DNS Jobs in the North of England

Domain Name System (DNS)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 136 158 141
Rank change year-on-year +22 -17 -22
Permanent jobs citing DNS 339 386 458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.92% 2.29% 2.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.59% 12.23% 16.35%
Number of salaries quoted 271 289 363
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,188 £34,025 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.19%
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £67,968 £63,750 £71,250
England median annual salary £43,742 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.92% -5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,175 3,155 2,801
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 12.32% 18.74% 15.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,666 1,244 1,690
10th Percentile £25,875 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,673 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £61,250 £58,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,573
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 of England

Job postings citing DNS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for DNS in the North of England

DNS
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DNS in the North of England.

Salary trend for DNS in the North of England

DNS
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in the North of England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for DNS in the North of England

DNS
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the North of England region over the 6 months to 17 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
North West -5 181 £45,000 - 54
Yorkshire +44 114 £32,500 -18.75% 30
North East +8 50 £42,500 +13.33% 4
DNS
England

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 90 (26.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (11.50%) SharePoint
3 24 (7.08%) IIS
4 12 (3.54%) WebLogic
5 11 (3.24%) CMS
6 5 (1.47%) WordPress
7 4 (1.18%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 54 (15.93%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (3.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (1.18%) Epicor Tropos
3 1 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 195 (57.52%) Azure
2 176 (51.92%) Microsoft 365
3 73 (21.53%) AWS
4 62 (18.29%) Entra ID
5 18 (5.31%) IaaS
6 17 (5.01%) OneDrive
7 16 (4.72%) Power Platform
8 14 (4.13%) PaaS
9 13 (3.83%) Amazon EKS
10 12 (3.54%) Amazon SQS
10 12 (3.54%) AWS KMS
10 12 (3.54%) Azure Key Vault
10 12 (3.54%) GCP
11 8 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (2.36%) GitHub
11 8 (2.36%) SaaS
12 7 (2.06%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (1.77%) PowerApps
14 5 (1.47%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 232 (68.44%) DHCP
2 114 (33.63%) Firewall
3 87 (25.66%) WAN
4 81 (23.89%) TCP/IP
5 78 (23.01%) VPN
6 72 (21.24%) LAN
7 43 (12.68%) SSL
8 29 (8.55%) Wi-Fi
9 28 (8.26%) VoIP
10 25 (7.37%) Internet
10 25 (7.37%) Network Security
10 25 (7.37%) SAN
10 25 (7.37%) VLAN
11 22 (6.49%) SD-WAN
12 20 (5.90%) Wireless
13 19 (5.60%) BGP
14 17 (5.01%) WLAN
15 13 (3.83%) iSCSI
16 12 (3.54%) DKIM
16 12 (3.54%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (13.86%) SQL Server
2 17 (5.01%) Amazon RDS
3 13 (3.83%) Relational Database
4 12 (3.54%) Oracle Database
4 12 (3.54%) RDBMS
5 6 (1.77%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (1.77%) Power BI
6 5 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (1.47%) NoSQL
6 5 (1.47%) Redis
7 4 (1.18%) MySQL
7 4 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.88%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.29%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 3 (0.88%) Jenkins
1 3 (0.88%) Octopus Deploy
2 2 (0.59%) JIRA
General
1 80 (23.60%) Social Skills
2 29 (8.55%) Finance
3 20 (5.90%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (3.83%) Public Sector
4 13 (3.83%) Retail
5 6 (1.77%) French Language
5 6 (1.77%) German Language
5 6 (1.77%) Italian Language
5 6 (1.77%) Portuguese Language
5 6 (1.77%) Spanish Language
5 6 (1.77%) Swedish Language
5 6 (1.77%) Turkish Language
6 5 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.18%) Agriculture
7 4 (1.18%) Law
7 4 (1.18%) Legal
7 4 (1.18%) Marketing
8 3 (0.88%) Local Government
8 3 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 82 (24.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 58 (17.11%) Analyst
3 49 (14.45%) Senior
4 45 (13.27%) IT Support
5 32 (9.44%) IT Engineer
6 27 (7.96%) Lead
7 26 (7.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 24 (7.08%) Network Engineer
9 23 (6.78%) Support Engineer
10 22 (6.49%) 2nd Line Support
11 19 (5.60%) Architect
11 19 (5.60%) Support Analyst
12 18 (5.31%) Administrator
12 18 (5.31%) IT Analyst
12 18 (5.31%) IT Technician
12 18 (5.31%) Systems Administrator
13 17 (5.01%) Cloud Engineer
13 17 (5.01%) Infrastructure Manager
14 16 (4.72%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
15 15 (4.42%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.54%) RabbitMQ
1 12 (3.54%) Spring Boot
2 11 (3.24%) CSS
2 11 (3.24%) HTML
2 11 (3.24%) React
3 8 (2.36%) .NET
4 7 (2.06%) jQuery
4 7 (2.06%) Node.js
4 7 (2.06%) Vue
5 5 (1.47%) LDAP
5 5 (1.47%) Middleware
6 4 (1.18%) AngularJS
6 4 (1.18%) ASP.NET
6 4 (1.18%) ASP.NET MVC
6 4 (1.18%) JWT
6 4 (1.18%) REST
6 4 (1.18%) RESTful
6 4 (1.18%) Tailwind CSS
6 4 (1.18%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 4 (1.18%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 33 (9.73%) Public Cloud
2 25 (7.37%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (6.19%) Driving Licence
4 20 (5.90%) Data Centre
5 19 (5.60%) PKI
6 17 (5.01%) Management Information System
7 15 (4.42%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (3.54%) PMI
8 12 (3.54%) Replication
8 12 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (2.95%) Cyberattack
9 10 (2.95%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.47%) Clustering
11 3 (0.88%) Client/Server
11 3 (0.88%) Enterprise Storage
11 3 (0.88%) Fat Client
11 3 (0.88%) Mobile Computing
11 3 (0.88%) Thin Client
12 2 (0.59%) CCTV
12 2 (0.59%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 206 (60.77%) Windows
2 136 (40.12%) Windows Server
3 69 (20.35%) Linux
4 35 (10.32%) Windows Server 2012
5 34 (10.03%) Windows 10
6 32 (9.44%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (7.37%) Android
8 19 (5.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 16 (4.72%) Apple iOS
10 11 (3.24%) Windows Server 2019
11 10 (2.95%) VMS
11 10 (2.95%) Windows Server 2008
12 9 (2.65%) Windows 7
13 7 (2.06%) Mac OS
14 6 (1.77%) Unix
15 4 (1.18%) Windows Server 2003
16 2 (0.59%) Windows 8
16 2 (0.59%) Windows XP
17 1 (0.29%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (32.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 75 (22.12%) ITIL
3 61 (17.99%) Disaster Recovery
4 60 (17.70%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (12.39%) Customer Service
6 36 (10.62%) Migration
7 33 (9.73%) Agile
7 33 (9.73%) Capacity Planning
8 32 (9.44%) Project Management
9 31 (9.14%) DevOps
10 30 (8.85%) Mentoring
11 29 (8.55%) Cybersecurity
12 26 (7.67%) Computer Science
13 25 (7.37%) Continuous Improvement
14 23 (6.78%) Server Management
15 21 (6.19%) Coaching
15 21 (6.19%) Information Security
15 21 (6.19%) Proactive Monitoring
16 18 (5.31%) Incident Management
17 17 (5.01%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 59 (17.40%) PowerShell
2 34 (10.03%) SQL
3 15 (4.42%) Python
4 11 (3.24%) VBScript
5 9 (2.65%) JavaScript
6 8 (2.36%) C#
7 4 (1.18%) T-SQL
7 4 (1.18%) XAML
8 3 (0.88%) Bash
8 3 (0.88%) Go
8 3 (0.88%) Ruby
9 1 (0.29%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.29%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 43 (12.68%) Degree
2 24 (7.08%) Azure Certification
3 21 (6.19%) Security Cleared
4 18 (5.31%) SC Cleared
5 17 (5.01%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (4.72%) AWS Certification
6 16 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (4.13%) CCNA
7 14 (4.13%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (3.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 12 (3.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 12 (3.54%) PMI Certification
9 8 (2.36%) CCNP
10 6 (1.77%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (1.47%) CISSP
11 5 (1.47%) DBS Check
11 5 (1.47%) MCSE
11 5 (1.47%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (1.18%) MCP
12 4 (1.18%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.60%) SLA
2 8 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.59%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.59%) GDPR
3 2 (0.59%) NIST
4 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.29%) NCSC
4 1 (0.29%) PMO
System Software
1 244 (71.98%) Active Directory
2 66 (19.47%) Hyper-V
3 64 (18.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (5.01%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (4.72%) vSphere
6 12 (3.54%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (2.36%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.59%) Docker
8 2 (0.59%) Firmware
8 2 (0.59%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.59%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.29%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.29%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.29%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 59 (17.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (8.55%) SCCM
3 21 (6.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 17 (5.01%) SCOM
5 16 (4.72%) WSUS
6 15 (4.42%) Single Sign-On
6 15 (4.42%) Terraform
7 12 (3.54%) CA Single Sign-On
7 12 (3.54%) Opsgenie
7 12 (3.54%) VxRail
7 12 (3.54%) ZABBIX
8 10 (2.95%) CASB
8 10 (2.95%) Kubernetes
9 8 (2.36%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 7 (2.06%) Ansible
10 7 (2.06%) FortiGate
11 6 (1.77%) Grafana
11 6 (1.77%) Prometheus
12 5 (1.47%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 207 (61.06%) Microsoft
2 109 (32.15%) VMware
3 57 (16.81%) Cisco
4 33 (9.73%) Citrix
5 30 (8.85%) SolarWinds
6 28 (8.26%) Veeam
7 23 (6.78%) Oracle
8 19 (5.60%) Fortinet
9 17 (5.01%) CA
9 17 (5.01%) Dell
10 15 (4.42%) Apple
10 15 (4.42%) ServiceNow
11 13 (3.83%) NetApp
12 12 (3.54%) CyberArk
12 12 (3.54%) Sparx
13 11 (3.24%) SAP
14 8 (2.36%) F5
14 8 (2.36%) Juniper
15 7 (2.06%) Epicor
16 6 (1.77%) Red Hat