DNS Jobs in the West Midlands

Domain Name System (DNS)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 148 95 173
Rank change year-on-year -53 +78 -79
Permanent jobs citing DNS 48 172 112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.08% 2.38% 1.68%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.52% 17.20% 9.80%
Number of salaries quoted 42 145 100
10th Percentile £27,750 £24,950 £25,900
25th Percentile £31,375 £28,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,500 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +9.68% -3.73%
75th Percentile £41,375 £52,500 £46,946
90th Percentile £44,875 £58,750 £54,050
England 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
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 504 1,000 1,143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.29% 13.81% 17.15%
Number of salaries quoted 301 829 521
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,910 £25,875
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.94% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,950 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing DNS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for DNS in the West Midlands

DNS
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DNS in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for DNS in the West Midlands

DNS
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for DNS in the West Midlands

DNS
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Staffordshire +26 18 £35,000 -20.00% 9
Birmingham -8 17 £31,000 -38.00% 16
Herefordshire +9 4 - - 5
Worcestershire +14 2 £31,000 -27.06%
Wolverhampton +13 1 £31,000 +44.19%
Solihull +1 1 - - 1
Wednesbury 0 1 £45,000 +50.00%
Warwickshire -29 1 - - 7
DNS
England

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 16 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (14.58%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.17%) Skype for Business
4 1 (2.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 23 (47.92%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 20 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (33.33%) Google Workspace
3 13 (27.08%) Azure
4 6 (12.50%) AWS
4 6 (12.50%) Power Platform
5 5 (10.42%) OneDrive
6 3 (6.25%) Power Automate
6 3 (6.25%) PowerApps
7 2 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (4.17%) Entra ID
7 2 (4.17%) SaaS
8 1 (2.08%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (2.08%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (2.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (2.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (2.08%) GCP
8 1 (2.08%) IaaS
8 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (2.08%) PaaS
8 1 (2.08%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 45 (93.75%) DHCP
2 31 (64.58%) Firewall
3 30 (62.50%) TCP/IP
4 21 (43.75%) VLAN
5 17 (35.42%) BGP
6 16 (33.33%) OSPF
6 16 (33.33%) WLAN
7 12 (25.00%) VPN
8 9 (18.75%) LAN
8 9 (18.75%) WAN
9 6 (12.50%) SAN
10 4 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (6.25%) Network Security
12 2 (4.17%) Skype
13 1 (2.08%) Internet
13 1 (2.08%) NAS
13 1 (2.08%) OpenLDAP
13 1 (2.08%) SSL
13 1 (2.08%) VSAN
13 1 (2.08%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (14.58%) SQL Server
2 4 (8.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (6.25%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (6.25%) BusinessObjects
3 3 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (6.25%) Power BI
3 3 (6.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (6.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (6.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (6.25%) Tableau
4 1 (2.08%) Data Lake
4 1 (2.08%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (6.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 2 (4.17%) Git
2 2 (4.17%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.08%) JIRA
3 1 (2.08%) Maven
3 1 (2.08%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 26 (54.17%) Social Skills
2 17 (35.42%) Retail
3 16 (33.33%) Automotive
4 4 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (8.33%) Law
5 1 (2.08%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (37.50%) IT Engineer
2 17 (35.42%) Systems Engineer
3 11 (22.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 8 (16.67%) Analyst
5 6 (12.50%) Infrastructure Support
5 6 (12.50%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 6 (12.50%) Support Engineer
6 5 (10.42%) IT Support
7 4 (8.33%) IT Analyst
7 4 (8.33%) IT Support Analyst
7 4 (8.33%) Support Analyst
8 3 (6.25%) DevOps Engineer
8 3 (6.25%) Lead
8 3 (6.25%) SQL Analyst
9 2 (4.17%) Network Engineer
10 1 (2.08%) 1st Line Support
10 1 (2.08%) Administrator
10 1 (2.08%) Data Architect
10 1 (2.08%) Service Analyst
10 1 (2.08%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.25%) Web Services
2 2 (4.17%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (2.08%) LDAP
3 1 (2.08%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (37.50%) Management Information System
2 16 (33.33%) Smartphone
3 2 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.08%) Clustering
4 1 (2.08%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.08%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.08%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (2.08%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 41 (85.42%) Windows
2 32 (66.67%) Windows Server
3 25 (52.08%) Windows Server 2016
4 24 (50.00%) Windows 10
5 21 (43.75%) Linux
6 19 (39.58%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (35.42%) Ubuntu
8 16 (33.33%) Mac OS X
9 2 (4.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (4.17%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (2.08%) CentOS
10 1 (2.08%) Debian
10 1 (2.08%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (39.58%) Performance Tuning
2 18 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (33.33%) Business Case
3 16 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 16 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
4 12 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 10 (20.83%) Customer Service
6 6 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (12.50%) Logistics
7 5 (10.42%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (8.33%) Analytics
8 4 (8.33%) Artificial Intelligence
8 4 (8.33%) Collaborative Culture
8 4 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (8.33%) Data Visualisation
8 4 (8.33%) DevOps
8 4 (8.33%) Load Balancing
8 4 (8.33%) Machine Learning
8 4 (8.33%) Mentoring
8 4 (8.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 24 (50.00%) SQL
2 21 (43.75%) PowerShell
3 4 (8.33%) Python
4 3 (6.25%) Bash
5 2 (4.17%) Perl
6 1 (2.08%) Go
6 1 (2.08%) Java
6 1 (2.08%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.08%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 22 (45.83%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (41.67%) Degree
3 16 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (33.33%) HNC
3 16 (33.33%) HND
3 16 (33.33%) MCSE
4 7 (14.58%) Security Cleared
5 6 (12.50%) A+ Certification
5 6 (12.50%) MCP
5 6 (12.50%) MCSA
6 5 (10.42%) DV Cleared
7 2 (4.17%) CCNA
7 2 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (4.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (2.08%) JNCIA
8 1 (2.08%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (2.08%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.50%) SLA
2 2 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.08%) GDPR
System Software
1 33 (68.75%) Active Directory
2 8 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (14.58%) Hyper-V
4 4 (8.33%) Docker
5 2 (4.17%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (2.08%) VMware NSX
6 1 (2.08%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (10.42%) SCOM
2 3 (6.25%) Kubernetes
2 3 (6.25%) Puppet
2 3 (6.25%) SCCM
3 2 (4.17%) Ansible
3 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (4.17%) Progress Chef
3 2 (4.17%) SCOrch
3 2 (4.17%) SCSM
3 2 (4.17%) Terraform
3 2 (4.17%) vCenter Server
4 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (2.08%) Nessus
4 1 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (2.08%) VxRail
Vendors
1 39 (81.25%) Microsoft
2 20 (41.67%) Cisco
3 17 (35.42%) Dell
4 16 (33.33%) Apple
4 16 (33.33%) Fortinet
4 16 (33.33%) Google
4 16 (33.33%) Ubiquiti
5 9 (18.75%) VMware
6 3 (6.25%) SAP
6 3 (6.25%) ServiceNow
7 2 (4.17%) ArcSight
7 2 (4.17%) HP
7 2 (4.17%) Juniper
7 2 (4.17%) Red Hat
7 2 (4.17%) Splunk
7 2 (4.17%) Veeam
8 1 (2.08%) Acronis
8 1 (2.08%) Aruba
8 1 (2.08%) EMC
8 1 (2.08%) Sophos