DNS Jobs in the North of England

Domain Name System (DNS)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 134 150 149
Rank change year-on-year +16 -1 -21
Permanent jobs citing DNS 343 387 457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.89% 2.34% 2.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.65% 12.28% 16.05%
Number of salaries quoted 273 287 361
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,800 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,125 £34,025 £29,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.19%
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,500 £51,250
90th Percentile £67,968 £63,750 £71,250
England median annual salary £44,225 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.06% -5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,192 3,151 2,848
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 12.05% 19.04% 15.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,682 1,227 1,725
10th Percentile £25,875 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,723 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% - -
75th Percentile £61,250 £58,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for DNS in the North of England

DNS
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for DNS in the North of England

DNS
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for DNS in the North of England

DNS
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the North of 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
North West +6 181 £45,000 - 52
Yorkshire +51 118 £32,500 -18.75% 27
North East +6 50 £42,500 +9.97% 6
DNS
England

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 92 (26.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (10.79%) SharePoint
3 24 (7.00%) IIS
4 12 (3.50%) WebLogic
5 11 (3.21%) CMS
6 5 (1.46%) WordPress
7 4 (1.17%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.58%) Confluence
9 1 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 56 (16.33%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (3.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.87%) Epicor Tropos
3 1 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 195 (56.85%) Azure
2 171 (49.85%) Microsoft 365
3 74 (21.57%) AWS
4 64 (18.66%) Entra ID
5 18 (5.25%) IaaS
6 16 (4.66%) OneDrive
7 15 (4.37%) Power Platform
8 14 (4.08%) GCP
8 14 (4.08%) PaaS
9 12 (3.50%) Amazon EKS
9 12 (3.50%) Amazon SQS
9 12 (3.50%) AWS KMS
9 12 (3.50%) Azure Key Vault
10 10 (2.92%) GitHub
11 9 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (2.33%) SaaS
13 7 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (1.75%) PowerApps
15 5 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
15 5 (1.46%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 238 (69.39%) DHCP
2 114 (33.24%) Firewall
3 85 (24.78%) WAN
4 81 (23.62%) TCP/IP
5 76 (22.16%) VPN
6 70 (20.41%) LAN
7 43 (12.54%) SSL
8 29 (8.45%) Wi-Fi
9 27 (7.87%) Network Security
9 27 (7.87%) SAN
9 27 (7.87%) VoIP
10 24 (7.00%) VLAN
11 23 (6.71%) Internet
12 22 (6.41%) SD-WAN
13 21 (6.12%) Wireless
14 18 (5.25%) BGP
15 17 (4.96%) WLAN
16 13 (3.79%) iSCSI
17 11 (3.21%) DKIM
17 11 (3.21%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (13.41%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.66%) Amazon RDS
3 13 (3.79%) Relational Database
4 12 (3.50%) Oracle Database
4 12 (3.50%) RDBMS
5 6 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (1.46%) NoSQL
6 5 (1.46%) Power BI
6 5 (1.46%) Redis
7 4 (1.17%) MySQL
8 3 (0.87%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (1.17%) JIRA
2 3 (0.87%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.87%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (0.58%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.58%) GitLab
General
1 79 (23.03%) Social Skills
2 29 (8.45%) Finance
3 19 (5.54%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (4.37%) Public Sector
5 12 (3.50%) Retail
6 6 (1.75%) French Language
6 6 (1.75%) German Language
6 6 (1.75%) Italian Language
6 6 (1.75%) Marketing
6 6 (1.75%) Portuguese Language
6 6 (1.75%) Spanish Language
6 6 (1.75%) Swedish Language
6 6 (1.75%) Turkish Language
7 5 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.17%) Agriculture
8 4 (1.17%) Law
9 3 (0.87%) Legal
9 3 (0.87%) Local Government
9 3 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.58%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 83 (24.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 55 (16.03%) Analyst
3 47 (13.70%) Senior
4 44 (12.83%) IT Support
5 32 (9.33%) IT Engineer
6 27 (7.87%) Lead
7 26 (7.58%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 25 (7.29%) Network Engineer
9 23 (6.71%) Support Engineer
10 22 (6.41%) Architect
11 21 (6.12%) 2nd Line Support
12 19 (5.54%) IT Technician
13 18 (5.25%) Administrator
13 18 (5.25%) Systems Administrator
14 17 (4.96%) Cloud Engineer
14 17 (4.96%) Infrastructure Manager
14 17 (4.96%) IT Analyst
14 17 (4.96%) Support Analyst
15 16 (4.66%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
16 14 (4.08%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.50%) RabbitMQ
1 12 (3.50%) Spring Boot
2 11 (3.21%) CSS
2 11 (3.21%) HTML
2 11 (3.21%) React
3 8 (2.33%) .NET
4 7 (2.04%) jQuery
4 7 (2.04%) Node.js
4 7 (2.04%) Vue
5 5 (1.46%) LDAP
5 5 (1.46%) Middleware
6 4 (1.17%) AngularJS
6 4 (1.17%) ASP.NET
6 4 (1.17%) ASP.NET MVC
6 4 (1.17%) JWT
6 4 (1.17%) REST
6 4 (1.17%) RESTful
6 4 (1.17%) Tailwind CSS
6 4 (1.17%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 4 (1.17%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 33 (9.62%) Public Cloud
2 27 (7.87%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (6.12%) Driving Licence
4 20 (5.83%) Data Centre
5 19 (5.54%) PKI
6 16 (4.66%) Management Information System
7 15 (4.37%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (3.50%) PMI
8 12 (3.50%) Replication
9 11 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (2.92%) Onboarding
11 9 (2.62%) Cyberattack
12 5 (1.46%) Clustering
12 5 (1.46%) NHS
13 3 (0.87%) Client/Server
13 3 (0.87%) Enterprise Storage
13 3 (0.87%) Fat Client
13 3 (0.87%) Mobile Computing
13 3 (0.87%) Thin Client
14 2 (0.58%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 208 (60.64%) Windows
2 136 (39.65%) Windows Server
3 68 (19.83%) Linux
4 36 (10.50%) Windows Server 2012
5 34 (9.91%) Windows 10
6 32 (9.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (7.29%) Android
8 19 (5.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 16 (4.66%) Apple iOS
10 11 (3.21%) Windows Server 2019
11 10 (2.92%) VMS
11 10 (2.92%) Windows Server 2008
12 9 (2.62%) Windows 7
13 7 (2.04%) Mac OS
14 6 (1.75%) Unix
15 4 (1.17%) Windows Server 2003
16 2 (0.58%) Windows 8
16 2 (0.58%) Windows XP
17 1 (0.29%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (32.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 74 (21.57%) ITIL
3 61 (17.78%) Disaster Recovery
4 57 (16.62%) Problem-Solving
5 43 (12.54%) Customer Service
6 38 (11.08%) Migration
7 34 (9.91%) Agile
8 33 (9.62%) Capacity Planning
9 32 (9.33%) DevOps
10 31 (9.04%) Project Management
11 30 (8.75%) Mentoring
12 29 (8.45%) Cybersecurity
13 25 (7.29%) Computer Science
13 25 (7.29%) Continuous Improvement
14 23 (6.71%) Proactive Monitoring
14 23 (6.71%) Server Management
15 20 (5.83%) Coaching
15 20 (5.83%) Information Security
16 17 (4.96%) Scrum
16 17 (4.96%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 62 (18.08%) PowerShell
2 34 (9.91%) SQL
3 17 (4.96%) Python
4 11 (3.21%) VBScript
5 9 (2.62%) JavaScript
6 7 (2.04%) C#
7 5 (1.46%) Go
8 4 (1.17%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.17%) XAML
9 3 (0.87%) Bash
9 3 (0.87%) Ruby
10 1 (0.29%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.29%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 42 (12.24%) Degree
2 24 (7.00%) Azure Certification
3 22 (6.41%) Security Cleared
4 19 (5.54%) SC Cleared
5 17 (4.96%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (4.66%) AWS Certification
6 16 (4.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (4.08%) CCNA
7 14 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (3.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 12 (3.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 12 (3.50%) PMI Certification
9 8 (2.33%) CCNP
10 6 (1.75%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (1.46%) CISSP
11 5 (1.46%) DBS Check
11 5 (1.46%) MCSE
11 5 (1.46%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (1.17%) MCP
12 4 (1.17%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.54%) SLA
2 8 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.17%) NIST
4 3 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.58%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.58%) GDPR
5 2 (0.58%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.29%) NCSC
6 1 (0.29%) PMO
System Software
1 246 (71.72%) Active Directory
2 65 (18.95%) Hyper-V
3 62 (18.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (4.96%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (4.66%) vSphere
6 12 (3.50%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (2.33%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.87%) Docker
9 2 (0.58%) Firmware
9 2 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.58%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.29%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.29%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.29%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.29%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 59 (17.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (8.45%) SCCM
3 21 (6.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 17 (4.96%) SCOM
5 16 (4.66%) Terraform
5 16 (4.66%) WSUS
6 15 (4.37%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (3.50%) CA Single Sign-On
7 12 (3.50%) Opsgenie
7 12 (3.50%) VxRail
7 12 (3.50%) ZABBIX
8 11 (3.21%) Kubernetes
9 9 (2.62%) Ansible
9 9 (2.62%) CASB
10 8 (2.33%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 7 (2.04%) FortiGate
12 5 (1.46%) Failover Clustering
12 5 (1.46%) Grafana
12 5 (1.46%) Prometheus
13 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 205 (59.77%) Microsoft
2 107 (31.20%) VMware
3 56 (16.33%) Cisco
4 33 (9.62%) Citrix
5 30 (8.75%) SolarWinds
6 27 (7.87%) Veeam
7 23 (6.71%) Oracle
8 19 (5.54%) Fortinet
9 17 (4.96%) CA
9 17 (4.96%) Dell
10 15 (4.37%) Apple
10 15 (4.37%) ServiceNow
11 13 (3.79%) NetApp
12 12 (3.50%) CyberArk
12 12 (3.50%) Sparx
13 11 (3.21%) SAP
14 8 (2.33%) F5
15 7 (2.04%) Juniper
16 6 (1.75%) Epicor
16 6 (1.75%) Red Hat