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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 169 210
Rank change year-on-year +40 +41 -41
Permanent jobs citing DNS 1,929 1,882 2,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.12% 2.24% 1.95%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.84% 13.67% 14.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,609 1,472 2,098
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,742 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.92% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,000 £75,000 £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 12,178 13,772 18,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.38% 16.37% 13.36%
Number of salaries quoted 8,544 6,977 10,429
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,189
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £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 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +43 491 £55,000 +0.00% 90
South East -12 430 £42,500 +6.25% 70
North of England +14 347 £42,500 - 83
Midlands +59 313 £37,500 -1.32% 41
South West +9 192 £37,500 -5.41% 30
North West -1 184 £45,000 - 53
West Midlands +30 167 £39,750 +4.61% 26
East of England 0 153 £41,500 -2.35% 40
East Midlands +53 142 £37,500 +2.74% 15
Yorkshire +38 119 £32,500 -18.75% 23
North East +2 50 £42,500 +6.80% 7
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
1 473 (24.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 299 (15.50%) SharePoint
3 119 (6.17%) IIS
4 34 (1.76%) WordPress
5 33 (1.71%) CMS
5 33 (1.71%) Exchange Server 2013
6 28 (1.45%) WebLogic
7 26 (1.35%) Exchange Server 2010
8 24 (1.24%) Apache
8 24 (1.24%) 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
1 244 (12.65%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (1.45%) 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 (1.45%) 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 1,066 (55.26%) Azure
2 898 (46.55%) Microsoft 365
3 374 (19.39%) AWS
4 350 (18.14%) Entra ID
5 115 (5.96%) IaaS
6 102 (5.29%) OneDrive
7 79 (4.10%) SaaS
8 71 (3.68%) PaaS
8 71 (3.68%) Power Platform
9 65 (3.37%) GCP
10 58 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
11 51 (2.64%) Mimecast
12 45 (2.33%) Nutanix
13 42 (2.18%) GitHub
14 40 (2.07%) OpenShift
15 32 (1.66%) Amazon EKS
16 28 (1.45%) Amazon SQS
16 28 (1.45%) Azure Storage
17 27 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
17 27 (1.40%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1,205 (62.47%) DHCP
2 790 (40.95%) Firewall
3 619 (32.09%) TCP/IP
4 390 (20.22%) WAN
5 376 (19.49%) VPN
6 339 (17.57%) LAN
7 242 (12.55%) VLAN
8 208 (10.78%) Wi-Fi
9 191 (9.90%) Wireless
10 188 (9.75%) SAN
11 136 (7.05%) SSL
12 110 (5.70%) HTTP
13 105 (5.44%) Network Security
14 98 (5.08%) VoIP
15 94 (4.87%) Internet
16 92 (4.77%) SD-WAN
17 78 (4.04%) BGP
18 60 (3.11%) NAS
19 59 (3.06%) SNMP
20 56 (2.90%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 203 (10.52%) SQL Server
2 64 (3.32%) Amazon RDS
3 44 (2.28%) MySQL
4 39 (2.02%) Oracle Database
4 39 (2.02%) Relational Database
5 36 (1.87%) Power BI
6 33 (1.71%) RDBMS
7 20 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
7 20 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
8 18 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
9 16 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 14 (0.73%) Redis
11 10 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (0.41%) MongoDB
12 8 (0.41%) NoSQL
13 6 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.16%) Big Data
14 3 (0.16%) Crystal Reports
14 3 (0.16%) EDRMS
14 3 (0.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 56 (2.90%) Jenkins
2 48 (2.49%) JIRA
3 40 (2.07%) Git
4 20 (1.04%) GitLab
5 10 (0.52%) Trac
6 7 (0.36%) Katalon Studio
7 6 (0.31%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.21%) Charles Proxy
8 4 (0.21%) Octopus Deploy
8 4 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.16%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.10%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 2 (0.10%) Browser DevTools
10 2 (0.10%) git-flow
10 2 (0.10%) Hudson
10 2 (0.10%) Subversion
11 1 (0.052%) Log4Net
11 1 (0.052%) Selenium
11 1 (0.052%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 523 (27.11%) Social Skills
2 212 (10.99%) Finance
3 193 (10.01%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (3.47%) Telecoms
5 51 (2.64%) Public Sector
6 49 (2.54%) Law
7 43 (2.23%) Banking
8 39 (2.02%) Aerospace
9 38 (1.97%) Marketing
10 33 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 29 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
11 29 (1.50%) Manufacturing
11 29 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
12 28 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
13 24 (1.24%) Legal
14 23 (1.19%) Retail
15 15 (0.78%) Games
16 9 (0.47%) Automotive
17 8 (0.41%) Electronics
18 7 (0.36%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 382 (19.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 245 (12.70%) Senior
3 242 (12.55%) Analyst
4 237 (12.29%) IT Support
5 235 (12.18%) Support Engineer
6 210 (10.89%) IT Engineer
7 121 (6.27%) Network Engineer
8 117 (6.07%) Lead
9 109 (5.65%) IT Support Engineer
10 105 (5.44%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 92 (4.77%) 2nd Line Support
12 88 (4.56%) Architect
13 84 (4.35%) IT Technician
13 84 (4.35%) Support Analyst
14 80 (4.15%) 3rd Line Support
15 76 (3.94%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 74 (3.84%) Administrator
17 72 (3.73%) IT Analyst
17 72 (3.73%) Systems Engineer
18 70 (3.63%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (3.63%) .NET
2 56 (2.90%) HTML
3 54 (2.80%) REST
4 46 (2.38%) CSS
5 39 (2.02%) ARM Templates
6 36 (1.87%) React
7 35 (1.81%) LDAP
7 35 (1.81%) SAML
8 34 (1.76%) RabbitMQ
9 33 (1.71%) YAML
10 32 (1.66%) 802.1X
11 30 (1.56%) ASP.NET
12 28 (1.45%) jQuery
12 28 (1.45%) Spring Boot
13 23 (1.19%) ASP.NET MVC
13 23 (1.19%) RESTful
14 22 (1.14%) AngularJS
14 22 (1.14%) Vue
15 21 (1.09%) OAuth
16 20 (1.04%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 149 (7.72%) Data Centre
2 121 (6.27%) Self-Motivation
3 109 (5.65%) PKI
4 107 (5.55%) Driving Licence
5 92 (4.77%) Public Cloud
6 68 (3.53%) Replication
7 60 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
8 51 (2.64%) Onboarding
9 50 (2.59%) Management Information System
10 40 (2.07%) Client/Server
11 36 (1.87%) Clustering
12 31 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
13 30 (1.56%) Security Posture
14 25 (1.30%) Cyberattack
14 25 (1.30%) Video Conferencing
15 21 (1.09%) IoT
16 17 (0.88%) Eurex
17 15 (0.78%) CCTV
17 15 (0.78%) Smartphone
18 13 (0.67%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1,297 (67.24%) Windows
2 796 (41.26%) Windows Server
3 428 (22.19%) Linux
4 260 (13.48%) Windows 10
5 219 (11.35%) Windows Server 2016
6 183 (9.49%) Windows Server 2019
7 155 (8.04%) Windows Server 2012
8 98 (5.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 67 (3.47%) Windows Server 2008
10 64 (3.32%) Unix
11 63 (3.27%) Android
12 58 (3.01%) Apple iOS
13 50 (2.59%) Mac OS
14 40 (2.07%) CentOS
15 38 (1.97%) Windows 7
16 37 (1.92%) Ubuntu
17 32 (1.66%) VMS
18 28 (1.45%) Windows 8
19 21 (1.09%) Mac OS X
20 20 (1.04%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 459 (23.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 406 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
3 388 (20.11%) ITIL
4 255 (13.22%) Customer Service
5 241 (12.49%) DevOps
6 231 (11.98%) Agile
7 227 (11.77%) Cybersecurity
8 201 (10.42%) Disaster Recovery
9 150 (7.78%) Migration
10 127 (6.58%) Project Management
11 101 (5.24%) Information Security
12 99 (5.13%) Collaborative Working
13 96 (4.98%) Infrastructure as Code
14 95 (4.92%) Load Balancing
14 95 (4.92%) Mentoring
15 91 (4.72%) CI/CD
16 90 (4.67%) Service Management
17 88 (4.56%) Continuous Improvement
18 78 (4.04%) Computer Science
19 75 (3.89%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 447 (23.17%) PowerShell
2 214 (11.09%) Python
3 193 (10.01%) SQL
4 126 (6.53%) Bash
5 93 (4.82%) Java
6 75 (3.89%) C#
7 63 (3.27%) JavaScript
8 53 (2.75%) Perl
9 36 (1.87%) T-SQL
10 34 (1.76%) VBScript
11 24 (1.24%) Ruby
11 24 (1.24%) VB
12 22 (1.14%) Bicep
13 19 (0.98%) XAML
14 16 (0.83%) PHP
15 15 (0.78%) C++
16 12 (0.62%) C
17 10 (0.52%) PL/SQL
18 8 (0.41%) Shell Script
19 6 (0.31%) Go
Qualifications
1 253 (13.12%) Degree
2 236 (12.23%) Security Cleared
3 141 (7.31%) SC Cleared
4 125 (6.48%) Cisco Certification
5 124 (6.43%) Microsoft Certification
6 118 (6.12%) DV Cleared
7 106 (5.50%) CCNA
8 92 (4.77%) Azure Certification
9 52 (2.70%) MCSE
10 50 (2.59%) CCNP
11 49 (2.54%) AWS Certification
12 45 (2.33%) DBS Check
13 44 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
14 38 (1.97%) MCSA
15 34 (1.76%) 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 27 (1.40%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (6.12%) SLA
2 65 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 31 (1.61%) GDPR
5 18 (0.93%) 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 (0.41%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.41%) ISO 9001
9 8 (0.41%) NCSC
9 8 (0.41%) PMO
10 7 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.36%) QA
11 3 (0.16%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.16%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.052%) GxP
12 1 (0.052%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.052%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1,228 (63.66%) Active Directory
2 448 (23.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 393 (20.37%) Hyper-V
4 110 (5.70%) VMware ESXi
5 94 (4.87%) Virtual Machines
6 92 (4.77%) Docker
7 77 (3.99%) vSphere
8 66 (3.42%) Virtual Servers
9 46 (2.38%) Virtual Desktop
10 20 (1.04%) NFS
10 20 (1.04%) Terminal Services
11 19 (0.98%) Firmware
12 18 (0.93%) pfSense
13 17 (0.88%) XenApp
14 13 (0.67%) XenDesktop
15 9 (0.47%) VMware NSX
16 8 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
16 8 (0.41%) VMware Server
17 7 (0.36%) DFS Replication
17 7 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 293 (15.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 157 (8.14%) SCCM
3 135 (7.00%) Ansible
4 121 (6.27%) Terraform
5 117 (6.07%) WSUS
6 111 (5.75%) Kubernetes
7 79 (4.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 78 (4.04%) SCOM
9 77 (3.99%) Puppet
10 59 (3.06%) vCenter Server
11 53 (2.75%) Single Sign-On
12 33 (1.71%) Grafana
13 24 (1.24%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 24 (1.24%) ZABBIX
14 23 (1.19%) FortiGate
15 21 (1.09%) Jamf Pro
15 21 (1.09%) NetBackup
15 21 (1.09%) Prometheus
16 18 (0.93%) Progress Chef
17 17 (0.88%) CASB
Vendors
1 1,035 (53.65%) Microsoft
2 649 (33.64%) VMware
3 283 (14.67%) Cisco
4 181 (9.38%) Veeam
5 152 (7.88%) Citrix
6 103 (5.34%) Dell
7 102 (5.29%) Oracle
8 101 (5.24%) Red Hat
9 98 (5.08%) HP
10 83 (4.30%) Apple
11 79 (4.10%) Fortinet
12 77 (3.99%) Juniper
13 71 (3.68%) SolarWinds
14 59 (3.06%) Google
15 57 (2.95%) Meraki
16 45 (2.33%) Palo Alto
17 41 (2.13%) Bloomberg
17 41 (2.13%) Sophos
18 35 (1.81%) ServiceNow
19 32 (1.66%) Aruba