Domain Name System (DNS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 145 128 168
Rank change year-on-year -17 +40 +8
Contract jobs citing DNS 722 1,204 1,541
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.67% 2.04% 1.74%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.07% 16.47% 15.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 474 864 1,092
10th Percentile £213 £250 £215
25th Percentile £370 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.71% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £514 £425
% change year-on-year -0.24% +20.88% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 17 34
10th Percentile £19.40 £21.05 -
25th Percentile £23.80 £36.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.13 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year -23.27% +59.18% +0.43%
75th Percentile £44.38 £83.00 £48.56
90th Percentile £63.00 £87.50 £64.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £46.11 £21.50
% change year-on-year -13.24% +114.44% -7.37%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,525 7,311 9,672
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.80% 12.38% 10.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,306 4,755 6,321
10th Percentile £205 £240 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.81% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £610
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £440
% change year-on-year - +7.95% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 420 473 363
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.89
25th Percentile £16.72 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.82 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +112.54% -31.56% +3.77%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.91
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -9.71%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for DNS in the UK

DNS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for DNS in the UK

DNS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DNS over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DNS in the UK

DNS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for DNS in the UK

DNS
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DNS over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DNS in the UK

DNS
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 5 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
England -5 646 £488 -7.14% 447
UK excluding London -5 420 £513 -0.24% 347
London -3 258 £450 -18.18% 116
Work from Home -38 190 £475 -12.44% 156
South East +36 169 £501 -9.00% 91
Midlands +30 79 £450 +18.42% 65
West Midlands +28 66 £525 +23.53% 38
North of England -53 64 £475 -9.52% 83
South West -15 57 £575 +4.55% 40
Scotland +39 39 £450 -1.10% 22
Yorkshire +1 31 £515 -6.36% 27
North West -55 30 £400 -27.27% 51
East Midlands -3 12 £325 -13.33% 27
East of England -27 6 £290 -44.76% 43
Northern Ireland +6 5 - - 6
North East +8 3 £600 +39.53% 7
Wales -4 3 £725 +34.88% 6

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 137 (18.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 41 (5.68%) Confluence
2 41 (5.68%) SharePoint
3 25 (3.46%) IIS
4 22 (3.05%) Apache
5 17 (2.35%) nginx
5 17 (2.35%) Tomcat
6 15 (2.08%) Exchange Server 2013
7 14 (1.94%) Exchange Server 2010
8 9 (1.25%) JBoss
9 6 (0.83%) Apache Solr
9 6 (0.83%) CMS
9 6 (0.83%) OpenStack
10 5 (0.69%) Skype for Business
11 4 (0.55%) IBM Domino
11 4 (0.55%) IBM Notes
12 3 (0.42%) Drupal
12 3 (0.42%) WordPress
13 2 (0.28%) Traefik
14 1 (0.14%) EPiServer
Applications
1 35 (4.85%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.80%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (1.25%) Temenos T24
2 4 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.14%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 252 (34.90%) Azure
2 156 (21.61%) Microsoft 365
3 139 (19.25%) AWS
4 111 (15.37%) Entra ID
5 49 (6.79%) GCP
5 49 (6.79%) IaaS
6 38 (5.26%) Azure Monitor
7 34 (4.71%) PaaS
8 29 (4.02%) SaaS
9 25 (3.46%) GitHub
10 23 (3.19%) Cloud Computing
11 21 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (2.91%) OCI
12 20 (2.77%) Azure Storage
12 20 (2.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 19 (2.63%) OneDrive
14 17 (2.35%) Amazon EC2
15 15 (2.08%) Nutanix
16 14 (1.94%) Akamai
16 14 (1.94%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 393 (54.43%) DHCP
2 266 (36.84%) Firewall
3 158 (21.88%) TCP/IP
4 131 (18.14%) VPN
5 104 (14.40%) WAN
6 90 (12.47%) LAN
7 70 (9.70%) SAN
8 69 (9.56%) Network Security
9 57 (7.89%) VLAN
10 51 (7.06%) MPLS
11 47 (6.51%) BGP
11 47 (6.51%) Wi-Fi
12 43 (5.96%) Wireless
13 42 (5.82%) HTTP
14 34 (4.71%) OSPF
14 34 (4.71%) SSL
15 33 (4.57%) SD-WAN
16 32 (4.43%) Internet
17 28 (3.88%) Cisco Nexus
18 27 (3.74%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (6.23%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.35%) Amazon RDS
3 16 (2.22%) Elasticsearch
4 15 (2.08%) MySQL
5 14 (1.94%) Relational Database
6 11 (1.52%) RDBMS
7 9 (1.25%) NoSQL
7 9 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (0.83%) Power BI
9 5 (0.69%) Couchbase
10 4 (0.55%) Amazon QuickSight
10 4 (0.55%) Apache Cassandra
10 4 (0.55%) MariaDB
10 4 (0.55%) Redis
11 3 (0.42%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.28%) CouchDB
12 2 (0.28%) Hadoop
13 1 (0.14%) Bigtable
13 1 (0.14%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 52 (7.20%) JIRA
2 40 (5.54%) Git
3 27 (3.74%) Jenkins
4 17 (2.35%) GitLab
5 8 (1.11%) Sonatype Nexus
5 8 (1.11%) TeamCity
6 7 (0.97%) CircleCI
6 7 (0.97%) Travis CI
7 6 (0.83%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 5 (0.69%) Artifactory
8 5 (0.69%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.55%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.55%) Snyk
9 4 (0.55%) Subversion
10 3 (0.42%) Postman
10 3 (0.42%) Selenium
10 3 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
12 1 (0.14%) Gradle
12 1 (0.14%) Mercurial
General
1 224 (31.02%) Social Skills
2 100 (13.85%) Finance
3 77 (10.66%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (6.51%) Public Sector
5 39 (5.40%) Telecoms
6 24 (3.32%) Banking
7 21 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
8 19 (2.63%) Military
9 14 (1.94%) Retail
10 10 (1.39%) Aerospace
10 10 (1.39%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (0.97%) Legal
13 6 (0.83%) Electronics
13 6 (0.83%) Mandarin Language
13 6 (0.83%) Marketing
14 5 (0.69%) French Language
14 5 (0.69%) Investment Banking
14 5 (0.69%) Multimedia
15 3 (0.42%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 134 (18.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 88 (12.19%) Network Engineer
3 64 (8.86%) Senior
4 59 (8.17%) Support Engineer
5 54 (7.48%) Architect
6 44 (6.09%) Analyst
7 37 (5.12%) DevOps Engineer
8 33 (4.57%) Azure Engineer
9 32 (4.43%) Integration Engineer
10 31 (4.29%) Administrator
11 28 (3.88%) Security Engineer
12 27 (3.74%) Cloud Engineer
13 23 (3.19%) IT Support
14 21 (2.91%) 2nd Line Support
15 20 (2.77%) IT Engineer
16 19 (2.63%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 19 (2.63%) Support Specialist
16 19 (2.63%) Systems Administrator
16 19 (2.63%) Wintel Engineer
17 18 (2.49%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (5.12%) LDAP
2 27 (3.74%) JSON
3 24 (3.32%) ARM Templates
4 19 (2.63%) .NET
4 19 (2.63%) YAML
5 18 (2.49%) SAML
6 15 (2.08%) XML
7 10 (1.39%) Elastic Stack
8 9 (1.25%) IBM Integration Bus
9 8 (1.11%) CSS
9 8 (1.11%) RabbitMQ
9 8 (1.11%) Web Services
10 7 (0.97%) 802.1X
10 7 (0.97%) Kafka
10 7 (0.97%) Middleware
10 7 (0.97%) OAuth
11 6 (0.83%) Node.js
12 5 (0.69%) NETCONF
12 5 (0.69%) OAuth2
13 4 (0.55%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 111 (15.37%) PKI
2 102 (14.13%) Data Centre
3 43 (5.96%) Clustering
4 28 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (3.19%) Cloud Native
5 23 (3.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 23 (3.19%) Management Information System
6 20 (2.77%) Data Protection Act
7 16 (2.22%) Private Cloud
7 16 (2.22%) Replication
8 14 (1.94%) Client/Server
9 11 (1.52%) Data Structures
9 11 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (1.52%) Linux Command Line
10 10 (1.39%) Video Conferencing
11 9 (1.25%) Fat Client
11 9 (1.25%) Public Cloud
11 9 (1.25%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 9 (1.25%) Thin Client
12 8 (1.11%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 389 (53.88%) Windows
2 258 (35.73%) Windows Server
3 166 (22.99%) Linux
4 98 (13.57%) Windows 10
5 91 (12.60%) Windows Server 2012
6 70 (9.70%) Windows Server 2019
7 58 (8.03%) Windows Server 2016
8 45 (6.23%) Unix
8 45 (6.23%) Windows 7
9 35 (4.85%) Windows Server 2008
10 34 (4.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 16 (2.22%) Ubuntu
12 15 (2.08%) VMS
13 14 (1.94%) Windows Server 2003
13 14 (1.94%) Windows XP
14 12 (1.66%) CentOS
15 9 (1.25%) Solaris
16 8 (1.11%) Oracle Linux
17 6 (0.83%) Debian
18 3 (0.42%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (21.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 113 (15.65%) Agile
3 110 (15.24%) ITIL
4 109 (15.10%) Problem-Solving
5 103 (14.27%) DevOps
6 98 (13.57%) Migration
7 76 (10.53%) Infrastructure as Code
8 62 (8.59%) CI/CD
9 61 (8.45%) Load Balancing
10 59 (8.17%) Cybersecurity
11 50 (6.93%) Computer Science
11 50 (6.93%) Customer Service
12 49 (6.79%) Disaster Recovery
13 46 (6.37%) Server Management
14 43 (5.96%) RBAC
15 42 (5.82%) Project Delivery
16 41 (5.68%) Project Management
17 39 (5.40%) Proactive Monitoring
18 38 (5.26%) High Availability
19 36 (4.99%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 202 (27.98%) PowerShell
2 90 (12.47%) Python
3 44 (6.09%) SQL
4 41 (5.68%) Bash
5 35 (4.85%) C#
6 33 (4.57%) Java
7 27 (3.74%) VBScript
8 22 (3.05%) VB
9 20 (2.77%) Bicep
10 18 (2.49%) Go
11 16 (2.22%) Shell Script
12 15 (2.08%) JavaScript
13 11 (1.52%) PHP
14 9 (1.25%) Perl
15 7 (0.97%) Ruby
16 6 (0.83%) TypeScript
17 5 (0.69%) C
18 4 (0.55%) C++
19 3 (0.42%) VB.NET
20 2 (0.28%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 206 (28.53%) Security Cleared
2 122 (16.90%) SC Cleared
3 112 (15.51%) Degree
4 102 (14.13%) Cisco Certification
5 90 (12.47%) DV Cleared
6 74 (10.25%) CCNP
7 71 (9.83%) CCNA
8 50 (6.93%) Microsoft Certification
9 30 (4.16%) Computer Science Degree
10 26 (3.60%) MCSE
10 26 (3.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 19 (2.63%) MCSA
12 17 (2.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 15 (2.08%) Azure Certification
14 13 (1.80%) AWS Certification
14 13 (1.80%) CCIE
15 11 (1.52%) CISSP
16 10 (1.39%) A+ Certification
17 8 (1.11%) CCDP
17 8 (1.11%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.05%) NIST
2 21 (2.91%) GDPR
2 21 (2.91%) QA
3 14 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (1.80%) SLA
5 10 (1.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 9 (1.25%) ISO 9000
7 6 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (0.83%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.69%) NCSC
9 4 (0.55%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.42%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.28%) GRC
12 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.14%) COPPA
12 1 (0.14%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.14%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 394 (54.57%) Active Directory
2 183 (25.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 72 (9.97%) VMware ESXi
4 67 (9.28%) Hyper-V
5 53 (7.34%) Virtual Machines
6 43 (5.96%) Docker
7 39 (5.40%) Virtual Desktop
7 39 (5.40%) vSphere
8 29 (4.02%) XenApp
9 26 (3.60%) VMware NSX
10 20 (2.77%) Virtual Servers
11 15 (2.08%) VMware Workstation
12 14 (1.94%) XenDesktop
13 12 (1.66%) BitLocker
14 11 (1.52%) Terminal Services
15 9 (1.25%) NFS
16 8 (1.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 8 (1.11%) Microsoft App-V
17 7 (0.97%) Firmware
17 7 (0.97%) KVM
Systems Management
1 131 (18.14%) SCCM
2 71 (9.83%) Terraform
3 67 (9.28%) Ansible
3 67 (9.28%) Kubernetes
4 65 (9.00%) vCenter Server
5 64 (8.86%) WSUS
6 51 (7.06%) Microsoft Intune
7 48 (6.65%) SCOM
8 46 (6.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 25 (3.46%) NetBackup
10 22 (3.05%) EMC NetWorker
11 21 (2.91%) Puppet
12 16 (2.22%) FortiGate
13 14 (1.94%) Grafana
13 14 (1.94%) Microsoft Clustering
13 14 (1.94%) Prometheus
14 13 (1.80%) Kibana
15 12 (1.66%) Progress Chef
16 11 (1.52%) Nagios
16 11 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 298 (41.27%) Microsoft
2 232 (32.13%) VMware
3 145 (20.08%) Cisco
4 62 (8.59%) Palo Alto
5 57 (7.89%) Citrix
6 50 (6.93%) F5
7 48 (6.65%) Dell
8 42 (5.82%) Oracle
9 37 (5.12%) Veeam
10 35 (4.85%) HP
11 34 (4.71%) SolarWinds
12 33 (4.57%) Juniper
12 33 (4.57%) Symantec
13 29 (4.02%) Splunk
14 28 (3.88%) EMC
15 24 (3.32%) CheckPoint
15 24 (3.32%) Infoblox
16 23 (3.19%) Red Hat
17 22 (3.05%) IBM
17 22 (3.05%) ServiceNow