DNS Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Domain Name System (DNS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 252 129 185
Rank change year-on-year -123 +56 +55
Permanent jobs citing DNS 254 726 635
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.21% 2.29% 1.84%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.42% 15.27% 15.82%
Number of salaries quoted 198 583 563
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,563 £39,000 £35,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £58,563 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,600 £76,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% - -5.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,750 4,755 4,014
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.28% 14.99% 11.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,016 2,847 3,180
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,569
25th Percentile £25,087 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -47.62% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £74,258 £81,250 £88,750
UK median annual salary £33,000 £47,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year -30.53% -7.77% -1.90%

DNS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing DNS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

DNS trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

DNS
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing DNS.

DNS salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

DNS
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing DNS over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

DNS salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 71 (27.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 57 (22.44%) SharePoint
3 29 (11.42%) IIS
4 8 (3.15%) Apache
5 4 (1.57%) nginx
6 2 (0.79%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.79%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (0.79%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.79%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.39%) CMS
7 1 (0.39%) Umbraco
Applications
1 14 (5.51%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.18%) Sage 50
2 2 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.39%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.39%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 121 (47.64%) Microsoft 365
2 115 (45.28%) Azure
3 63 (24.80%) AWS
3 63 (24.80%) Entra ID
4 32 (12.60%) SaaS
5 26 (10.24%) IaaS
5 26 (10.24%) PaaS
6 24 (9.45%) Power Platform
7 22 (8.66%) OneDrive
8 19 (7.48%) Power Automate
9 18 (7.09%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (6.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 17 (6.69%) Azure Monitor
11 16 (6.30%) Azure AI
11 16 (6.30%) Azure Key Vault
11 16 (6.30%) Azure Service Bus
12 8 (3.15%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (3.15%) GCP
12 8 (3.15%) Mimecast
12 8 (3.15%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 177 (69.69%) DHCP
2 129 (50.79%) Firewall
3 89 (35.04%) TCP/IP
4 78 (30.71%) VPN
5 53 (20.87%) WAN
6 43 (16.93%) VLAN
7 35 (13.78%) LAN
8 30 (11.81%) VoIP
9 22 (8.66%) Network Security
9 22 (8.66%) SD-WAN
9 22 (8.66%) Wi-Fi
10 18 (7.09%) Wireless
11 15 (5.91%) SAN
12 11 (4.33%) BGP
12 11 (4.33%) HTTP
13 9 (3.54%) Internet
14 8 (3.15%) Remote Desktop
15 7 (2.76%) OSPF
15 7 (2.76%) WLAN
16 6 (2.36%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (11.42%) SQL Server
2 20 (7.87%) MySQL
3 17 (6.69%) Power BI
4 16 (6.30%) Data Lake
5 14 (5.51%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (2.36%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.18%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.18%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.79%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 25 (9.84%) Git
2 7 (2.76%) JIRA
3 4 (1.57%) Subversion
4 3 (1.18%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.39%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.39%) GitLab
5 1 (0.39%) Log4Net
5 1 (0.39%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 95 (37.40%) Social Skills
2 27 (10.63%) Finance
3 26 (10.24%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (6.30%) Telecoms
5 14 (5.51%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.33%) Manufacturing
7 10 (3.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.15%) Welsh Language
9 7 (2.76%) Local Government
10 6 (2.36%) Banking
10 6 (2.36%) Law
11 5 (1.97%) Advertising
11 5 (1.97%) Back Office
11 5 (1.97%) Games
11 5 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.57%) Marketing
12 4 (1.57%) Retail
13 3 (1.18%) Automotive
13 3 (1.18%) Police
14 1 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (16.54%) IT Support
2 41 (16.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 36 (14.17%) Analyst
4 28 (11.02%) 2nd Line Support
5 27 (10.63%) Senior
6 25 (9.84%) Support Engineer
7 24 (9.45%) 3rd Line Support
7 24 (9.45%) Network Engineer
8 19 (7.48%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 19 (7.48%) Architect
9 18 (7.09%) Support Analyst
10 17 (6.69%) Cloud Architect
11 16 (6.30%) IT Analyst
11 16 (6.30%) IT Engineer
11 16 (6.30%) Support Technician
12 14 (5.51%) IT Support Analyst
13 11 (4.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
14 9 (3.54%) IT Technician
14 9 (3.54%) Lead
14 9 (3.54%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.97%) Node.js
2 3 (1.18%) FreeSWITCH
2 3 (1.18%) Middleware
3 2 (0.79%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.79%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.79%) HTML
3 2 (0.79%) Jinja
3 2 (0.79%) JSON
3 2 (0.79%) LEMP Stack
3 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (0.79%) OAuth
3 2 (0.79%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (0.79%) SAML
3 2 (0.79%) YAML
3 2 (0.79%) YANG
4 1 (0.39%) Angular 2
4 1 (0.39%) HTML5
4 1 (0.39%) Ninject
4 1 (0.39%) OpenID
4 1 (0.39%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 29 (11.42%) Data Centre
2 25 (9.84%) Driving Licence
3 20 (7.87%) Management Information System
4 17 (6.69%) NHS
4 17 (6.69%) Onboarding
5 16 (6.30%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (5.12%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (3.15%) IoT
7 8 (3.15%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.76%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.97%) Client/Server
9 5 (1.97%) PKI
9 5 (1.97%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (1.57%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.57%) Clustering
10 4 (1.57%) FPGA
10 4 (1.57%) GNSS
10 4 (1.57%) iPhone
10 4 (1.57%) MicroBlaze
10 4 (1.57%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 178 (70.08%) Windows
2 118 (46.46%) Windows Server
3 56 (22.05%) Linux
4 14 (5.51%) Windows 10
5 13 (5.12%) Windows Server 2016
5 13 (5.12%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (4.72%) Mac OS
7 10 (3.94%) Android
7 10 (3.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (2.76%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (2.36%) Apple iOS
9 6 (2.36%) CentOS
10 4 (1.57%) Unix
11 3 (1.18%) Debian
11 3 (1.18%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.79%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.79%) SUSE
12 2 (0.79%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (33.86%) Problem-Solving
2 76 (29.92%) ITIL
3 47 (18.50%) Cybersecurity
3 47 (18.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 40 (15.75%) Customer Service
4 40 (15.75%) Disaster Recovery
5 36 (14.17%) Service Management
6 33 (12.99%) DevOps
7 29 (11.42%) Agile
8 27 (10.63%) CI/CD
8 27 (10.63%) Project Management
9 26 (10.24%) Mentoring
9 26 (10.24%) Project Delivery
10 24 (9.45%) Artificial Intelligence
10 24 (9.45%) Infrastructure as Code
11 22 (8.66%) B2B
12 21 (8.27%) Analytics
12 21 (8.27%) Roadmaps
13 20 (7.87%) Incident Management
13 20 (7.87%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 69 (27.17%) PowerShell
2 43 (16.93%) SQL
3 39 (15.35%) Python
4 16 (6.30%) Bicep
5 13 (5.12%) Bash
6 5 (1.97%) Perl
7 4 (1.57%) C
7 4 (1.57%) C++
7 4 (1.57%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.18%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.79%) PHP
10 1 (0.39%) C#
10 1 (0.39%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 38 (14.96%) Azure Certification
2 37 (14.57%) Degree
3 36 (14.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 34 (13.39%) DBS Check
5 23 (9.06%) Network+ Certification
6 22 (8.66%) Cisco Certification
7 19 (7.48%) MCSE
7 19 (7.48%) Security Cleared
8 18 (7.09%) CCNA
9 16 (6.30%) A+ Certification
10 14 (5.51%) MCSA
10 14 (5.51%) SC Cleared
11 11 (4.33%) AWS Certification
12 8 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (2.76%) DV Cleared
14 5 (1.97%) CCNP
14 5 (1.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 5 (1.97%) MCP
14 5 (1.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 4 (1.57%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.84%) SLA
2 10 (3.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.36%) NIST
4 4 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.18%) GDPR
6 2 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (0.79%) NCSC
6 2 (0.79%) QA
7 1 (0.39%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.39%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.39%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 144 (56.69%) Active Directory
2 51 (20.08%) Hyper-V
3 48 (18.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (9.84%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (5.51%) vSphere
6 11 (4.33%) Virtual Desktop
6 11 (4.33%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (3.94%) Firmware
8 7 (2.76%) Docker
9 6 (2.36%) Terminal Services
9 6 (2.36%) VMware NSX
10 4 (1.57%) Embedded Firmware
11 3 (1.18%) GPFS
11 3 (1.18%) Lustre
11 3 (1.18%) NFS
12 1 (0.39%) Forefront TMG
12 1 (0.39%) ISA Server
12 1 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.39%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 36 (14.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (10.63%) Ansible
3 24 (9.45%) Single Sign-On
4 21 (8.27%) SCCM
5 14 (5.51%) Kubernetes
6 13 (5.12%) Terraform
7 12 (4.72%) WSUS
8 11 (4.33%) SCOM
9 7 (2.76%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 6 (2.36%) Progress Chef
11 5 (1.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (1.97%) vCenter Server
11 5 (1.97%) ZABBIX
12 3 (1.18%) Grafana
12 3 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (1.18%) Prometheus
12 3 (1.18%) Puppet
13 2 (0.79%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.79%) SCOrch
13 2 (0.79%) SCSM
Vendors
1 147 (57.87%) Microsoft
2 59 (23.23%) VMware
3 33 (12.99%) Cisco
4 23 (9.06%) Meraki
5 16 (6.30%) Databricks
5 16 (6.30%) Oracle
6 15 (5.91%) HP
7 13 (5.12%) Dell
8 12 (4.72%) Red Hat
9 11 (4.33%) Apple
10 10 (3.94%) SolarWinds
11 9 (3.54%) NetApp
12 8 (3.15%) Fortinet
12 8 (3.15%) Google
12 8 (3.15%) Juniper
12 8 (3.15%) ServiceNow
13 7 (2.76%) Citrix
13 7 (2.76%) SonicWALL
14 6 (2.36%) Veeam
15 5 (1.97%) Palo Alto