Hybrid/Remote DNS Job Trends

Domain Name System (DNS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring DNS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 216 142
Rank change year-on-year +30 -74 +33
Permanent jobs citing DNS 309 248 678
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.44% 1.51% 2.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.07% 12.75% 14.73%
Number of salaries quoted 255 194 585
10th Percentile £28,700 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £76,250
UK median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £43,120
% change year-on-year +6.25% -7.23% +1.46%

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 2,365 1,945 4,604
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.01% 11.84% 15.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,283 1,189 2,836
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,175 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £43,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.47% -9.47% -7.77%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DNS and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

DNS job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing DNS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing DNS

DNS
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing DNS over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

DNS salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

DNS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 98 (31.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 90 (29.13%) SharePoint
3 15 (4.85%) IIS
4 8 (2.59%) Exchange Server 2007
4 8 (2.59%) Exchange Server 2010
4 8 (2.59%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (1.62%) Apache
5 5 (1.62%) nginx
6 4 (1.29%) Confluence
7 3 (0.97%) SAS
8 1 (0.32%) Site Server
Applications
1 24 (7.77%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.32%) Houdini
2 1 (0.32%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 2 (0.65%) Carpe Diem
1 2 (0.65%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 197 (63.75%) Azure
2 181 (58.58%) Microsoft 365
3 114 (36.89%) Entra ID
4 73 (23.62%) AWS
5 24 (7.77%) OneDrive
6 13 (4.21%) SaaS
7 12 (3.88%) GCP
8 10 (3.24%) Azure Monitor
8 10 (3.24%) Google Workspace
9 9 (2.91%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (2.59%) Amazon EC2
10 8 (2.59%) AWS CloudFormation
11 7 (2.27%) Datadog
12 6 (1.94%) Amazon S3
12 6 (1.94%) Cloudflare
12 6 (1.94%) GitHub
12 6 (1.94%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (1.94%) IaaS
12 6 (1.94%) OpenShift
12 6 (1.94%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 210 (67.96%) DHCP
2 149 (48.22%) VPN
3 142 (45.95%) Firewall
4 125 (40.45%) TCP/IP
5 81 (26.21%) WAN
6 66 (21.36%) LAN
7 64 (20.71%) VLAN
8 62 (20.06%) Wi-Fi
9 38 (12.30%) Network Security
10 32 (10.36%) BGP
11 20 (6.47%) SD-WAN
11 20 (6.47%) SSL
12 19 (6.15%) HTTP
13 18 (5.83%) Wireless
14 16 (5.18%) OSPF
15 15 (4.85%) MPLS
15 15 (4.85%) VoIP
16 11 (3.56%) IPsec
16 11 (3.56%) SNMP
16 11 (3.56%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.47%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.29%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.32%) MySQL
4 1 (0.32%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (4.85%) JIRA
2 7 (2.27%) Git
2 7 (2.27%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.65%) MSI
3 2 (0.65%) Rational Rhapsody
3 2 (0.65%) Terragrunt
4 1 (0.32%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.32%) Metasploit
General
1 139 (44.98%) Social Skills
2 37 (11.97%) Finance
3 20 (6.47%) Organisational Skills
4 17 (5.50%) Documentation Skills
5 15 (4.85%) Public Sector
6 12 (3.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (3.24%) Law
7 10 (3.24%) Legal
8 9 (2.91%) Manufacturing
9 7 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (2.27%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.29%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.29%) Banking
10 4 (1.29%) Electronics
10 4 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.29%) Retail
11 3 (0.97%) Games
12 2 (0.65%) Advertising
12 2 (0.65%) Military
13 1 (0.32%) Police
Job Titles
1 99 (32.04%) IT Support
2 89 (28.80%) IT Engineer
2 89 (28.80%) Support Engineer
3 77 (24.92%) IT Support Engineer
4 69 (22.33%) Senior
5 63 (20.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 38 (12.30%) Analyst
7 33 (10.68%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 30 (9.71%) 2nd Line Support
9 28 (9.06%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 28 (9.06%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 25 (8.09%) IT Analyst
11 23 (7.44%) Support Analyst
12 20 (6.47%) IT Support Analyst
13 17 (5.50%) Network Engineer
13 17 (5.50%) Systems Engineer
14 16 (5.18%) Architect
15 13 (4.21%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 13 (4.21%) Cloud Engineer
16 12 (3.88%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.18%) OAuth
1 16 (5.18%) SAML
2 10 (3.24%) Middleware
3 8 (2.59%) ARM Templates
4 6 (1.94%) ADO
4 6 (1.94%) OpenID
4 6 (1.94%) Web Services
5 3 (0.97%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.97%) YAML
6 1 (0.32%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.32%) JWT
6 1 (0.32%) LAMP
6 1 (0.32%) LAPP Stack
6 1 (0.32%) LEMP Stack
6 1 (0.32%) Next.js
6 1 (0.32%) React
6 1 (0.32%) RESTful
6 1 (0.32%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 44 (14.24%) Driving Licence
2 31 (10.03%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.85%) Data Centre
4 14 (4.53%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (4.21%) Replication
6 11 (3.56%) Cloud Native
6 11 (3.56%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (3.24%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 10 (3.24%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.27%) PKI
9 5 (1.62%) Cyberattack
10 4 (1.29%) CCTV
10 4 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.29%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.29%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (0.97%) Clustering
11 3 (0.97%) Cyber Security Posture
11 3 (0.97%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 203 (65.70%) Windows
2 114 (36.89%) Windows Server
3 47 (15.21%) Linux
4 41 (13.27%) Windows 10
5 32 (10.36%) Mac OS
6 17 (5.50%) Windows Server 2016
7 16 (5.18%) Windows Server 2012
8 9 (2.91%) Windows Server 2008
8 9 (2.91%) Windows Server 2019
9 8 (2.59%) Android
9 8 (2.59%) Apple iOS
10 5 (1.62%) Unix
11 4 (1.29%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.65%) CentOS
13 1 (0.32%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.32%) Kali Linux
13 1 (0.32%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.32%) OpenBSD
13 1 (0.32%) Solaris
13 1 (0.32%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (40.78%) Problem-Solving
2 84 (27.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 69 (22.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 61 (19.74%) Disaster Recovery
5 57 (18.45%) Cybersecurity
6 50 (16.18%) Customer Service
6 50 (16.18%) ITIL
7 40 (12.94%) Infrastructure as Code
8 39 (12.62%) Project Delivery
9 34 (11.00%) Mentoring
10 31 (10.03%) Incident Response
10 31 (10.03%) Service Delivery
11 29 (9.39%) DevOps
11 29 (9.39%) Roadmaps
12 27 (8.74%) ITSM
13 26 (8.41%) High Availability
14 25 (8.09%) Load Balancing
15 23 (7.44%) CI/CD
16 22 (7.12%) Business Continuity
16 22 (7.12%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 72 (23.30%) PowerShell
2 27 (8.74%) Python
3 21 (6.80%) SQL
4 14 (4.53%) Bash
5 9 (2.91%) Bicep
6 5 (1.62%) PHP
7 4 (1.29%) Delphi
7 4 (1.29%) Pascal
8 3 (0.97%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.65%) Groovy
9 2 (0.65%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.32%) C#
10 1 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.32%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 31 (10.03%) Security Cleared
2 27 (8.74%) Degree
2 27 (8.74%) Microsoft Certification
3 23 (7.44%) Azure Certification
3 23 (7.44%) SC Cleared
4 11 (3.56%) CCNA
4 11 (3.56%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (3.24%) A+ Certification
5 10 (3.24%) Network+ Certification
6 8 (2.59%) CCNP
7 7 (2.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 6 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.94%) CISSP
8 6 (1.94%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.94%) GIAC
9 5 (1.62%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (1.62%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.62%) ISACA
9 5 (1.62%) SANS
10 4 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (9.71%) Cyber Essentials
1 30 (9.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (7.77%) SLA
3 21 (6.80%) NIST
4 11 (3.56%) GDPR
5 7 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.65%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.65%) QA
6 2 (0.65%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.32%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.32%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 182 (58.90%) Active Directory
2 65 (21.04%) Hyper-V
3 62 (20.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (7.12%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (4.53%) vSphere
6 11 (3.56%) Docker
7 6 (1.94%) DFS Replication
7 6 (1.94%) VMware Server
8 5 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (1.62%) VMware NSX
9 4 (1.29%) Squid
10 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.97%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.65%) KVM
11 2 (0.65%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.32%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.32%) Firmware
12 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 88 (28.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (9.71%) Terraform
3 25 (8.09%) Kubernetes
4 22 (7.12%) Ansible
5 21 (6.80%) FortiGate
6 15 (4.85%) vCenter Server
7 12 (3.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 10 (3.24%) CASB
9 7 (2.27%) Jamf Pro
9 7 (2.27%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (1.94%) SCCM
10 6 (1.94%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 5 (1.62%) Grafana
12 2 (0.65%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.65%) Graylog
12 2 (0.65%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.65%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.65%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.65%) WhatsUp Gold
12 2 (0.65%) WSUS
Vendors
1 241 (77.99%) Microsoft
2 90 (29.13%) VMware
3 43 (13.92%) Cisco
4 30 (9.71%) Palo Alto
5 24 (7.77%) Veeam
6 22 (7.12%) Fortinet
7 15 (4.85%) Meraki
8 14 (4.53%) Google
8 14 (4.53%) ServiceNow
9 11 (3.56%) HP
9 11 (3.56%) Zscaler
10 10 (3.24%) Dell
10 10 (3.24%) Okta
11 8 (2.59%) Citrix
12 7 (2.27%) Apple
12 7 (2.27%) Arista
12 7 (2.27%) F5
12 7 (2.27%) SolarWinds
12 7 (2.27%) SonicWALL
12 7 (2.27%) WatchGuard