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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 102 113 142
Rank change year-on-year +11 +29 -35
Permanent jobs citing DNS 138 115 200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.97% 2.27% 2.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.83% 13.17% 19.01%
Number of salaries quoted 104 98 177
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,550 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,750 £37,500 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -9.09% +7.14%
75th Percentile £57,500 £46,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £53,934 £63,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -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 872 873 1,052
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.46% 17.20% 12.05%
Number of salaries quoted 555 496 742
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £28,125
25th Percentile £31,125 £33,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,375 £76,000
England median annual salary £48,500 £50,985 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.87% -2.89% +5.00%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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
Birmingham +1 46 £52,500 +20.00% 6
Staffordshire -18 20 £35,000 +3.70% 4
Shropshire +15 18 £36,500 -14.12% 2
Warwickshire +21 17 £57,500 +25.00% 9
Worcestershire -22 9 £35,000 -11.71% 2
Solihull +10 8 £29,500 -15.71%
Coventry +6 3 £54,000 +42.11% 1
Herefordshire +4 3 £60,000 +50.00% 1
Wednesbury -4 3 £30,000 -14.29%
Brierley Hill - 1 £35,000 -
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 47 (34.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (17.39%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.62%) IIS
Applications
1 28 (20.29%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.90%) Dynamics NAV
1 4 (2.90%) Sage 200
2 3 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 72 (52.17%) Azure
2 62 (44.93%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (29.71%) Entra ID
4 18 (13.04%) OneDrive
5 15 (10.87%) AWS
5 15 (10.87%) IaaS
6 13 (9.42%) Google Workspace
7 10 (7.25%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (7.25%) PaaS
8 5 (3.62%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (3.62%) Mimecast
9 4 (2.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (1.45%) Azure Stack
10 2 (1.45%) Cohesity
11 1 (0.72%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.72%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 112 (81.16%) DHCP
2 58 (42.03%) Firewall
3 52 (37.68%) TCP/IP
4 31 (22.46%) WAN
5 27 (19.57%) LAN
6 23 (16.67%) VPN
7 22 (15.94%) VLAN
8 19 (13.77%) SAN
9 16 (11.59%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (7.97%) SSL
11 10 (7.25%) SMTP
12 9 (6.52%) BGP
12 9 (6.52%) OSPF
12 9 (6.52%) SNMP
13 8 (5.80%) Fibre Channel
13 8 (5.80%) iSCSI
13 8 (5.80%) Network Security
14 7 (5.07%) FTP
14 7 (5.07%) SD-WAN
15 6 (4.35%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.87%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.90%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.72%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.72%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (5.07%) Git
2 5 (3.62%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 35 (25.36%) Social Skills
2 15 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (5.80%) Retail
4 7 (5.07%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (4.35%) Automotive
5 6 (4.35%) Law
5 6 (4.35%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.62%) Finance
7 4 (2.90%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.17%) Military
9 2 (1.45%) Advertising
9 2 (1.45%) Legal
10 1 (0.72%) Back Office
10 1 (0.72%) Games
Job Titles
1 20 (14.49%) Analyst
2 19 (13.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 19 (13.77%) IT Engineer
3 18 (13.04%) Administrator
4 17 (12.32%) Support Engineer
5 15 (10.87%) IT Support
6 14 (10.14%) Senior
7 11 (7.97%) Service Analyst
7 11 (7.97%) Service Desk Analyst
8 10 (7.25%) Network Engineer
9 9 (6.52%) 2nd Line Support
9 9 (6.52%) Architect
9 9 (6.52%) Support Technician
9 9 (6.52%) Systems Engineer
9 9 (6.52%) Windows Administrator
10 8 (5.80%) IT Manager
11 7 (5.07%) Infrastructure Architect
11 7 (5.07%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (5.07%) IT Technician
12 6 (4.35%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.07%) JSON
1 7 (5.07%) YAML
2 5 (3.62%) ADO
3 3 (2.17%) .NET
3 3 (2.17%) AngularJS
3 3 (2.17%) ASP.NET
3 3 (2.17%) ASP.NET MVC
3 3 (2.17%) CSS
3 3 (2.17%) HTML
3 3 (2.17%) jQuery
3 3 (2.17%) React
3 3 (2.17%) REST
3 3 (2.17%) Tailwind CSS
3 3 (2.17%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 3 (2.17%) Vue
3 3 (2.17%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.32%) Data Centre
2 14 (10.14%) Management Information System
3 9 (6.52%) Public Cloud
4 7 (5.07%) Driving Licence
4 7 (5.07%) PKI
5 6 (4.35%) Clustering
5 6 (4.35%) Cyberattack
5 6 (4.35%) Smartphone
6 5 (3.62%) EFT
6 5 (3.62%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.90%) CCTV
7 4 (2.90%) FMCG
8 3 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.17%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.45%) Replication
10 1 (0.72%) EPoS
10 1 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.72%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 109 (78.99%) Windows
2 82 (59.42%) Windows Server
3 43 (31.16%) Windows 10
4 34 (24.64%) Windows Server 2016
5 29 (21.01%) Windows Server 2019
6 16 (11.59%) Linux
6 16 (11.59%) Windows Server 2012
7 10 (7.25%) Ubuntu
8 8 (5.80%) Apple iOS
9 6 (4.35%) Mac OS X
10 4 (2.90%) CentOS
10 4 (2.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (2.90%) VMS
10 4 (2.90%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (2.17%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.72%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (18.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 23 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 20 (14.49%) ITIL
4 18 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (12.32%) Customer Service
6 14 (10.14%) Incident Management
7 13 (9.42%) Platform Engineering
8 12 (8.70%) Change Control
8 12 (8.70%) Infrastructure as Code
8 12 (8.70%) Project Delivery
9 11 (7.97%) Computer Science
10 10 (7.25%) CI/CD
10 10 (7.25%) Continuous Integration
10 10 (7.25%) DevOps
10 10 (7.25%) Patch Management
11 9 (6.52%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (6.52%) Disaster Recovery
11 9 (6.52%) Identity Access Management
11 9 (6.52%) Systems Engineering
12 8 (5.80%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 45 (32.61%) PowerShell
2 28 (20.29%) SQL
3 4 (2.90%) Bash
4 3 (2.17%) C#
4 3 (2.17%) R
4 3 (2.17%) XAML
5 1 (0.72%) C
5 1 (0.72%) C++
5 1 (0.72%) Java
5 1 (0.72%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.72%) Perl
5 1 (0.72%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.72%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (13.04%) Degree
2 13 (9.42%) Security Cleared
3 11 (7.97%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (7.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (5.80%) SC Cleared
6 7 (5.07%) MCSE
7 6 (4.35%) HNC
7 6 (4.35%) HND
8 5 (3.62%) CCNA
8 5 (3.62%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (3.62%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (2.90%) Azure Certification
9 4 (2.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (2.17%) DV Cleared
10 3 (2.17%) MCSA
11 1 (0.72%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.72%) CCNP
11 1 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.72%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.14%) SLA
2 3 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.17%) JSP 440
3 1 (0.72%) GDPR
System Software
1 106 (76.81%) Active Directory
2 32 (23.19%) Hyper-V
3 29 (21.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (11.59%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (5.07%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (4.35%) VMware NSX
7 5 (3.62%) vSphere
7 5 (3.62%) XenApp
7 5 (3.62%) XenDesktop
8 4 (2.90%) NFS
8 4 (2.90%) pfSense
8 4 (2.90%) VMware Server
9 2 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (1.45%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.72%) Firmware
10 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 26 (18.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (16.67%) SCCM
3 13 (9.42%) vCenter Server
4 12 (8.70%) Terraform
5 7 (5.07%) SCOM
6 5 (3.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (3.62%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (2.17%) Autotask
7 3 (2.17%) Backup Exec
7 3 (2.17%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (2.17%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (1.45%) VxRail
Vendors
1 87 (63.04%) Microsoft
2 54 (39.13%) VMware
3 23 (16.67%) Veeam
4 22 (15.94%) Cisco
5 21 (15.22%) Apple
5 21 (15.22%) Dell
6 16 (11.59%) Fortinet
7 14 (10.14%) Citrix
8 10 (7.25%) Sophos
8 10 (7.25%) Ubiquiti
9 9 (6.52%) Sage
9 9 (6.52%) Zerto
10 7 (5.07%) WatchGuard
11 6 (4.35%) Aruba
11 6 (4.35%) Datto
11 6 (4.35%) Google
12 5 (3.62%) CrowdStrike
12 5 (3.62%) Globalscape
12 5 (3.62%) ServiceNow
12 5 (3.62%) Zscaler