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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 134 188 233
Rank change year-on-year +54 +45 -35
Permanent jobs citing DNS 799 795 1,155
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.36% 1.93% 1.68%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.30% 17.23% 15.32%
Number of salaries quoted 675 699 859
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £27,950
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,950 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.81% -8.10% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £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 5,221 4,615 7,539
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.44% 11.19% 10.98%
Number of salaries quoted 3,367 3,446 4,936
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,569 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £89,301 £88,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +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 10 May 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
1 159 (19.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 85 (10.64%) SharePoint
3 66 (8.26%) IIS
4 46 (5.76%) WebLogic
5 20 (2.50%) CMS
6 18 (2.25%) nginx
7 16 (2.00%) WordPress
8 15 (1.88%) Apache
9 11 (1.38%) Confluence
10 7 (0.88%) OpenStack
11 5 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2013
11 5 (0.63%) SAS
11 5 (0.63%) Tomcat
11 5 (0.63%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2007
12 3 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
13 2 (0.25%) Apache Solr
14 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
14 1 (0.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.13%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 36 (4.51%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.75%) Trello
3 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.38%) SPSS
4 2 (0.25%) CATIA
4 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.25%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 46 (5.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 6 (0.75%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.25%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.25%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 515 (64.46%) Azure
2 341 (42.68%) Microsoft 365
3 225 (28.16%) AWS
4 148 (18.52%) Entra ID
5 51 (6.38%) IaaS
6 46 (5.76%) Amazon EKS
6 46 (5.76%) Amazon SQS
7 39 (4.88%) GCP
8 38 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (3.38%) Nutanix
9 27 (3.38%) Power Platform
10 23 (2.88%) OneDrive
11 22 (2.75%) Azure Monitor
12 21 (2.63%) GitHub
13 19 (2.38%) Azure Data Factory
13 19 (2.38%) WhatsApp
14 18 (2.25%) PaaS
15 17 (2.13%) Amazon S3
15 17 (2.13%) Azure App Service
15 17 (2.13%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 413 (51.69%) DHCP
2 345 (43.18%) Firewall
3 254 (31.79%) TCP/IP
4 172 (21.53%) WAN
5 145 (18.15%) LAN
6 133 (16.65%) VPN
7 111 (13.89%) SSL
8 90 (11.26%) VLAN
9 88 (11.01%) Wi-Fi
10 66 (8.26%) SAN
11 62 (7.76%) BGP
12 55 (6.88%) Internet
12 55 (6.88%) Network Security
13 54 (6.76%) Wireless
14 45 (5.63%) VoIP
15 39 (4.88%) SD-WAN
16 37 (4.63%) HTTP
17 34 (4.26%) DKIM
17 34 (4.26%) DMARC
17 34 (4.26%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (11.39%) SQL Server
2 64 (8.01%) Amazon RDS
3 57 (7.13%) Oracle Database
4 49 (6.13%) Relational Database
5 46 (5.76%) RDBMS
6 29 (3.63%) MySQL
7 16 (2.00%) Power BI
8 15 (1.88%) Elasticsearch
9 12 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 11 (1.38%) MongoDB
11 10 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (0.88%) NoSQL
13 6 (0.75%) Redis
14 3 (0.38%) Big Data
14 3 (0.38%) Data Lake
14 3 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.38%) EDRMS
14 3 (0.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 3 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 2 (0.25%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 30 (3.75%) Jenkins
2 23 (2.88%) JIRA
3 17 (2.13%) Git
4 10 (1.25%) Trac
5 5 (0.63%) GitLab
6 4 (0.50%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.50%) Charles Proxy
6 4 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (0.50%) Subversion
7 2 (0.25%) Browser DevTools
7 2 (0.25%) Grunt
7 2 (0.25%) webpack
8 1 (0.13%) Log4Net
8 1 (0.13%) MSBuild
8 1 (0.13%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 232 (29.04%) Social Skills
2 97 (12.14%) Finance
3 90 (11.26%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (3.50%) Telecoms
5 23 (2.88%) Public Sector
6 18 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (2.00%) Marketing
8 14 (1.75%) Games
9 13 (1.63%) Legal
10 12 (1.50%) Aerospace
11 10 (1.25%) Banking
12 8 (1.00%) Law
13 6 (0.75%) French Language
13 6 (0.75%) German Language
13 6 (0.75%) Italian Language
13 6 (0.75%) Manufacturing
13 6 (0.75%) Portuguese Language
13 6 (0.75%) Publishing
13 6 (0.75%) Spanish Language
13 6 (0.75%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 149 (18.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 115 (14.39%) Senior
3 94 (11.76%) Analyst
4 88 (11.01%) Lead
5 69 (8.64%) Architect
6 67 (8.39%) IT Support
7 59 (7.38%) IT Engineer
7 59 (7.38%) Support Engineer
8 53 (6.63%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 49 (6.13%) Solutions Architect
10 47 (5.88%) 3rd Line Support
11 46 (5.76%) Lead Architect
11 46 (5.76%) Lead Solutions Architect
12 44 (5.51%) Network Engineer
13 40 (5.01%) DevOps Engineer
14 39 (4.88%) Consultant
15 35 (4.38%) IT Analyst
16 34 (4.26%) Developer
17 30 (3.75%) Azure Engineer
18 29 (3.63%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (6.01%) RabbitMQ
2 46 (5.76%) Spring Boot
3 38 (4.76%) REST
4 36 (4.51%) .NET
5 32 (4.01%) HTML
6 29 (3.63%) CSS
7 24 (3.00%) ASP.NET
8 22 (2.75%) ASP.NET MVC
8 22 (2.75%) React
9 21 (2.63%) Vue
10 20 (2.50%) AngularJS
11 19 (2.38%) jQuery
11 19 (2.38%) SAML
11 19 (2.38%) Tailwind CSS
11 19 (2.38%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 19 (2.38%) WPF
12 18 (2.25%) ARM Templates
13 16 (2.00%) JWT
13 16 (2.00%) OAuth
13 16 (2.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 92 (11.51%) Data Centre
1 92 (11.51%) Public Cloud
2 67 (8.39%) Enterprise Software
3 63 (7.88%) PKI
4 49 (6.13%) Self-Motivation
5 26 (3.25%) Cyberattack
6 23 (2.88%) Management Information System
7 22 (2.75%) Client/Server
8 21 (2.63%) Onboarding
9 19 (2.38%) Driving Licence
10 15 (1.88%) Clustering
10 15 (1.88%) Video Conferencing
11 14 (1.75%) IoT
12 13 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
13 12 (1.50%) PMI
14 11 (1.38%) Replication
15 9 (1.13%) Cloud Native
16 8 (1.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
16 8 (1.00%) EFT
17 7 (0.88%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 452 (56.57%) Windows
2 274 (34.29%) Windows Server
3 211 (26.41%) Linux
4 75 (9.39%) Windows Server 2016
5 63 (7.88%) Windows 10
6 61 (7.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 61 (7.63%) Windows Server 2019
7 49 (6.13%) Windows Server 2012
8 20 (2.50%) Android
9 19 (2.38%) Windows Server 2008
10 18 (2.25%) Mac OS
11 17 (2.13%) Apple iOS
12 13 (1.63%) Unix
13 10 (1.25%) VMS
14 9 (1.13%) CentOS
14 9 (1.13%) Mac OS X
15 7 (0.88%) Windows 7
15 7 (0.88%) Windows Server 2003
16 6 (0.75%) Windows 8
17 5 (0.63%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (22.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 169 (21.15%) Agile
3 147 (18.40%) Problem-Solving
4 132 (16.52%) ITIL
5 130 (16.27%) DevOps
6 102 (12.77%) Project Management
7 98 (12.27%) Migration
8 75 (9.39%) CI/CD
9 72 (9.01%) Disaster Recovery
10 71 (8.89%) Collaborative Working
10 71 (8.89%) Cybersecurity
11 70 (8.76%) Load Balancing
11 70 (8.76%) Scrum
12 66 (8.26%) Kanban
13 65 (8.14%) Open Source
14 62 (7.76%) Infrastructure as Code
15 58 (7.26%) Actionable Insight
16 54 (6.76%) Information Security
16 54 (6.76%) Service Management
17 51 (6.38%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 160 (20.03%) PowerShell
2 75 (9.39%) Python
3 68 (8.51%) SQL
4 46 (5.76%) C#
5 43 (5.38%) Bash
6 32 (4.01%) Java
7 30 (3.75%) VBScript
8 29 (3.63%) Perl
9 28 (3.50%) T-SQL
10 21 (2.63%) VB
11 20 (2.50%) JavaScript
12 19 (2.38%) XAML
13 18 (2.25%) PHP
14 17 (2.13%) Bicep
15 10 (1.25%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.38%) R
17 2 (0.25%) C
17 2 (0.25%) C++
17 2 (0.25%) Shell Script
18 1 (0.13%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 114 (14.27%) Security Cleared
2 89 (11.14%) Degree
3 79 (9.89%) SC Cleared
4 77 (9.64%) Azure Certification
5 50 (6.26%) AWS Certification
5 50 (6.26%) Cisco Certification
6 47 (5.88%) CCNA
7 46 (5.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 38 (4.76%) DV Cleared
9 37 (4.63%) Microsoft Certification
10 23 (2.88%) MCSE
11 17 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
12 16 (2.00%) APMP
12 16 (2.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 12 (1.50%) CCNP
13 12 (1.50%) PMI Certification
14 10 (1.25%) CISSP
15 7 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
16 6 (0.75%) A+ Certification
17 5 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 22 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (2.63%) SLA
4 14 (1.75%) SOC 2
5 13 (1.63%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.63%) NIST
7 4 (0.50%) COBIT
7 4 (0.50%) GDPR
8 3 (0.38%) JSP 440
8 3 (0.38%) QA
9 2 (0.25%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.25%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.25%) PMO
10 1 (0.13%) GxP
10 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 448 (56.07%) Active Directory
2 180 (22.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 147 (18.40%) Hyper-V
4 61 (7.63%) Virtual Machines
5 48 (6.01%) Docker
6 46 (5.76%) VMware ESXi
7 28 (3.50%) Virtual Desktop
7 28 (3.50%) Virtual Servers
8 17 (2.13%) NFS
9 16 (2.00%) vSphere
10 10 (1.25%) DFS Replication
10 10 (1.25%) pfSense
11 7 (0.88%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.25%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.25%) XenApp
12 2 (0.25%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.13%) Firmware
13 1 (0.13%) KVM
13 1 (0.13%) PowerDNS
13 1 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 125 (15.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 72 (9.01%) SCCM
3 71 (8.89%) Terraform
4 63 (7.88%) Ansible
5 59 (7.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 54 (6.76%) WSUS
7 45 (5.63%) Kubernetes
8 35 (4.38%) Single Sign-On
9 33 (4.13%) SCOM
10 28 (3.50%) Grafana
10 28 (3.50%) vCenter Server
11 24 (3.00%) CASB
12 22 (2.75%) ZABBIX
13 21 (2.63%) Puppet
14 16 (2.00%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 14 (1.75%) HAProxy
16 12 (1.50%) CA Single Sign-On
16 12 (1.50%) Nagios
16 12 (1.50%) Opsgenie
16 12 (1.50%) VxRail
Vendors
1 399 (49.94%) Microsoft
2 261 (32.67%) VMware
3 119 (14.89%) Cisco
4 73 (9.14%) Oracle
5 51 (6.38%) Meraki
6 47 (5.88%) Citrix
7 46 (5.76%) Sparx
8 43 (5.38%) Juniper
9 40 (5.01%) Fortinet
10 38 (4.76%) Veeam
11 36 (4.51%) SolarWinds
12 33 (4.13%) Dell
13 31 (3.88%) Apple
14 28 (3.50%) Palo Alto
15 20 (2.50%) Red Hat
16 19 (2.38%) HP
17 17 (2.13%) CheckPoint
17 17 (2.13%) Ruckus Wireless
18 16 (2.00%) McAfee
18 16 (2.00%) NetApp