DNS Contracts in London

Domain Name System (DNS)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for DNS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DNS over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 180 175 204
Rank change year-on-year -5 +29 +7
Contract jobs citing DNS 241 403 544
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.38% 1.56% 1.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.49% 15.64% 14.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 285 419
10th Percentile £256 £256 £303
25th Percentile £350 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +0.92% +21.11%
75th Percentile £538 £663 £638
90th Percentile £688 £738 £700
England median daily rate £488 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +5.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 6
10th Percentile £16.00 £28.78 £34.04
25th Percentile £20.00 £37.81 £41.49
Median hourly rate £23.65 £53.25 £45.50
Median % change year-on-year -55.59% +17.03% -9.00%
75th Percentile £24.09 £68.31 £49.65
90th Percentile £25.00 £77.13 £58.75
England median hourly rate £40.00 £49.12 £25.50
% change year-on-year -18.56% +92.62% -5.92%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

DNS is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,663 2,577 3,638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.52% 9.96% 9.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,116 1,810 2,529
10th Percentile £213 £250 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £568 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.89% +3.18% +15.79%
75th Percentile £619 £675 £651
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 54 84
10th Percentile £14.46 £19.25 £20.92
25th Percentile £16.40 £22.53 £23.91
Median hourly rate £22.75 £36.27 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year -37.28% +7.47% -32.03%
75th Percentile £41.25 £69.00 £47.69
90th Percentile £60.00 £75.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% +0.41%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for DNS in London

DNS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DNS in London.

Daily rate trend for DNS in London

DNS
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DNS in London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DNS in London

DNS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DNS in London.

Hourly rate trend for DNS in London

DNS
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the London region over the 6 months to 18 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +26 34 £450 -25.00% 15
West London +15 7 £525 -4.55% 3
South London -6 1 £675 +200.00% 3
East London -6 1 £218 -60.45% 20
DNS
England

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 45 (18.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (5.81%) Apache
3 13 (5.39%) Exchange Server 2013
3 13 (5.39%) SharePoint
4 12 (4.98%) Confluence
4 12 (4.98%) Exchange Server 2010
4 12 (4.98%) Tomcat
5 10 (4.15%) IIS
6 5 (2.07%) JBoss
6 5 (2.07%) nginx
7 4 (1.66%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.83%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.83%) IBM Domino
8 2 (0.83%) IBM Notes
9 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (3.32%) MS Visio
2 6 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.07%) Temenos T24
2 1 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.41%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 101 (41.91%) Azure
2 74 (30.71%) AWS
3 68 (28.22%) Microsoft 365
4 45 (18.67%) Entra ID
5 21 (8.71%) IaaS
5 21 (8.71%) SaaS
6 20 (8.30%) PaaS
7 18 (7.47%) GCP
8 12 (4.98%) Amazon EC2
9 11 (4.56%) Cloud Computing
10 10 (4.15%) Mimecast
11 9 (3.73%) GitHub
11 9 (3.73%) Nutanix
12 8 (3.32%) Cloudflare
12 8 (3.32%) OneDrive
12 8 (3.32%) Rubrik
13 7 (2.90%) Amazon S3
13 7 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (2.90%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 7 (2.90%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 107 (44.40%) Firewall
2 104 (43.15%) DHCP
3 61 (25.31%) TCP/IP
4 42 (17.43%) VPN
5 41 (17.01%) LAN
6 35 (14.52%) WAN
7 31 (12.86%) BGP
8 26 (10.79%) HTTP
8 26 (10.79%) MPLS
9 25 (10.37%) Network Security
10 24 (9.96%) OSPF
11 19 (7.88%) Internet
11 19 (7.88%) SNMP
11 19 (7.88%) VLAN
11 19 (7.88%) Wireless
12 18 (7.47%) Cisco Nexus
13 17 (7.05%) Wi-Fi
14 16 (6.64%) IPsec
15 14 (5.81%) Cisco ASA
15 14 (5.81%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.22%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.32%) Relational Database
3 7 (2.90%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (2.49%) MySQL
4 6 (2.49%) RDBMS
5 5 (2.07%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (2.07%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.66%) Amazon QuickSight
6 4 (1.66%) Apache Cassandra
6 4 (1.66%) MariaDB
6 4 (1.66%) Power BI
6 4 (1.66%) Redis
7 3 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.83%) CouchDB
8 2 (0.83%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.83%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.41%) Bigtable
9 1 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.41%) CockroachDB
9 1 (0.41%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 17 (7.05%) JIRA
2 16 (6.64%) Git
3 10 (4.15%) Jenkins
4 8 (3.32%) Sonatype Nexus
5 6 (2.49%) TeamCity
6 5 (2.07%) GitLab
7 4 (1.66%) Cypress.io
7 4 (1.66%) Snyk
8 2 (0.83%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.83%) Postman
9 1 (0.41%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.41%) Darcs
9 1 (0.41%) Gradle
9 1 (0.41%) Jaeger
9 1 (0.41%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (0.41%) Mercurial
9 1 (0.41%) Travis CI
9 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 66 (27.39%) Finance
2 50 (20.75%) Social Skills
3 21 (8.71%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (6.64%) Telecoms
5 10 (4.15%) Banking
5 10 (4.15%) Public Sector
6 9 (3.73%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.07%) French Language
7 5 (2.07%) Mandarin Language
7 5 (2.07%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.24%) Electronics
8 3 (1.24%) German Language
8 3 (1.24%) Marketing
8 3 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.24%) Retail Banking
9 2 (0.83%) Cantonese Language
9 2 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.83%) Legal
9 2 (0.83%) Military
9 2 (0.83%) Retail
Job Titles
1 40 (16.60%) Network Engineer
2 29 (12.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 28 (11.62%) Senior
4 22 (9.13%) Support Engineer
5 20 (8.30%) Administrator
6 17 (7.05%) Azure Engineer
6 17 (7.05%) Security Engineer
7 16 (6.64%) Systems Administrator
8 14 (5.81%) Analyst
8 14 (5.81%) DevOps Engineer
9 13 (5.39%) Architect
10 12 (4.98%) IT Support
11 11 (4.56%) IT Engineer
12 10 (4.15%) Senior Network Engineer
13 8 (3.32%) AWS Engineer
13 8 (3.32%) Cloud Engineer
13 8 (3.32%) Consultant
13 8 (3.32%) Developer
13 8 (3.32%) Linux Engineer
14 7 (2.90%) Web Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.30%) LDAP
2 10 (4.15%) .NET
2 10 (4.15%) JSON
3 9 (3.73%) SAML
4 7 (2.90%) 802.1X
4 7 (2.90%) Kafka
5 5 (2.07%) IBM Integration Bus
5 5 (2.07%) Node.js
5 5 (2.07%) YAML
6 4 (1.66%) ASP.NET
6 4 (1.66%) Elastic Stack
6 4 (1.66%) GraphQL
6 4 (1.66%) NETCONF
7 3 (1.24%) CSS
7 3 (1.24%) REST
8 2 (0.83%) OAuth
8 2 (0.83%) OpenID
8 2 (0.83%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.83%) RESTful
8 2 (0.83%) SPML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (12.86%) Data Centre
2 23 (9.54%) PKI
3 16 (6.64%) Clustering
4 13 (5.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 12 (4.98%) Data Protection Act
5 12 (4.98%) Management Information System
6 11 (4.56%) Replication
7 9 (3.73%) Video Conferencing
8 7 (2.90%) Cloud Native
8 7 (2.90%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.90%) Security Posture
9 6 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (2.07%) Algorithms
10 5 (2.07%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.66%) Client/Server
11 4 (1.66%) Smartphone
12 3 (1.24%) CCTV
12 3 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 112 (46.47%) Windows
2 76 (31.54%) Windows Server
3 45 (18.67%) Linux
4 19 (7.88%) Windows Server 2012
5 18 (7.47%) Windows 10
5 18 (7.47%) Windows 7
6 17 (7.05%) Windows Server 2008
7 14 (5.81%) Unix
8 11 (4.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (2.49%) Oracle Linux
9 6 (2.49%) Solaris
9 6 (2.49%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (2.07%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (1.24%) Mac OS
11 3 (1.24%) VMS
12 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.41%) OpenVMS
12 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (17.01%) DevOps
2 40 (16.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 38 (15.77%) Load Balancing
4 36 (14.94%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (14.11%) Migration
6 29 (12.03%) Agile
7 25 (10.37%) Infrastructure as Code
8 23 (9.54%) ITIL
9 21 (8.71%) Customer Service
9 21 (8.71%) Vulnerability Management
10 20 (8.30%) CI/CD
11 19 (7.88%) Disaster Recovery
12 18 (7.47%) Computer Science
12 18 (7.47%) High Availability
12 18 (7.47%) Information Security
13 17 (7.05%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 14 (5.81%) Cybersecurity
14 14 (5.81%) Data Protection
14 14 (5.81%) Project Delivery
14 14 (5.81%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (23.65%) PowerShell
2 51 (21.16%) Python
3 16 (6.64%) Bash
3 16 (6.64%) Java
4 14 (5.81%) Go
5 10 (4.15%) SQL
6 7 (2.90%) C#
6 7 (2.90%) JavaScript
6 7 (2.90%) PHP
7 6 (2.49%) Shell Script
7 6 (2.49%) TypeScript
8 5 (2.07%) C
8 5 (2.07%) Ruby
9 4 (1.66%) VB
9 4 (1.66%) VBScript
10 2 (0.83%) C++
10 2 (0.83%) Korn
10 2 (0.83%) Scala
10 2 (0.83%) tcsh
11 1 (0.41%) Perl
Qualifications
1 32 (13.28%) Cisco Certification
2 30 (12.45%) CCNP
3 24 (9.96%) Security Cleared
4 21 (8.71%) Degree
5 16 (6.64%) CCNA
6 11 (4.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (3.73%) Azure Certification
7 9 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (2.90%) AWS Certification
8 7 (2.90%) SC Cleared
9 6 (2.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (2.49%) CCDP
9 6 (2.49%) DV Cleared
10 5 (2.07%) CISSP
11 4 (1.66%) CISM
12 3 (1.24%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 3 (1.24%) CCIE
12 3 (1.24%) CCSP
13 2 (0.83%) CCSK
13 2 (0.83%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (2.90%) GDPR
3 6 (2.49%) NIST
3 6 (2.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (2.07%) SLA
5 4 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.24%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.83%) GRC
7 2 (0.83%) NCSC
7 2 (0.83%) QA
8 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.41%) COPPA
8 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.41%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 119 (49.38%) Active Directory
2 39 (16.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (7.47%) Docker
4 13 (5.39%) Hyper-V
4 13 (5.39%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (4.56%) vSphere
6 6 (2.49%) NFS
7 5 (2.07%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (1.66%) Firmware
8 4 (1.66%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (1.24%) BitLocker
9 3 (1.24%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.83%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.83%) PowerDNS
10 2 (0.83%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.83%) XenApp
11 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 36 (14.94%) Terraform
2 24 (9.96%) Ansible
2 24 (9.96%) Microsoft Intune
3 23 (9.54%) Kubernetes
4 21 (8.71%) SCCM
5 11 (4.56%) SCOM
6 10 (4.15%) Puppet
7 9 (3.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 8 (3.32%) Grafana
9 7 (2.90%) FortiGate
9 7 (2.90%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (2.49%) EMC NetWorker
10 6 (2.49%) Kibana
10 6 (2.49%) Netcool
10 6 (2.49%) Prometheus
10 6 (2.49%) SolarWinds Orion
10 6 (2.49%) Tivoli
10 6 (2.49%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 4 (1.66%) Progress Chef
11 4 (1.66%) WSUS
Vendors
1 89 (36.93%) Microsoft
2 56 (23.24%) Cisco
2 56 (23.24%) VMware
3 30 (12.45%) F5
4 27 (11.20%) Palo Alto
5 19 (7.88%) Dell
6 18 (7.47%) SolarWinds
7 16 (6.64%) Qualys
8 15 (6.22%) Citrix
8 15 (6.22%) IBM
9 14 (5.81%) CheckPoint
9 14 (5.81%) Oracle
9 14 (5.81%) Splunk
10 12 (4.98%) Infoblox
11 11 (4.56%) Okta
11 11 (4.56%) ServiceNow
12 10 (4.15%) Aruba
12 10 (4.15%) CA
12 10 (4.15%) HP
12 10 (4.15%) Meraki