DNS Jobs in England

Domain Name System (DNS)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 176 206
Rank change year-on-year +48 +30 -41
Permanent jobs citing DNS 1,925 1,934 2,738
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.23% 2.19% 2.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.97% 13.77% 14.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,628 1,509 2,123
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,719 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,983 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.49% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £76,475 £76,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £43,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.35% -5.56% -

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,051 14,043 18,293
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.93% 15.87% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 8,513 7,209 10,451
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,400 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for DNS in England

DNS
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for DNS in England

DNS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for DNS in England

DNS
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the England region over the 6 months to 20 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
London +50 502 £55,001 +0.00% 120
South East +2 435 £42,500 +6.25% 94
North of England +20 340 £42,500 - 97
Midlands +59 305 £37,500 -2.60% 57
South West +7 191 £37,500 -6.25% 32
North West -3 182 £45,000 - 60
West Midlands +53 164 £39,750 +2.58% 29
East of England -8 148 £41,500 -2.35% 44
East Midlands +51 137 £37,500 +2.74% 28
Yorkshire +54 114 £32,500 -18.75% 31
North East +11 50 £42,500 +13.33% 6
DNS
UK

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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
1 466 (24.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 304 (15.79%) SharePoint
3 117 (6.08%) IIS
4 34 (1.77%) WordPress
5 33 (1.71%) CMS
5 33 (1.71%) Exchange Server 2013
6 28 (1.45%) WebLogic
7 27 (1.40%) Exchange Server 2010
8 24 (1.25%) Confluence
9 23 (1.19%) Apache
9 23 (1.19%) nginx
10 22 (1.14%) Exchange Server 2007
11 11 (0.57%) Skype for Business
12 9 (0.47%) Tomcat
13 7 (0.36%) Umbraco
14 5 (0.26%) SAS
15 4 (0.21%) Apache Solr
15 4 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2003
16 2 (0.10%) Moodle
16 2 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 238 (12.36%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.31%) Trello
5 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.21%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.16%) SPSS
7 2 (0.10%) CATIA
7 2 (0.10%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 28 (1.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 16 (0.83%) Fidessa
3 7 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.21%) Epicor Tropos
5 4 (0.21%) Oracle Cash Management
5 4 (0.21%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.10%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.10%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.052%) Carpe Diem
7 1 (0.052%) Eikon
7 1 (0.052%) Sage 300 ERP
7 1 (0.052%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.052%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.052%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.052%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.052%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 1,062 (55.17%) Azure
2 908 (47.17%) Microsoft 365
3 371 (19.27%) AWS
4 347 (18.03%) Entra ID
5 116 (6.03%) IaaS
6 107 (5.56%) OneDrive
7 77 (4.00%) SaaS
8 74 (3.84%) PaaS
9 71 (3.69%) Power Platform
10 69 (3.58%) GCP
11 56 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
12 51 (2.65%) Mimecast
13 47 (2.44%) Nutanix
14 44 (2.29%) GitHub
15 37 (1.92%) OpenShift
16 33 (1.71%) Amazon EKS
17 28 (1.45%) Amazon EC2
17 28 (1.45%) Amazon SQS
18 26 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
18 26 (1.35%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1,198 (62.23%) DHCP
2 790 (41.04%) Firewall
3 614 (31.90%) TCP/IP
4 393 (20.42%) WAN
5 390 (20.26%) VPN
6 345 (17.92%) LAN
7 253 (13.14%) VLAN
8 214 (11.12%) Wi-Fi
9 189 (9.82%) Wireless
10 184 (9.56%) SAN
11 137 (7.12%) SSL
12 109 (5.66%) HTTP
12 109 (5.66%) Network Security
13 102 (5.30%) VoIP
14 98 (5.09%) Internet
15 92 (4.78%) SD-WAN
16 83 (4.31%) BGP
17 63 (3.27%) OSPF
18 59 (3.06%) SNMP
19 57 (2.96%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (10.49%) SQL Server
2 68 (3.53%) Amazon RDS
3 46 (2.39%) MySQL
4 39 (2.03%) Oracle Database
5 38 (1.97%) Relational Database
6 36 (1.87%) Power BI
7 33 (1.71%) RDBMS
8 20 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
8 20 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
9 16 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 15 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
11 13 (0.68%) Redis
12 11 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 9 (0.47%) MongoDB
13 9 (0.47%) NoSQL
14 6 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
15 3 (0.16%) Big Data
15 3 (0.16%) Crystal Reports
15 3 (0.16%) EDRMS
15 3 (0.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 59 (3.06%) Jenkins
2 50 (2.60%) JIRA
3 37 (1.92%) Git
4 19 (0.99%) GitLab
5 10 (0.52%) Trac
6 8 (0.42%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.36%) Katalon Studio
8 6 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (0.26%) Subversion
10 4 (0.21%) Charles Proxy
10 4 (0.21%) Octopus Deploy
11 3 (0.16%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.10%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 2 (0.10%) Browser DevTools
12 2 (0.10%) git-flow
12 2 (0.10%) Hudson
12 2 (0.10%) Visual Studio Code
13 1 (0.052%) Artifactory
13 1 (0.052%) Selenium
13 1 (0.052%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 527 (27.38%) Social Skills
2 214 (11.12%) Finance
3 198 (10.29%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (3.58%) Telecoms
5 53 (2.75%) Public Sector
6 52 (2.70%) Law
7 44 (2.29%) Banking
8 36 (1.87%) Aerospace
8 36 (1.87%) Marketing
9 33 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 30 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
10 30 (1.56%) Manufacturing
11 28 (1.45%) Legal
11 28 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
11 28 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
12 24 (1.25%) Retail
13 15 (0.78%) Games
14 9 (0.47%) Automotive
14 9 (0.47%) Electronics
15 7 (0.36%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 379 (19.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 250 (12.99%) Senior
3 241 (12.52%) Analyst
3 241 (12.52%) IT Support
4 239 (12.42%) Support Engineer
5 217 (11.27%) IT Engineer
6 128 (6.65%) Network Engineer
7 113 (5.87%) IT Support Engineer
7 113 (5.87%) Lead
8 105 (5.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 93 (4.83%) 2nd Line Support
10 83 (4.31%) Architect
10 83 (4.31%) Support Analyst
11 81 (4.21%) 3rd Line Support
11 81 (4.21%) IT Technician
12 76 (3.95%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 75 (3.90%) Administrator
14 74 (3.84%) Systems Engineer
15 70 (3.64%) IT Analyst
16 67 (3.48%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (3.58%) .NET
2 56 (2.91%) HTML
3 52 (2.70%) REST
4 46 (2.39%) CSS
5 38 (1.97%) ARM Templates
6 36 (1.87%) React
7 35 (1.82%) RabbitMQ
7 35 (1.82%) SAML
8 32 (1.66%) 802.1X
8 32 (1.66%) LDAP
8 32 (1.66%) YAML
9 30 (1.56%) ASP.NET
10 28 (1.45%) jQuery
10 28 (1.45%) Spring Boot
11 23 (1.19%) ASP.NET MVC
11 23 (1.19%) RESTful
12 22 (1.14%) AngularJS
12 22 (1.14%) Vue
13 19 (0.99%) Elastic Stack
13 19 (0.99%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 149 (7.74%) Data Centre
2 118 (6.13%) Self-Motivation
3 108 (5.61%) Driving Licence
4 105 (5.45%) PKI
5 89 (4.62%) Public Cloud
6 67 (3.48%) Replication
7 62 (3.22%) Enterprise Software
8 53 (2.75%) Onboarding
9 52 (2.70%) Management Information System
10 40 (2.08%) Client/Server
11 35 (1.82%) Clustering
12 31 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
12 31 (1.61%) Security Posture
13 26 (1.35%) Cyberattack
14 25 (1.30%) Video Conferencing
15 21 (1.09%) IoT
16 16 (0.83%) CCTV
16 16 (0.83%) Eurex
17 15 (0.78%) Smartphone
18 13 (0.68%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 1,290 (67.01%) Windows
2 789 (40.99%) Windows Server
3 421 (21.87%) Linux
4 257 (13.35%) Windows 10
5 220 (11.43%) Windows Server 2016
6 183 (9.51%) Windows Server 2019
7 158 (8.21%) Windows Server 2012
8 92 (4.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 68 (3.53%) Windows Server 2008
10 65 (3.38%) Android
11 61 (3.17%) Apple iOS
11 61 (3.17%) Unix
12 49 (2.55%) Mac OS
13 37 (1.92%) Windows 7
14 36 (1.87%) CentOS
15 35 (1.82%) Ubuntu
16 31 (1.61%) VMS
17 29 (1.51%) Windows 8
18 21 (1.09%) Mac OS X
19 20 (1.04%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 458 (23.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 412 (21.40%) Problem-Solving
3 395 (20.52%) ITIL
4 251 (13.04%) Customer Service
5 234 (12.16%) DevOps
6 233 (12.10%) Cybersecurity
7 225 (11.69%) Agile
8 200 (10.39%) Disaster Recovery
9 156 (8.10%) Migration
10 128 (6.65%) Project Management
11 101 (5.25%) Information Security
12 100 (5.19%) Collaborative Working
13 99 (5.14%) Load Balancing
14 95 (4.94%) Mentoring
15 94 (4.88%) Continuous Improvement
16 92 (4.78%) CI/CD
17 91 (4.73%) Infrastructure as Code
18 87 (4.52%) Service Management
19 82 (4.26%) Computer Science
20 78 (4.05%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 435 (22.60%) PowerShell
2 210 (10.91%) Python
3 192 (9.97%) SQL
4 121 (6.29%) Bash
5 87 (4.52%) Java
6 73 (3.79%) C#
7 62 (3.22%) JavaScript
8 52 (2.70%) Perl
9 35 (1.82%) T-SQL
10 31 (1.61%) VBScript
11 23 (1.19%) Ruby
12 21 (1.09%) VB
13 19 (0.99%) XAML
14 18 (0.94%) Bicep
14 18 (0.94%) PHP
15 16 (0.83%) C++
16 12 (0.62%) C
17 10 (0.52%) PL/SQL
18 5 (0.26%) Shell Script
18 5 (0.26%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 252 (13.09%) Degree
2 227 (11.79%) Security Cleared
3 134 (6.96%) SC Cleared
4 127 (6.60%) Cisco Certification
5 126 (6.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 114 (5.92%) DV Cleared
7 107 (5.56%) CCNA
8 93 (4.83%) Azure Certification
9 55 (2.86%) MCSE
10 51 (2.65%) CCNP
11 49 (2.55%) AWS Certification
12 46 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
13 45 (2.34%) DBS Check
14 36 (1.87%) MCSA
15 33 (1.71%) A+ Certification
16 32 (1.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 32 (1.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 31 (1.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 31 (1.61%) Network+ Certification
18 26 (1.35%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (6.08%) SLA
2 64 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 47 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
4 32 (1.66%) GDPR
5 17 (0.88%) NIST
6 16 (0.83%) COBIT
7 14 (0.73%) Data Quality
7 14 (0.73%) SOC 2
8 9 (0.47%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.47%) PMO
9 8 (0.42%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.42%) NCSC
10 7 (0.36%) ISO 9001
11 6 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.31%) QA
12 3 (0.16%) JSP 440
13 2 (0.10%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.052%) GxP
14 1 (0.052%) ISO 20022
14 1 (0.052%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1,223 (63.53%) Active Directory
2 451 (23.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 393 (20.42%) Hyper-V
4 116 (6.03%) VMware ESXi
5 93 (4.83%) Docker
6 89 (4.62%) Virtual Machines
7 75 (3.90%) vSphere
8 66 (3.43%) Virtual Servers
9 43 (2.23%) Virtual Desktop
10 21 (1.09%) NFS
11 20 (1.04%) Firmware
11 20 (1.04%) Terminal Services
12 18 (0.94%) pfSense
13 16 (0.83%) XenApp
14 11 (0.57%) XenDesktop
15 9 (0.47%) VMware NSX
16 8 (0.42%) Embedded Firmware
17 7 (0.36%) DFS Replication
17 7 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 7 (0.36%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 292 (15.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 149 (7.74%) SCCM
3 128 (6.65%) Ansible
4 118 (6.13%) WSUS
5 116 (6.03%) Terraform
6 109 (5.66%) Kubernetes
7 77 (4.00%) Puppet
8 76 (3.95%) SCOM
9 73 (3.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 60 (3.12%) vCenter Server
11 54 (2.81%) Single Sign-On
12 35 (1.82%) Grafana
13 26 (1.35%) FortiGate
14 24 (1.25%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 24 (1.25%) ZABBIX
15 22 (1.14%) Jamf Pro
16 21 (1.09%) NetBackup
17 20 (1.04%) Progress Chef
18 19 (0.99%) Nagios
18 19 (0.99%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 1,038 (53.92%) Microsoft
2 647 (33.61%) VMware
3 286 (14.86%) Cisco
4 184 (9.56%) Veeam
5 156 (8.10%) Citrix
6 102 (5.30%) Dell
7 99 (5.14%) HP
8 97 (5.04%) Oracle
9 92 (4.78%) Red Hat
10 83 (4.31%) Apple
11 82 (4.26%) Juniper
12 78 (4.05%) Fortinet
13 70 (3.64%) SolarWinds
14 60 (3.12%) Google
15 58 (3.01%) Meraki
16 48 (2.49%) Palo Alto
17 43 (2.23%) Sophos
18 38 (1.97%) Bloomberg
19 36 (1.87%) ServiceNow
20 34 (1.77%) Aruba