Domain Name System (DNS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for DNS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DNS over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 146 127 167
Rank change year-on-year -19 +40 +10
Contract jobs citing DNS 711 1,163 1,523
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.65% 2.01% 1.75%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.97% 16.24% 16.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 471 830 1,080
10th Percentile £213 £250 £213
25th Percentile £363 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +12.36%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £513 £425
% change year-on-year -2.44% +20.59% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 17 33
10th Percentile £19.25 £21.05 -
25th Percentile £23.80 £36.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.13 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.27% +70.92% -15.41%
75th Percentile - £83.00 £48.48
90th Percentile £60.00 £87.50 £64.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £46.11 £21.50
% change year-on-year -13.24% +114.44% -7.37%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

DNS is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,482 7,160 9,518
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.73% 12.34% 10.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,283 4,630 6,209
10th Percentile £205 £240 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.49% +3.65% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £606
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £440
% change year-on-year - +7.95% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 419 472 358
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.58 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.41
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -34.88% +5.22%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £50.77
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.95 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £46.14 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +149.38% -13.95% -10.42%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing DNS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for DNS in the UK

DNS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DNS.

Daily rate trend for DNS in the UK

DNS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DNS over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DNS in the UK

DNS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DNS.

Hourly rate trend for DNS in the UK

DNS
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DNS over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DNS in the UK

DNS
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -2 635 £485 -7.62% 399
UK excluding London -11 415 £500 -2.44% 314
London -8 250 £450 -18.18% 99
Work from Home -32 187 £475 -12.04% 136
South East +37 167 £500 -9.09% 76
Midlands +30 77 £450 +17.26% 65
West Midlands +27 64 £525 +23.53% 38
North of England -47 64 £475 -9.52% 79
South West -28 57 £575 +4.55% 34
Scotland +38 40 £275 -40.67% 17
North West -54 31 £425 -22.73% 51
Yorkshire +3 30 £515 -1.90% 22
East Midlands +3 12 £325 -13.33% 27
Northern Ireland +4 5 - - 6
East of England -38 5 £290 -44.76% 39
North East +8 3 £600 +100.84% 6
Wales -1 2 £575 +6.98% 6

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 134 (18.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 40 (5.63%) Confluence
3 39 (5.49%) SharePoint
4 24 (3.38%) IIS
5 22 (3.09%) Apache
6 17 (2.39%) nginx
6 17 (2.39%) Tomcat
7 15 (2.11%) Exchange Server 2013
8 14 (1.97%) Exchange Server 2010
9 9 (1.27%) JBoss
10 6 (0.84%) Apache Solr
10 6 (0.84%) CMS
10 6 (0.84%) OpenStack
11 5 (0.70%) Skype for Business
12 3 (0.42%) Drupal
12 3 (0.42%) IBM Domino
12 3 (0.42%) IBM Notes
12 3 (0.42%) WordPress
13 2 (0.28%) Traefik
14 1 (0.14%) EPiServer
Applications
1 39 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.83%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (1.27%) Temenos T24
2 4 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.14%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 244 (34.32%) Azure
2 151 (21.24%) Microsoft 365
3 133 (18.71%) AWS
4 106 (14.91%) Entra ID
5 49 (6.89%) GCP
6 48 (6.75%) IaaS
7 37 (5.20%) Azure Monitor
8 34 (4.78%) PaaS
9 29 (4.08%) SaaS
10 25 (3.52%) GitHub
11 22 (3.09%) Cloud Computing
12 21 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (2.95%) OCI
13 19 (2.67%) Azure Storage
13 19 (2.67%) OneDrive
13 19 (2.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 15 (2.11%) Amazon EC2
15 14 (1.97%) Akamai
15 14 (1.97%) Cloudflare
15 14 (1.97%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 387 (54.43%) DHCP
2 262 (36.85%) Firewall
3 155 (21.80%) TCP/IP
4 133 (18.71%) VPN
5 99 (13.92%) WAN
6 86 (12.10%) LAN
7 71 (9.99%) Network Security
8 67 (9.42%) SAN
9 56 (7.88%) VLAN
10 48 (6.75%) MPLS
10 48 (6.75%) Wi-Fi
11 47 (6.61%) BGP
12 44 (6.19%) Wireless
13 43 (6.05%) HTTP
14 34 (4.78%) SD-WAN
15 33 (4.64%) OSPF
16 32 (4.50%) Internet
16 32 (4.50%) SSL
17 28 (3.94%) Cisco Nexus
17 28 (3.94%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (6.19%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.39%) Amazon RDS
3 16 (2.25%) Elasticsearch
4 15 (2.11%) MySQL
5 14 (1.97%) Relational Database
6 11 (1.55%) RDBMS
7 9 (1.27%) NoSQL
7 9 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (0.84%) Power BI
9 5 (0.70%) Couchbase
10 4 (0.56%) Amazon QuickSight
10 4 (0.56%) Apache Cassandra
10 4 (0.56%) MariaDB
10 4 (0.56%) Redis
11 3 (0.42%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.28%) CouchDB
12 2 (0.28%) Hadoop
13 1 (0.14%) Bigtable
13 1 (0.14%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 51 (7.17%) JIRA
2 39 (5.49%) Git
3 26 (3.66%) Jenkins
4 17 (2.39%) GitLab
5 8 (1.13%) Sonatype Nexus
5 8 (1.13%) TeamCity
6 7 (0.98%) CircleCI
6 7 (0.98%) Travis CI
7 6 (0.84%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 5 (0.70%) Artifactory
8 5 (0.70%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.56%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.56%) Snyk
9 4 (0.56%) Subversion
10 3 (0.42%) Postman
10 3 (0.42%) Selenium
11 2 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
11 2 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
12 1 (0.14%) Darcs
12 1 (0.14%) Katalon Studio
General
1 220 (30.94%) Social Skills
2 99 (13.92%) Finance
3 79 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (6.19%) Public Sector
5 40 (5.63%) Telecoms
6 25 (3.52%) Banking
7 20 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
8 19 (2.67%) Military
9 14 (1.97%) Retail
10 10 (1.41%) Aerospace
10 10 (1.41%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (0.98%) Legal
13 6 (0.84%) Electronics
13 6 (0.84%) Marketing
13 6 (0.84%) Multimedia
14 5 (0.70%) French Language
14 5 (0.70%) Investment Banking
14 5 (0.70%) Mandarin Language
15 3 (0.42%) German Language
Job Titles
1 132 (18.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 91 (12.80%) Network Engineer
3 61 (8.58%) Senior
4 59 (8.30%) Support Engineer
5 49 (6.89%) Architect
6 43 (6.05%) Analyst
7 36 (5.06%) DevOps Engineer
8 32 (4.50%) Azure Engineer
9 31 (4.36%) Integration Engineer
10 30 (4.22%) Administrator
11 29 (4.08%) Security Engineer
12 27 (3.80%) Cloud Engineer
13 24 (3.38%) IT Support
14 21 (2.95%) 2nd Line Support
15 20 (2.81%) IT Engineer
16 19 (2.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 19 (2.67%) Server Engineer
16 19 (2.67%) Support Specialist
16 19 (2.67%) Systems Administrator
17 18 (2.53%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (4.78%) LDAP
2 26 (3.66%) JSON
3 24 (3.38%) ARM Templates
4 19 (2.67%) YAML
5 18 (2.53%) .NET
5 18 (2.53%) SAML
6 14 (1.97%) XML
7 10 (1.41%) Elastic Stack
8 9 (1.27%) IBM Integration Bus
9 8 (1.13%) CSS
9 8 (1.13%) RabbitMQ
9 8 (1.13%) Web Services
10 7 (0.98%) 802.1X
10 7 (0.98%) Kafka
10 7 (0.98%) Middleware
10 7 (0.98%) OAuth
11 6 (0.84%) Node.js
12 5 (0.70%) NETCONF
12 5 (0.70%) OAuth2
13 4 (0.56%) LEMP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 107 (15.05%) PKI
2 99 (13.92%) Data Centre
3 42 (5.91%) Clustering
4 27 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (3.23%) Cloud Native
5 23 (3.23%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 21 (2.95%) Management Information System
7 19 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
8 17 (2.39%) Replication
9 15 (2.11%) Private Cloud
10 13 (1.83%) Client/Server
11 11 (1.55%) Data Structures
11 11 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (1.55%) Linux Command Line
12 9 (1.27%) Fat Client
12 9 (1.27%) Public Cloud
12 9 (1.27%) Thin Client
12 9 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
13 8 (1.13%) Security Posture
14 7 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 384 (54.01%) Windows
2 249 (35.02%) Windows Server
3 167 (23.49%) Linux
4 102 (14.35%) Windows 10
5 90 (12.66%) Windows Server 2012
6 69 (9.70%) Windows Server 2019
7 58 (8.16%) Windows Server 2016
8 48 (6.75%) Windows 7
9 44 (6.19%) Unix
10 35 (4.92%) Windows Server 2008
11 34 (4.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 17 (2.39%) Ubuntu
13 16 (2.25%) VMS
14 14 (1.97%) Windows XP
15 13 (1.83%) Windows Server 2003
16 12 (1.69%) CentOS
17 9 (1.27%) Solaris
18 8 (1.13%) Oracle Linux
19 6 (0.84%) Debian
20 4 (0.56%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (21.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 109 (15.33%) Agile
2 109 (15.33%) ITIL
3 108 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
4 101 (14.21%) DevOps
5 90 (12.66%) Migration
6 76 (10.69%) Infrastructure as Code
7 62 (8.72%) CI/CD
7 62 (8.72%) Load Balancing
8 59 (8.30%) Cybersecurity
9 51 (7.17%) Customer Service
10 48 (6.75%) Computer Science
11 47 (6.61%) Disaster Recovery
12 45 (6.33%) Server Management
13 40 (5.63%) Project Delivery
14 39 (5.49%) Proactive Monitoring
14 39 (5.49%) Project Management
14 39 (5.49%) RBAC
15 38 (5.34%) Change Management
16 36 (5.06%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 198 (27.85%) PowerShell
2 90 (12.66%) Python
3 45 (6.33%) SQL
4 41 (5.77%) Bash
5 34 (4.78%) C#
6 32 (4.50%) Java
7 26 (3.66%) VBScript
8 21 (2.95%) VB
9 20 (2.81%) Bicep
10 18 (2.53%) Go
11 16 (2.25%) Shell Script
12 15 (2.11%) JavaScript
13 11 (1.55%) PHP
14 9 (1.27%) Perl
15 7 (0.98%) Ruby
16 6 (0.84%) TypeScript
17 5 (0.70%) C
18 4 (0.56%) C++
19 3 (0.42%) VB.NET
20 2 (0.28%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 202 (28.41%) Security Cleared
2 121 (17.02%) SC Cleared
3 109 (15.33%) Degree
4 102 (14.35%) Cisco Certification
5 87 (12.24%) DV Cleared
6 75 (10.55%) CCNP
7 72 (10.13%) CCNA
8 47 (6.61%) Microsoft Certification
9 29 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
10 26 (3.66%) MCSE
10 26 (3.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 19 (2.67%) MCSA
12 16 (2.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 13 (1.83%) A+ Certification
13 13 (1.83%) Azure Certification
13 13 (1.83%) CCIE
14 12 (1.69%) AWS Certification
15 11 (1.55%) CISSP
16 8 (1.13%) CCDP
16 8 (1.13%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.09%) NIST
2 21 (2.95%) GDPR
2 21 (2.95%) QA
3 14 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (1.83%) SLA
5 10 (1.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 9 (1.27%) ISO 9000
7 6 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (0.84%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.70%) NCSC
9 4 (0.56%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.42%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.28%) GRC
12 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.14%) COPPA
12 1 (0.14%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.14%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 387 (54.43%) Active Directory
2 181 (25.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 72 (10.13%) VMware ESXi
4 63 (8.86%) Hyper-V
5 51 (7.17%) Virtual Machines
6 43 (6.05%) Docker
7 38 (5.34%) Virtual Desktop
7 38 (5.34%) vSphere
8 30 (4.22%) XenApp
9 26 (3.66%) VMware NSX
10 20 (2.81%) Virtual Servers
11 15 (2.11%) VMware Workstation
12 14 (1.97%) XenDesktop
13 12 (1.69%) BitLocker
14 11 (1.55%) Terminal Services
15 10 (1.41%) NFS
16 8 (1.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 8 (1.13%) Firmware
16 8 (1.13%) Microsoft App-V
17 7 (0.98%) KVM
Systems Management
1 134 (18.85%) SCCM
2 70 (9.85%) Terraform
3 66 (9.28%) Ansible
3 66 (9.28%) Kubernetes
4 64 (9.00%) vCenter Server
5 61 (8.58%) WSUS
6 49 (6.89%) Microsoft Intune
7 46 (6.47%) SCOM
8 43 (6.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 25 (3.52%) NetBackup
10 22 (3.09%) EMC NetWorker
11 21 (2.95%) Puppet
12 16 (2.25%) FortiGate
13 14 (1.97%) Grafana
13 14 (1.97%) Prometheus
14 13 (1.83%) Kibana
14 13 (1.83%) Microsoft Clustering
15 11 (1.55%) Nagios
15 11 (1.55%) Progress Chef
15 11 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 292 (41.07%) Microsoft
2 229 (32.21%) VMware
3 152 (21.38%) Cisco
4 62 (8.72%) Palo Alto
5 55 (7.74%) Citrix
6 51 (7.17%) F5
7 48 (6.75%) Dell
8 42 (5.91%) Oracle
9 37 (5.20%) Veeam
10 34 (4.78%) HP
10 34 (4.78%) SolarWinds
11 32 (4.50%) Juniper
11 32 (4.50%) Symantec
12 29 (4.08%) Splunk
13 28 (3.94%) EMC
14 25 (3.52%) CheckPoint
15 24 (3.38%) Infoblox
16 23 (3.23%) Red Hat
17 22 (3.09%) IBM
17 22 (3.09%) ServiceNow