DNS Jobs in the North West

Domain Name System (DNS)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 125 131 152
Rank change year-on-year +6 +21 -17
Permanent jobs citing DNS 181 200 216
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.76% 2.64% 2.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.44% 12.62% 16.82%
Number of salaries quoted 148 161 178
10th Percentile £30,350 £29,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,500 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £53,250 £52,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £59,000 £60,000
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 West

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 West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,172 1,585 1,284
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 11.41% 20.91% 13.38%
Number of salaries quoted 895 653 729
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £36,750 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £59,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,441 £71,050
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for DNS in the North West

DNS
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for DNS in the North West

DNS
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for DNS in the North West

DNS
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the North West 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
Manchester +5 83 £50,000 +8.70% 21
Merseyside +9 41 £47,000 +10.59% 5
Cheshire -19 33 £43,500 -7.45% 17
Lancashire 0 17 £35,000 +40.00% 9
Cumbria -29 3 £45,000 -
DNS
England

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 50 (27.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (11.05%) IIS
3 14 (7.73%) SharePoint
4 8 (4.42%) WebLogic
5 4 (2.21%) CMS
5 4 (2.21%) Umbraco
6 2 (1.10%) Confluence
7 1 (0.55%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (7.73%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (4.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (1.66%) Epicor Tropos
3 1 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 114 (62.98%) Azure
2 110 (60.77%) Microsoft 365
3 50 (27.62%) AWS
4 35 (19.34%) Entra ID
5 14 (7.73%) GCP
6 13 (7.18%) IaaS
6 13 (7.18%) Power Platform
7 12 (6.63%) PaaS
8 9 (4.97%) GitHub
8 9 (4.97%) OneDrive
9 8 (4.42%) Amazon EKS
9 8 (4.42%) Amazon SQS
10 7 (3.87%) AWS KMS
10 7 (3.87%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (3.87%) Azure Key Vault
10 7 (3.87%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (3.31%) PowerApps
12 4 (2.21%) SaaS
13 3 (1.66%) Anthos
13 3 (1.66%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 113 (62.43%) DHCP
2 58 (32.04%) Firewall
3 50 (27.62%) WAN
4 40 (22.10%) VPN
5 38 (20.99%) TCP/IP
6 35 (19.34%) LAN
7 32 (17.68%) SSL
8 22 (12.15%) SD-WAN
9 19 (10.50%) SAN
10 17 (9.39%) Internet
11 16 (8.84%) Wi-Fi
12 14 (7.73%) BGP
12 14 (7.73%) Network Security
13 12 (6.63%) iSCSI
13 12 (6.63%) Wireless
14 11 (6.08%) DKIM
14 11 (6.08%) DMARC
15 9 (4.97%) VoIP
16 8 (4.42%) IPsec
17 6 (3.31%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (16.57%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.97%) Amazon RDS
2 9 (4.97%) Relational Database
3 8 (4.42%) Oracle Database
3 8 (4.42%) RDBMS
4 6 (3.31%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (2.21%) MySQL
6 3 (1.66%) Crystal Reports
6 3 (1.66%) Power BI
6 3 (1.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.66%) Jenkins
1 3 (1.66%) JIRA
1 3 (1.66%) Octopus Deploy
2 2 (1.10%) Bitbucket
2 2 (1.10%) GitLab
General
1 43 (23.76%) Social Skills
2 14 (7.73%) Finance
3 11 (6.08%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (5.52%) Public Sector
5 9 (4.97%) Retail
6 5 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.66%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.10%) Law
8 2 (1.10%) Legal
8 2 (1.10%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.10%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.55%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 56 (30.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 35 (19.34%) Senior
3 22 (12.15%) Analyst
4 21 (11.60%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 20 (11.05%) Network Engineer
6 18 (9.94%) IT Engineer
7 16 (8.84%) Lead
7 16 (8.84%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 15 (8.29%) IT Support
8 15 (8.29%) Support Engineer
9 14 (7.73%) Cloud Engineer
10 13 (7.18%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 13 (7.18%) Architect
11 12 (6.63%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (6.63%) Infrastructure Manager
12 11 (6.08%) Information Analyst
12 11 (6.08%) Information Security Analyst
12 11 (6.08%) Security Analyst
13 9 (4.97%) IT Technician
14 8 (4.42%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.42%) RabbitMQ
1 8 (4.42%) Spring Boot
2 5 (2.76%) .NET
2 5 (2.76%) LDAP
3 3 (1.66%) SAML
4 2 (1.10%) JWT
4 2 (1.10%) RESTful
5 1 (0.55%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.55%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.55%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.55%) HTML
5 1 (0.55%) jQuery
5 1 (0.55%) Laravel
5 1 (0.55%) React
5 1 (0.55%) REST
5 1 (0.55%) Tailwind CSS
5 1 (0.55%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 1 (0.55%) Visualforce
5 1 (0.55%) Vue
5 1 (0.55%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.50%) Public Cloud
2 17 (9.39%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (8.29%) Driving Licence
4 12 (6.63%) Data Centre
4 12 (6.63%) PMI
5 11 (6.08%) PKI
6 10 (5.52%) Hybrid Cloud
7 9 (4.97%) Cyberattack
8 8 (4.42%) Onboarding
8 8 (4.42%) Replication
9 5 (2.76%) NHS
10 4 (2.21%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.66%) Fat Client
11 3 (1.66%) Thin Client
12 2 (1.10%) CCTV
12 2 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
13 1 (0.55%) Cyber Threat
13 1 (0.55%) Housing Association
13 1 (0.55%) Product Ownership
13 1 (0.55%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 88 (48.62%) Windows
2 55 (30.39%) Windows Server
3 35 (19.34%) Linux
4 12 (6.63%) Windows Server 2012
5 9 (4.97%) VMS
5 9 (4.97%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (4.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (3.87%) Windows 10
7 7 (3.87%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (1.66%) Android
8 3 (1.66%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (1.10%) Windows XP
10 1 (0.55%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.55%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (41.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 47 (25.97%) ITIL
3 45 (24.86%) Disaster Recovery
4 33 (18.23%) Capacity Planning
5 29 (16.02%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (14.92%) Migration
7 26 (14.36%) Project Management
8 23 (12.71%) Agile
8 23 (12.71%) Server Management
9 21 (11.60%) Customer Service
9 21 (11.60%) Proactive Monitoring
10 20 (11.05%) DevOps
10 20 (11.05%) Mentoring
11 17 (9.39%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (9.39%) Incident Management
11 17 (9.39%) Line Management
12 13 (7.18%) Computer Science
12 13 (7.18%) Information Security
13 12 (6.63%) Collaborative Working
13 12 (6.63%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 30 (16.57%) PowerShell
2 13 (7.18%) SQL
3 8 (4.42%) Python
4 5 (2.76%) Go
5 4 (2.21%) C#
6 3 (1.66%) Bash
6 3 (1.66%) Ruby
7 2 (1.10%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.55%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.55%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.55%) XAML
Qualifications
1 22 (12.15%) Degree
2 13 (7.18%) Azure Certification
3 12 (6.63%) PMI Certification
3 12 (6.63%) SC Cleared
3 12 (6.63%) Security Cleared
4 10 (5.52%) AWS Certification
5 9 (4.97%) CCNA
5 9 (4.97%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (4.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 8 (4.42%) CCNP
6 8 (4.42%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (2.76%) DBS Check
8 5 (2.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (2.21%) A+ Certification
9 4 (2.21%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.55%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 1 (0.55%) CCIE
11 1 (0.55%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.42%) SLA
2 6 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.10%) NIST
3 2 (1.10%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.55%) NCSC
4 1 (0.55%) PMO
System Software
1 128 (70.72%) Active Directory
2 26 (14.36%) Hyper-V
3 23 (12.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.76%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.76%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.21%) vSphere
6 3 (1.66%) Docker
7 2 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.10%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (1.10%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.55%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.55%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 34 (18.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (9.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 13 (7.18%) Terraform
4 12 (6.63%) Opsgenie
4 12 (6.63%) VxRail
4 12 (6.63%) ZABBIX
5 9 (4.97%) CASB
5 9 (4.97%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (3.87%) CA Single Sign-On
7 6 (3.31%) Kubernetes
8 5 (2.76%) WSUS
9 2 (1.10%) Ansible
9 2 (1.10%) SCCM
10 1 (0.55%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 105 (58.01%) Microsoft
2 53 (29.28%) VMware
3 32 (17.68%) Cisco
4 18 (9.94%) Citrix
4 18 (9.94%) Fortinet
4 18 (9.94%) SolarWinds
5 14 (7.73%) Dell
6 13 (7.18%) NetApp
7 12 (6.63%) Veeam
8 11 (6.08%) Apple
9 10 (5.52%) ServiceNow
10 9 (4.97%) CA
11 8 (4.42%) Oracle
11 8 (4.42%) Sparx
12 7 (3.87%) CyberArk
12 7 (3.87%) F5
12 7 (3.87%) Juniper
13 5 (2.76%) Meraki
14 4 (2.21%) CrowdStrike
14 4 (2.21%) Ubiquiti