DNS Jobs in the South East

Domain Name System (DNS)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 113 101 157
Rank change year-on-year -12 +56 -21
Permanent jobs citing DNS 432 416 508
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.35% 3.09% 2.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.29% 17.11% 15.14%
Number of salaries quoted 360 344 428
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £59,000 £53,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £44,225 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.06% -5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,825 2,432 3,355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.36% 18.05% 15.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,890 1,433 1,890
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.40% -4.21% +3.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,750
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 South East

Job postings citing DNS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for DNS in the South East

DNS
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DNS in the South East.

Salary trend for DNS in the South East

DNS
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in the South East over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for DNS in the South East

DNS
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the South East region over the 6 months to 8 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
Thames Valley +19 215 £42,500 +25.00% 37
Berkshire +68 101 £52,500 -4.55% 19
Hampshire -51 87 £46,500 +9.41% 19
Oxfordshire +15 64 £42,500 +34.92% 9
Kent -16 56 £37,500 -6.25% 12
Buckinghamshire -43 50 £35,000 +7.69% 9
Surrey -28 43 £62,500 +56.25% 7
East Sussex +21 21 £37,500 -17.58% 3
West Sussex +22 16 £30,500 -27.38% 3
Middlesex - 1 £32,500 -
DNS
England

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 80 (18.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 57 (13.19%) SharePoint
3 32 (7.41%) IIS
4 16 (3.70%) WordPress
5 12 (2.78%) Apache
5 12 (2.78%) CMS
5 12 (2.78%) nginx
6 4 (0.93%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.46%) Confluence
Applications
1 54 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (0.93%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 234 (54.17%) Azure
2 217 (50.23%) Microsoft 365
3 76 (17.59%) Entra ID
4 64 (14.81%) AWS
5 33 (7.64%) IaaS
6 25 (5.79%) Azure Monitor
7 21 (4.86%) OneDrive
8 19 (4.40%) Nutanix
9 18 (4.17%) Azure Storage
10 12 (2.78%) GitHub
10 12 (2.78%) OCI
11 9 (2.08%) Power Platform
12 8 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (1.85%) PaaS
13 7 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (1.62%) Google Workspace
13 7 (1.62%) WhatsApp
14 6 (1.39%) Azure Sentinel
14 6 (1.39%) SaaS
14 6 (1.39%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 235 (54.40%) DHCP
2 200 (46.30%) Firewall
3 116 (26.85%) TCP/IP
4 89 (20.60%) VPN
5 57 (13.19%) VLAN
6 44 (10.19%) WAN
7 43 (9.95%) Wireless
8 40 (9.26%) LAN
9 37 (8.56%) SAN
10 35 (8.10%) SSL
11 27 (6.25%) VoIP
12 26 (6.02%) Wi-Fi
13 19 (4.40%) Network Security
14 18 (4.17%) NAS
15 15 (3.47%) Internet
15 15 (3.47%) iSCSI
15 15 (3.47%) OSPF
15 15 (3.47%) SD-WAN
16 13 (3.01%) BGP
16 13 (3.01%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (5.79%) SQL Server
2 15 (3.47%) Amazon RDS
2 15 (3.47%) MySQL
3 9 (2.08%) Oracle Database
3 9 (2.08%) Power BI
4 7 (1.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (1.39%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.93%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.23%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 13 (3.01%) Git
2 11 (2.55%) JIRA
3 10 (2.31%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.31%) Trac
4 2 (0.46%) Hudson
General
1 137 (31.71%) Social Skills
2 49 (11.34%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (7.64%) Finance
4 22 (5.09%) Telecoms
5 17 (3.94%) Marketing
5 17 (3.94%) Public Sector
6 11 (2.55%) Law
6 11 (2.55%) Manufacturing
7 8 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (1.39%) Electronics
9 3 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.46%) Legal
11 1 (0.23%) Automotive
11 1 (0.23%) Military
Job Titles
1 97 (22.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 67 (15.51%) Analyst
3 55 (12.73%) IT Support
4 53 (12.27%) Support Engineer
5 36 (8.33%) IT Engineer
6 32 (7.41%) Senior
7 31 (7.18%) 2nd Line Support
7 31 (7.18%) IT Analyst
8 29 (6.71%) Lead
9 25 (5.79%) 3rd Line Support
9 25 (5.79%) IT Support Engineer
9 25 (5.79%) Support Analyst
9 25 (5.79%) Systems Engineer
10 24 (5.56%) Active Directory Specialist
10 24 (5.56%) Azure Specialist
11 22 (5.09%) 1st Line Support
11 22 (5.09%) Support Specialist
12 21 (4.86%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 21 (4.86%) Architect
13 19 (4.40%) Help Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.09%) ARM Templates
2 20 (4.63%) REST
3 17 (3.94%) OAuth
3 17 (3.94%) OpenID
3 17 (3.94%) SAML
4 14 (3.24%) .NET
5 12 (2.78%) Web Services
6 8 (1.85%) HTML
7 6 (1.39%) ASP.NET
7 6 (1.39%) ASP.NET MVC
7 6 (1.39%) CSS
7 6 (1.39%) RabbitMQ
8 5 (1.16%) .NET Core
8 5 (1.16%) AngularJS
8 5 (1.16%) LDAP
8 5 (1.16%) React
9 4 (0.93%) LAMP
9 4 (0.93%) Spring Boot
9 4 (0.93%) YAML
10 3 (0.69%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 35 (8.10%) PKI
2 33 (7.64%) Self-Motivation
3 22 (5.09%) Data Centre
3 22 (5.09%) Driving Licence
4 18 (4.17%) IoT
5 16 (3.70%) Replication
6 12 (2.78%) Clustering
7 11 (2.55%) Onboarding
8 9 (2.08%) CMDB
9 8 (1.85%) Public Cloud
10 7 (1.62%) Client/Server
10 7 (1.62%) Cyberattack
11 5 (1.16%) CCTV
11 5 (1.16%) Linux Command Line
12 4 (0.93%) Cloud Native
12 4 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
12 4 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.93%) NHS
13 3 (0.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 314 (72.69%) Windows
2 201 (46.53%) Windows Server
3 112 (25.93%) Linux
4 94 (21.76%) Windows 10
5 54 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
6 50 (11.57%) Windows Server 2019
7 26 (6.02%) Windows Server 2012
8 16 (3.70%) Apple iOS
8 16 (3.70%) Windows XP
9 15 (3.47%) Android
10 11 (2.55%) Mac OS X
11 10 (2.31%) Windows 8
12 9 (2.08%) VMS
12 9 (2.08%) Windows Server 2008
13 7 (1.62%) Ubuntu
14 6 (1.39%) Windows 7
15 4 (0.93%) Mac OS
15 4 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
16 1 (0.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
2 101 (23.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 99 (22.92%) ITIL
4 86 (19.91%) Customer Service
5 64 (14.81%) Agile
6 63 (14.58%) DevOps
7 41 (9.49%) Disaster Recovery
8 40 (9.26%) Cybersecurity
9 29 (6.71%) Project Management
9 29 (6.71%) Service Management
9 29 (6.71%) Storage Management
10 26 (6.02%) Release Management
10 26 (6.02%) Technical Leadership
11 25 (5.79%) Kanban
11 25 (5.79%) Scrum
12 24 (5.56%) Analytics
12 24 (5.56%) Log Analytics
13 23 (5.32%) Decision-Making
13 23 (5.32%) Infrastructure as Code
14 22 (5.09%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 89 (20.60%) PowerShell
2 39 (9.03%) C#
3 35 (8.10%) SQL
4 31 (7.18%) Python
5 24 (5.56%) VB
5 24 (5.56%) VBScript
6 22 (5.09%) Bicep
7 20 (4.63%) Bash
8 19 (4.40%) Java
9 17 (3.94%) Perl
10 13 (3.01%) PHP
11 11 (2.55%) JavaScript
12 7 (1.62%) T-SQL
13 5 (1.16%) PL/SQL
13 5 (1.16%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.69%) XAML
15 2 (0.46%) TypeScript
16 1 (0.23%) C
16 1 (0.23%) C++
16 1 (0.23%) Go
Qualifications
1 107 (24.77%) Security Cleared
2 62 (14.35%) SC Cleared
3 56 (12.96%) DV Cleared
4 52 (12.04%) Degree
5 28 (6.48%) Microsoft Certification
6 26 (6.02%) Cisco Certification
7 22 (5.09%) Azure Certification
7 22 (5.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 20 (4.63%) CCNA
9 19 (4.40%) MCP
10 14 (3.24%) CCNP
11 12 (2.78%) DBS Check
12 10 (2.31%) MCSE
13 9 (2.08%) AWS Certification
13 9 (2.08%) MCSA
14 6 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (0.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 4 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
15 4 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
16 2 (0.46%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.94%) SLA
2 18 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (3.94%) Data Quality
4 14 (3.24%) GDPR
5 10 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.93%) QA
7 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 295 (68.29%) Active Directory
2 93 (21.53%) Hyper-V
3 71 (16.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 52 (12.04%) Virtual Machines
5 26 (6.02%) Virtual Desktop
6 24 (5.56%) Virtual Servers
6 24 (5.56%) VMware ESXi
7 14 (3.24%) vSphere
8 12 (2.78%) Docker
9 11 (2.55%) NFS
10 10 (2.31%) pfSense
11 8 (1.85%) XenApp
12 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.93%) Terminal Services
13 3 (0.69%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 69 (15.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 63 (14.58%) WSUS
3 52 (12.04%) SCCM
4 43 (9.95%) SCOM
5 31 (7.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 21 (4.86%) Kubernetes
7 16 (3.70%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 16 (3.70%) SCDPM
8 14 (3.24%) vCenter Server
9 12 (2.78%) EMC NetWorker
9 12 (2.78%) Grafana
9 12 (2.78%) NetBackup
10 11 (2.55%) Ansible
11 10 (2.31%) ZABBIX
12 9 (2.08%) Terraform
13 7 (1.62%) CASB
13 7 (1.62%) Microsoft Clustering
14 4 (0.93%) Autotask
15 3 (0.69%) FortiGate
15 3 (0.69%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 243 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 138 (31.94%) VMware
3 45 (10.42%) Cisco
4 36 (8.33%) Veeam
5 26 (6.02%) Citrix
6 25 (5.79%) Dell
7 24 (5.56%) Juniper
8 21 (4.86%) Oracle
9 17 (3.94%) Fortinet
9 17 (3.94%) HP
9 17 (3.94%) Palo Alto
10 14 (3.24%) Apple
11 13 (3.01%) 3PAR
11 13 (3.01%) WatchGuard
12 12 (2.78%) EMC
12 12 (2.78%) Extreme Networks
12 12 (2.78%) Symantec
13 10 (2.31%) McAfee
14 9 (2.08%) Adobe
14 9 (2.08%) Dynatrace