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

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 63 97
Rank change year-on-year +2 +34 0
Permanent jobs citing DNS 19 60 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 1.83% 2.94% 1.89%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.43% 23.44% 12.11%
Number of salaries quoted 16 34 27
10th Percentile £28,344 £25,025 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,378 £28,344 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,094 £34,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.04% -9.33% -25.00%
75th Percentile £53,063 £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 429 256 256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 41.21% 12.55% 15.57%
Number of salaries quoted 267 147 80
10th Percentile £21,250 £26,250 £24,113
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 £40,000 £47,500 £55,625
90th Percentile £66,825 £57,500 £69,196
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

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 12 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 12 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 -3 8 £41,866 +14.78% 7
North Wales 0 3 £25,875 -23.90% 2
West Wales - 3 £49,104 -
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 (5.26%) 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 7 (36.84%) TCP/IP
2 6 (31.58%) Firewall
3 5 (26.32%) VoIP
4 4 (21.05%) DHCP
5 3 (15.79%) VPN
5 3 (15.79%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (10.53%) Broadband
6 2 (10.53%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (10.53%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (10.53%) IP Telephony
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%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
4 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Server Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) Senior
3 4 (21.05%) Analyst
3 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Support Analyst
4 3 (15.79%) Technical Support
5 2 (10.53%) Support Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) Technical Support Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Network Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Network Support
6 1 (5.26%) Network Support Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Senior Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Senior Web Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Service Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Technical Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Technical Support Engineer
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%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.26%) Driving Licence
3 1 (5.26%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 15 (78.95%) Windows
2 11 (57.89%) Windows Server
3 3 (15.79%) Linux
4 1 (5.26%) Red Hat Enterprise 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 4 (21.05%) Customer Service
4 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (15.79%) Runbook
5 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (15.79%) Validation
6 2 (10.53%) Time Management
7 1 (5.26%) Server Management
7 1 (5.26%) Technology Roadmap
7 1 (5.26%) Test Automation
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 14 (73.68%) Active Directory
2 8 (42.11%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (15.79%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (5.26%) Docker
4 1 (5.26%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) vCenter Server
2 1 (5.26%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (57.89%) Microsoft
2 5 (26.32%) Cisco
3 3 (15.79%) Dell
3 3 (15.79%) IBM
4 1 (5.26%) Aerohive Networks
4 1 (5.26%) SolarWinds
4 1 (5.26%) VMware