DNS Jobs with Work from Home Options

Domain Name System (DNS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 134 189 237
Rank change year-on-year +55 +48 -42
Permanent jobs citing DNS 804 824 1,129
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.38% 1.91% 1.69%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.25% 16.97% 15.49%
Number of salaries quoted 681 702 860
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,975 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.75% -8.05% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £43,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.35% -5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,272 4,857 7,288
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.62% 11.26% 10.92%
Number of salaries quoted 3,412 3,588 4,891
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,750 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £56,150
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +2.40% +6.95%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,688 £73,675
90th Percentile £80,000 £89,852 £87,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +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 27 April 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
1 168 (20.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 87 (10.82%) SharePoint
3 66 (8.21%) IIS
4 46 (5.72%) WebLogic
5 21 (2.61%) CMS
6 18 (2.24%) nginx
7 17 (2.11%) WordPress
8 15 (1.87%) Apache
8 15 (1.87%) Confluence
9 9 (1.12%) Tomcat
10 7 (0.87%) OpenStack
11 6 (0.75%) Exchange Server 2010
12 5 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2013
12 5 (0.62%) SAS
12 5 (0.62%) Umbraco
13 3 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2007
14 2 (0.25%) Apache Solr
15 1 (0.12%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
15 1 (0.12%) Gunicorn
15 1 (0.12%) uWSGI
Applications
1 35 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.75%) Trello
3 3 (0.37%) SPSS
4 2 (0.25%) CATIA
4 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.25%) NASTRAN
5 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 46 (5.72%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (0.62%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.37%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.25%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 526 (65.42%) Azure
2 344 (42.79%) Microsoft 365
3 229 (28.48%) AWS
4 146 (18.16%) Entra ID
5 52 (6.47%) IaaS
6 46 (5.72%) Amazon EKS
6 46 (5.72%) Amazon SQS
7 44 (5.47%) GCP
8 38 (4.73%) Azure DevOps
9 30 (3.73%) Power Platform
10 29 (3.61%) Nutanix
11 24 (2.99%) OneDrive
12 22 (2.74%) Azure Monitor
13 20 (2.49%) GitHub
14 19 (2.36%) Azure Data Factory
15 18 (2.24%) Azure App Service
15 18 (2.24%) WhatsApp
16 17 (2.11%) Amazon S3
16 17 (2.11%) Azure Storage
17 16 (1.99%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 422 (52.49%) DHCP
2 348 (43.28%) Firewall
3 255 (31.72%) TCP/IP
4 175 (21.77%) WAN
5 148 (18.41%) LAN
6 140 (17.41%) VPN
7 116 (14.43%) SSL
8 96 (11.94%) VLAN
9 90 (11.19%) Wi-Fi
10 63 (7.84%) BGP
10 63 (7.84%) SAN
11 58 (7.21%) Internet
12 54 (6.72%) Wireless
13 52 (6.47%) Network Security
14 45 (5.60%) VoIP
15 40 (4.98%) HTTP
16 38 (4.73%) SD-WAN
17 34 (4.23%) DKIM
17 34 (4.23%) DMARC
18 32 (3.98%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (11.07%) SQL Server
2 68 (8.46%) Amazon RDS
3 56 (6.97%) Oracle Database
4 49 (6.09%) Relational Database
5 46 (5.72%) RDBMS
6 34 (4.23%) MySQL
7 19 (2.36%) Power BI
8 15 (1.87%) Elasticsearch
9 12 (1.49%) MongoDB
9 12 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (0.87%) NoSQL
12 6 (0.75%) Redis
13 3 (0.37%) Big Data
13 3 (0.37%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.37%) EDRMS
13 3 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 2 (0.25%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 30 (3.73%) Jenkins
2 27 (3.36%) JIRA
3 17 (2.11%) Git
4 10 (1.24%) Trac
5 5 (0.62%) GitLab
6 4 (0.50%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.50%) Charles Proxy
6 4 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (0.50%) Subversion
7 3 (0.37%) webpack
8 2 (0.25%) Browser DevTools
8 2 (0.25%) Grunt
8 2 (0.25%) MSBuild
9 1 (0.12%) gulp
9 1 (0.12%) Log4Net
9 1 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 239 (29.73%) Social Skills
2 103 (12.81%) Finance
3 93 (11.57%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (3.86%) Telecoms
5 23 (2.86%) Public Sector
6 20 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (1.99%) Marketing
8 13 (1.62%) Banking
8 13 (1.62%) Games
9 12 (1.49%) Legal
10 9 (1.12%) Law
11 7 (0.87%) Aerospace
11 7 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (0.87%) Publishing
12 6 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (0.75%) French Language
12 6 (0.75%) German Language
12 6 (0.75%) Italian Language
12 6 (0.75%) Portuguese Language
12 6 (0.75%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 154 (19.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 122 (15.17%) Senior
3 92 (11.44%) Analyst
4 88 (10.95%) Lead
5 70 (8.71%) Architect
6 68 (8.46%) IT Support
7 65 (8.08%) Support Engineer
8 59 (7.34%) IT Engineer
9 56 (6.97%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 49 (6.09%) Solutions Architect
11 48 (5.97%) 3rd Line Support
12 46 (5.72%) Lead Architect
12 46 (5.72%) Lead Solutions Architect
12 46 (5.72%) Network Engineer
13 44 (5.47%) DevOps Engineer
14 39 (4.85%) Consultant
15 35 (4.35%) Developer
16 33 (4.10%) IT Analyst
17 32 (3.98%) Azure Engineer
18 31 (3.86%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (5.97%) RabbitMQ
2 46 (5.72%) Spring Boot
3 39 (4.85%) REST
4 36 (4.48%) .NET
5 33 (4.10%) HTML
6 30 (3.73%) CSS
7 25 (3.11%) ASP.NET
8 23 (2.86%) React
9 22 (2.74%) ASP.NET MVC
10 21 (2.61%) Vue
11 20 (2.49%) AngularJS
11 20 (2.49%) SAML
11 20 (2.49%) Tailwind CSS
12 19 (2.36%) jQuery
12 19 (2.36%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 19 (2.36%) WPF
13 18 (2.24%) ARM Templates
14 17 (2.11%) OAuth
15 16 (1.99%) OpenID
15 16 (1.99%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 95 (11.82%) Public Cloud
2 94 (11.69%) Data Centre
3 68 (8.46%) Enterprise Software
4 62 (7.71%) PKI
5 47 (5.85%) Self-Motivation
6 26 (3.23%) Cyberattack
7 23 (2.86%) Onboarding
8 22 (2.74%) Client/Server
9 20 (2.49%) Driving Licence
9 20 (2.49%) Management Information System
10 16 (1.99%) IoT
11 15 (1.87%) Video Conferencing
12 14 (1.74%) Clustering
13 12 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
13 12 (1.49%) PMI
14 11 (1.37%) Replication
15 8 (1.00%) Cloud Native
15 8 (1.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 8 (1.00%) EFT
16 7 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 455 (56.59%) Windows
2 276 (34.33%) Windows Server
3 215 (26.74%) Linux
4 74 (9.20%) Windows Server 2016
5 62 (7.71%) Windows Server 2019
6 61 (7.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 60 (7.46%) Windows 10
8 53 (6.59%) Windows Server 2012
9 21 (2.61%) Android
9 21 (2.61%) Windows Server 2008
10 17 (2.11%) Apple iOS
10 17 (2.11%) Mac OS
11 16 (1.99%) Unix
12 10 (1.24%) VMS
13 9 (1.12%) CentOS
13 9 (1.12%) Mac OS X
14 7 (0.87%) Windows 7
14 7 (0.87%) Windows Server 2003
15 6 (0.75%) Ubuntu
15 6 (0.75%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (22.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 175 (21.77%) Agile
3 144 (17.91%) Problem-Solving
4 137 (17.04%) ITIL
5 136 (16.92%) DevOps
6 102 (12.69%) Migration
7 98 (12.19%) Project Management
8 76 (9.45%) CI/CD
9 72 (8.96%) Disaster Recovery
10 71 (8.83%) Collaborative Working
10 71 (8.83%) Cybersecurity
10 71 (8.83%) Scrum
11 70 (8.71%) Load Balancing
12 66 (8.21%) Kanban
12 66 (8.21%) Open Source
13 61 (7.59%) Infrastructure as Code
14 59 (7.34%) Actionable Insight
15 54 (6.72%) Customer Service
16 53 (6.59%) Service Management
17 51 (6.34%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 164 (20.40%) PowerShell
2 76 (9.45%) Python
3 69 (8.58%) SQL
4 47 (5.85%) C#
5 45 (5.60%) Bash
6 32 (3.98%) Perl
7 31 (3.86%) Java
8 30 (3.73%) VBScript
9 28 (3.48%) T-SQL
10 22 (2.74%) PHP
11 21 (2.61%) JavaScript
11 21 (2.61%) VB
12 19 (2.36%) XAML
13 17 (2.11%) Bicep
14 10 (1.24%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.50%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.25%) C
16 2 (0.25%) C++
17 1 (0.12%) ActionScript
17 1 (0.12%) R
Qualifications
1 106 (13.18%) Security Cleared
2 89 (11.07%) Degree
3 80 (9.95%) SC Cleared
4 75 (9.33%) Azure Certification
5 51 (6.34%) Cisco Certification
6 50 (6.22%) AWS Certification
7 48 (5.97%) CCNA
8 46 (5.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 39 (4.85%) Microsoft Certification
10 29 (3.61%) DV Cleared
11 23 (2.86%) MCSE
12 17 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
13 16 (1.99%) APMP
13 16 (1.99%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 12 (1.49%) CCNP
14 12 (1.49%) PMI Certification
15 10 (1.24%) CISSP
16 9 (1.12%) A+ Certification
17 8 (1.00%) ITIL Certification
18 5 (0.62%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
2 19 (2.36%) SLA
3 18 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (1.87%) Data Quality
5 13 (1.62%) SOC 2
6 4 (0.50%) COBIT
6 4 (0.50%) GDPR
6 4 (0.50%) NIST
7 3 (0.37%) QA
8 2 (0.25%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.25%) PMO
9 1 (0.12%) GxP
9 1 (0.12%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.12%) JSP 440
System Software
1 450 (55.97%) Active Directory
2 185 (23.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 146 (18.16%) Hyper-V
4 62 (7.71%) Virtual Machines
5 48 (5.97%) Docker
6 46 (5.72%) VMware ESXi
7 29 (3.61%) Virtual Servers
8 27 (3.36%) Virtual Desktop
9 16 (1.99%) NFS
10 15 (1.87%) vSphere
11 11 (1.37%) DFS Replication
12 10 (1.24%) pfSense
13 7 (0.87%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.25%) VMware NSX
14 2 (0.25%) XenApp
14 2 (0.25%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.12%) KVM
15 1 (0.12%) PowerDNS
15 1 (0.12%) Samba
15 1 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 126 (15.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 70 (8.71%) SCCM
2 70 (8.71%) Terraform
3 62 (7.71%) Ansible
4 58 (7.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 56 (6.97%) WSUS
6 45 (5.60%) Kubernetes
7 33 (4.10%) Single Sign-On
8 32 (3.98%) SCOM
9 28 (3.48%) Grafana
10 26 (3.23%) vCenter Server
11 24 (2.99%) CASB
12 22 (2.74%) ZABBIX
13 21 (2.61%) Puppet
14 16 (1.99%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 13 (1.62%) HAProxy
16 12 (1.49%) CA Single Sign-On
16 12 (1.49%) Opsgenie
16 12 (1.49%) VxRail
17 11 (1.37%) Nagios
Vendors
1 400 (49.75%) Microsoft
2 263 (32.71%) VMware
3 120 (14.93%) Cisco
4 70 (8.71%) Oracle
5 53 (6.59%) Meraki
6 47 (5.85%) Citrix
7 46 (5.72%) Sparx
8 39 (4.85%) Juniper
8 39 (4.85%) Veeam
9 38 (4.73%) Fortinet
10 36 (4.48%) SolarWinds
11 31 (3.86%) Dell
12 30 (3.73%) Apple
13 25 (3.11%) Palo Alto
14 22 (2.74%) HP
15 19 (2.36%) Ruckus Wireless
16 16 (1.99%) McAfee
16 16 (1.99%) NetApp
17 15 (1.87%) Red Hat
18 14 (1.74%) Google