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

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 213 137 185
Rank change year-on-year -76 +48 +53
Permanent jobs citing DNS 262 799 796
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.58% 2.37% 1.92%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.27% 15.29% 17.09%
Number of salaries quoted 216 676 697
10th Percentile £29,875 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £39,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,850 £50,000 £45,950
Median % change year-on-year -10.30% +8.81% -8.10%
75th Percentile £60,625 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,125 £76,250 £81,000
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 3,169 5,225 4,658
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 19.07% 15.47% 11.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,649 3,372 3,460
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,562
25th Percentile £25,087 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £76,316
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £89,852
UK median annual salary £46,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.16% -5.00% -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 9 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 69 (26.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 60 (22.90%) SharePoint
3 28 (10.69%) IIS
4 15 (5.73%) nginx
5 14 (5.34%) Apache
6 10 (3.82%) Apache Solr
7 3 (1.15%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.76%) CMS
8 2 (0.76%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.76%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.38%) Umbraco
Applications
1 17 (6.49%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (3.05%) Sage 50
2 5 (1.91%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.76%) Carpe Diem
3 2 (0.76%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.76%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 145 (55.34%) Azure
2 128 (48.85%) Microsoft 365
3 65 (24.81%) Entra ID
4 54 (20.61%) AWS
5 35 (13.36%) SaaS
6 29 (11.07%) PaaS
7 28 (10.69%) IaaS
8 23 (8.78%) Power Platform
9 20 (7.63%) Azure DevOps
9 20 (7.63%) Azure Monitor
9 20 (7.63%) OneDrive
10 19 (7.25%) Power Automate
11 17 (6.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 16 (6.11%) Azure AI
12 16 (6.11%) Azure Key Vault
12 16 (6.11%) Azure Service Bus
13 10 (3.82%) GCP
14 7 (2.67%) Mimecast
14 7 (2.67%) Nutanix
14 7 (2.67%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 158 (60.31%) DHCP
2 133 (50.76%) Firewall
3 92 (35.11%) VPN
4 77 (29.39%) TCP/IP
5 52 (19.85%) WAN
6 43 (16.41%) VLAN
7 36 (13.74%) LAN
8 28 (10.69%) VoIP
9 24 (9.16%) SD-WAN
9 24 (9.16%) Wi-Fi
10 23 (8.78%) Wireless
11 19 (7.25%) Network Security
12 18 (6.87%) IPsec
13 16 (6.11%) SAN
14 12 (4.58%) HTTPS
15 10 (3.82%) BGP
15 10 (3.82%) Remote Desktop
16 9 (3.44%) OSPF
17 8 (3.05%) HTTP
17 8 (3.05%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (12.98%) SQL Server
2 31 (11.83%) MySQL
3 18 (6.87%) Power BI
4 16 (6.11%) Data Lake
5 11 (4.20%) Amazon RDS
5 11 (4.20%) NoSQL
6 10 (3.82%) Couchbase
7 6 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (2.29%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.91%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.76%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.38%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.38%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 26 (9.92%) Git
2 8 (3.05%) JIRA
3 5 (1.91%) Oracle Forms
3 5 (1.91%) Subversion
4 1 (0.38%) Grunt
4 1 (0.38%) Log4Net
4 1 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.38%) webpack
General
1 94 (35.88%) Social Skills
2 46 (17.56%) Finance
3 29 (11.07%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (4.20%) Public Sector
5 10 (3.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (3.44%) Manufacturing
7 8 (3.05%) Banking
7 8 (3.05%) Law
7 8 (3.05%) Local Government
7 8 (3.05%) Welsh Language
8 6 (2.29%) Automotive
8 6 (2.29%) Retail
9 5 (1.91%) Back Office
9 5 (1.91%) Police
9 5 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.91%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.53%) Marketing
11 2 (0.76%) Games
11 2 (0.76%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.76%) Legal
Job Titles
1 48 (18.32%) IT Support
2 41 (15.65%) Senior
3 40 (15.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 35 (13.36%) Support Engineer
5 33 (12.60%) 2nd Line Support
6 32 (12.21%) Analyst
7 24 (9.16%) IT Engineer
8 21 (8.02%) IT Technician
9 20 (7.63%) 3rd Line Support
9 20 (7.63%) Architect
10 19 (7.25%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 18 (6.87%) Support Analyst
12 17 (6.49%) IT Analyst
13 16 (6.11%) Cloud Architect
13 16 (6.11%) Network Engineer
14 15 (5.73%) IT Support Engineer
15 14 (5.34%) IT Support Analyst
16 13 (4.96%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
16 13 (4.96%) Lead
17 12 (4.58%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.82%) RabbitMQ
2 5 (1.91%) 802.1X
2 5 (1.91%) Middleware
3 3 (1.15%) HTML
3 3 (1.15%) LEMP Stack
3 3 (1.15%) Web Services
3 3 (1.15%) XML
4 2 (0.76%) EDI
4 2 (0.76%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.76%) JSON
4 2 (0.76%) LAMP
4 2 (0.76%) Loki
4 2 (0.76%) Node.js
5 1 (0.38%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.38%) Ajax
5 1 (0.38%) HTML5
5 1 (0.38%) Ninject
5 1 (0.38%) Razor View Engine
5 1 (0.38%) Sass
5 1 (0.38%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 36 (13.74%) Data Centre
2 26 (9.92%) Driving Licence
3 17 (6.49%) Management Information System
3 17 (6.49%) NHS
4 16 (6.11%) Onboarding
5 15 (5.73%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (4.96%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (3.05%) Client/Server
7 8 (3.05%) IoT
8 6 (2.29%) PKI
8 6 (2.29%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.91%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.53%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (1.53%) FPGA
10 4 (1.53%) GNSS
10 4 (1.53%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.53%) MicroBlaze
10 4 (1.53%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.53%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (1.53%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 181 (69.08%) Windows
2 127 (48.47%) Windows Server
3 66 (25.19%) Linux
4 17 (6.49%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (5.34%) Windows 10
5 14 (5.34%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (4.20%) Mac OS
7 10 (3.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (3.82%) Unix
8 7 (2.67%) CentOS
9 6 (2.29%) Android
10 4 (1.53%) Apple iOS
10 4 (1.53%) Debian
10 4 (1.53%) SUSE
11 3 (1.15%) Ubuntu
11 3 (1.15%) Windows 7
11 3 (1.15%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.76%) AIX
12 2 (0.76%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (35.50%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (26.72%) ITIL
3 48 (18.32%) Cybersecurity
4 45 (17.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 43 (16.41%) Disaster Recovery
6 42 (16.03%) DevOps
7 37 (14.12%) Service Management
8 35 (13.36%) Customer Service
9 34 (12.98%) CI/CD
10 30 (11.45%) Agile
11 28 (10.69%) Project Management
12 27 (10.31%) Continuous Improvement
13 24 (9.16%) Analytics
13 24 (9.16%) Artificial Intelligence
14 23 (8.78%) Incident Management
14 23 (8.78%) Infrastructure as Code
14 23 (8.78%) Migration
15 22 (8.40%) Roadmaps
16 21 (8.02%) B2B
16 21 (8.02%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 61 (23.28%) PowerShell
2 47 (17.94%) SQL
3 31 (11.83%) Python
4 17 (6.49%) Bicep
5 12 (4.58%) PHP
6 10 (3.82%) Bash
7 6 (2.29%) C
7 6 (2.29%) C++
8 5 (1.91%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.53%) Perl
9 4 (1.53%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.76%) AWK
10 2 (0.76%) Java
10 2 (0.76%) Korn
11 1 (0.38%) C#
11 1 (0.38%) Go
11 1 (0.38%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 36 (13.74%) Azure Certification
2 29 (11.07%) DBS Check
2 29 (11.07%) Degree
2 29 (11.07%) Microsoft Certification
3 18 (6.87%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (6.49%) CCNA
4 17 (6.49%) Network+ Certification
5 15 (5.73%) MCSA
5 15 (5.73%) Security Cleared
6 13 (4.96%) MCSE
7 10 (3.82%) A+ Certification
7 10 (3.82%) SC Cleared
8 7 (2.67%) DV Cleared
8 7 (2.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 6 (2.29%) MCP
10 5 (1.91%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.53%) CCNP
12 2 (0.76%) CCIE
12 2 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.76%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.69%) SLA
2 6 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.15%) GDPR
4 2 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (0.76%) NIST
4 2 (0.76%) QA
5 1 (0.38%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.38%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.38%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 146 (55.73%) Active Directory
2 64 (24.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 55 (20.99%) Hyper-V
4 27 (10.31%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (6.11%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (6.11%) vSphere
6 12 (4.58%) Virtual Desktop
7 11 (4.20%) Docker
8 9 (3.44%) VMware NSX
9 8 (3.05%) Firmware
10 6 (2.29%) Terminal Services
11 4 (1.53%) Embedded Firmware
12 3 (1.15%) Squid
13 2 (0.76%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.76%) KVM
13 2 (0.76%) Postfix
13 2 (0.76%) Sendmail
14 1 (0.38%) Forefront TMG
14 1 (0.38%) LXC
14 1 (0.38%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 36 (13.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (10.31%) Ansible
3 24 (9.16%) Terraform
4 23 (8.78%) Single Sign-On
5 18 (6.87%) Kubernetes
6 10 (3.82%) SCCM
7 9 (3.44%) vCenter Server
8 8 (3.05%) Progress Chef
8 8 (3.05%) SCOM
9 5 (1.91%) ZABBIX
10 4 (1.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (1.53%) Nagios
10 4 (1.53%) WSUS
11 3 (1.15%) HAProxy
11 3 (1.15%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (1.15%) Puppet
12 2 (0.76%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.76%) Red Hat Satellite
12 2 (0.76%) SCOrch
12 2 (0.76%) SCSM
Vendors
1 146 (55.73%) Microsoft
2 78 (29.77%) VMware
3 33 (12.60%) Cisco
4 24 (9.16%) Meraki
5 16 (6.11%) Databricks
5 16 (6.11%) HP
6 15 (5.73%) Oracle
7 14 (5.34%) Dell
8 11 (4.20%) Red Hat
9 10 (3.82%) Google
10 9 (3.44%) Sage
10 9 (3.44%) SolarWinds
11 8 (3.05%) Apple
11 8 (3.05%) Veeam
12 7 (2.67%) Fortinet
12 7 (2.67%) IBM
12 7 (2.67%) NetApp
12 7 (2.67%) ServiceNow
13 6 (2.29%) Citrix
13 6 (2.29%) Juniper