DNS Jobs in the West Midlands

Domain Name System (DNS)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 108 161 106
Rank change year-on-year +53 -55 -15
Permanent jobs citing DNS 164 110 217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.19% 1.76% 2.92%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.68% 10.02% 19.98%
Number of salaries quoted 136 97 195
10th Percentile £24,625 £25,600 £24,900
25th Percentile £27,875 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,750 £38,750 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.58% -4.32% -4.71%
75th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £54,950 £62,250
England median annual salary £43,983 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.49% -5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 983 1,098 1,086
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.13% 17.60% 14.63%
Number of salaries quoted 802 514 709
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,913 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -2.17%
75th Percentile £56,950 £63,750 £59,125
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing DNS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for DNS in the West Midlands

DNS
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DNS in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for DNS in the West Midlands

DNS
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for DNS in the West Midlands

DNS
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham +22 57 £50,000 +21.21% 8
Shropshire +7 18 £36,500 - 2
Staffordshire -32 13 £42,500 +30.77% 4
Warwickshire - 13 £57,500 - 3
Solihull +11 11 £29,500 -17.48% 1
Coventry +21 10 £42,500 +13.33% 4
Worcestershire -26 9 £35,000 -11.71% 4
Wednesbury +7 7 £30,000 -14.29%
Wolverhampton +21 5 £21,500 -45.22%
Herefordshire +6 4 £60,000 +41.18% 1
Dudley - 2 £24,500 -
Brierley Hill - 2 £33,750 -
Halesowen -12 1 £30,000 -10.45% 1
DNS
England

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 64 (39.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (20.73%) SharePoint
3 8 (4.88%) IIS
4 4 (2.44%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (1.83%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (1.22%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (1.22%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 23 (14.02%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.22%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.44%) Dynamics NAV
1 4 (2.44%) Sage 200
2 3 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 83 (50.61%) Azure
1 83 (50.61%) Microsoft 365
2 54 (32.93%) Entra ID
3 20 (12.20%) AWS
4 19 (11.59%) OneDrive
5 8 (4.88%) IaaS
6 7 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (3.66%) Google Workspace
8 5 (3.05%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (2.44%) PaaS
9 4 (2.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (1.83%) Power Platform
11 2 (1.22%) Amazon S3
11 2 (1.22%) Azure App Service
11 2 (1.22%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (1.22%) Matillion
11 2 (1.22%) Mimecast
11 2 (1.22%) OpenDNS
12 1 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 134 (81.71%) DHCP
2 77 (46.95%) Firewall
3 64 (39.02%) TCP/IP
4 43 (26.22%) WAN
5 41 (25.00%) LAN
6 28 (17.07%) VPN
7 24 (14.63%) Wi-Fi
8 23 (14.02%) SAN
8 23 (14.02%) VLAN
9 13 (7.93%) SSL
10 12 (7.32%) SD-WAN
10 12 (7.32%) SMTP
10 12 (7.32%) Wireless
11 11 (6.71%) iSCSI
11 11 (6.71%) SNMP
12 10 (6.10%) Fibre Channel
13 9 (5.49%) HTTP
13 9 (5.49%) OSPF
14 8 (4.88%) Remote Desktop
14 8 (4.88%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (10.98%) SQL Server
2 9 (5.49%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (3.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (1.83%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.83%) Power BI
5 2 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.44%) Git
2 2 (1.22%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 32 (19.51%) Social Skills
2 21 (12.80%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (6.10%) Finance
5 7 (4.27%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (4.27%) Law
6 4 (2.44%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (2.44%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.44%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.83%) Military
7 3 (1.83%) Retail
8 2 (1.22%) Legal
9 1 (0.61%) Automotive
9 1 (0.61%) Back Office
9 1 (0.61%) Games
Job Titles
1 31 (18.90%) Support Engineer
2 29 (17.68%) Analyst
3 28 (17.07%) IT Engineer
4 25 (15.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 25 (15.24%) IT Support
5 20 (12.20%) Senior
6 17 (10.37%) Network Engineer
6 17 (10.37%) Service Analyst
6 17 (10.37%) Service Desk Analyst
7 16 (9.76%) IT Support Engineer
8 13 (7.93%) Administrator
9 12 (7.32%) 3rd Line Support
9 12 (7.32%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (6.71%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 10 (6.10%) Support Analyst
12 9 (5.49%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (4.88%) IT Manager
13 8 (4.88%) Windows Administrator
14 7 (4.27%) 2nd Line Support
14 7 (4.27%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.44%) JSON
1 4 (2.44%) YAML
2 3 (1.83%) .NET
2 3 (1.83%) AngularJS
2 3 (1.83%) ASP.NET
2 3 (1.83%) ASP.NET MVC
2 3 (1.83%) CSS
2 3 (1.83%) HTML
2 3 (1.83%) jQuery
2 3 (1.83%) React
2 3 (1.83%) REST
2 3 (1.83%) Tailwind CSS
2 3 (1.83%) Twitter Bootstrap
2 3 (1.83%) Vue
2 3 (1.83%) WPF
3 2 (1.22%) JWT
3 2 (1.22%) LAMP
3 2 (1.22%) RESTful
3 2 (1.22%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.98%) Data Centre
2 10 (6.10%) Driving Licence
2 10 (6.10%) Management Information System
3 9 (5.49%) PKI
4 8 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (4.27%) EFT
6 6 (3.66%) Cyberattack
7 5 (3.05%) Clustering
7 5 (3.05%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.44%) CCTV
8 4 (2.44%) FMCG
8 4 (2.44%) IoT
8 4 (2.44%) Public Cloud
8 4 (2.44%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.83%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.22%) Mobile Computing
10 2 (1.22%) Replication
11 1 (0.61%) EPoS
11 1 (0.61%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 122 (74.39%) Windows
2 89 (54.27%) Windows Server
3 39 (23.78%) Windows Server 2016
4 36 (21.95%) Windows 10
5 32 (19.51%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (15.85%) Windows Server 2012
7 13 (7.93%) Linux
8 8 (4.88%) Apple iOS
8 8 (4.88%) Mac OS
8 8 (4.88%) Windows Server 2008
9 6 (3.66%) Windows Server 2003
10 5 (3.05%) Ubuntu
11 4 (2.44%) CentOS
11 4 (2.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (2.44%) VMS
12 2 (1.22%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.61%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (20.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 29 (17.68%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (17.68%) ITIL
3 26 (15.85%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (10.37%) Project Delivery
5 16 (9.76%) Change Control
6 15 (9.15%) Customer Service
7 13 (7.93%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (7.32%) Change Management
8 12 (7.32%) ERP
8 12 (7.32%) Incident Management
9 10 (6.10%) Patch Management
9 10 (6.10%) Platform Engineering
9 10 (6.10%) Server Patching
10 9 (5.49%) Disaster Recovery
10 9 (5.49%) Server Management
11 8 (4.88%) High Availability
11 8 (4.88%) IT Strategy
11 8 (4.88%) Network Management
11 8 (4.88%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 44 (26.83%) PowerShell
2 18 (10.98%) SQL
3 5 (3.05%) T-SQL
4 4 (2.44%) Bash
5 3 (1.83%) C#
5 3 (1.83%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.83%) PL/SQL
5 3 (1.83%) R
5 3 (1.83%) XAML
6 1 (0.61%) C
6 1 (0.61%) C++
6 1 (0.61%) Java
6 1 (0.61%) Perl
Qualifications
1 15 (9.15%) Degree
2 11 (6.71%) Security Cleared
3 10 (6.10%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (5.49%) CCNA
4 9 (5.49%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (5.49%) Network+ Certification
5 8 (4.88%) SC Cleared
6 7 (4.27%) A+ Certification
7 5 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.44%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.83%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.83%) MCSE
10 2 (1.22%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (1.22%) MCSA
10 2 (1.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.61%) CCNP
11 1 (0.61%) HNC
11 1 (0.61%) HND
11 1 (0.61%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.54%) SLA
2 4 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.83%) GDPR
3 3 (1.83%) JSP 440
System Software
1 123 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 47 (28.66%) Hyper-V
3 35 (21.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (10.37%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (5.49%) Virtual Servers
6 7 (4.27%) vSphere
7 6 (3.66%) pfSense
8 5 (3.05%) NFS
9 4 (2.44%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 4 (2.44%) VMware NSX
9 4 (2.44%) VMware Server
10 3 (1.83%) Terminal Services
10 3 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (1.22%) Docker
11 2 (1.22%) XenApp
11 2 (1.22%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.61%) Firmware
12 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 31 (18.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (11.59%) SCCM
3 11 (6.71%) vCenter Server
4 7 (4.27%) Terraform
5 5 (3.05%) Backup Exec
5 5 (3.05%) SCOM
6 3 (1.83%) Autotask
6 3 (1.83%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (1.83%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.83%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (1.83%) Nagios
7 1 (0.61%) Icinga
Vendors
1 107 (65.24%) Microsoft
2 63 (38.41%) VMware
3 33 (20.12%) Cisco
4 26 (15.85%) Veeam
5 18 (10.98%) Apple
6 17 (10.37%) Citrix
6 17 (10.37%) Dell
7 14 (8.54%) Aruba
7 14 (8.54%) Sophos
8 12 (7.32%) Fortinet
9 11 (6.71%) HP
9 11 (6.71%) Juniper
9 11 (6.71%) WatchGuard
10 10 (6.10%) Zerto
11 9 (5.49%) Sage
12 7 (4.27%) Datto
12 7 (4.27%) Globalscape
13 5 (3.05%) ConnectWise
13 5 (3.05%) Nimble Storage
13 5 (3.05%) Ubiquiti