DNS Jobs with Work from Home Options

Domain Name System (DNS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 132 189 238
Rank change year-on-year +57 +49 -44
Permanent jobs citing DNS 786 760 1,198
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.31% 1.90% 1.67%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.19% 16.81% 14.91%
Number of salaries quoted 663 666 859
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% -9.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £64,688 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £85,000 £81,900
UK median annual salary £43,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.35% -5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,175 4,520 8,035
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.24% 11.27% 11.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3,316 3,346 5,051
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,316 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%

DNS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing DNS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

DNS trend for jobs with a WFH option

DNS
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing DNS.

DNS salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

DNS
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing DNS over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

DNS salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 148 (18.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 83 (10.56%) SharePoint
3 66 (8.40%) IIS
4 46 (5.85%) WebLogic
5 20 (2.54%) CMS
6 18 (2.29%) nginx
7 16 (2.04%) WordPress
8 15 (1.91%) Apache
9 12 (1.53%) Confluence
10 7 (0.89%) OpenStack
11 5 (0.64%) Exchange Server 2013
11 5 (0.64%) SAS
11 5 (0.64%) Tomcat
11 5 (0.64%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2007
12 3 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
13 2 (0.25%) Apache Solr
14 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
14 1 (0.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.13%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 37 (4.71%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.64%) Trello
3 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.38%) SPSS
4 2 (0.25%) CATIA
4 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.25%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 46 (5.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 6 (0.76%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.25%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.13%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 509 (64.76%) Azure
2 330 (41.98%) Microsoft 365
3 215 (27.35%) AWS
4 146 (18.58%) Entra ID
5 53 (6.74%) IaaS
6 46 (5.85%) Amazon EKS
6 46 (5.85%) Amazon SQS
7 36 (4.58%) GCP
8 35 (4.45%) Azure DevOps
9 29 (3.69%) Nutanix
10 27 (3.44%) Power Platform
11 24 (3.05%) Azure Monitor
12 23 (2.93%) OneDrive
13 22 (2.80%) GitHub
14 18 (2.29%) Azure Data Factory
14 18 (2.29%) Azure Storage
15 17 (2.16%) PaaS
15 17 (2.16%) Serverless
16 16 (2.04%) Amazon S3
16 16 (2.04%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 401 (51.02%) DHCP
2 342 (43.51%) Firewall
3 254 (32.32%) TCP/IP
4 171 (21.76%) WAN
5 143 (18.19%) LAN
6 132 (16.79%) VPN
7 110 (13.99%) SSL
8 90 (11.45%) VLAN
8 90 (11.45%) Wi-Fi
9 69 (8.78%) SAN
10 62 (7.89%) BGP
11 55 (7.00%) Internet
12 54 (6.87%) Wireless
13 53 (6.74%) Network Security
14 41 (5.22%) VoIP
15 40 (5.09%) SD-WAN
16 36 (4.58%) NAS
17 34 (4.33%) HTTP
18 33 (4.20%) DKIM
18 33 (4.20%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (11.58%) SQL Server
2 63 (8.02%) Amazon RDS
3 57 (7.25%) Oracle Database
4 49 (6.23%) Relational Database
5 46 (5.85%) RDBMS
6 26 (3.31%) MySQL
7 17 (2.16%) Power BI
8 14 (1.78%) Elasticsearch
9 12 (1.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (1.15%) MongoDB
11 7 (0.89%) NoSQL
12 6 (0.76%) Redis
13 3 (0.38%) Big Data
13 3 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.38%) EDRMS
13 3 (0.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 2 (0.25%) OLAP
14 2 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 29 (3.69%) Jenkins
2 24 (3.05%) JIRA
3 16 (2.04%) Git
4 10 (1.27%) Trac
5 5 (0.64%) Bitbucket
5 5 (0.64%) GitLab
6 4 (0.51%) Charles Proxy
6 4 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (0.51%) Subversion
7 2 (0.25%) Browser DevTools
7 2 (0.25%) Grunt
7 2 (0.25%) webpack
8 1 (0.13%) Log4Net
8 1 (0.13%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 227 (28.88%) Social Skills
2 99 (12.60%) Finance
3 91 (11.58%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (3.44%) Telecoms
5 25 (3.18%) Public Sector
6 16 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (2.04%) Marketing
7 13 (1.65%) Games
8 12 (1.53%) Aerospace
9 10 (1.27%) Banking
10 9 (1.15%) Legal
11 7 (0.89%) German Language
12 6 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (0.76%) Italian Language
12 6 (0.76%) Manufacturing
12 6 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (0.76%) Portuguese Language
12 6 (0.76%) Spanish Language
12 6 (0.76%) Swedish Language
12 6 (0.76%) Turkish Language
Job Titles
1 143 (18.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 110 (13.99%) Senior
3 90 (11.45%) Analyst
4 89 (11.32%) Lead
5 70 (8.91%) Architect
6 65 (8.27%) IT Support
7 58 (7.38%) IT Engineer
8 55 (7.00%) Support Engineer
9 49 (6.23%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 48 (6.11%) Solutions Architect
11 47 (5.98%) Lead Architect
12 46 (5.85%) Lead Solutions Architect
13 45 (5.73%) 3rd Line Support
14 42 (5.34%) Network Engineer
15 39 (4.96%) Consultant
15 39 (4.96%) DevOps Engineer
16 37 (4.71%) IT Analyst
17 34 (4.33%) Developer
18 29 (3.69%) Azure Engineer
19 28 (3.56%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (6.11%) RabbitMQ
2 46 (5.85%) Spring Boot
3 39 (4.96%) REST
4 35 (4.45%) .NET
5 32 (4.07%) HTML
6 29 (3.69%) CSS
7 23 (2.93%) ASP.NET
8 22 (2.80%) ASP.NET MVC
8 22 (2.80%) React
9 21 (2.67%) SAML
9 21 (2.67%) Vue
10 20 (2.54%) AngularJS
11 19 (2.42%) ARM Templates
11 19 (2.42%) jQuery
11 19 (2.42%) Tailwind CSS
11 19 (2.42%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 19 (2.42%) WPF
12 17 (2.16%) OAuth
13 16 (2.04%) JWT
13 16 (2.04%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 92 (11.70%) Data Centre
1 92 (11.70%) Public Cloud
2 66 (8.40%) Enterprise Software
3 63 (8.02%) PKI
4 49 (6.23%) Self-Motivation
5 26 (3.31%) Cyberattack
6 23 (2.93%) Management Information System
7 22 (2.80%) Client/Server
8 19 (2.42%) Driving Licence
8 19 (2.42%) Onboarding
9 15 (1.91%) Clustering
9 15 (1.91%) IoT
9 15 (1.91%) Video Conferencing
10 14 (1.78%) Hybrid Cloud
11 13 (1.65%) Replication
12 12 (1.53%) PMI
13 9 (1.15%) Cloud Native
14 8 (1.02%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 7 (0.89%) Cyber Threat
15 7 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 449 (57.12%) Windows
2 273 (34.73%) Windows Server
3 211 (26.84%) Linux
4 76 (9.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 64 (8.14%) Windows 10
6 63 (8.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 61 (7.76%) Windows Server 2019
8 49 (6.23%) Windows Server 2012
9 18 (2.29%) Android
9 18 (2.29%) Windows Server 2008
10 17 (2.16%) Mac OS
11 15 (1.91%) Apple iOS
12 12 (1.53%) Unix
13 10 (1.27%) CentOS
13 10 (1.27%) Mac OS X
13 10 (1.27%) VMS
14 7 (0.89%) Windows 7
15 6 (0.76%) Oracle Linux
15 6 (0.76%) Windows 8
16 5 (0.64%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (21.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 170 (21.63%) Agile
3 144 (18.32%) Problem-Solving
4 129 (16.41%) DevOps
5 124 (15.78%) ITIL
6 104 (13.23%) Project Management
7 96 (12.21%) Migration
8 73 (9.29%) CI/CD
9 72 (9.16%) Disaster Recovery
10 71 (9.03%) Scrum
11 69 (8.78%) Collaborative Working
12 68 (8.65%) Kanban
13 67 (8.52%) Load Balancing
14 66 (8.40%) Cybersecurity
14 66 (8.40%) Open Source
15 61 (7.76%) Infrastructure as Code
16 57 (7.25%) Actionable Insight
17 53 (6.74%) Information Security
18 51 (6.49%) Data Migration
18 51 (6.49%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 148 (18.83%) PowerShell
2 76 (9.67%) Python
3 63 (8.02%) SQL
4 46 (5.85%) C#
5 40 (5.09%) Bash
6 34 (4.33%) Java
7 31 (3.94%) VBScript
8 29 (3.69%) Perl
9 28 (3.56%) T-SQL
10 22 (2.80%) VB
11 20 (2.54%) JavaScript
12 19 (2.42%) XAML
13 17 (2.16%) Bicep
13 17 (2.16%) PHP
14 10 (1.27%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.38%) R
16 2 (0.25%) C
16 2 (0.25%) C++
16 2 (0.25%) Go
17 1 (0.13%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 117 (14.89%) Security Cleared
2 88 (11.20%) Degree
3 82 (10.43%) SC Cleared
4 79 (10.05%) Azure Certification
5 51 (6.49%) Cisco Certification
6 50 (6.36%) AWS Certification
7 48 (6.11%) CCNA
8 46 (5.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 39 (4.96%) DV Cleared
10 37 (4.71%) Microsoft Certification
11 22 (2.80%) MCSE
12 17 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
12 17 (2.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 16 (2.04%) APMP
14 14 (1.78%) CCNP
15 12 (1.53%) PMI Certification
16 10 (1.27%) CISSP
17 5 (0.64%) DBS Check
17 5 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
17 5 (0.64%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.18%) Cyber Essentials
2 23 (2.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (2.54%) SLA
4 14 (1.78%) Data Quality
4 14 (1.78%) SOC 2
5 6 (0.76%) NIST
6 4 (0.51%) COBIT
6 4 (0.51%) GDPR
7 3 (0.38%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.38%) JSP 440
7 3 (0.38%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.38%) QA
8 2 (0.25%) PMO
9 1 (0.13%) GxP
9 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 438 (55.73%) Active Directory
2 177 (22.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 148 (18.83%) Hyper-V
4 65 (8.27%) Virtual Machines
5 46 (5.85%) Docker
6 45 (5.73%) VMware ESXi
7 30 (3.82%) Virtual Desktop
8 28 (3.56%) Virtual Servers
9 18 (2.29%) NFS
9 18 (2.29%) vSphere
10 10 (1.27%) pfSense
11 8 (1.02%) DFS Replication
11 8 (1.02%) Terminal Services
12 3 (0.38%) Firmware
13 2 (0.25%) PowerDNS
13 2 (0.25%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.25%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.13%) KVM
14 1 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
14 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 122 (15.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 74 (9.41%) SCCM
3 69 (8.78%) Terraform
4 62 (7.89%) Ansible
5 58 (7.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 54 (6.87%) WSUS
7 45 (5.73%) Kubernetes
8 35 (4.45%) SCOM
9 33 (4.20%) Single Sign-On
10 28 (3.56%) vCenter Server
11 27 (3.44%) Grafana
12 24 (3.05%) CASB
13 22 (2.80%) ZABBIX
14 18 (2.29%) Puppet
15 16 (2.04%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
16 14 (1.78%) HAProxy
17 12 (1.53%) CA Single Sign-On
17 12 (1.53%) Nagios
17 12 (1.53%) Opsgenie
17 12 (1.53%) VxRail
Vendors
1 389 (49.49%) Microsoft
2 260 (33.08%) VMware
3 119 (15.14%) Cisco
4 75 (9.54%) Oracle
5 51 (6.49%) Meraki
6 46 (5.85%) Sparx
7 45 (5.73%) Citrix
8 41 (5.22%) Juniper
9 40 (5.09%) Fortinet
10 38 (4.83%) Veeam
11 37 (4.71%) SolarWinds
12 34 (4.33%) Dell
13 30 (3.82%) Apple
14 28 (3.56%) Palo Alto
15 23 (2.93%) Red Hat
16 18 (2.29%) HP
17 17 (2.16%) CheckPoint
17 17 (2.16%) Ruckus Wireless
18 16 (2.04%) Google
18 16 (2.04%) McAfee