DNS Jobs in the South East

Domain Name System (DNS)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 105 104 145
Rank change year-on-year -1 +41 -22
Permanent jobs citing DNS 438 428 489
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.61% 2.97% 2.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.90% 17.07% 15.49%
Number of salaries quoted 375 352 418
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £26,463
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £44,250
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -9.60% -1.67%
75th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £55,938
90th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £70,375
England median annual salary £44,225 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.06% -5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,755 2,508 3,157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 16.43% 17.41% 15.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,874 1,473 1,877
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,350 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,719 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,250 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -5.26% -0.52%
75th Percentile £59,875 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,250 £77,500
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 South East

Job postings citing DNS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for DNS in the South East

DNS
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DNS in the South East.

Salary trend for DNS in the South East

DNS
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in the South East over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for DNS in the South East

DNS
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 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
Thames Valley +34 220 £42,500 +25.00% 24
Berkshire +81 105 £50,000 -9.09% 14
Hampshire -30 92 £46,500 +9.41% 20
Oxfordshire +27 70 £41,250 +30.95% 4
Kent -20 53 £37,500 -6.25% 11
Buckinghamshire -39 45 £35,000 +7.69% 6
Surrey -14 39 £62,500 +56.25% 4
East Sussex +26 20 £37,500 -17.58% 1
West Sussex +32 17 £35,000 -25.53% 7
Middlesex - 1 £32,500 -
DNS
England

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 83 (18.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 61 (13.93%) SharePoint
3 34 (7.76%) IIS
4 16 (3.65%) WordPress
5 12 (2.74%) Apache
5 12 (2.74%) CMS
5 12 (2.74%) nginx
6 4 (0.91%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.46%) Confluence
Applications
1 56 (12.79%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (0.91%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 242 (55.25%) Azure
2 224 (51.14%) Microsoft 365
3 72 (16.44%) Entra ID
4 66 (15.07%) AWS
5 28 (6.39%) IaaS
6 22 (5.02%) Azure Monitor
6 22 (5.02%) OneDrive
7 14 (3.20%) Azure Storage
8 13 (2.97%) Nutanix
9 12 (2.74%) GitHub
9 12 (2.74%) OCI
9 12 (2.74%) Power Platform
10 9 (2.05%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (1.83%) PaaS
11 8 (1.83%) WhatsApp
12 7 (1.60%) Google Workspace
13 6 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (1.37%) Twilio
14 5 (1.14%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 248 (56.62%) DHCP
2 206 (47.03%) Firewall
3 119 (27.17%) TCP/IP
4 97 (22.15%) VPN
5 60 (13.70%) VLAN
6 49 (11.19%) WAN
7 46 (10.50%) Wireless
8 44 (10.05%) LAN
9 37 (8.45%) SAN
10 35 (7.99%) SSL
11 30 (6.85%) VoIP
12 25 (5.71%) Wi-Fi
13 19 (4.34%) Network Security
14 17 (3.88%) OSPF
14 17 (3.88%) SD-WAN
15 16 (3.65%) Internet
15 16 (3.65%) NAS
15 16 (3.65%) SNMP
16 15 (3.42%) BGP
17 14 (3.20%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (5.71%) SQL Server
2 15 (3.42%) MySQL
3 12 (2.74%) Amazon RDS
3 12 (2.74%) Power BI
4 9 (2.05%) Oracle Database
5 7 (1.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (1.14%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.91%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.23%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 14 (3.20%) JIRA
2 13 (2.97%) Git
3 10 (2.28%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.28%) Trac
4 2 (0.46%) Hudson
General
1 139 (31.74%) Social Skills
2 44 (10.05%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (5.71%) Finance
4 22 (5.02%) Telecoms
5 17 (3.88%) Public Sector
6 16 (3.65%) Marketing
7 11 (2.51%) Law
8 10 (2.28%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.37%) Electronics
10 6 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.68%) Legal
12 2 (0.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.23%) Automotive
13 1 (0.23%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.23%) Military
Job Titles
1 91 (20.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 71 (16.21%) Analyst
3 63 (14.38%) IT Support
4 57 (13.01%) Support Engineer
5 45 (10.27%) IT Engineer
6 35 (7.99%) 2nd Line Support
7 33 (7.53%) Senior
8 32 (7.31%) IT Analyst
9 30 (6.85%) Systems Engineer
10 29 (6.62%) IT Support Engineer
11 28 (6.39%) Support Analyst
12 27 (6.16%) Lead
13 26 (5.94%) 3rd Line Support
14 23 (5.25%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 22 (5.02%) 1st Line Support
15 22 (5.02%) Architect
16 20 (4.57%) Active Directory Specialist
16 20 (4.57%) Azure Specialist
17 19 (4.34%) Help Desk Analyst
17 19 (4.34%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.79%) REST
2 18 (4.11%) ARM Templates
2 18 (4.11%) OAuth
2 18 (4.11%) OpenID
2 18 (4.11%) SAML
3 14 (3.20%) .NET
4 10 (2.28%) Web Services
5 8 (1.83%) HTML
6 6 (1.37%) ASP.NET
6 6 (1.37%) ASP.NET MVC
6 6 (1.37%) CSS
6 6 (1.37%) RabbitMQ
7 5 (1.14%) .NET Core
7 5 (1.14%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.14%) LDAP
7 5 (1.14%) React
8 4 (0.91%) LAMP
8 4 (0.91%) Spring Boot
8 4 (0.91%) YAML
9 3 (0.68%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 30 (6.85%) PKI
1 30 (6.85%) Self-Motivation
2 24 (5.48%) Data Centre
3 22 (5.02%) Driving Licence
4 15 (3.42%) Onboarding
4 15 (3.42%) Replication
5 14 (3.20%) IoT
6 13 (2.97%) CMDB
7 11 (2.51%) Clustering
8 8 (1.83%) Cyberattack
8 8 (1.83%) Public Cloud
9 7 (1.60%) CCTV
9 7 (1.60%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.14%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (1.14%) NHS
11 4 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.91%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.68%) Apple TV
Operating Systems
1 316 (72.15%) Windows
2 200 (45.66%) Windows Server
3 112 (25.57%) Linux
4 93 (21.23%) Windows 10
5 53 (12.10%) Windows Server 2016
6 52 (11.87%) Windows Server 2019
7 26 (5.94%) Windows Server 2012
8 19 (4.34%) Apple iOS
9 16 (3.65%) Windows XP
10 15 (3.42%) Android
11 13 (2.97%) Windows 8
12 11 (2.51%) Mac OS X
13 10 (2.28%) VMS
14 7 (1.60%) Ubuntu
14 7 (1.60%) Windows Server 2008
15 6 (1.37%) Windows 7
16 5 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 4 (0.91%) Windows Server 2003
18 3 (0.68%) Mac OS
19 1 (0.23%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (28.31%) Problem-Solving
2 95 (21.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 93 (21.23%) ITIL
4 87 (19.86%) Customer Service
5 64 (14.61%) Agile
6 52 (11.87%) DevOps
7 44 (10.05%) Cybersecurity
8 37 (8.45%) Disaster Recovery
9 29 (6.62%) Project Management
10 26 (5.94%) Kanban
10 26 (5.94%) Scrum
11 25 (5.71%) Service Management
11 25 (5.71%) Storage Management
12 24 (5.48%) Open Source
13 23 (5.25%) Configuration Management
13 23 (5.25%) Service Delivery
13 23 (5.25%) Technical Leadership
14 22 (5.02%) Identity Access Management
14 22 (5.02%) Release Management
15 21 (4.79%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 83 (18.95%) PowerShell
2 42 (9.59%) SQL
3 34 (7.76%) C#
4 28 (6.39%) Python
5 20 (4.57%) VB
5 20 (4.57%) VBScript
6 19 (4.34%) Java
7 18 (4.11%) Bash
7 18 (4.11%) Bicep
8 13 (2.97%) Perl
8 13 (2.97%) PHP
9 10 (2.28%) JavaScript
10 7 (1.60%) T-SQL
11 5 (1.14%) PL/SQL
11 5 (1.14%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.68%) C++
12 3 (0.68%) XAML
13 2 (0.46%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.23%) C
Qualifications
1 112 (25.57%) Security Cleared
2 65 (14.84%) SC Cleared
3 57 (13.01%) DV Cleared
4 51 (11.64%) Degree
5 31 (7.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 27 (6.16%) Cisco Certification
7 23 (5.25%) Azure Certification
8 21 (4.79%) CCNA
9 19 (4.34%) MCP
10 18 (4.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 15 (3.42%) CCNP
12 12 (2.74%) DBS Check
13 10 (2.28%) MCSE
14 9 (2.05%) AWS Certification
14 9 (2.05%) MCSA
15 6 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
16 5 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
17 4 (0.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 4 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
18 2 (0.46%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.62%) SLA
2 17 (3.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (3.42%) GDPR
4 13 (2.97%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.91%) QA
System Software
1 296 (67.58%) Active Directory
2 98 (22.37%) Hyper-V
3 72 (16.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 44 (10.05%) Virtual Machines
5 27 (6.16%) VMware ESXi
6 25 (5.71%) Virtual Servers
7 20 (4.57%) Virtual Desktop
8 12 (2.74%) Docker
9 11 (2.51%) NFS
10 10 (2.28%) pfSense
10 10 (2.28%) vSphere
11 8 (1.83%) XenApp
12 5 (1.14%) Terminal Services
13 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.68%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 67 (15.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 59 (13.47%) WSUS
3 48 (10.96%) SCCM
4 43 (9.82%) SCOM
5 28 (6.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 17 (3.88%) Kubernetes
7 16 (3.65%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 16 (3.65%) SCDPM
8 15 (3.42%) vCenter Server
9 14 (3.20%) Grafana
10 12 (2.74%) EMC NetWorker
10 12 (2.74%) NetBackup
11 10 (2.28%) Ansible
11 10 (2.28%) ZABBIX
12 8 (1.83%) CASB
13 6 (1.37%) Microsoft Clustering
14 5 (1.14%) Terraform
15 4 (0.91%) Autotask
15 4 (0.91%) FortiGate
15 4 (0.91%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 247 (56.39%) Microsoft
2 132 (30.14%) VMware
3 47 (10.73%) Cisco
4 34 (7.76%) Veeam
5 27 (6.16%) Citrix
6 26 (5.94%) Dell
6 26 (5.94%) Juniper
7 21 (4.79%) Oracle
8 18 (4.11%) Fortinet
9 17 (3.88%) Palo Alto
10 16 (3.65%) HP
11 14 (3.20%) Apple
12 13 (2.97%) 3PAR
12 13 (2.97%) Dynatrace
12 13 (2.97%) WatchGuard
13 12 (2.74%) EMC
13 12 (2.74%) Extreme Networks
13 12 (2.74%) Symantec
14 11 (2.51%) McAfee
15 9 (2.05%) Adobe