DNS Jobs in Wales

Domain Name System (DNS)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 60 104
Rank change year-on-year -2 +44 +11
Permanent jobs citing DNS 18 65 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 1.18% 2.82% 2.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.14% 24.53% 13.88%
Number of salaries quoted 15 36 33
10th Percentile - £25,375 £30,000
25th Percentile £25,438 £28,125 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £34,000 £35,667
Median % change year-on-year - -4.67% -28.67%
75th Percentile £39,018 £44,063 £45,000
90th Percentile - £51,250 £58,950
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% - -5.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 841 265 281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 55.08% 11.49% 16.05%
Number of salaries quoted 566 152 90
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,000 £28,725
25th Percentile - £28,290 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £40,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -38.06% +5.19% -17.20%
75th Percentile - £47,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £35,000 £57,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £35,000 £47,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -26.32% -6.86% -2.86%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for DNS in Wales

DNS
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for DNS in Wales

DNS
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the Wales region over the 6 months to 2 July 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
North Wales +2 7 £25,875 -23.90% 4
South Wales -10 6 £38,094 +4.44% 29
Mid Wales - 1 £32,500 - 1
DNS
UK

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 1 (5.56%) IIS
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (50.00%) Azure
3 8 (44.44%) IaaS
3 8 (44.44%) PaaS
3 8 (44.44%) SaaS
4 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.56%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (55.56%) TCP/IP
2 8 (44.44%) Firewall
3 7 (38.89%) VoIP
3 7 (38.89%) VPN
4 6 (33.33%) Broadband
4 6 (33.33%) IP Telephony
5 4 (22.22%) DHCP
6 1 (5.56%) Internet
6 1 (5.56%) LAN
6 1 (5.56%) Network Security
6 1 (5.56%) VLAN
6 1 (5.56%) WAN
6 1 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
General
1 16 (88.89%) Social Skills
2 8 (44.44%) Finance
2 8 (44.44%) Welsh Language
3 6 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) Analyst
2 8 (44.44%) Server Engineer
3 7 (38.89%) Technical Support
4 6 (33.33%) Support Analyst
4 6 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
4 6 (33.33%) Technical Support Analyst
5 3 (16.67%) Service Analyst
5 3 (16.67%) Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (11.11%) Support Engineer
7 1 (5.56%) Service Desk Engineer
7 1 (5.56%) Service Desk Support
7 1 (5.56%) Service Desk Support Analyst
7 1 (5.56%) Technical Engineer
7 1 (5.56%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (44.44%) IoT
2 1 (5.56%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 12 (66.67%) Windows
2 10 (55.56%) Windows Server
3 3 (16.67%) Windows 10
4 1 (5.56%) Windows 7
4 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (77.78%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (55.56%) Customer Service
2 10 (55.56%) ITIL
3 8 (44.44%) Collaborative Working
3 8 (44.44%) Data Collection
3 8 (44.44%) Incident Management
3 8 (44.44%) Performance Monitoring
3 8 (44.44%) Proactive Maintenance
3 8 (44.44%) Proactive Monitoring
3 8 (44.44%) Problem Management
3 8 (44.44%) Server Migrations
3 8 (44.44%) Service Management
4 6 (33.33%) Time Management
5 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (5.56%) Email Migration
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) Azure Certification
1 8 (44.44%) DBS Check
1 8 (44.44%) MCSA
1 8 (44.44%) MCSE
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 8 (44.44%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) SCCM
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Citrix
2 2 (11.11%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.56%) SolarWinds
3 1 (5.56%) VMware