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 13 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 141 171
Rank change year-on-year -6 +30 +55
Permanent jobs citing DNS 1,220 2,121 1,994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.18% 1.93% 2.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.61% 15.31% 13.15%
Number of salaries quoted 671 1,718 1,566
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.05% +2.35% -5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -5.88%

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 10,506 13,853 15,169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.77% 12.61% 16.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4,692 9,443 7,634
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 £70,938
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £44,886 £45,000
% change year-on-year -27.59% -0.25% -5.26%

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 13 June 2025.

Salary histogram for DNS in the UK

DNS
Top 19 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 13 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
England -1 1,162 £41,750 -5.60% 910
UK excluding London -2 955 £37,500 -6.25% 671
North of England +77 521 £37,500 -11.76% 165
North West +103 460 £37,500 -16.67% 87
London -37 237 £52,500 -4.55% 320
Work from Home -119 234 £46,250 -7.50% 382
South East -51 159 £37,500 -11.76% 217
Midlands -61 99 £35,000 -6.67% 87
South West +29 80 £34,500 -8.00% 91
East of England -33 59 £44,000 +6.02% 78
Yorkshire +5 55 £33,500 +3.08% 69
West Midlands -40 51 £35,000 -11.95% 40
East Midlands -26 48 £36,750 -2.00% 41
Scotland +72 19 £33,000 -20.00% 28
Wales -3 16 £32,500 -4.41% 13
North East +12 6 £32,000 -24.71% 9
Northern Ireland +31 1 £85,000 +161.54% 6
Isle of Man +10 1 £34,500 -19.77% 1
Channel Islands -4 1 £45,000 -47.06% 2

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
1 218 (17.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 115 (9.43%) SharePoint
3 56 (4.59%) IIS
4 24 (1.97%) nginx
5 14 (1.15%) Confluence
6 12 (0.98%) Apache
7 9 (0.74%) WordPress
8 7 (0.57%) CMS
9 6 (0.49%) Apache Solr
10 5 (0.41%) Skype for Business
11 4 (0.33%) Traefik
12 3 (0.25%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
12 3 (0.25%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.082%) Apache Airflow
13 1 (0.082%) Apache Spark
13 1 (0.082%) Exchange Server 2013
13 1 (0.082%) Office Communications Server
13 1 (0.082%) SharePoint 2010
13 1 (0.082%) Umbraco
Applications
1 120 (9.84%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.74%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.25%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.25%) Mozilla Thunderbird
6 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.16%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (0.41%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.25%) Sage 50
3 2 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
3 2 (0.16%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.082%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.082%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.082%) Eikon
4 1 (0.082%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 437 (35.82%) Azure
2 387 (31.72%) Microsoft 365
3 186 (15.25%) AWS
4 180 (14.75%) Entra ID
5 55 (4.51%) GCP
5 55 (4.51%) OneDrive
6 52 (4.26%) SaaS
7 40 (3.28%) IaaS
7 40 (3.28%) PaaS
8 32 (2.62%) Power Platform
9 27 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (2.21%) Power Automate
10 25 (2.05%) Azure Monitor
11 24 (1.97%) Google Workspace
11 24 (1.97%) Nutanix
12 21 (1.72%) Azure Key Vault
12 21 (1.72%) Mimecast
13 17 (1.39%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 16 (1.31%) Amazon EC2
14 16 (1.31%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 649 (53.20%) VPN
2 543 (44.51%) DHCP
3 404 (33.11%) Firewall
4 313 (25.66%) TCP/IP
5 162 (13.28%) WAN
6 152 (12.46%) VLAN
7 135 (11.07%) LAN
8 76 (6.23%) Network Security
9 61 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
10 55 (4.51%) VoIP
11 53 (4.34%) SD-WAN
12 50 (4.10%) Wireless
13 49 (4.02%) SAN
14 46 (3.77%) SMTP
15 42 (3.44%) HTTP
16 25 (2.05%) BGP
16 25 (2.05%) MPLS
16 25 (2.05%) NAS
17 22 (1.80%) OSPF
17 22 (1.80%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (6.23%) SQL Server
2 37 (3.03%) Amazon RDS
3 28 (2.30%) MySQL
4 23 (1.89%) Power BI
5 16 (1.31%) Data Lake
6 13 (1.07%) MongoDB
6 13 (1.07%) NoSQL
7 12 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (0.49%) Couchbase
8 6 (0.49%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.33%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.33%) BusinessObjects
9 4 (0.33%) Tableau
10 3 (0.25%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 52 (4.26%) Git
2 35 (2.87%) JIRA
3 20 (1.64%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.15%) GitLab
5 10 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
5 10 (0.82%) Vagrant
6 5 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 5 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (0.41%) Spinnaker
6 5 (0.41%) Subversion
7 4 (0.33%) YouTrack
8 3 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.082%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.082%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.082%) Log4Net
9 1 (0.082%) Maven
9 1 (0.082%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.082%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.082%) Vite
9 1 (0.082%) webpack
General
1 482 (39.51%) Finance
2 473 (38.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 469 (38.44%) Analytical Skills
4 326 (26.72%) Social Skills
5 48 (3.93%) Law
6 37 (3.03%) Retail
7 36 (2.95%) Banking
8 34 (2.79%) Telecoms
9 24 (1.97%) Public Sector
10 22 (1.80%) Legal
11 14 (1.15%) Automotive
11 14 (1.15%) Local Government
11 14 (1.15%) Marketing
12 12 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (0.98%) Manufacturing
12 12 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (0.74%) Back Office
15 8 (0.66%) Welsh Language
16 6 (0.49%) Billing
Job Titles
1 398 (32.62%) Developer
2 397 (32.54%) Software Developer
3 163 (13.36%) IT Support
4 136 (11.15%) Support Engineer
5 132 (10.82%) Analyst
6 111 (9.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 90 (7.38%) Support Analyst
8 84 (6.89%) IT Engineer
9 78 (6.39%) Senior
10 70 (5.74%) 2nd Line Support
11 65 (5.33%) Network Engineer
12 56 (4.59%) Technical Support
13 51 (4.18%) IT Support Engineer
14 50 (4.10%) 3rd Line Support
15 40 (3.28%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 38 (3.11%) Infrastructure Support
17 37 (3.03%) IT Analyst
18 36 (2.95%) Architect
19 34 (2.79%) Lead
20 31 (2.54%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (1.48%) YAML
2 14 (1.15%) LDAP
3 10 (0.82%) 802.1X
4 8 (0.66%) Django
5 7 (0.57%) CSS
5 7 (0.57%) SAML
6 6 (0.49%) Flask
6 6 (0.49%) Node.js
6 6 (0.49%) RabbitMQ
7 5 (0.41%) FIX Protocol
7 5 (0.41%) HTML
7 5 (0.41%) Middleware
7 5 (0.41%) React
8 4 (0.33%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.33%) Kafka
8 4 (0.33%) Web Services
9 3 (0.25%) LEMP Stack
9 3 (0.25%) WebSockets
10 2 (0.16%) Elastic Stack
10 2 (0.16%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 399 (32.70%) Cyberattack
2 63 (5.16%) Driving Licence
3 58 (4.75%) Data Centre
4 45 (3.69%) Management Information System
5 32 (2.62%) Clustering
6 27 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
7 24 (1.97%) Public Cloud
8 23 (1.89%) PKI
9 22 (1.80%) Onboarding
10 17 (1.39%) NHS
11 16 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
12 15 (1.23%) Security Posture
13 13 (1.07%) Cloud Native
13 13 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
13 13 (1.07%) Private Cloud
13 13 (1.07%) Smartphone
14 12 (0.98%) Replication
15 11 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
15 11 (0.90%) IoT
16 10 (0.82%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 557 (45.66%) Linux
2 522 (42.79%) Windows
3 423 (34.67%) Android
4 348 (28.52%) Windows Server
5 78 (6.39%) Windows 10
6 73 (5.98%) Windows Server 2016
7 69 (5.66%) Mac OS
8 54 (4.43%) Windows Server 2019
9 36 (2.95%) Windows Server 2012
10 25 (2.05%) Unix
10 25 (2.05%) VMS
11 20 (1.64%) Apple iOS
12 19 (1.56%) Ubuntu
13 18 (1.48%) Mac OS X
14 17 (1.39%) CentOS
15 15 (1.23%) Windows 7
16 11 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 11 (0.90%) Rocky
17 10 (0.82%) Amazon Linux
18 5 (0.41%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 455 (37.30%) Agile
2 417 (34.18%) Line Management
3 403 (33.03%) Mathematics
4 397 (32.54%) Android Development
4 397 (32.54%) Design Patterns
4 397 (32.54%) OO
4 397 (32.54%) OOP
5 244 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 169 (13.85%) Customer Service
7 156 (12.79%) ITIL
8 137 (11.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 123 (10.08%) Cybersecurity
10 89 (7.30%) Disaster Recovery
11 80 (6.56%) DevOps
12 71 (5.82%) Incident Management
12 71 (5.82%) Infrastructure as Code
13 63 (5.16%) Mentoring
13 63 (5.16%) Migration
14 57 (4.67%) CI/CD
15 56 (4.59%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 509 (41.72%) Python
2 414 (33.93%) Java
3 404 (33.11%) Go
4 403 (33.03%) C++
5 225 (18.44%) PowerShell
6 124 (10.16%) SQL
7 32 (2.62%) Bash
8 21 (1.72%) Bicep
9 19 (1.56%) Perl
10 10 (0.82%) Groovy
11 9 (0.74%) JavaScript
12 8 (0.66%) PHP
13 5 (0.41%) TypeScript
14 4 (0.33%) C
15 3 (0.25%) C#
15 3 (0.25%) VBScript
16 1 (0.082%) R
16 1 (0.082%) Ruby
16 1 (0.082%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.082%) VB
Qualifications
1 487 (39.92%) Security Cleared
2 427 (35.00%) DV Cleared
3 133 (10.90%) Degree
4 122 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 74 (6.07%) Azure Certification
6 65 (5.33%) Cisco Certification
7 56 (4.59%) SC Cleared
8 52 (4.26%) CCNA
8 52 (4.26%) Network+ Certification
9 42 (3.44%) MCSE
10 38 (3.11%) A+ Certification
10 38 (3.11%) DBS Check
11 37 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
12 31 (2.54%) MCSA
13 30 (2.46%) CCNP
14 27 (2.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 24 (1.97%) MCP
16 18 (1.48%) AWS Certification
16 18 (1.48%) MCITP
17 11 (0.90%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (4.51%) SLA
2 26 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (1.15%) GDPR
4 10 (0.82%) NIST
5 8 (0.66%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.57%) QA
7 5 (0.41%) WCAG
8 4 (0.33%) NCSC
8 4 (0.33%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.16%) ISO 9000
10 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.082%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.082%) GRC
11 1 (0.082%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.082%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 491 (40.25%) Active Directory
2 440 (36.07%) Docker
3 192 (15.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 177 (14.51%) Hyper-V
5 54 (4.43%) VMware ESXi
6 49 (4.02%) Virtual Machines
7 34 (2.79%) vSphere
8 29 (2.38%) Virtual Desktop
9 15 (1.23%) Firmware
10 14 (1.15%) Terminal Services
11 11 (0.90%) BitLocker
12 9 (0.74%) Microsoft App-V
12 9 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
12 9 (0.74%) VMware NSX
13 6 (0.49%) NFS
14 5 (0.41%) DFS Replication
15 4 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
16 3 (0.25%) Dovecot
16 3 (0.25%) GPFS
16 3 (0.25%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 476 (39.02%) Ansible
2 159 (13.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 76 (6.23%) Terraform
4 67 (5.49%) Kubernetes
4 67 (5.49%) SCCM
5 39 (3.20%) Single Sign-On
6 31 (2.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 30 (2.46%) vCenter Server
8 24 (1.97%) SCOM
9 20 (1.64%) Puppet
10 19 (1.56%) Grafana
10 19 (1.56%) WSUS
11 15 (1.23%) Autotask
12 14 (1.15%) vMotion
13 13 (1.07%) FortiGate
13 13 (1.07%) Nagios
13 13 (1.07%) NetBackup
13 13 (1.07%) Prometheus
14 11 (0.90%) Proxmox
15 10 (0.82%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 466 (38.20%) Microsoft
2 243 (19.92%) VMware
3 156 (12.79%) Cisco
4 65 (5.33%) Google
5 52 (4.26%) Citrix
6 50 (4.10%) Meraki
7 48 (3.93%) Veeam
8 47 (3.85%) HP
9 39 (3.20%) Fortinet
10 37 (3.03%) Apple
10 37 (3.03%) ServiceNow
10 37 (3.03%) SolarWinds
11 30 (2.46%) Dell
12 23 (1.89%) Oracle
13 21 (1.72%) Databricks
14 20 (1.64%) Red Hat
15 19 (1.56%) Okta
16 18 (1.48%) Ubiquiti
17 17 (1.39%) Juniper
17 17 (1.39%) Sophos