DNS Jobs in the UK excluding London

Domain Name System (DNS)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 128 151 158
Rank change year-on-year +23 +7 -20
Permanent jobs citing DNS 1,548 1,376 1,747
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.16% 2.33% 2.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.87% 12.68% 15.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,270 1,071 1,414
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £31,358
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% +1.86%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £43,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.35% -5.56% -

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,754 10,849 11,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.62% 18.34% 15.42%
Number of salaries quoted 7,061 4,721 6,541
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £74,919
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 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
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for DNS in the UK excluding London

DNS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for DNS in the UK excluding London

DNS
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the UK excluding London 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
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
Wales +37 59 £34,000 -7.06% 7
Scotland -53 59 £42,500 +17.24% 19
North East +11 50 £42,500 +13.33% 6
Northern Ireland +28 13 £32,500 -4.41% 4
Channel Islands - 4 £85,000 -
Isle of Man - 4 £43,000 -
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
1 371 (23.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 251 (16.21%) SharePoint
3 93 (6.01%) IIS
4 40 (2.58%) WebLogic
5 33 (2.13%) CMS
6 27 (1.74%) WordPress
7 23 (1.49%) Exchange Server 2013
8 21 (1.36%) Exchange Server 2010
9 20 (1.29%) Exchange Server 2007
10 16 (1.03%) Skype for Business
11 15 (0.97%) Confluence
12 14 (0.90%) nginx
13 13 (0.84%) Apache
14 7 (0.45%) OpenStack
15 5 (0.32%) Umbraco
16 4 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2003
17 2 (0.13%) Apache Solr
17 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
18 1 (0.065%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 199 (12.86%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.39%) Trello
5 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.13%) CATIA
7 2 (0.13%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 40 (2.58%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 7 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.26%) Epicor Tropos
3 4 (0.26%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.065%) Sage 300 ERP
5 1 (0.065%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.065%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.065%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 855 (55.23%) Azure
2 792 (51.16%) Microsoft 365
3 295 (19.06%) Entra ID
4 289 (18.67%) AWS
5 102 (6.59%) OneDrive
6 74 (4.78%) IaaS
7 66 (4.26%) SaaS
8 52 (3.36%) Power Platform
9 43 (2.78%) PaaS
10 41 (2.65%) Amazon EKS
11 40 (2.58%) Amazon SQS
12 36 (2.33%) OpenShift
13 35 (2.26%) Mimecast
14 31 (2.00%) Nutanix
15 27 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
15 27 (1.74%) Azure Monitor
16 25 (1.61%) GitHub
16 25 (1.61%) WhatsApp
17 23 (1.49%) GCP
18 21 (1.36%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 982 (63.44%) DHCP
2 615 (39.73%) Firewall
3 523 (33.79%) TCP/IP
4 303 (19.57%) VPN
5 294 (18.99%) WAN
6 253 (16.34%) LAN
7 202 (13.05%) VLAN
8 149 (9.63%) Wi-Fi
9 130 (8.40%) SAN
9 130 (8.40%) Wireless
10 121 (7.82%) SSL
11 82 (5.30%) HTTP
12 79 (5.10%) VoIP
13 73 (4.72%) BGP
14 72 (4.65%) Network Security
15 70 (4.52%) Internet
16 64 (4.13%) SD-WAN
17 39 (2.52%) iSCSI
18 38 (2.45%) DKIM
18 38 (2.45%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (8.79%) SQL Server
2 69 (4.46%) Amazon RDS
3 48 (3.10%) Oracle Database
4 43 (2.78%) Relational Database
5 40 (2.58%) RDBMS
6 28 (1.81%) MySQL
7 26 (1.68%) Power BI
8 14 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 11 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
9 11 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
11 8 (0.52%) Redis
12 7 (0.45%) NoSQL
13 6 (0.39%) GIS
14 3 (0.19%) Crystal Reports
15 2 (0.13%) Data Warehouse
15 2 (0.13%) OLAP
15 2 (0.13%) SAP Data Services
15 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 32 (2.07%) JIRA
2 21 (1.36%) Jenkins
3 20 (1.29%) Git
4 10 (0.65%) Trac
5 3 (0.19%) GitLab
5 3 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.13%) Grunt
6 2 (0.13%) Hudson
6 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.13%) webpack
7 1 (0.065%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.065%) Log4Net
7 1 (0.065%) Selenium
7 1 (0.065%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.065%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 436 (28.17%) Social Skills
2 141 (9.11%) Analytical Skills
3 105 (6.78%) Finance
4 56 (3.62%) Telecoms
5 44 (2.84%) Public Sector
6 37 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
7 36 (2.33%) Aerospace
8 34 (2.20%) Marketing
9 33 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 30 (1.94%) Law
11 29 (1.87%) Manufacturing
12 22 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
13 21 (1.36%) Retail
14 17 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
15 13 (0.84%) Legal
16 10 (0.65%) Electronics
17 9 (0.58%) Automotive
18 8 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
18 8 (0.52%) Local Government
19 7 (0.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 323 (20.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 224 (14.47%) IT Support
2 224 (14.47%) Senior
3 200 (12.92%) IT Engineer
4 197 (12.73%) Support Engineer
5 190 (12.27%) Analyst
6 110 (7.11%) Lead
7 97 (6.27%) IT Support Engineer
8 94 (6.07%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 93 (6.01%) Network Engineer
10 87 (5.62%) IT Technician
11 86 (5.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 80 (5.17%) 2nd Line Support
13 75 (4.84%) 3rd Line Support
14 74 (4.78%) Architect
15 72 (4.65%) Support Technician
16 69 (4.46%) Support Analyst
17 62 (4.01%) Administrator
18 61 (3.94%) Developer
18 61 (3.94%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (3.10%) .NET
2 46 (2.97%) HTML
2 46 (2.97%) REST
3 44 (2.84%) CSS
3 44 (2.84%) RabbitMQ
4 40 (2.58%) Spring Boot
5 28 (1.81%) ASP.NET
5 28 (1.81%) jQuery
5 28 (1.81%) React
6 24 (1.55%) Vue
7 22 (1.42%) AngularJS
7 22 (1.42%) ASP.NET MVC
7 22 (1.42%) SAML
8 19 (1.23%) Tailwind CSS
8 19 (1.23%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 19 (1.23%) WPF
9 18 (1.16%) ARM Templates
9 18 (1.16%) OAuth
9 18 (1.16%) OpenID
10 17 (1.10%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 123 (7.95%) Data Centre
2 111 (7.17%) Driving Licence
3 108 (6.98%) Self-Motivation
4 83 (5.36%) Public Cloud
5 58 (3.75%) Enterprise Software
5 58 (3.75%) PKI
6 51 (3.29%) Replication
7 42 (2.71%) Management Information System
8 39 (2.52%) Onboarding
9 32 (2.07%) Cyberattack
10 28 (1.81%) Clustering
11 19 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
11 19 (1.23%) IoT
12 15 (0.97%) Client/Server
13 14 (0.90%) CCTV
14 13 (0.84%) CMDB
15 12 (0.78%) PMI
16 11 (0.71%) Tandem
17 9 (0.58%) NHS
18 8 (0.52%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 1,041 (67.25%) Windows
2 663 (42.83%) Windows Server
3 341 (22.03%) Linux
4 205 (13.24%) Windows 10
5 195 (12.60%) Windows Server 2016
6 164 (10.59%) Windows Server 2019
7 144 (9.30%) Windows Server 2012
8 88 (5.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 62 (4.01%) Android
10 59 (3.81%) Apple iOS
11 44 (2.84%) Windows Server 2008
12 35 (2.26%) Mac OS
13 32 (2.07%) Windows 7
14 29 (1.87%) Windows 8
15 26 (1.68%) VMS
16 21 (1.36%) Mac OS X
16 21 (1.36%) Ubuntu
17 20 (1.29%) Unix
18 19 (1.23%) Windows XP
19 18 (1.16%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 381 (24.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 328 (21.19%) Problem-Solving
3 312 (20.16%) ITIL
4 244 (15.76%) Customer Service
5 168 (10.85%) Agile
6 149 (9.63%) Cybersecurity
7 148 (9.56%) DevOps
8 146 (9.43%) Disaster Recovery
9 127 (8.20%) Migration
10 124 (8.01%) Project Management
11 101 (6.52%) Collaborative Working
12 96 (6.20%) Actionable Insight
13 86 (5.56%) Service Management
14 85 (5.49%) Mentoring
15 74 (4.78%) Information Security
16 73 (4.72%) Incident Management
17 70 (4.52%) Server Management
18 69 (4.46%) Open Source
19 68 (4.39%) Computer Science
20 67 (4.33%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 302 (19.51%) PowerShell
2 137 (8.85%) SQL
3 102 (6.59%) Python
4 66 (4.26%) Bash
5 65 (4.20%) C#
6 63 (4.07%) Java
7 44 (2.84%) JavaScript
8 31 (2.00%) VBScript
9 22 (1.42%) T-SQL
10 20 (1.29%) VB
11 19 (1.23%) XAML
12 18 (1.16%) Bicep
13 16 (1.03%) Perl
13 16 (1.03%) PHP
14 11 (0.71%) C++
15 10 (0.65%) C
16 8 (0.52%) PL/SQL
17 5 (0.32%) Ruby
17 5 (0.32%) VB.NET
18 4 (0.26%) Go
Qualifications
1 239 (15.44%) Security Cleared
2 190 (12.27%) Degree
3 151 (9.75%) SC Cleared
4 113 (7.30%) DV Cleared
5 101 (6.52%) Cisco Certification
6 91 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
7 89 (5.75%) Azure Certification
8 88 (5.68%) CCNA
9 51 (3.29%) AWS Certification
10 47 (3.04%) CCNP
11 46 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
12 40 (2.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 37 (2.39%) DBS Check
13 37 (2.39%) MCSE
14 32 (2.07%) A+ Certification
15 31 (2.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 26 (1.68%) Network+ Certification
17 25 (1.61%) MCP
18 19 (1.23%) MCSA
19 17 (1.10%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (6.33%) SLA
2 40 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials
4 26 (1.68%) GDPR
5 14 (0.90%) Data Quality
6 8 (0.52%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.39%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.26%) QA
9 3 (0.19%) JSP 440
9 3 (0.19%) NIST
10 1 (0.065%) GxP
10 1 (0.065%) NCSC
10 1 (0.065%) PMO
System Software
1 1,000 (64.60%) Active Directory
2 361 (23.32%) Hyper-V
3 336 (21.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 71 (4.59%) Virtual Machines
5 70 (4.52%) VMware ESXi
6 67 (4.33%) Docker
7 56 (3.62%) vSphere
8 39 (2.52%) Virtual Servers
9 34 (2.20%) Virtual Desktop
10 19 (1.23%) Terminal Services
11 18 (1.16%) pfSense
12 16 (1.03%) NFS
13 15 (0.97%) Firmware
14 11 (0.71%) XenApp
15 8 (0.52%) Embedded Firmware
16 7 (0.45%) VMware Server
16 7 (0.45%) XenDesktop
17 6 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 6 (0.39%) VMware NSX
18 4 (0.26%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 272 (17.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 128 (8.27%) SCCM
3 91 (5.88%) WSUS
4 77 (4.97%) Kubernetes
5 76 (4.91%) SCOM
6 64 (4.13%) Ansible
7 55 (3.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 41 (2.65%) Terraform
9 36 (2.33%) Puppet
10 34 (2.20%) vCenter Server
11 26 (1.68%) CASB
12 24 (1.55%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 23 (1.49%) ZABBIX
14 21 (1.36%) FortiGate
14 21 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
15 20 (1.29%) Grafana
16 17 (1.10%) Jamf Pro
17 16 (1.03%) SCDPM
18 13 (0.84%) NetBackup
19 12 (0.78%) CA Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 866 (55.94%) Microsoft
2 508 (32.82%) VMware
3 234 (15.12%) Cisco
4 148 (9.56%) Veeam
5 107 (6.91%) Citrix
6 87 (5.62%) Dell
7 74 (4.78%) HP
8 72 (4.65%) Oracle
9 67 (4.33%) Apple
9 67 (4.33%) Juniper
10 62 (4.01%) Meraki
11 52 (3.36%) Red Hat
12 51 (3.29%) Fortinet
13 44 (2.84%) Palo Alto
13 44 (2.84%) SolarWinds
14 40 (2.58%) Sophos
14 40 (2.58%) Sparx
15 33 (2.13%) Acronis
16 30 (1.94%) NetApp
16 30 (1.94%) WatchGuard