DNS Jobs in England

Domain Name System (DNS)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 167 212
Rank change year-on-year +37 +45 -46
Permanent jobs citing DNS 1,923 1,916 2,745
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.16% 2.21% 1.96%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.88% 13.82% 14.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,612 1,495 2,102
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,225 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.06% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,000 £76,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £43,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.35% -5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,108 13,862 18,697
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.63% 16.01% 13.36%
Number of salaries quoted 8,547 7,048 10,458
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for DNS in England

DNS
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DNS in England.

Salary trend for DNS in England

DNS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for DNS in England

DNS
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the England region over the 6 months to 28 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +42 496 £55,001 +0.00% 93
South East -3 432 £42,500 +6.25% 79
North of England +16 343 £42,500 - 86
Midlands +72 308 £37,500 -1.32% 50
South West +7 191 £37,500 -6.25% 39
North West +6 181 £45,000 - 53
West Midlands +51 165 £39,750 +3.25% 31
East of England -10 150 £41,500 -2.35% 44
East Midlands +55 139 £37,500 +2.74% 19
Yorkshire +51 118 £32,500 -18.75% 27
North East +6 50 £42,500 +9.97% 6
DNS
UK

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 471 (24.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 298 (15.50%) SharePoint
3 119 (6.19%) IIS
4 34 (1.77%) WordPress
5 33 (1.72%) CMS
5 33 (1.72%) Exchange Server 2013
6 28 (1.46%) WebLogic
7 26 (1.35%) Exchange Server 2010
8 24 (1.25%) Apache
8 24 (1.25%) Confluence
9 22 (1.14%) Exchange Server 2007
9 22 (1.14%) nginx
10 11 (0.57%) Skype for Business
11 9 (0.47%) Tomcat
12 7 (0.36%) Umbraco
13 5 (0.26%) SAS
14 4 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2003
15 3 (0.16%) Apache Solr
16 2 (0.10%) Moodle
16 2 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 243 (12.64%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.26%) Trello
5 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.21%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.16%) SPSS
7 2 (0.10%) CATIA
7 2 (0.10%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 28 (1.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 17 (0.88%) Fidessa
3 7 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.26%) Oracle Cash Management
5 4 (0.21%) Sage 200
6 3 (0.16%) Epicor Tropos
7 2 (0.10%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.052%) Carpe Diem
8 1 (0.052%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.052%) Eikon
8 1 (0.052%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.052%) Sage 300 ERP
8 1 (0.052%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.052%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.052%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.052%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.052%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 1,063 (55.28%) Azure
2 895 (46.54%) Microsoft 365
3 376 (19.55%) AWS
4 345 (17.94%) Entra ID
5 115 (5.98%) IaaS
6 103 (5.36%) OneDrive
7 78 (4.06%) SaaS
8 71 (3.69%) PaaS
8 71 (3.69%) Power Platform
9 66 (3.43%) GCP
10 57 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
11 51 (2.65%) Mimecast
12 45 (2.34%) Nutanix
13 43 (2.24%) GitHub
14 40 (2.08%) OpenShift
15 32 (1.66%) Amazon EKS
16 28 (1.46%) Amazon SQS
16 28 (1.46%) Azure Monitor
16 28 (1.46%) Azure Storage
17 26 (1.35%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 1,198 (62.30%) DHCP
2 788 (40.98%) Firewall
3 615 (31.98%) TCP/IP
4 387 (20.12%) WAN
5 379 (19.71%) VPN
6 337 (17.52%) LAN
7 239 (12.43%) VLAN
8 207 (10.76%) Wi-Fi
9 191 (9.93%) Wireless
10 187 (9.72%) SAN
11 137 (7.12%) SSL
12 111 (5.77%) HTTP
13 107 (5.56%) Network Security
14 98 (5.10%) VoIP
15 95 (4.94%) Internet
16 93 (4.84%) SD-WAN
17 79 (4.11%) BGP
18 62 (3.22%) SNMP
19 58 (3.02%) NAS
20 56 (2.91%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 204 (10.61%) SQL Server
2 64 (3.33%) Amazon RDS
3 45 (2.34%) MySQL
4 39 (2.03%) Oracle Database
4 39 (2.03%) Relational Database
5 36 (1.87%) Power BI
6 33 (1.72%) RDBMS
7 21 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
8 20 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
9 18 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
10 16 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 14 (0.73%) Redis
12 10 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 9 (0.47%) MongoDB
14 8 (0.42%) NoSQL
15 6 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
16 3 (0.16%) Big Data
16 3 (0.16%) Crystal Reports
16 3 (0.16%) EDRMS
16 3 (0.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 58 (3.02%) Jenkins
2 50 (2.60%) JIRA
3 39 (2.03%) Git
4 20 (1.04%) GitLab
5 10 (0.52%) Trac
6 7 (0.36%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.36%) Katalon Studio
7 4 (0.21%) Charles Proxy
7 4 (0.21%) Octopus Deploy
7 4 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.16%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.16%) Subversion
8 3 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.10%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.10%) Browser DevTools
9 2 (0.10%) git-flow
9 2 (0.10%) Hudson
10 1 (0.052%) Selenium
10 1 (0.052%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.052%) Zephyr
General
1 520 (27.04%) Social Skills
2 214 (11.13%) Finance
3 193 (10.04%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (3.54%) Telecoms
5 51 (2.65%) Public Sector
6 48 (2.50%) Law
7 43 (2.24%) Banking
8 39 (2.03%) Aerospace
9 37 (1.92%) Marketing
10 33 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 30 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
12 29 (1.51%) Manufacturing
13 28 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
13 28 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
14 24 (1.25%) Legal
15 23 (1.20%) Retail
16 14 (0.73%) Games
17 9 (0.47%) Automotive
18 8 (0.42%) Electronics
19 7 (0.36%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 383 (19.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 246 (12.79%) Senior
3 243 (12.64%) Analyst
4 236 (12.27%) IT Support
4 236 (12.27%) Support Engineer
5 210 (10.92%) IT Engineer
6 122 (6.34%) Network Engineer
7 114 (5.93%) Lead
8 110 (5.72%) IT Support Engineer
9 104 (5.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 90 (4.68%) 2nd Line Support
11 87 (4.52%) Architect
12 85 (4.42%) Support Analyst
13 82 (4.26%) IT Technician
14 81 (4.21%) 3rd Line Support
15 75 (3.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 74 (3.85%) Administrator
16 74 (3.85%) Systems Engineer
17 72 (3.74%) IT Analyst
18 68 (3.54%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (3.64%) .NET
2 56 (2.91%) HTML
3 54 (2.81%) REST
4 46 (2.39%) CSS
5 40 (2.08%) ARM Templates
6 36 (1.87%) React
6 36 (1.87%) SAML
7 35 (1.82%) LDAP
8 34 (1.77%) RabbitMQ
9 33 (1.72%) YAML
10 32 (1.66%) 802.1X
11 30 (1.56%) ASP.NET
12 28 (1.46%) jQuery
12 28 (1.46%) Spring Boot
13 23 (1.20%) ASP.NET MVC
13 23 (1.20%) RESTful
14 22 (1.14%) AngularJS
14 22 (1.14%) Vue
15 21 (1.09%) OAuth
16 20 (1.04%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 152 (7.90%) Data Centre
2 121 (6.29%) Self-Motivation
3 109 (5.67%) PKI
4 107 (5.56%) Driving Licence
5 92 (4.78%) Public Cloud
6 67 (3.48%) Replication
7 61 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
8 50 (2.60%) Management Information System
8 50 (2.60%) Onboarding
9 40 (2.08%) Client/Server
10 37 (1.92%) Clustering
11 31 (1.61%) Security Posture
12 30 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
13 25 (1.30%) Cyberattack
13 25 (1.30%) Video Conferencing
14 21 (1.09%) IoT
15 17 (0.88%) Eurex
16 15 (0.78%) CCTV
16 15 (0.78%) Smartphone
17 13 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1,293 (67.24%) Windows
2 792 (41.19%) Windows Server
3 430 (22.36%) Linux
4 257 (13.36%) Windows 10
5 221 (11.49%) Windows Server 2016
6 183 (9.52%) Windows Server 2019
7 158 (8.22%) Windows Server 2012
8 97 (5.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 66 (3.43%) Windows Server 2008
10 63 (3.28%) Android
10 63 (3.28%) Unix
11 58 (3.02%) Apple iOS
12 48 (2.50%) Mac OS
13 40 (2.08%) CentOS
14 37 (1.92%) Ubuntu
14 37 (1.92%) Windows 7
15 31 (1.61%) VMS
16 28 (1.46%) Windows 8
17 21 (1.09%) Mac OS X
18 20 (1.04%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 460 (23.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 402 (20.90%) Problem-Solving
3 388 (20.18%) ITIL
4 251 (13.05%) Customer Service
5 240 (12.48%) DevOps
6 232 (12.06%) Agile
7 227 (11.80%) Cybersecurity
8 203 (10.56%) Disaster Recovery
9 152 (7.90%) Migration
10 127 (6.60%) Project Management
11 100 (5.20%) Collaborative Working
12 99 (5.15%) Information Security
13 97 (5.04%) Infrastructure as Code
13 97 (5.04%) Load Balancing
14 94 (4.89%) Mentoring
15 92 (4.78%) CI/CD
16 91 (4.73%) Continuous Improvement
16 91 (4.73%) Service Management
17 78 (4.06%) Computer Science
18 77 (4.00%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 449 (23.35%) PowerShell
2 215 (11.18%) Python
3 195 (10.14%) SQL
4 127 (6.60%) Bash
5 94 (4.89%) Java
6 75 (3.90%) C#
7 63 (3.28%) JavaScript
8 54 (2.81%) Perl
9 36 (1.87%) T-SQL
10 34 (1.77%) VBScript
11 24 (1.25%) Ruby
11 24 (1.25%) VB
12 22 (1.14%) Bicep
13 19 (0.99%) XAML
14 16 (0.83%) PHP
15 15 (0.78%) C++
16 12 (0.62%) C
17 10 (0.52%) PL/SQL
18 6 (0.31%) Go
18 6 (0.31%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 251 (13.05%) Degree
2 236 (12.27%) Security Cleared
3 142 (7.38%) SC Cleared
4 126 (6.55%) Cisco Certification
5 124 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 119 (6.19%) DV Cleared
7 106 (5.51%) CCNA
8 93 (4.84%) Azure Certification
9 52 (2.70%) MCSE
10 50 (2.60%) CCNP
11 49 (2.55%) AWS Certification
12 45 (2.34%) DBS Check
13 43 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
14 38 (1.98%) MCSA
15 34 (1.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 32 (1.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 31 (1.61%) A+ Certification
18 30 (1.56%) Network+ Certification
18 30 (1.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
19 26 (1.35%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (5.98%) SLA
2 62 (3.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 44 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 29 (1.51%) GDPR
5 18 (0.94%) NIST
6 16 (0.83%) COBIT
7 14 (0.73%) Data Quality
7 14 (0.73%) SOC 2
8 10 (0.52%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.42%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.42%) NCSC
9 8 (0.42%) PMO
10 7 (0.36%) ISO 9001
10 7 (0.36%) QA
11 6 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.16%) JSP 440
13 2 (0.10%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.052%) GxP
14 1 (0.052%) ISO 20022
14 1 (0.052%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1,224 (63.65%) Active Directory
2 449 (23.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 392 (20.38%) Hyper-V
4 113 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
5 95 (4.94%) Docker
6 94 (4.89%) Virtual Machines
7 78 (4.06%) vSphere
8 66 (3.43%) Virtual Servers
9 46 (2.39%) Virtual Desktop
10 20 (1.04%) Firmware
10 20 (1.04%) NFS
10 20 (1.04%) Terminal Services
11 18 (0.94%) pfSense
12 17 (0.88%) XenApp
13 13 (0.68%) XenDesktop
14 9 (0.47%) VMware NSX
15 8 (0.42%) Embedded Firmware
15 8 (0.42%) VMware Server
16 7 (0.36%) DFS Replication
16 7 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 292 (15.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 156 (8.11%) SCCM
3 136 (7.07%) Ansible
4 121 (6.29%) Terraform
5 118 (6.14%) WSUS
6 113 (5.88%) Kubernetes
7 80 (4.16%) SCOM
8 79 (4.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 79 (4.11%) Puppet
9 60 (3.12%) vCenter Server
10 53 (2.76%) Single Sign-On
11 35 (1.82%) Grafana
12 25 (1.30%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 24 (1.25%) ZABBIX
14 23 (1.20%) FortiGate
15 21 (1.09%) Jamf Pro
15 21 (1.09%) NetBackup
16 20 (1.04%) Prometheus
17 19 (0.99%) Progress Chef
18 17 (0.88%) CASB
Vendors
1 1,034 (53.77%) Microsoft
2 649 (33.75%) VMware
3 285 (14.82%) Cisco
4 182 (9.46%) Veeam
5 154 (8.01%) Citrix
6 104 (5.41%) Dell
7 101 (5.25%) Oracle
8 100 (5.20%) Red Hat
9 99 (5.15%) HP
10 82 (4.26%) Apple
11 79 (4.11%) Fortinet
12 77 (4.00%) Juniper
13 72 (3.74%) SolarWinds
14 59 (3.07%) Google
15 57 (2.96%) Meraki
16 46 (2.39%) Palo Alto
17 42 (2.18%) Sophos
18 40 (2.08%) Bloomberg
19 35 (1.82%) ServiceNow
20 33 (1.72%) Aruba