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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 61 101
Rank change year-on-year 0 +40 -6
Permanent jobs citing DNS 19 60 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 1.71% 2.94% 1.70%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.81% 23.53% 11.16%
Number of salaries quoted 16 34 24
10th Percentile £25,438 £25,025 -
25th Percentile £33,313 £28,344 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,094 £34,000 £34,583
Median % change year-on-year +12.04% -1.69% -30.83%
75th Percentile £52,184 £45,000 £45,000
90th Percentile £53,252 £52,500 £46,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £43,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -2.30% +2.35% -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 499 255 251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 44.83% 12.48% 15.20%
Number of salaries quoted 309 146 76
10th Percentile £15,052 £26,250 £25,125
25th Percentile £23,504 £28,290 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £40,500 £37,750
Median % change year-on-year -38.06% +7.28% -16.11%
75th Percentile £37,500 £47,500 £58,125
90th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £69,196
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,250
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.47% -4.29%

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
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in Wales over the 6 months to 16 May 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 16 May 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 -5 8 £41,866 +14.78% 6
North Wales 0 4 £25,875 -23.90% 2
West Wales - 2 £49,104 -
Mid Wales - 1 £32,500 - 2
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 (5.26%) CMS
1 1 (5.26%) IIS
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (52.63%) Azure
1 10 (52.63%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (42.11%) IaaS
2 8 (42.11%) PaaS
2 8 (42.11%) SaaS
3 2 (10.53%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.26%) AWS
4 1 (5.26%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (42.11%) TCP/IP
2 7 (36.84%) Firewall
3 6 (31.58%) VoIP
4 4 (21.05%) DHCP
4 4 (21.05%) VPN
5 3 (15.79%) Broadband
5 3 (15.79%) IP Telephony
5 3 (15.79%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (10.53%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (10.53%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (10.53%) Network Security
7 1 (5.26%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (5.26%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (5.26%) Internet
7 1 (5.26%) LAN
7 1 (5.26%) VLAN
7 1 (5.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Git
1 1 (5.26%) Grunt
1 1 (5.26%) webpack
General
1 14 (73.68%) Social Skills
2 8 (42.11%) Finance
2 8 (42.11%) Welsh Language
3 3 (15.79%) Telecoms
4 2 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Server Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) Analyst
3 4 (21.05%) Senior
3 4 (21.05%) Support Analyst
3 4 (21.05%) Technical Support
4 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Technical Analyst
4 3 (15.79%) Technical Support Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Support Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Network Specialist
6 1 (5.26%) Network Support Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 1 (5.26%) Senior Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Senior Network Specialist
6 1 (5.26%) Senior Web Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Service Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) HTML
1 1 (5.26%) Sass
1 1 (5.26%) Symfony
1 1 (5.26%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 8 (42.11%) IoT
2 2 (10.53%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.26%) Driving Licence
3 1 (5.26%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 14 (73.68%) Windows
2 11 (57.89%) Windows Server
3 2 (10.53%) Linux
4 1 (5.26%) Windows 10
4 1 (5.26%) Windows 7
4 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (73.68%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (52.63%) ITIL
3 8 (42.11%) Collaborative Working
3 8 (42.11%) Data Collection
3 8 (42.11%) Incident Management
3 8 (42.11%) Performance Monitoring
3 8 (42.11%) Proactive Maintenance
3 8 (42.11%) Proactive Monitoring
3 8 (42.11%) Problem Management
3 8 (42.11%) Server Migrations
3 8 (42.11%) Service Management
4 5 (26.32%) Customer Service
5 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (15.79%) Time Management
6 2 (10.53%) Runbook
6 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (10.53%) Validation
7 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (5.26%) Email Migration
7 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
1 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (47.37%) Azure Certification
2 8 (42.11%) DBS Check
2 8 (42.11%) MCSA
2 8 (42.11%) MCSE
2 8 (42.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.26%) CCNA
3 1 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.26%) CWNA
3 1 (5.26%) CWTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (47.37%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (68.42%) Active Directory
2 8 (42.11%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (10.53%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (5.26%) Docker
4 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) vCenter Server
2 1 (5.26%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (57.89%) Microsoft
2 4 (21.05%) Cisco
3 2 (10.53%) Dell
3 2 (10.53%) IBM
4 1 (5.26%) Aerohive Networks
4 1 (5.26%) SolarWinds
4 1 (5.26%) VMware