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 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 143 187 248
Rank change year-on-year +44 +61 -38
Permanent jobs citing DNS 777 735 1,229
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.24% 1.91% 1.65%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.89% 16.69% 14.49%
Number of salaries quoted 652 644 867
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,125 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.80% -9.75% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £84,625 £81,750
UK median annual salary £43,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.35% -5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 5,217 4,404 8,481
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.02% 11.45% 11.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,325 3,281 5,133
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £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 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +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 1 June 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
1 147 (18.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 80 (10.30%) SharePoint
3 67 (8.62%) IIS
4 46 (5.92%) WebLogic
5 20 (2.57%) CMS
6 17 (2.19%) nginx
7 16 (2.06%) WordPress
8 15 (1.93%) Apache
9 9 (1.16%) Confluence
10 7 (0.90%) 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 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2007
13 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
14 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
14 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
14 1 (0.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.13%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 37 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.64%) Trello
3 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.39%) SPSS
4 2 (0.26%) CATIA
4 2 (0.26%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.26%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 46 (5.92%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 6 (0.77%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.26%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.13%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 502 (64.61%) Azure
2 327 (42.08%) Microsoft 365
3 209 (26.90%) AWS
4 149 (19.18%) Entra ID
5 51 (6.56%) IaaS
6 46 (5.92%) Amazon EKS
6 46 (5.92%) Amazon SQS
7 34 (4.38%) Azure DevOps
8 33 (4.25%) GCP
9 29 (3.73%) Nutanix
10 27 (3.47%) Power Platform
11 25 (3.22%) Azure Monitor
12 23 (2.96%) OneDrive
13 20 (2.57%) Azure Storage
14 19 (2.45%) GitHub
15 17 (2.19%) Azure Data Factory
16 16 (2.06%) Azure App Service
16 16 (2.06%) Matillion
16 16 (2.06%) PaaS
17 15 (1.93%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 402 (51.74%) DHCP
2 342 (44.02%) Firewall
3 252 (32.43%) TCP/IP
4 168 (21.62%) WAN
5 141 (18.15%) LAN
6 128 (16.47%) VPN
7 109 (14.03%) SSL
8 90 (11.58%) VLAN
9 89 (11.45%) Wi-Fi
10 71 (9.14%) SAN
11 61 (7.85%) BGP
12 55 (7.08%) Wireless
13 54 (6.95%) Internet
14 52 (6.69%) Network Security
15 41 (5.28%) VoIP
16 39 (5.02%) SD-WAN
17 36 (4.63%) NAS
18 33 (4.25%) DKIM
18 33 (4.25%) DMARC
19 32 (4.12%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (11.58%) SQL Server
2 61 (7.85%) Amazon RDS
3 57 (7.34%) Oracle Database
4 49 (6.31%) Relational Database
5 46 (5.92%) RDBMS
6 24 (3.09%) MySQL
7 17 (2.19%) Power BI
8 13 (1.67%) Elasticsearch
9 12 (1.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (1.03%) MongoDB
11 6 (0.77%) NoSQL
11 6 (0.77%) Redis
12 3 (0.39%) Big Data
12 3 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.39%) EDRMS
12 3 (0.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 3 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.26%) OLAP
13 2 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 25 (3.22%) Jenkins
2 21 (2.70%) JIRA
3 16 (2.06%) Git
4 10 (1.29%) Trac
5 5 (0.64%) GitLab
6 4 (0.51%) Charles Proxy
7 2 (0.26%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.26%) Browser DevTools
7 2 (0.26%) Grunt
7 2 (0.26%) webpack
8 1 (0.13%) Log4Net
8 1 (0.13%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.13%) Subversion
8 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 227 (29.21%) Social Skills
2 96 (12.36%) Finance
3 89 (11.45%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (3.47%) Telecoms
5 25 (3.22%) Public Sector
6 16 (2.06%) Marketing
7 15 (1.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (1.67%) Games
9 12 (1.54%) Aerospace
10 10 (1.29%) Banking
10 10 (1.29%) Legal
11 7 (0.90%) German Language
12 6 (0.77%) French Language
12 6 (0.77%) Italian Language
12 6 (0.77%) Law
12 6 (0.77%) Manufacturing
12 6 (0.77%) Portuguese Language
12 6 (0.77%) Spanish Language
12 6 (0.77%) Swedish Language
12 6 (0.77%) Turkish Language
Job Titles
1 137 (17.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 108 (13.90%) Senior
3 89 (11.45%) Lead
4 85 (10.94%) Analyst
5 70 (9.01%) Architect
6 61 (7.85%) IT Support
7 59 (7.59%) IT Engineer
8 54 (6.95%) Support Engineer
9 48 (6.18%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 47 (6.05%) Lead Architect
10 47 (6.05%) Solutions Architect
11 46 (5.92%) Lead Solutions Architect
12 43 (5.53%) 3rd Line Support
13 42 (5.41%) Network Engineer
14 39 (5.02%) Consultant
15 37 (4.76%) DevOps Engineer
16 35 (4.50%) IT Analyst
17 34 (4.38%) Developer
18 29 (3.73%) Support Specialist
19 28 (3.60%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (6.05%) RabbitMQ
2 46 (5.92%) Spring Boot
3 40 (5.15%) REST
4 35 (4.50%) .NET
5 32 (4.12%) HTML
6 29 (3.73%) CSS
7 23 (2.96%) ASP.NET
8 22 (2.83%) ASP.NET MVC
8 22 (2.83%) React
9 21 (2.70%) ARM Templates
9 21 (2.70%) Vue
10 20 (2.57%) AngularJS
11 19 (2.45%) jQuery
11 19 (2.45%) SAML
11 19 (2.45%) Tailwind CSS
11 19 (2.45%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 19 (2.45%) WPF
12 18 (2.32%) OAuth
13 17 (2.19%) OpenID
14 16 (2.06%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 94 (12.10%) Public Cloud
2 89 (11.45%) Data Centre
3 64 (8.24%) PKI
4 63 (8.11%) Enterprise Software
5 50 (6.44%) Self-Motivation
6 26 (3.35%) Cyberattack
7 23 (2.96%) Management Information System
8 22 (2.83%) Client/Server
9 19 (2.45%) Driving Licence
9 19 (2.45%) Onboarding
10 15 (1.93%) Clustering
10 15 (1.93%) IoT
10 15 (1.93%) Video Conferencing
11 14 (1.80%) Hybrid Cloud
12 13 (1.67%) Replication
13 12 (1.54%) PMI
14 9 (1.16%) Cloud Native
15 8 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
15 8 (1.03%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
16 7 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 447 (57.53%) Windows
2 270 (34.75%) Windows Server
3 212 (27.28%) Linux
4 79 (10.17%) Windows Server 2016
5 66 (8.49%) Windows 10
6 62 (7.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 62 (7.98%) Windows Server 2019
7 48 (6.18%) Windows Server 2012
8 18 (2.32%) Windows Server 2008
9 17 (2.19%) Android
9 17 (2.19%) Mac OS
10 14 (1.80%) Apple iOS
11 12 (1.54%) Unix
12 10 (1.29%) Mac OS X
13 9 (1.16%) CentOS
13 9 (1.16%) VMS
14 7 (0.90%) Windows 7
15 6 (0.77%) Oracle Linux
15 6 (0.77%) Windows 8
16 5 (0.64%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (22.01%) Agile
2 169 (21.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 146 (18.79%) Problem-Solving
4 128 (16.47%) DevOps
5 125 (16.09%) ITIL
6 103 (13.26%) Project Management
7 91 (11.71%) Migration
8 72 (9.27%) Disaster Recovery
8 72 (9.27%) Scrum
9 69 (8.88%) CI/CD
9 69 (8.88%) Kanban
10 68 (8.75%) Collaborative Working
11 67 (8.62%) Open Source
12 64 (8.24%) Cybersecurity
12 64 (8.24%) Load Balancing
13 59 (7.59%) Infrastructure as Code
14 56 (7.21%) Actionable Insight
15 53 (6.82%) Information Security
16 51 (6.56%) Systems Engineering
16 51 (6.56%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 144 (18.53%) PowerShell
2 71 (9.14%) Python
3 62 (7.98%) SQL
4 48 (6.18%) C#
5 39 (5.02%) Bash
6 33 (4.25%) VBScript
7 32 (4.12%) Java
8 28 (3.60%) T-SQL
9 27 (3.47%) Perl
10 24 (3.09%) VB
11 20 (2.57%) Bicep
11 20 (2.57%) JavaScript
12 19 (2.45%) XAML
13 15 (1.93%) PHP
14 10 (1.29%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.39%) R
16 2 (0.26%) C
16 2 (0.26%) C++
16 2 (0.26%) Go
17 1 (0.13%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 122 (15.70%) Security Cleared
2 89 (11.45%) Degree
3 87 (11.20%) SC Cleared
4 81 (10.42%) Azure Certification
5 50 (6.44%) AWS Certification
5 50 (6.44%) Cisco Certification
6 47 (6.05%) CCNA
7 46 (5.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 41 (5.28%) DV Cleared
9 37 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (2.83%) MCSE
11 19 (2.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 17 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
13 16 (2.06%) APMP
14 13 (1.67%) CCNP
15 12 (1.54%) PMI Certification
16 10 (1.29%) CISSP
17 5 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
17 5 (0.64%) MCP
17 5 (0.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.09%) Cyber Essentials
2 23 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (2.57%) SLA
4 14 (1.80%) Data Quality
4 14 (1.80%) SOC 2
5 6 (0.77%) NIST
6 4 (0.51%) COBIT
6 4 (0.51%) GDPR
7 3 (0.39%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.39%) JSP 440
7 3 (0.39%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.39%) QA
8 2 (0.26%) PMO
9 1 (0.13%) GxP
9 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 437 (56.24%) Active Directory
2 177 (22.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 145 (18.66%) Hyper-V
4 67 (8.62%) Virtual Machines
5 41 (5.28%) VMware ESXi
6 40 (5.15%) Docker
7 32 (4.12%) Virtual Desktop
8 30 (3.86%) Virtual Servers
9 18 (2.32%) NFS
10 17 (2.19%) vSphere
11 10 (1.29%) pfSense
12 8 (1.03%) DFS Replication
12 8 (1.03%) Terminal Services
13 3 (0.39%) Firmware
14 2 (0.26%) PowerDNS
14 2 (0.26%) VMware NSX
14 2 (0.26%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.13%) KVM
15 1 (0.13%) Samba
15 1 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 120 (15.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 78 (10.04%) SCCM
3 65 (8.37%) Terraform
4 62 (7.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 58 (7.46%) Ansible
6 53 (6.82%) WSUS
7 41 (5.28%) Kubernetes
8 38 (4.89%) SCOM
9 33 (4.25%) Single Sign-On
10 26 (3.35%) vCenter Server
11 25 (3.22%) Grafana
12 24 (3.09%) CASB
13 22 (2.83%) ZABBIX
14 17 (2.19%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 14 (1.80%) Puppet
16 13 (1.67%) HAProxy
17 12 (1.54%) CA Single Sign-On
17 12 (1.54%) Opsgenie
17 12 (1.54%) VxRail
18 11 (1.42%) Nagios
Vendors
1 383 (49.29%) Microsoft
2 258 (33.20%) VMware
3 117 (15.06%) Cisco
4 75 (9.65%) Oracle
5 51 (6.56%) Meraki
6 46 (5.92%) Sparx
7 43 (5.53%) Citrix
8 40 (5.15%) Fortinet
8 40 (5.15%) Juniper
9 39 (5.02%) Veeam
10 35 (4.50%) SolarWinds
11 34 (4.38%) Dell
12 30 (3.86%) Apple
13 27 (3.47%) Palo Alto
14 23 (2.96%) Red Hat
15 19 (2.45%) HP
16 17 (2.19%) CheckPoint
17 16 (2.06%) Google
17 16 (2.06%) McAfee
17 16 (2.06%) NetApp