DNS Contracts in the UK excluding London

Domain Name System (DNS)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 107 103 114
Rank change year-on-year -4 +11 +10
Contract jobs citing DNS 401 567 708
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.98% 2.46% 2.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.25% 16.29% 17.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 404 499
10th Percentile £202 £213 £185
25th Percentile £359 £356 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +20.59% +3.03%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £538
90th Percentile £675 £688 £633
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 13 19
10th Percentile - £22.15 £20.00
25th Percentile - £36.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £46.11 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.24% +114.44% -7.37%
75th Percentile £51.12 £52.13 £31.88
90th Percentile £67.88 £87.50 £47.06
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £52.13 £30.50
% change year-on-year -23.27% +70.92% -6.47%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,273 3,480 4,127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.12% 15.12% 13.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,855 2,191 2,661
10th Percentile £203 £206 £185
25th Percentile £348 £350 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £550
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £490 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -4.85% +3.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 359 308 244
10th Percentile £13.25 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.94
Median hourly rate £45.88 £18.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +154.89% -16.28% -7.37%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.85 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.66 £73.98 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.33
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.70% +13.32%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for DNS in the UK excluding London

DNS
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for DNS in the UK excluding London

DNS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for DNS in the UK excluding London

DNS
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DNS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DNS in the UK excluding London

DNS
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding 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
South East +40 164 £501 -8.91% 89
Midlands +21 75 £475 +25.83% 56
West Midlands +24 63 £525 +23.53% 29
North of England -44 62 £500 -4.76% 88
South West -34 52 £540 -1.82% 32
Scotland +37 38 £240 -48.11% 20
North West -42 32 £450 -14.29% 55
Yorkshire -6 27 £600 +14.29% 29
East Midlands -7 11 £325 -13.33% 27
East of England -38 6 £345 -34.29% 43
Northern Ireland +3 5 - - 5
North East +9 3 £600 +108.70% 4
Wales -2 1 £425 -22.73% 7
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 85 (21.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (7.48%) Confluence
3 24 (5.99%) SharePoint
4 9 (2.24%) nginx
5 6 (1.50%) CMS
6 5 (1.25%) Apache
6 5 (1.25%) IIS
6 5 (1.25%) Skype for Business
7 4 (1.00%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.75%) Drupal
8 3 (0.75%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.50%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.50%) Traefik
9 2 (0.50%) WordPress
10 1 (0.25%) EPiServer
10 1 (0.25%) JBoss
10 1 (0.25%) WebSphere
Applications
1 36 (8.98%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.75%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.50%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.25%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 118 (29.43%) Azure
2 76 (18.95%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (13.22%) Entra ID
4 43 (10.72%) AWS
5 26 (6.48%) Azure Monitor
5 26 (6.48%) GCP
6 22 (5.49%) IaaS
7 17 (4.24%) Azure Storage
8 16 (3.99%) GitHub
8 16 (3.99%) OCI
9 12 (2.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 11 (2.74%) OneDrive
11 10 (2.49%) PaaS
12 9 (2.24%) Kong
13 8 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (1.75%) Akamai
14 7 (1.75%) CloudFront
15 6 (1.50%) Apigee
15 6 (1.50%) Cloudflare
15 6 (1.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 251 (62.59%) DHCP
2 124 (30.92%) Firewall
3 88 (21.95%) TCP/IP
4 79 (19.70%) VPN
5 55 (13.72%) WAN
6 51 (12.72%) SAN
7 41 (10.22%) LAN
8 28 (6.98%) VLAN
9 24 (5.99%) Wi-Fi
10 23 (5.74%) Network Security
10 23 (5.74%) Wireless
11 19 (4.74%) HTTP
12 18 (4.49%) MPLS
13 15 (3.74%) SD-WAN
14 14 (3.49%) Wireshark
15 13 (3.24%) SSL
16 12 (2.99%) VoIP
17 11 (2.74%) SMTP
18 10 (2.49%) Cisco ISE
18 10 (2.49%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (6.23%) SQL Server
2 14 (3.49%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (2.24%) MySQL
4 8 (2.00%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.00%) Couchbase
6 4 (1.00%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.75%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.50%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.25%) InfluxDB
9 1 (0.25%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 33 (8.23%) JIRA
2 24 (5.99%) Git
3 15 (3.74%) GitLab
4 14 (3.49%) Jenkins
5 9 (2.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 9 (2.24%) CircleCI
5 9 (2.24%) Travis CI
6 5 (1.25%) Artifactory
7 4 (1.00%) Bitbucket
7 4 (1.00%) Subversion
8 3 (0.75%) Selenium
9 1 (0.25%) MSI
9 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 149 (37.16%) Social Skills
2 46 (11.47%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (6.98%) Public Sector
4 25 (6.23%) Finance
5 22 (5.49%) Telecoms
6 19 (4.74%) Military
7 12 (2.99%) Retail
8 10 (2.49%) Aerospace
9 9 (2.24%) Banking
10 7 (1.75%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.50%) Multimedia
11 6 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.00%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.00%) Legal
13 3 (0.75%) Electronics
13 3 (0.75%) Front Office
13 3 (0.75%) Marketing
14 1 (0.25%) Advertising
14 1 (0.25%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 92 (22.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 40 (9.98%) Network Engineer
3 35 (8.73%) Support Engineer
4 28 (6.98%) Architect
5 26 (6.48%) Integration Engineer
6 25 (6.23%) Senior
7 23 (5.74%) Analyst
8 20 (4.99%) DevOps Engineer
9 19 (4.74%) Support Specialist
9 19 (4.74%) Test Engineer
10 17 (4.24%) 2nd Line Support
10 17 (4.24%) Active Directory Support
10 17 (4.24%) Cloud Engineer
11 16 (3.99%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 16 (3.99%) Test and Integration Engineer
12 15 (3.74%) Desktop Engineer
12 15 (3.74%) Server Engineer
13 14 (3.49%) Active Directory Specialist
13 14 (3.49%) Azure Specialist
13 14 (3.49%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.74%) ARM Templates
2 17 (4.24%) JSON
2 17 (4.24%) YAML
3 14 (3.49%) XML
4 9 (2.24%) Elastic Stack
4 9 (2.24%) LDAP
5 7 (1.75%) SAML
6 6 (1.50%) RabbitMQ
6 6 (1.50%) Web Services
7 5 (1.25%) .NET
7 5 (1.25%) CSS
7 5 (1.25%) OAuth
7 5 (1.25%) OAuth2
8 4 (1.00%) LEMP Stack
9 3 (0.75%) Django
9 3 (0.75%) XMPP
10 2 (0.50%) ADSI
10 2 (0.50%) LAMP
10 2 (0.50%) Middleware
10 2 (0.50%) VCL
Miscellaneous
1 78 (19.45%) PKI
2 56 (13.97%) Data Centre
3 21 (5.24%) Clustering
3 21 (5.24%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (3.99%) Cloud Native
4 16 (3.99%) Private Cloud
5 11 (2.74%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 9 (2.24%) Client/Server
7 9 (2.24%) Data Structures
7 9 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.75%) Fat Client
8 7 (1.75%) Thin Client
9 6 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.50%) iPad
10 4 (1.00%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.00%) Replication
11 3 (0.75%) Cyberattack
11 3 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (0.75%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 239 (59.60%) Windows
2 154 (38.40%) Windows Server
3 103 (25.69%) Linux
4 79 (19.70%) Windows 10
5 68 (16.96%) Windows Server 2012
6 59 (14.71%) Windows Server 2019
7 52 (12.97%) Windows Server 2016
8 27 (6.73%) Unix
9 25 (6.23%) Windows 7
10 18 (4.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 15 (3.74%) Ubuntu
12 14 (3.49%) Windows Server 2008
12 14 (3.49%) Windows XP
13 11 (2.74%) Windows Server 2003
14 10 (2.49%) CentOS
15 8 (2.00%) VMS
16 5 (1.25%) Debian
17 1 (0.25%) Android
17 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
17 1 (0.25%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (24.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 82 (20.45%) Agile
2 82 (20.45%) ITIL
3 57 (14.21%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (12.72%) Infrastructure as Code
5 50 (12.47%) DevOps
6 47 (11.72%) CI/CD
7 38 (9.48%) Migration
8 36 (8.98%) Cybersecurity
9 31 (7.73%) Project Management
9 31 (7.73%) Server Management
10 28 (6.98%) Proactive Monitoring
11 27 (6.73%) Change Management
11 27 (6.73%) Patch Management
11 27 (6.73%) Task Automation
12 26 (6.48%) Break/Fix
12 26 (6.48%) Customer Service
12 26 (6.48%) RBAC
12 26 (6.48%) Release Management
13 25 (6.23%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 128 (31.92%) PowerShell
2 34 (8.48%) Python
3 32 (7.98%) SQL
4 27 (6.73%) C#
5 23 (5.74%) Bash
5 23 (5.74%) VBScript
6 19 (4.74%) Bicep
7 18 (4.49%) VB
8 13 (3.24%) Java
9 7 (1.75%) Perl
9 7 (1.75%) Shell Script
10 6 (1.50%) JavaScript
11 4 (1.00%) ActionScript
11 4 (1.00%) Go
11 4 (1.00%) PHP
12 3 (0.75%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.50%) C++
13 2 (0.50%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 159 (39.65%) Security Cleared
2 104 (25.94%) SC Cleared
3 80 (19.95%) Degree
4 78 (19.45%) DV Cleared
5 56 (13.97%) Cisco Certification
6 45 (11.22%) CCNA
7 37 (9.23%) CCNP
8 33 (8.23%) Microsoft Certification
9 26 (6.48%) MCSE
10 24 (5.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 19 (4.74%) MCSA
12 17 (4.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 14 (3.49%) A+ Certification
13 14 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
14 10 (2.49%) CCIE
15 6 (1.50%) Network+ Certification
16 5 (1.25%) AWS Certification
16 5 (1.25%) CCIE Data Center
17 4 (1.00%) Azure Certification
17 4 (1.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.99%) QA
2 16 (3.99%) NIST
3 12 (2.99%) GDPR
4 9 (2.24%) ISO 9000
5 8 (2.00%) SLA
6 4 (1.00%) HIPAA
6 4 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.75%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.50%) NCSC
8 2 (0.50%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.25%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 240 (59.85%) Active Directory
2 127 (31.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 60 (14.96%) VMware ESXi
4 43 (10.72%) Hyper-V
5 34 (8.48%) Virtual Desktop
6 31 (7.73%) Virtual Machines
7 28 (6.98%) XenApp
8 24 (5.99%) Docker
8 24 (5.99%) vSphere
9 21 (5.24%) VMware NSX
10 17 (4.24%) Virtual Servers
11 14 (3.49%) XenDesktop
12 11 (2.74%) VMware Workstation
13 9 (2.24%) Terminal Services
14 8 (2.00%) BitLocker
14 8 (2.00%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 5 (1.25%) Microsoft App-V
15 5 (1.25%) VMware Server
16 3 (0.75%) KVM
16 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 111 (27.68%) SCCM
2 56 (13.97%) WSUS
3 54 (13.47%) vCenter Server
4 43 (10.72%) Kubernetes
5 40 (9.98%) Ansible
6 34 (8.48%) SCOM
7 33 (8.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 30 (7.48%) Terraform
9 25 (6.23%) Microsoft Intune
10 22 (5.49%) NetBackup
11 14 (3.49%) EMC NetWorker
12 13 (3.24%) Puppet
13 11 (2.74%) Docker Swarm
13 11 (2.74%) Microsoft Clustering
13 11 (2.74%) Prometheus
14 10 (2.49%) Kibana
14 10 (2.49%) Nagios
14 10 (2.49%) Progress Chef
15 9 (2.24%) Grafana
15 9 (2.24%) logstash
Vendors
1 185 (46.13%) Microsoft
2 153 (38.15%) VMware
3 79 (19.70%) Cisco
4 36 (8.98%) Citrix
5 34 (8.48%) Palo Alto
6 33 (8.23%) Veeam
7 31 (7.73%) Symantec
8 24 (5.99%) Dell
9 23 (5.74%) Oracle
10 20 (4.99%) F5
10 20 (4.99%) Juniper
11 19 (4.74%) HP
12 18 (4.49%) EMC
12 18 (4.49%) NetApp
13 16 (3.99%) Ivanti
13 16 (3.99%) SolarWinds
13 16 (3.99%) Splunk
14 14 (3.49%) 3PAR
14 14 (3.49%) Extreme Networks
15 12 (2.99%) Red Hat