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 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 48 57
Rank change year-on-year -4 +9 +33
Permanent jobs citing DNS 27 22 56
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 2.36% 3.29% 3.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.24% 16.79% 27.59%
Number of salaries quoted 17 14 38
10th Percentile £29,900 £25,775 £26,950
25th Percentile £32,500 £27,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £49,104 £36,738
Median % change year-on-year -28.72% +33.66% -18.36%
75th Percentile £47,500 £53,252 £51,875
90th Percentile £85,000 £55,338 £72,433
UK median annual salary £37,625 £45,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year -16.39% +3.45% -3.33%

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 148 131 203
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 12.91% 19.58% 14.07%
Number of salaries quoted 92 86 149
10th Percentile £21,620 £23,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £36,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £49,302 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -39.15% +21.73% -10.00%
75th Percentile £43,750 £64,688 £48,250
90th Percentile £54,575 £77,500 £60,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +12.24% -6.67%

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 March 2026.

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 March 2026. 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 +1 25 £35,000 -30.31% 3
North Wales -4 1 £34,000 +35.32%
Mid Wales - 1 £45,000 - 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 16 (59.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (14.81%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.70%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 24 (88.89%) Azure
2 22 (81.48%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (25.93%) AWS
4 4 (14.81%) GCP
4 4 (14.81%) OneDrive
4 4 (14.81%) SaaS
5 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 23 (85.19%) DHCP
2 5 (18.52%) TCP/IP
3 4 (14.81%) Firewall
3 4 (14.81%) LAN
3 4 (14.81%) SSL
3 4 (14.81%) WAN
4 3 (11.11%) VLAN
5 1 (3.70%) Internet
5 1 (3.70%) Network Security
5 1 (3.70%) VoIP
5 1 (3.70%) VPN
5 1 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (37.04%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (3.70%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 25 (92.59%) Social Skills
2 11 (40.74%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 10 (37.04%) Support Engineer
1 10 (37.04%) Systems Engineer
2 5 (18.52%) Desktop Engineer
2 5 (18.52%) Desktop Support
2 5 (18.52%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 4 (14.81%) Head of Cybersecurity
3 4 (14.81%) Head of IT
4 3 (11.11%) IT Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) IT Support
4 3 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Senior
5 2 (7.41%) Help Desk Technician
5 2 (7.41%) IT Technician
5 2 (7.41%) Senior IT Technician
5 2 (7.41%) Senior Technician
6 1 (3.70%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) ICT Officer
6 1 (3.70%) Service Desk Support
6 1 (3.70%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) .NET
1 1 (3.70%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 11 (40.74%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (14.81%) Digital Media
2 4 (14.81%) Driving Licence
2 4 (14.81%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 18 (66.67%) Windows
1 18 (66.67%) Windows Server
2 12 (44.44%) Windows Server 2016
3 10 (37.04%) Linux
4 4 (14.81%) Windows 10
5 2 (7.41%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (3.70%) Windows 7
6 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (74.07%) Customer Service
2 15 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (37.04%) Customer Experience
3 10 (37.04%) Email Filtering
3 10 (37.04%) Kalman Filter
3 10 (37.04%) Migration
3 10 (37.04%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 10 (37.04%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 10 (37.04%) Web Filtering
4 7 (25.93%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (18.52%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (14.81%) Cloud Security
6 4 (14.81%) Computer Science
6 4 (14.81%) Identity Management
6 4 (14.81%) IT Strategy
6 4 (14.81%) Network Architecture
6 4 (14.81%) Roadmaps
6 4 (14.81%) SIEM
6 4 (14.81%) Tech Ops
6 4 (14.81%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.70%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 10 (37.04%) SC Cleared
1 10 (37.04%) Security Cleared
2 5 (18.52%) Degree
2 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (14.81%) CEH
3 4 (14.81%) CISM
3 4 (14.81%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (37.04%) Cyber Essentials
1 10 (37.04%) PCI DSS
2 4 (14.81%) GDPR
2 4 (14.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (14.81%) NIST
2 4 (14.81%) SOC 2
3 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (85.19%) Active Directory
2 15 (55.56%) Hyper-V
3 10 (37.04%) Terminal Server
4 6 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (85.19%) Microsoft
2 16 (59.26%) VMware
3 11 (40.74%) SolarWinds
4 10 (37.04%) Brocade
4 10 (37.04%) Nimble Storage
4 10 (37.04%) Splunk
4 10 (37.04%) Tanium
4 10 (37.04%) Veeam