DNS Jobs with Work from Home 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 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 150 185 246
Rank change year-on-year +35 +61 -27
Permanent jobs citing DNS 605 613 1,310
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.17% 1.87% 1.67%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.44% 15.79% 13.92%
Number of salaries quoted 470 546 914
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £64,688 £64,688 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% 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 4,190 3,882 9,409
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.00% 11.83% 11.98%
Number of salaries quoted 2,346 3,097 5,593
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,569 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £56,456
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +1.85% +2.65%
75th Percentile £67,968 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +5.00%

DNS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing DNS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

DNS trend for jobs with a WFH option

DNS
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing DNS over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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
1 120 (19.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 69 (11.40%) SharePoint
3 57 (9.42%) IIS
4 46 (7.60%) WebLogic
5 10 (1.65%) Tomcat
6 8 (1.32%) Confluence
7 6 (0.99%) CMS
8 4 (0.66%) nginx
8 4 (0.66%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.66%) WordPress
9 3 (0.50%) Apache
9 3 (0.50%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.17%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2007
10 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.17%) SAS
10 1 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.17%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 33 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.66%) Trello
4 2 (0.33%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.17%) CATIA
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.17%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 46 (7.60%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.50%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.17%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 373 (61.65%) Azure
2 239 (39.50%) Microsoft 365
3 134 (22.15%) AWS
4 129 (21.32%) Entra ID
5 52 (8.60%) IaaS
6 46 (7.60%) Amazon EKS
6 46 (7.60%) Amazon SQS
7 33 (5.45%) Nutanix
8 24 (3.97%) Power Platform
9 21 (3.47%) Azure DevOps
9 21 (3.47%) Azure Monitor
9 21 (3.47%) PaaS
10 18 (2.98%) Azure Storage
11 16 (2.64%) GitHub
11 16 (2.64%) OneDrive
12 15 (2.48%) GCP
12 15 (2.48%) Serverless
13 12 (1.98%) WhatsApp
14 11 (1.82%) SaaS
15 10 (1.65%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 307 (50.74%) DHCP
2 276 (45.62%) Firewall
3 202 (33.39%) TCP/IP
4 122 (20.17%) WAN
5 114 (18.84%) VPN
6 100 (16.53%) LAN
7 95 (15.70%) SSL
8 80 (13.22%) VLAN
9 69 (11.40%) Wi-Fi
10 57 (9.42%) BGP
11 52 (8.60%) Wireless
12 49 (8.10%) SAN
13 45 (7.44%) Network Security
14 37 (6.12%) VoIP
15 28 (4.63%) SD-WAN
16 27 (4.46%) MPLS
17 24 (3.97%) IPsec
18 21 (3.47%) Remote Desktop
19 20 (3.31%) NAS
19 20 (3.31%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (11.74%) Amazon RDS
2 55 (9.09%) SQL Server
3 50 (8.26%) Oracle Database
4 49 (8.10%) Relational Database
5 46 (7.60%) RDBMS
6 13 (2.15%) Power BI
7 6 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (0.99%) Redis
8 5 (0.83%) NoSQL
8 5 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.33%) MySQL
10 2 (0.33%) OLAP
10 2 (0.33%) OLAP Cube
10 2 (0.33%) SAP Data Services
11 1 (0.17%) Power Query
11 1 (0.17%) Sisense
Development Applications
1 18 (2.98%) JIRA
2 14 (2.31%) Git
3 13 (2.15%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.49%) Trac
5 4 (0.66%) Charles Proxy
5 4 (0.66%) GitLab
6 2 (0.33%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.17%) Grunt
7 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.17%) webpack
General
1 199 (32.89%) Social Skills
2 61 (10.08%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (9.75%) Finance
4 34 (5.62%) Public Sector
5 15 (2.48%) Telecoms
6 12 (1.98%) Aerospace
6 12 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (1.65%) Banking
7 10 (1.65%) Games
8 6 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (0.99%) Law
8 6 (0.99%) Legal
9 5 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (0.66%) German Language
10 4 (0.66%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.50%) Advertising
11 3 (0.50%) Italian Language
11 3 (0.50%) Military
11 3 (0.50%) Portuguese Language
11 3 (0.50%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 132 (21.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 89 (14.71%) Lead
3 85 (14.05%) Senior
4 71 (11.74%) Architect
5 47 (7.77%) Lead Architect
5 47 (7.77%) Solutions Architect
6 46 (7.60%) Lead Solutions Architect
7 43 (7.11%) Analyst
8 41 (6.78%) Network Engineer
9 40 (6.61%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 38 (6.28%) Support Engineer
11 35 (5.79%) IT Engineer
12 30 (4.96%) Consultant
13 28 (4.63%) IT Support
14 25 (4.13%) 3rd Line Support
14 25 (4.13%) Azure Engineer
14 25 (4.13%) IT Analyst
15 24 (3.97%) Developer
16 22 (3.64%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
17 20 (3.31%) Active Directory Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (8.60%) REST
2 46 (7.60%) RabbitMQ
2 46 (7.60%) Spring Boot
3 33 (5.45%) .NET
4 29 (4.79%) HTML
5 28 (4.63%) CSS
6 22 (3.64%) React
7 20 (3.31%) ASP.NET
7 20 (3.31%) ASP.NET MVC
7 20 (3.31%) Vue
8 19 (3.14%) AngularJS
8 19 (3.14%) jQuery
8 19 (3.14%) Tailwind CSS
8 19 (3.14%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 19 (3.14%) WPF
9 17 (2.81%) ARM Templates
10 16 (2.64%) SAML
11 15 (2.48%) OAuth
11 15 (2.48%) OpenID
12 8 (1.32%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 95 (15.70%) Public Cloud
2 75 (12.40%) Data Centre
3 65 (10.74%) Enterprise Software
4 55 (9.09%) PKI
5 41 (6.78%) Self-Motivation
6 30 (4.96%) Management Information System
7 24 (3.97%) Hybrid Cloud
8 21 (3.47%) Clustering
9 18 (2.98%) Onboarding
9 18 (2.98%) Replication
10 15 (2.48%) Client/Server
11 12 (1.98%) IoT
11 12 (1.98%) Video Conferencing
12 11 (1.82%) Driving Licence
13 10 (1.65%) Enterprise Cloud
14 9 (1.49%) Cloud Native
15 7 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
15 7 (1.16%) Linux Command Line
16 6 (0.99%) FPGA
16 6 (0.99%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 362 (59.83%) Windows
2 228 (37.69%) Windows Server
3 166 (27.44%) Linux
4 66 (10.91%) Windows 10
5 63 (10.41%) Windows Server 2016
6 62 (10.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 53 (8.76%) Windows Server 2019
8 34 (5.62%) Windows Server 2012
9 15 (2.48%) Windows Server 2008
10 14 (2.31%) Mac OS
11 13 (2.15%) Android
12 12 (1.98%) Apple iOS
13 9 (1.49%) Windows 7
14 8 (1.32%) CentOS
14 8 (1.32%) Mac OS X
15 6 (0.99%) Oracle Linux
15 6 (0.99%) Unix
15 6 (0.99%) VMS
16 4 (0.66%) Ubuntu
16 4 (0.66%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (26.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 126 (20.83%) Agile
3 104 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
4 96 (15.87%) Project Management
5 93 (15.37%) DevOps
6 92 (15.21%) ITIL
7 76 (12.56%) Migration
8 67 (11.07%) Scrum
9 65 (10.74%) Open Source
10 64 (10.58%) Kanban
11 60 (9.92%) Load Balancing
12 55 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
13 52 (8.60%) Cybersecurity
13 52 (8.60%) Service Management
14 51 (8.43%) Systems Engineering
14 51 (8.43%) TOGAF
15 50 (8.26%) Collaborative Working
15 50 (8.26%) Mentoring
16 48 (7.93%) Disaster Recovery
16 48 (7.93%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 128 (21.16%) PowerShell
2 64 (10.58%) Python
3 50 (8.26%) SQL
4 46 (7.60%) C#
5 35 (5.79%) Bash
6 34 (5.62%) Java
7 26 (4.30%) VBScript
8 20 (3.31%) VB
9 19 (3.14%) XAML
10 17 (2.81%) Bicep
10 17 (2.81%) Perl
11 11 (1.82%) JavaScript
12 6 (0.99%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.50%) Go
13 3 (0.50%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.50%) R
14 2 (0.33%) C
14 2 (0.33%) C++
14 2 (0.33%) PHP
15 1 (0.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 117 (19.34%) Security Cleared
2 87 (14.38%) SC Cleared
3 86 (14.21%) Azure Certification
4 65 (10.74%) Degree
5 49 (8.10%) AWS Certification
6 46 (7.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 41 (6.78%) DV Cleared
8 35 (5.79%) Cisco Certification
9 31 (5.12%) CCNA
10 27 (4.46%) Microsoft Certification
11 17 (2.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 16 (2.64%) APMP
13 13 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
14 12 (1.98%) CCNP
15 11 (1.82%) MCSE
16 10 (1.65%) CISSP
17 7 (1.16%) DBS Check
18 6 (0.99%) PMI Certification
19 5 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
19 5 (0.83%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.47%) Cyber Essentials
2 20 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (1.98%) SLA
3 12 (1.98%) SOC 2
4 11 (1.82%) Data Quality
5 6 (0.99%) NIST
6 5 (0.83%) GDPR
7 3 (0.50%) COBIT
7 3 (0.50%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.50%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.33%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.17%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.17%) GxP
9 1 (0.17%) NCSC
9 1 (0.17%) PMO
9 1 (0.17%) QA
System Software
1 363 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 121 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 101 (16.69%) Hyper-V
4 49 (8.10%) Virtual Machines
5 42 (6.94%) VMware ESXi
6 25 (4.13%) Virtual Desktop
7 22 (3.64%) Virtual Servers
8 20 (3.31%) Docker
9 15 (2.48%) NFS
10 12 (1.98%) vSphere
11 10 (1.65%) pfSense
11 10 (1.65%) Terminal Services
12 3 (0.50%) Ceph
12 3 (0.50%) Firmware
13 2 (0.33%) DFS Replication
13 2 (0.33%) PowerDNS
13 2 (0.33%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.33%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.17%) KVM
14 1 (0.17%) Samba
Systems Management
1 96 (15.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 82 (13.55%) SCCM
3 56 (9.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 51 (8.43%) WSUS
5 47 (7.77%) Ansible
6 39 (6.45%) SCOM
7 35 (5.79%) Kubernetes
8 34 (5.62%) Terraform
9 26 (4.30%) Single Sign-On
10 17 (2.81%) Grafana
11 16 (2.64%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 15 (2.48%) ZABBIX
13 14 (2.31%) vCenter Server
14 11 (1.82%) Failover Clustering
15 10 (1.65%) Pingdom
16 9 (1.49%) SCDPM
17 7 (1.16%) CA Single Sign-On
17 7 (1.16%) Microsoft Clustering
17 7 (1.16%) Prometheus
18 6 (0.99%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 300 (49.59%) Microsoft
2 182 (30.08%) VMware
3 106 (17.52%) Cisco
4 68 (11.24%) Oracle
5 46 (7.60%) Sparx
6 42 (6.94%) Meraki
7 38 (6.28%) Fortinet
8 35 (5.79%) Veeam
9 34 (5.62%) Juniper
10 31 (5.12%) SolarWinds
11 26 (4.30%) Palo Alto
12 25 (4.13%) Apple
12 25 (4.13%) Citrix
13 22 (3.64%) Dell
13 22 (3.64%) Red Hat
14 19 (3.14%) CheckPoint
15 16 (2.64%) Ruckus Wireless
15 16 (2.64%) ServiceNow
16 15 (2.48%) Infoblox
17 14 (2.31%) Google