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

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 200 129 184
Rank change year-on-year -71 +55 +52
Permanent jobs citing DNS 250 813 806
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.65% 2.40% 1.89%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.93% 15.37% 16.91%
Number of salaries quoted 220 689 699
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £39,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,100 £50,000 £45,950
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% +8.81% -8.10%
75th Percentile £60,625 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,625 £76,250 £80,000
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
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 2,518 5,288 4,767
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.60% 15.63% 11.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,614 3,427 3,537
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,400
25th Percentile £25,087 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% -8.70% +0.88%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £75,294
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -4.76%

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 3 May 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 (28.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 62 (24.80%) SharePoint
3 27 (10.80%) IIS
4 15 (6.00%) nginx
5 14 (5.60%) Apache
6 10 (4.00%) Apache Solr
7 3 (1.20%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.80%) CMS
8 2 (0.80%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.80%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.40%) Umbraco
Applications
1 17 (6.80%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (3.20%) Sage 50
2 5 (2.00%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.80%) Carpe Diem
3 2 (0.80%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.80%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 132 (52.80%) Azure
2 129 (51.60%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (20.80%) Entra ID
4 40 (16.00%) AWS
5 20 (8.00%) OneDrive
6 19 (7.60%) SaaS
7 14 (5.60%) PaaS
8 13 (5.20%) IaaS
9 10 (4.00%) GCP
10 8 (3.20%) Power Platform
11 7 (2.80%) Mimecast
11 7 (2.80%) Nutanix
11 7 (2.80%) PowerApps
12 5 (2.00%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (2.00%) Google Workspace
13 4 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.60%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (1.60%) Power Automate
14 2 (0.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 2 (0.80%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 157 (62.80%) DHCP
2 119 (47.60%) Firewall
3 79 (31.60%) TCP/IP
4 78 (31.20%) VPN
5 42 (16.80%) VLAN
6 38 (15.20%) WAN
7 37 (14.80%) LAN
8 28 (11.20%) VoIP
9 24 (9.60%) Wi-Fi
10 22 (8.80%) Wireless
11 19 (7.60%) Network Security
12 18 (7.20%) IPsec
13 16 (6.40%) SAN
14 12 (4.80%) HTTPS
15 11 (4.40%) BGP
16 10 (4.00%) OSPF
16 10 (4.00%) Remote Desktop
16 10 (4.00%) VSAN
17 9 (3.60%) SD-WAN
18 8 (3.20%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (13.60%) SQL Server
2 16 (6.40%) MySQL
3 11 (4.40%) Amazon RDS
3 11 (4.40%) NoSQL
4 10 (4.00%) Couchbase
5 6 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (2.40%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.00%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.20%) Power BI
8 2 (0.80%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.40%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.40%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.40%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.40%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 11 (4.40%) Git
2 8 (3.20%) JIRA
3 5 (2.00%) Oracle Forms
3 5 (2.00%) Subversion
4 1 (0.40%) Grunt
4 1 (0.40%) Log4Net
4 1 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.40%) webpack
General
1 95 (38.00%) Social Skills
2 47 (18.80%) Finance
3 30 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (4.40%) Public Sector
5 10 (4.00%) Manufacturing
6 9 (3.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (3.20%) Banking
7 8 (3.20%) Law
7 8 (3.20%) Local Government
7 8 (3.20%) Welsh Language
8 6 (2.40%) Automotive
8 6 (2.40%) Retail
9 5 (2.00%) Back Office
9 5 (2.00%) Police
9 5 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.00%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.60%) Marketing
11 2 (0.80%) Games
11 2 (0.80%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.80%) Legal
Job Titles
1 48 (19.20%) IT Support
2 42 (16.80%) Senior
3 41 (16.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 35 (14.00%) Support Engineer
5 34 (13.60%) 2nd Line Support
6 32 (12.80%) Analyst
7 25 (10.00%) IT Engineer
8 23 (9.20%) IT Technician
9 19 (7.60%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 19 (7.60%) 3rd Line Support
10 18 (7.20%) Support Analyst
11 17 (6.80%) IT Analyst
11 17 (6.80%) Network Engineer
12 15 (6.00%) IT Support Engineer
13 14 (5.60%) IT Support Analyst
13 14 (5.60%) Lead
14 13 (5.20%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
15 12 (4.80%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 11 (4.40%) Support Technician
17 10 (4.00%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.00%) RabbitMQ
2 5 (2.00%) 802.1X
2 5 (2.00%) Middleware
3 3 (1.20%) HTML
3 3 (1.20%) LEMP Stack
3 3 (1.20%) Web Services
3 3 (1.20%) XML
4 2 (0.80%) EDI
4 2 (0.80%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.80%) JSON
4 2 (0.80%) LAMP
4 2 (0.80%) Loki
4 2 (0.80%) Node.js
5 1 (0.40%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.40%) Ajax
5 1 (0.40%) HTML5
5 1 (0.40%) Ninject
5 1 (0.40%) Razor View Engine
5 1 (0.40%) Symfony
5 1 (0.40%) Unity DI Container
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.20%) Driving Licence
2 23 (9.20%) Data Centre
3 17 (6.80%) Management Information System
3 17 (6.80%) Onboarding
4 15 (6.00%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (5.20%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (3.20%) Client/Server
6 8 (3.20%) IoT
7 7 (2.80%) Security Posture
8 6 (2.40%) PKI
9 5 (2.00%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.60%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.60%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.60%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (1.60%) GNSS
10 4 (1.60%) MicroBlaze
10 4 (1.60%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.60%) Replication
10 4 (1.60%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (1.60%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 183 (73.20%) Windows
2 129 (51.60%) Windows Server
3 68 (27.20%) Linux
4 17 (6.80%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (5.60%) Windows 10
5 14 (5.60%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (4.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (4.40%) Mac OS
8 10 (4.00%) Unix
9 7 (2.80%) CentOS
10 5 (2.00%) Android
11 4 (1.60%) Apple iOS
11 4 (1.60%) Debian
11 4 (1.60%) SUSE
12 3 (1.20%) Ubuntu
12 3 (1.20%) Windows 7
12 3 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.80%) AIX
13 2 (0.80%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (37.60%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (22.80%) ITIL
3 49 (19.60%) Cybersecurity
4 46 (18.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 44 (17.60%) Disaster Recovery
6 35 (14.00%) Customer Service
7 28 (11.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (10.40%) DevOps
9 23 (9.20%) Incident Management
10 22 (8.80%) Project Delivery
10 22 (8.80%) Service Management
11 18 (7.20%) CI/CD
11 18 (7.20%) Problem Management
12 16 (6.40%) Change Management
12 16 (6.40%) Mentoring
12 16 (6.40%) Patch Management
13 15 (6.00%) Agile
14 14 (5.60%) Performance Monitoring
15 13 (5.20%) Collaborative Working
15 13 (5.20%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (18.80%) PowerShell
2 33 (13.20%) SQL
3 30 (12.00%) Python
4 12 (4.80%) PHP
5 9 (3.60%) Bash
6 6 (2.40%) C
6 6 (2.40%) C++
7 5 (2.00%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.60%) Perl
8 4 (1.60%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.80%) AWK
9 2 (0.80%) Bicep
9 2 (0.80%) Java
9 2 (0.80%) Korn
10 1 (0.40%) C#
10 1 (0.40%) Go
10 1 (0.40%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 30 (12.00%) Degree
1 30 (12.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (8.00%) Azure Certification
3 19 (7.60%) Cisco Certification
4 18 (7.20%) CCNA
5 17 (6.80%) Network+ Certification
6 16 (6.40%) MCSA
7 15 (6.00%) Security Cleared
8 13 (5.20%) DBS Check
8 13 (5.20%) MCSE
9 10 (4.00%) A+ Certification
9 10 (4.00%) SC Cleared
10 8 (3.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 7 (2.80%) DV Cleared
11 7 (2.80%) MCP
12 5 (2.00%) AWS Certification
12 5 (2.00%) CCNP
13 2 (0.80%) CCIE
13 2 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.80%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (11.20%) SLA
2 6 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.20%) GDPR
4 2 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (0.80%) NIST
4 2 (0.80%) QA
5 1 (0.40%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.40%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 146 (58.40%) Active Directory
2 65 (26.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 56 (22.40%) Hyper-V
4 17 (6.80%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (6.40%) vSphere
6 12 (4.80%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (4.80%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (4.40%) Docker
8 10 (4.00%) VMware NSX
9 9 (3.60%) Firmware
10 6 (2.40%) Terminal Services
11 4 (1.60%) Embedded Firmware
12 3 (1.20%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 3 (1.20%) Squid
13 2 (0.80%) KVM
13 2 (0.80%) Postfix
13 2 (0.80%) Sendmail
14 1 (0.40%) LXC
14 1 (0.40%) VMware Server
14 1 (0.40%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 37 (14.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (10.40%) Ansible
3 23 (9.20%) Terraform
4 17 (6.80%) Kubernetes
5 11 (4.40%) SCCM
5 11 (4.40%) vCenter Server
6 8 (3.20%) Progress Chef
6 8 (3.20%) SCOM
6 8 (3.20%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (2.00%) WSUS
7 5 (2.00%) ZABBIX
8 4 (1.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (1.60%) Nagios
9 3 (1.20%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (1.20%) HAProxy
9 3 (1.20%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (1.20%) Puppet
9 3 (1.20%) VxRail
10 2 (0.80%) SCOrch
10 2 (0.80%) SCSM
Vendors
1 148 (59.20%) Microsoft
2 79 (31.60%) VMware
3 32 (12.80%) Cisco
4 16 (6.40%) HP
5 15 (6.00%) Dell
5 15 (6.00%) Oracle
6 12 (4.80%) Red Hat
7 10 (4.00%) Google
7 10 (4.00%) SolarWinds
8 9 (3.60%) Meraki
8 9 (3.60%) Sage
9 8 (3.20%) ServiceNow
9 8 (3.20%) Veeam
10 7 (2.80%) Apple
10 7 (2.80%) IBM
11 6 (2.40%) Citrix
11 6 (2.40%) Fortinet
11 6 (2.40%) Juniper
11 6 (2.40%) NetApp
11 6 (2.40%) SonicWALL