DNS Jobs in the West Midlands

Domain Name System (DNS)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for DNS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DNS over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 99 159 102
Rank change year-on-year +60 -57 -7
Permanent jobs citing DNS 169 112 223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.33% 1.75% 3.06%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.02% 9.99% 20.57%
Number of salaries quoted 142 99 201
10th Percentile £24,525 £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,031 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,125 £38,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.13% -3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £52,500 £47,017 £52,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £56,900 £60,000
England median annual salary £43,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.35% -5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

DNS is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 993 1,121 1,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.67% 17.53% 14.88%
Number of salaries quoted 820 515 712
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,925 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,227 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £57,000 £63,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,000 £73,175
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +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 7 May 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 7 May 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 +23 59 £50,000 +25.00% 5
Shropshire +10 18 £36,500 - 6
Coventry +30 13 £42,500 +13.33% 2
Staffordshire -30 13 £42,500 +30.77% 5
Warwickshire - 12 £57,500 - 3
Solihull +8 10 £29,500 -17.48% 1
Worcestershire -30 9 £35,000 -11.83% 7
Wednesbury - 9 £30,000 -
Wolverhampton +17 5 £21,500 -59.05% 1
Herefordshire +2 4 £60,000 +41.18% 4
Dudley - 2 £24,500 -
Brierley Hill - 2 £33,750 -
Halesowen -11 1 £30,000 -10.45% 1
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 68 (40.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (21.30%) SharePoint
3 10 (5.92%) IIS
4 4 (2.37%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (1.78%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (1.18%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (1.18%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 23 (13.61%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.18%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.37%) Dynamics NAV
1 4 (2.37%) Sage 200
2 3 (1.78%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 87 (51.48%) Azure
2 86 (50.89%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (31.36%) Entra ID
4 24 (14.20%) AWS
5 19 (11.24%) OneDrive
6 9 (5.33%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (4.73%) IaaS
8 6 (3.55%) Google Workspace
9 5 (2.96%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (2.96%) Power Platform
10 4 (2.37%) Azure App Service
10 4 (2.37%) PaaS
10 4 (2.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 2 (1.18%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (1.18%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (1.18%) GCP
11 2 (1.18%) Matillion
11 2 (1.18%) Mimecast
11 2 (1.18%) OpenDNS
Communications & Networking
1 138 (81.66%) DHCP
2 78 (46.15%) Firewall
3 65 (38.46%) TCP/IP
4 45 (26.63%) WAN
5 43 (25.44%) LAN
6 29 (17.16%) VPN
7 24 (14.20%) SAN
8 23 (13.61%) VLAN
8 23 (13.61%) Wi-Fi
9 14 (8.28%) SSL
10 13 (7.69%) SD-WAN
10 13 (7.69%) SMTP
11 12 (7.10%) HTTP
11 12 (7.10%) SNMP
11 12 (7.10%) Wireless
12 11 (6.51%) iSCSI
13 10 (5.92%) Fibre Channel
14 9 (5.33%) OSPF
14 9 (5.33%) SSH
15 8 (4.73%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (11.83%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.92%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (2.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (1.78%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.78%) Power BI
5 2 (1.18%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (1.18%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.18%) MySQL
5 2 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.37%) Git
2 2 (1.18%) MSBuild
2 2 (1.18%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.59%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 33 (19.53%) Social Skills
2 21 (12.43%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (7.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (6.51%) Finance
5 7 (4.14%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (4.14%) Law
6 5 (2.96%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.37%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.37%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.78%) Military
8 3 (1.78%) Retail
9 2 (1.18%) Legal
10 1 (0.59%) Automotive
10 1 (0.59%) Back Office
10 1 (0.59%) Games
Job Titles
1 31 (18.34%) Support Engineer
2 30 (17.75%) Analyst
3 27 (15.98%) IT Engineer
4 26 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 26 (15.38%) IT Support
5 20 (11.83%) Senior
6 17 (10.06%) Network Engineer
6 17 (10.06%) Service Analyst
6 17 (10.06%) Service Desk Analyst
7 16 (9.47%) IT Support Engineer
8 13 (7.69%) 3rd Line Support
9 12 (7.10%) Administrator
10 11 (6.51%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 11 (6.51%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (6.51%) Support Analyst
11 9 (5.33%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (4.73%) IT Manager
13 7 (4.14%) 2nd Line Support
13 7 (4.14%) Consultant
13 7 (4.14%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.96%) .NET
1 5 (2.96%) ASP.NET
2 4 (2.37%) JSON
2 4 (2.37%) YAML
3 3 (1.78%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.78%) ASP.NET MVC
3 3 (1.78%) CSS
3 3 (1.78%) HTML
3 3 (1.78%) jQuery
3 3 (1.78%) React
3 3 (1.78%) REST
3 3 (1.78%) Tailwind CSS
3 3 (1.78%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 3 (1.78%) Vue
3 3 (1.78%) WPF
4 2 (1.18%) JWT
4 2 (1.18%) LAMP
4 2 (1.18%) RESTful
4 2 (1.18%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 19 (11.24%) Data Centre
2 10 (5.92%) Driving Licence
2 10 (5.92%) Management Information System
3 9 (5.33%) PKI
4 8 (4.73%) EFT
4 8 (4.73%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (3.55%) Cyberattack
6 5 (2.96%) Clustering
6 5 (2.96%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.37%) CCTV
7 4 (2.37%) FMCG
7 4 (2.37%) IoT
7 4 (2.37%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.78%) Mobile Computing
8 3 (1.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 3 (1.78%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.18%) Replication
10 1 (0.59%) Smartphone
10 1 (0.59%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 123 (72.78%) Windows
2 89 (52.66%) Windows Server
3 38 (22.49%) Windows Server 2016
4 35 (20.71%) Windows 10
5 31 (18.34%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (15.38%) Windows Server 2012
7 15 (8.88%) Linux
8 8 (4.73%) Mac OS
8 8 (4.73%) Windows Server 2008
9 7 (4.14%) Apple iOS
10 5 (2.96%) Ubuntu
10 5 (2.96%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (2.37%) CentOS
11 4 (2.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (2.37%) VMS
12 2 (1.18%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.59%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (20.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 31 (18.34%) ITIL
3 29 (17.16%) Cybersecurity
4 28 (16.57%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (10.65%) Change Control
6 16 (9.47%) Customer Service
6 16 (9.47%) Project Delivery
7 14 (8.28%) ERP
8 12 (7.10%) Change Management
8 12 (7.10%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (6.51%) Server Patching
10 10 (5.92%) High Availability
10 10 (5.92%) Incident Management
10 10 (5.92%) Patch Management
10 10 (5.92%) Platform Engineering
10 10 (5.92%) Virtual Infrastructure
11 9 (5.33%) CI/CD
11 9 (5.33%) DevOps
11 9 (5.33%) Disaster Recovery
11 9 (5.33%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (28.40%) PowerShell
2 20 (11.83%) SQL
3 5 (2.96%) C#
3 5 (2.96%) T-SQL
4 4 (2.37%) Bash
5 3 (1.78%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.78%) PL/SQL
5 3 (1.78%) R
5 3 (1.78%) XAML
6 2 (1.18%) PHP
7 1 (0.59%) C
7 1 (0.59%) C++
7 1 (0.59%) Java
7 1 (0.59%) Perl
Qualifications
1 16 (9.47%) Degree
2 13 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (5.92%) Security Cleared
4 9 (5.33%) A+ Certification
4 9 (5.33%) CCNA
4 9 (5.33%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (5.33%) Network+ Certification
5 7 (4.14%) SC Cleared
6 5 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.37%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.37%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (2.37%) MCSA
7 4 (2.37%) MCSE
8 3 (1.78%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.59%) HNC
10 1 (0.59%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.69%) SLA
2 4 (2.37%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.78%) GDPR
3 3 (1.78%) JSP 440
System Software
1 126 (74.56%) Active Directory
2 47 (27.81%) Hyper-V
3 37 (21.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (10.06%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (5.33%) Virtual Servers
6 7 (4.14%) vSphere
7 6 (3.55%) pfSense
8 5 (2.96%) NFS
9 4 (2.37%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 4 (2.37%) VMware NSX
9 4 (2.37%) VMware Server
10 3 (1.78%) Terminal Services
10 3 (1.78%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (1.18%) Docker
11 2 (1.18%) XenApp
11 2 (1.18%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 31 (18.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (10.65%) SCCM
3 12 (7.10%) vCenter Server
4 7 (4.14%) Terraform
5 5 (2.96%) Backup Exec
6 4 (2.37%) SCOM
7 3 (1.78%) Autotask
7 3 (1.78%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (1.78%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.78%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (1.78%) Nagios
8 1 (0.59%) Icinga
Vendors
1 110 (65.09%) Microsoft
2 66 (39.05%) VMware
3 35 (20.71%) Cisco
4 27 (15.98%) Veeam
5 18 (10.65%) Citrix
6 17 (10.06%) Apple
7 16 (9.47%) Dell
8 14 (8.28%) Aruba
8 14 (8.28%) Sophos
9 12 (7.10%) Fortinet
9 12 (7.10%) HP
9 12 (7.10%) Juniper
10 11 (6.51%) WatchGuard
10 11 (6.51%) Zerto
11 9 (5.33%) Sage
12 8 (4.73%) Globalscape
13 7 (4.14%) Datto
14 6 (3.55%) Mitel
14 6 (3.55%) Nimble Storage
15 5 (2.96%) Webroot