10.31%) Disaster Recovery
8 142 (8.98%) Infrastructure as Code
9 126 (7.97%) Cybersecurity
10 106 (6.70%) Migration
11 102 (6.45%) CI/CD
12 89 (5.63%) High Availability
12 89 (5.63%) Roadmaps
13 81 (5.12%) Actionable Insight
14 78 (4.93%) Cloud Security
15 73 (4.62%) Collaborative Working
15 73 (4.62%) Service Management
16 72 (4.55%) Identity Management
17 71 (4.49%) Configuration Management
18 68 (4.30%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 475 (30.04%) PowerShell
2 242 (15.31%) Python
3 173 (10.94%) SQL
4 153 (9.68%) Bash
5 106 (6.70%) Java
6 50 (3.16%) C#
7 37 (2.34%) Perl
8 25 (1.58%) VBScript
9 24 (1.52%) VB
10 23 (1.45%) JavaScript
11 19 (1.20%) Ruby
12 18 (1.14%) Bicep
12 18 (1.14%) PHP
13 17 (1.08%) Shell Script
14 11 (0.70%) Go
15 10 (0.63%) C++
16 6 (0.38%) Groovy
17 5 (0.32%) DataFlex
18 4 (0.25%) PL/SQL
19 3 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 259 (16.38%) Degree
2 207 (13.09%) Security Cleared
3 160 (10.12%) Cisco Certification
4 130 (8.22%) DV Cleared
5 124 (7.84%) SC Cleared
6 120 (7.59%) Microsoft Certification
7 89 (5.63%) CCNA
8 59 (3.73%) Azure Certification
9 49 (3.10%) AWS Certification
9 49 (3.10%) MCSE
10 44 (2.78%) CCNP
11 38 (2.40%) MCSA
12 35 (2.21%) A+ Certification
13 34 (2.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 32 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
15 30 (1.90%) MCP
16 29 (1.83%) CompTIA Security+
17 28 (1.77%) DBS Check
17 28 (1.77%) ITIL Certification
18 23 (1.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (4.74%) SLA
2 34 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials
4 24 (1.52%) GDPR
5 17 (1.08%) NIST
6 13 (0.82%) QA
7 11 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 9 (0.57%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.44%) Data Quality
9 7 (0.44%) HL7
9 7 (0.44%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.38%) PMO
11 5 (0.32%) NCSC
12 4 (0.25%) Disclosure Scotland
13 3 (0.19%) DICOM
14 2 (0.13%) GRC
14 2 (0.13%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.13%) NIST 800
15 1 (0.063%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 1 (0.063%) SOC 2
System Software
1 982 (62.11%) Active Directory
2 430 (27.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 293 (18.53%) Hyper-V
4 145 (9.17%) Docker
5 89 (5.63%) VMware ESXi
6 77 (4.87%) Virtual Machines
7 57 (3.61%) Virtual Desktop
8 53 (3.35%) vSphere
9 50 (3.16%) Firmware
10 26 (1.64%) Virtual Servers
11 20 (1.27%) XenApp
12 13 (0.82%) DFS Replication
12 13 (0.82%) Terminal Services
12 13 (0.82%) VMware NSX
13 9 (0.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 8 (0.51%) BitLocker
15 7 (0.44%) KVM
15 7 (0.44%) Samba
16 6 (0.38%) XenDesktop
17 5 (0.32%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 243 (15.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 192 (12.14%) Kubernetes
3 181 (11.45%) Ansible
4 161 (10.18%) Terraform
5 152 (9.61%) SCCM
6 146 (9.23%) Puppet
7 85 (5.38%) SCOM
8 61 (3.86%) WSUS
9 53 (3.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 51 (3.23%) vCenter Server
11 50 (3.16%) FortiGate
12 38 (2.40%) Grafana
13 29 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
14 21 (1.33%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 18 (1.14%) Prometheus
16 16 (1.01%) Nagios
16 16 (1.01%) Packer
17 15 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
17 15 (0.95%) PaperCut
17 15 (0.95%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 788 (49.84%) Microsoft
2 606 (38.33%) VMware
3 327 (20.68%) Cisco
4 176 (11.13%) Citrix
5 112 (7.08%) Red Hat
6 96 (6.07%) Veeam
7 89 (5.63%) HP
8 80 (5.06%) Meraki
9 62 (3.92%) SolarWinds
10 60 (3.80%) Dynatrace
11 55 (3.48%) Juniper
12 50 (3.16%) Google
13 48 (3.04%) Dell
14 46 (2.91%) Aruba
15 44 (2.78%) Fortinet
16 42 (2.66%) Sophos
17 37 (2.34%) Palo Alto
17 37 (2.34%) SonicWALL
18 35 (2.21%) Mitel
19 34 (2.15%) ServiceNow