DNS Jobs in the UK excluding London

Domain Name System (DNS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring DNS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited DNS over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 132 144 167
Rank change year-on-year +12 +23 -17
Permanent jobs citing DNS 1,582 1,320 1,740
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.97% 2.39% 2.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.64% 12.46% 14.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,248 1,031 1,386
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% +2.41%
75th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £54,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £66,875
UK median annual salary £43,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.35% -5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

DNS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 10,116 10,597 11,637
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.63% 19.18% 15.24%
Number of salaries quoted 7,154 4,554 6,521
10th Percentile £25,760 £26,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,886 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.25% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £69,675 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.86% -2.86% +5.00%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing DNS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for DNS in the UK excluding London

DNS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DNS in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for DNS in the UK excluding London

DNS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for DNS in the UK excluding London

DNS
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East -11 438 £42,500 +6.25% 85
North of England +12 343 £42,500 - 81
Midlands +45 320 £37,500 - 54
South West -1 191 £37,500 -6.25% 27
North West -7 181 £45,000 - 52
West Midlands +28 169 £39,750 +6.00% 30
East of England -1 156 £41,500 -1.38% 39
East Midlands +43 147 £37,500 -1.96% 24
Yorkshire +43 121 £32,500 -13.33% 24
Wales +42 62 £34,000 +1.49% 6
Scotland -56 61 £41,250 +13.79% 23
North East -7 47 £42,500 +6.80% 5
Northern Ireland +15 13 £32,500 -4.41% 2
Channel Islands - 4 £85,000 -
Isle of Man - 4 £43,000 -
DNS
UK

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 372 (23.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 243 (15.36%) SharePoint
3 93 (5.88%) IIS
4 40 (2.53%) WebLogic
5 33 (2.09%) CMS
6 27 (1.71%) WordPress
7 23 (1.45%) Exchange Server 2013
8 22 (1.39%) Exchange Server 2010
9 21 (1.33%) Exchange Server 2007
10 16 (1.01%) Confluence
10 16 (1.01%) Skype for Business
11 13 (0.82%) Apache
12 12 (0.76%) nginx
13 7 (0.44%) OpenStack
14 5 (0.32%) Umbraco
15 4 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2003
16 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
17 1 (0.063%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 206 (13.02%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.32%) Trello
6 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.13%) CATIA
8 2 (0.13%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 40 (2.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 7 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.25%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.13%) Epicor Tropos
4 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.063%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.063%) Sage 300 ERP
5 1 (0.063%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.063%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.063%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 871 (55.06%) Azure
2 788 (49.81%) Microsoft 365
3 304 (19.22%) Entra ID
4 293 (18.52%) AWS
5 95 (6.01%) OneDrive
6 93 (5.88%) IaaS
7 67 (4.24%) SaaS
8 51 (3.22%) PaaS
9 50 (3.16%) Power Platform
10 40 (2.53%) Amazon EKS
10 40 (2.53%) Amazon SQS
10 40 (2.53%) Mimecast
10 40 (2.53%) Nutanix
11 35 (2.21%) OpenShift
12 34 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
13 31 (1.96%) Azure Monitor
14 26 (1.64%) GitHub
15 22 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
16 21 (1.33%) WhatsApp
17 20 (1.26%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 1,009 (63.78%) DHCP
2 633 (40.01%) Firewall
3 534 (33.75%) TCP/IP
4 302 (19.09%) VPN
5 296 (18.71%) WAN
6 253 (15.99%) LAN
7 202 (12.77%) VLAN
8 150 (9.48%) Wi-Fi
9 143 (9.04%) SAN
10 139 (8.79%) Wireless
11 120 (7.59%) SSL
12 82 (5.18%) HTTP
13 79 (4.99%) VoIP
14 76 (4.80%) Network Security
15 69 (4.36%) BGP
16 62 (3.92%) Internet
16 62 (3.92%) SD-WAN
17 40 (2.53%) iSCSI
18 37 (2.34%) SMTP
19 35 (2.21%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (8.66%) SQL Server
2 68 (4.30%) Amazon RDS
3 48 (3.03%) Oracle Database
4 44 (2.78%) Relational Database
5 40 (2.53%) RDBMS
6 25 (1.58%) MySQL
7 24 (1.52%) Power BI
8 14 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 12 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
9 12 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
10 9 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (0.57%) Redis
11 8 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.38%) GIS
13 5 (0.32%) NoSQL
14 2 (0.13%) Crystal Reports
14 2 (0.13%) Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.13%) OLAP
14 2 (0.13%) OLAP Cube
14 2 (0.13%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 31 (1.96%) JIRA
2 23 (1.45%) Git
3 21 (1.33%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.63%) Trac
5 5 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (0.25%) GitLab
7 3 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.13%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.13%) Grunt
8 2 (0.13%) Hudson
8 2 (0.13%) webpack
9 1 (0.063%) Log4Net
9 1 (0.063%) Selenium
9 1 (0.063%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 442 (27.94%) Social Skills
2 153 (9.67%) Analytical Skills
3 115 (7.27%) Finance
4 58 (3.67%) Telecoms
5 46 (2.91%) Public Sector
6 40 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
7 39 (2.47%) Aerospace
7 39 (2.47%) Marketing
8 34 (2.15%) Manufacturing
9 32 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 28 (1.77%) Law
11 21 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
12 20 (1.26%) Retail
13 16 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (0.63%) Electronics
14 10 (0.63%) Legal
15 9 (0.57%) Automotive
16 8 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (0.51%) Local Government
17 7 (0.44%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 336 (21.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 227 (14.35%) Senior
3 223 (14.10%) IT Support
4 198 (12.52%) IT Engineer
4 198 (12.52%) Support Engineer
5 178 (11.25%) Analyst
6 116 (7.33%) Lead
7 98 (6.19%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 96 (6.07%) IT Support Engineer
8 96 (6.07%) IT Technician
9 94 (5.94%) Network Engineer
10 86 (5.44%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 84 (5.31%) 2nd Line Support
11 84 (5.31%) Architect
12 83 (5.25%) Support Technician
13 72 (4.55%) 3rd Line Support
14 61 (3.86%) Administrator
14 61 (3.86%) Developer
14 61 (3.86%) Support Analyst
15 60 (3.79%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (3.10%) .NET
2 48 (3.03%) REST
3 46 (2.91%) HTML
4 44 (2.78%) CSS
5 42 (2.65%) RabbitMQ
6 40 (2.53%) Spring Boot
7 28 (1.77%) ASP.NET
7 28 (1.77%) jQuery
7 28 (1.77%) React
8 25 (1.58%) SAML
9 24 (1.52%) Vue
10 23 (1.45%) ARM Templates
11 22 (1.39%) AngularJS
11 22 (1.39%) ASP.NET MVC
12 20 (1.26%) OAuth
12 20 (1.26%) OpenID
13 19 (1.20%) Tailwind CSS
13 19 (1.20%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 19 (1.20%) WPF
14 17 (1.07%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 126 (7.96%) Data Centre
2 112 (7.08%) Self-Motivation
3 111 (7.02%) Driving Licence
4 89 (5.63%) Public Cloud
5 64 (4.05%) PKI
6 60 (3.79%) Replication
7 59 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
8 40 (2.53%) Management Information System
9 36 (2.28%) Onboarding
10 33 (2.09%) Clustering
11 25 (1.58%) Cyberattack
11 25 (1.58%) IoT
12 21 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
13 15 (0.95%) Client/Server
14 13 (0.82%) CCTV
14 13 (0.82%) NHS
15 12 (0.76%) PMI
16 10 (0.63%) Cloud Native
16 10 (0.63%) Security Posture
16 10 (0.63%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 1,067 (67.45%) Windows
2 679 (42.92%) Windows Server
3 345 (21.81%) Linux
4 213 (13.46%) Windows 10
5 193 (12.20%) Windows Server 2016
6 165 (10.43%) Windows Server 2019
7 142 (8.98%) Windows Server 2012
8 86 (5.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 63 (3.98%) Android
10 57 (3.60%) Apple iOS
11 49 (3.10%) Windows Server 2008
12 39 (2.47%) Mac OS
13 34 (2.15%) Windows 7
14 28 (1.77%) Windows 8
15 27 (1.71%) VMS
16 21 (1.33%) Mac OS X
16 21 (1.33%) Ubuntu
17 20 (1.26%) Unix
18 19 (1.20%) Windows XP
19 14 (0.88%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 393 (24.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 340 (21.49%) Problem-Solving
3 320 (20.23%) ITIL
4 256 (16.18%) Customer Service
5 181 (11.44%) Agile
6 165 (10.43%) DevOps
7 155 (9.80%) Disaster Recovery
8 149 (9.42%) Cybersecurity
9 129 (8.15%) Project Management
10 127 (8.03%) Migration
11 103 (6.51%) Collaborative Working
12 92 (5.82%) Actionable Insight
13 88 (5.56%) Service Management
14 84 (5.31%) Mentoring
15 73 (4.61%) Incident Management
15 73 (4.61%) Open Source
16 71 (4.49%) Server Management
17 69 (4.36%) Scrum
18 67 (4.24%) Computer Science
19 66 (4.17%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 312 (19.72%) PowerShell
2 135 (8.53%) SQL
3 108 (6.83%) Python
4 70 (4.42%) Bash
4 70 (4.42%) C#
5 65 (4.11%) Java
6 46 (2.91%) JavaScript
7 36 (2.28%) VBScript
8 25 (1.58%) VB
9 24 (1.52%) Bicep
10 22 (1.39%) Perl
10 22 (1.39%) T-SQL
11 19 (1.20%) XAML
12 14 (0.88%) PHP
13 10 (0.63%) C
13 10 (0.63%) C++
14 8 (0.51%) PL/SQL
15 7 (0.44%) Go
16 5 (0.32%) Ruby
16 5 (0.32%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 251 (15.87%) Security Cleared
2 199 (12.58%) Degree
3 161 (10.18%) SC Cleared
4 118 (7.46%) DV Cleared
5 104 (6.57%) Cisco Certification
6 91 (5.75%) Microsoft Certification
7 89 (5.63%) Azure Certification
7 89 (5.63%) CCNA
8 51 (3.22%) AWS Certification
9 47 (2.97%) CCNP
10 46 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
11 40 (2.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 38 (2.40%) DBS Check
12 38 (2.40%) MCSE
13 35 (2.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 29 (1.83%) A+ Certification
15 26 (1.64%) MCP
16 25 (1.58%) Network+ Certification
17 20 (1.26%) MCSA
18 17 (1.07%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (6.57%) SLA
2 43 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials
4 28 (1.77%) GDPR
5 20 (1.26%) Data Quality
6 9 (0.57%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.44%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.25%) NIST
8 4 (0.25%) QA
9 3 (0.19%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.063%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.063%) GxP
10 1 (0.063%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.063%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.063%) NCSC
10 1 (0.063%) PMO
10 1 (0.063%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1,027 (64.92%) Active Directory
2 361 (22.82%) Hyper-V
3 341 (21.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 82 (5.18%) Virtual Machines
5 70 (4.42%) VMware ESXi
6 66 (4.17%) Docker
7 62 (3.92%) vSphere
8 44 (2.78%) Virtual Servers
9 42 (2.65%) Virtual Desktop
10 19 (1.20%) Terminal Services
11 18 (1.14%) pfSense
12 16 (1.01%) NFS
13 14 (0.88%) Firmware
13 14 (0.88%) XenApp
14 10 (0.63%) XenDesktop
15 8 (0.51%) Embedded Firmware
15 8 (0.51%) VMware Server
16 7 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 7 (0.44%) VMware NSX
17 4 (0.25%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 275 (17.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 141 (8.91%) SCCM
3 96 (6.07%) WSUS
4 81 (5.12%) SCOM
5 79 (4.99%) Kubernetes
6 67 (4.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 66 (4.17%) Ansible
8 51 (3.22%) Terraform
9 35 (2.21%) Puppet
10 34 (2.15%) vCenter Server
11 23 (1.45%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 23 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
11 23 (1.45%) ZABBIX
12 19 (1.20%) CASB
12 19 (1.20%) FortiGate
13 18 (1.14%) Grafana
14 16 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
14 16 (1.01%) SCDPM
15 14 (0.88%) Microsoft Clustering
15 14 (0.88%) VxRail
Vendors
1 883 (55.82%) Microsoft
2 527 (33.31%) VMware
3 241 (15.23%) Cisco
4 159 (10.05%) Veeam
5 108 (6.83%) Citrix
6 91 (5.75%) Dell
7 75 (4.74%) HP
8 72 (4.55%) Oracle
9 68 (4.30%) Apple
10 64 (4.05%) Meraki
11 61 (3.86%) Juniper
12 52 (3.29%) Fortinet
13 50 (3.16%) Red Hat
14 46 (2.91%) Palo Alto
15 45 (2.84%) SolarWinds
16 40 (2.53%) Sophos
16 40 (2.53%) Sparx
17 32 (2.02%) Acronis
18 30 (1.90%) WatchGuard
19 29 (1.83%) NetApp