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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 126 151
Rank change year-on-year -3 +25 -22
Permanent jobs citing DNS 182 205 214
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.83% 2.65% 2.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.61% 12.73% 16.97%
Number of salaries quoted 149 167 177
10th Percentile £29,800 £29,300 £25,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £52,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £58,000 £60,000
England median annual salary £43,983 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.49% -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 1,166 1,611 1,261
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 11.69% 20.85% 13.25%
Number of salaries quoted 884 673 714
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,050 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,438 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +2.15% +3.33%
75th Percentile £61,250 £58,750 £58,438
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,735 £71,175
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 20 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 20 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 87 £48,256 +4.90% 20
Merseyside +16 42 £47,000 +10.59% 5
Cheshire -12 33 £43,500 -7.45% 21
Lancashire -3 15 £32,000 +23.08% 14
Cumbria -27 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 49 (26.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (10.99%) IIS
3 15 (8.24%) SharePoint
4 8 (4.40%) WebLogic
5 4 (2.20%) CMS
5 4 (2.20%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.55%) Confluence
6 1 (0.55%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (6.59%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.30%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (4.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (2.20%) Epicor Tropos
3 1 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 114 (62.64%) Azure
1 114 (62.64%) Microsoft 365
2 50 (27.47%) AWS
3 33 (18.13%) Entra ID
4 14 (7.69%) Power Platform
5 13 (7.14%) GCP
5 13 (7.14%) IaaS
6 12 (6.59%) PaaS
7 10 (5.49%) OneDrive
8 9 (4.95%) Amazon EKS
9 8 (4.40%) Amazon SQS
9 8 (4.40%) GitHub
10 7 (3.85%) AWS KMS
10 7 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (3.85%) Azure Key Vault
10 7 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (3.30%) PowerApps
12 4 (2.20%) SaaS
13 3 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (1.65%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 111 (60.99%) DHCP
2 60 (32.97%) Firewall
3 52 (28.57%) WAN
4 41 (22.53%) VPN
5 40 (21.98%) TCP/IP
6 37 (20.33%) LAN
7 32 (17.58%) SSL
8 22 (12.09%) SD-WAN
9 19 (10.44%) Internet
10 17 (9.34%) SAN
11 16 (8.79%) Wi-Fi
12 15 (8.24%) BGP
13 13 (7.14%) Wireless
14 12 (6.59%) DKIM
14 12 (6.59%) DMARC
14 12 (6.59%) iSCSI
14 12 (6.59%) Network Security
15 10 (5.49%) VoIP
16 8 (4.40%) IPsec
16 8 (4.40%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (17.03%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.49%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (4.95%) Relational Database
4 8 (4.40%) Oracle Database
4 8 (4.40%) RDBMS
5 6 (3.30%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (2.20%) MySQL
6 4 (2.20%) Power BI
6 4 (2.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (1.65%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.55%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 3 (1.65%) Jenkins
1 3 (1.65%) Octopus Deploy
2 2 (1.10%) JIRA
3 1 (0.55%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.55%) GitLab
General
1 44 (24.18%) Social Skills
2 14 (7.69%) Finance
3 12 (6.59%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (5.49%) Retail
5 9 (4.95%) Public Sector
6 5 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.65%) Legal
7 3 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.10%) Law
8 2 (1.10%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.10%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.55%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 56 (30.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 37 (20.33%) Senior
3 24 (13.19%) Analyst
4 21 (11.54%) Network Engineer
4 21 (11.54%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 19 (10.44%) IT Engineer
6 16 (8.79%) IT Support
6 16 (8.79%) Lead
6 16 (8.79%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 16 (8.79%) Support Engineer
7 14 (7.69%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 14 (7.69%) Cloud Engineer
8 12 (6.59%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 12 (6.59%) Information Analyst
8 12 (6.59%) Information Security Analyst
8 12 (6.59%) Infrastructure Manager
8 12 (6.59%) Security Analyst
9 10 (5.49%) Architect
10 9 (4.95%) 2nd Line Support
10 9 (4.95%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.40%) RabbitMQ
1 8 (4.40%) Spring Boot
2 5 (2.75%) .NET
2 5 (2.75%) LDAP
3 2 (1.10%) JWT
3 2 (1.10%) RESTful
3 2 (1.10%) SAML
4 1 (0.55%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.55%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.55%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.55%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.55%) jQuery
4 1 (0.55%) Laravel
4 1 (0.55%) React
4 1 (0.55%) REST
4 1 (0.55%) Tailwind CSS
4 1 (0.55%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 1 (0.55%) Visualforce
4 1 (0.55%) Vue
4 1 (0.55%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.44%) Public Cloud
2 16 (8.79%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (8.24%) Driving Licence
4 12 (6.59%) Data Centre
4 12 (6.59%) PMI
5 11 (6.04%) PKI
6 10 (5.49%) Cyberattack
6 10 (5.49%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (4.40%) Onboarding
7 8 (4.40%) Replication
8 5 (2.75%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.65%) Fat Client
9 3 (1.65%) Thin Client
10 2 (1.10%) CCTV
10 2 (1.10%) NHS
10 2 (1.10%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.55%) Distributed Systems
11 1 (0.55%) Housing Association
11 1 (0.55%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 89 (48.90%) Windows
2 55 (30.22%) Windows Server
3 36 (19.78%) Linux
4 12 (6.59%) Windows Server 2012
5 9 (4.95%) VMS
5 9 (4.95%) Windows 10
5 9 (4.95%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (4.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (4.40%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.65%) Android
7 3 (1.65%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (1.10%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.55%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.55%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (41.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 48 (26.37%) ITIL
3 45 (24.73%) Disaster Recovery
4 33 (18.13%) Capacity Planning
5 32 (17.58%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (14.84%) Project Management
7 26 (14.29%) Migration
8 23 (12.64%) Server Management
9 22 (12.09%) Agile
10 21 (11.54%) Customer Service
11 20 (10.99%) DevOps
11 20 (10.99%) Mentoring
12 19 (10.44%) Proactive Monitoring
13 18 (9.89%) Incident Management
14 17 (9.34%) Continuous Improvement
14 17 (9.34%) Line Management
15 14 (7.69%) Computer Science
15 14 (7.69%) Information Security
16 13 (7.14%) SIEM
17 12 (6.59%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 28 (15.38%) PowerShell
2 14 (7.69%) SQL
3 7 (3.85%) Python
4 5 (2.75%) C#
5 4 (2.20%) Go
6 3 (1.65%) Bash
6 3 (1.65%) 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 23 (12.64%) Degree
2 13 (7.14%) Azure Certification
3 12 (6.59%) PMI Certification
4 11 (6.04%) SC Cleared
4 11 (6.04%) Security Cleared
5 10 (5.49%) AWS Certification
6 9 (4.95%) CCNA
6 9 (4.95%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (4.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 8 (4.40%) CCNP
7 8 (4.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (2.75%) DBS Check
9 5 (2.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (2.20%) A+ Certification
10 4 (2.20%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.55%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 1 (0.55%) CCIE
12 1 (0.55%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.40%) SLA
2 6 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.55%) NCSC
3 1 (0.55%) NIST
3 1 (0.55%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.55%) PMO
System Software
1 126 (69.23%) Active Directory
2 26 (14.29%) Hyper-V
3 25 (13.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.75%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.75%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.20%) vSphere
6 3 (1.65%) 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
8 1 (0.55%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 34 (18.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (9.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 13 (7.14%) Terraform
4 12 (6.59%) Opsgenie
4 12 (6.59%) VxRail
4 12 (6.59%) ZABBIX
5 10 (5.49%) CASB
6 9 (4.95%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (3.85%) CA Single Sign-On
8 6 (3.30%) Kubernetes
9 5 (2.75%) WSUS
10 2 (1.10%) SCCM
11 1 (0.55%) Ansible
11 1 (0.55%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.55%) Grafana
11 1 (0.55%) Icinga
11 1 (0.55%) Nagios
11 1 (0.55%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 106 (58.24%) Microsoft
2 55 (30.22%) VMware
3 33 (18.13%) Cisco
4 18 (9.89%) Citrix
4 18 (9.89%) Fortinet
4 18 (9.89%) SolarWinds
5 14 (7.69%) Dell
6 13 (7.14%) NetApp
7 12 (6.59%) Veeam
8 11 (6.04%) Apple
9 10 (5.49%) ServiceNow
10 9 (4.95%) CA
11 8 (4.40%) Juniper
11 8 (4.40%) Oracle
11 8 (4.40%) Sparx
12 7 (3.85%) CyberArk
12 7 (3.85%) F5
13 6 (3.30%) Meraki
14 4 (2.20%) CrowdStrike
14 4 (2.20%) Ubiquiti