DNS Job Trends in Wales

Domain Name System (DNS)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring DNS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 51 64
Rank change year-on-year +9 +13 +39
Permanent jobs citing DNS 27 30 34
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 2.95% 2.45% 3.62%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.00% 21.13% 22.82%
Number of salaries quoted 18 18 29
10th Percentile - £26,475 £30,000
25th Percentile £25,438 £27,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £28,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -28.13% -11.11%
75th Percentile £36,875 £44,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £40,500 £51,350 £72,433
UK median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +3.45% -8.42%

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 180 142 149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 19.67% 11.61% 15.88%
Number of salaries quoted 147 70 108
10th Percentile £21,620 £23,750 £27,775
25th Percentile - £25,063 £32,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £36,000 £42,845
Median % change year-on-year -30.31% -15.98% -8.84%
75th Percentile £29,750 £53,688 £52,500
90th Percentile £52,475 £65,000 £69,860
UK median annual salary £37,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.25% +6.00% -4.76%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DNS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

DNS job vacancy trend in Wales

DNS
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing DNS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing DNS

DNS
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in Wales over the 6 months to 2 November 2025.

Salary histogram 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 November 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
South Wales +3 18 £35,000 +21.74% 3
North Wales +1 7 £25,875 -21.59%
Mid Wales - 2 £38,750 - 1
DNS
UK

DNS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 12 (44.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (7.41%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.70%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 19 (70.37%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (55.56%) Azure
3 2 (7.41%) Entra ID
3 2 (7.41%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 20 (74.07%) DHCP
2 13 (48.15%) TCP/IP
3 9 (33.33%) Firewall
4 8 (29.63%) VoIP
4 8 (29.63%) VPN
5 6 (22.22%) Broadband
5 6 (22.22%) IP Telephony
6 2 (7.41%) Internet
6 2 (7.41%) LAN
6 2 (7.41%) Network Security
6 2 (7.41%) VLAN
6 2 (7.41%) WAN
6 2 (7.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (33.33%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (7.41%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.70%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (3.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 23 (85.19%) Social Skills
2 10 (37.04%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (22.22%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 11 (40.74%) Analyst
2 9 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
3 8 (29.63%) Technical Support
4 6 (22.22%) Support Analyst
4 6 (22.22%) Support Engineer
4 6 (22.22%) Technical Analyst
4 6 (22.22%) Technical Support Analyst
5 5 (18.52%) Service Analyst
5 5 (18.52%) Service Desk Analyst
6 3 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
6 3 (11.11%) Desktop Support
6 3 (11.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 2 (7.41%) Technical Engineer
7 2 (7.41%) Technical Support Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) ICT Officer
8 1 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) Senior Support Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) Senior Technical Support
8 1 (3.70%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) .NET
1 1 (3.70%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 10 (37.04%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (11.11%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 18 (66.67%) Windows
2 14 (51.85%) Windows Server
3 9 (33.33%) Linux
3 9 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (18.52%) Windows 10
5 1 (3.70%) Windows 7
5 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (92.59%) Customer Service
2 15 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (33.33%) Customer Experience
3 9 (33.33%) Email Filtering
3 9 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
3 9 (33.33%) Migration
3 9 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 9 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 9 (33.33%) Web Filtering
4 7 (25.93%) Time Management
5 4 (14.81%) ITIL
6 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (7.41%) Email Migration
7 1 (3.70%) Business Transformation
7 1 (3.70%) Change Control
7 1 (3.70%) CI/CD
7 1 (3.70%) Deployment Automation
7 1 (3.70%) Infrastructure Automation
7 1 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (3.70%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.70%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 9 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 9 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 9 (33.33%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (77.78%) Active Directory
2 9 (33.33%) Hyper-V
2 9 (33.33%) Terminal Server
3 1 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (14.81%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (74.07%) Microsoft
2 10 (37.04%) SolarWinds
2 10 (37.04%) VMware
3 9 (33.33%) Brocade
3 9 (33.33%) Nimble Storage
3 9 (33.33%) Splunk
3 9 (33.33%) Tanium
3 9 (33.33%) Veeam
4 4 (14.81%) Citrix
4 4 (14.81%) ServiceNow