Domain Name System (DNS)
UK

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 141 170 230
Rank change year-on-year +29 +60 -55
Permanent jobs citing DNS 2,097 2,040 3,135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.99% 2.15% 1.85%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.42% 13.22% 13.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,732 1,587 2,269
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £26,450
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.35% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - -5.88% +2.41%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,603 15,428 22,577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.92% 16.28% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,416 7,727 11,819
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,419 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for DNS in the UK

DNS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for DNS in the UK

DNS
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 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
England +40 1,930 £43,742 +2.92% 380
UK excluding London +14 1,567 £40,000 - 293
Work from Home +36 777 £50,000 +10.80% 171
London +41 491 £55,000 +0.00% 101
South East -12 430 £42,500 +6.25% 71
North of England +18 348 £42,500 - 85
Midlands +62 313 £37,500 -1.32% 43
South West +9 192 £37,500 -6.25% 30
North West -9 184 £45,000 - 54
West Midlands +33 167 £39,750 +4.61% 26
East of England -5 153 £41,500 -2.35% 45
East Midlands +53 142 £37,500 +2.74% 17
Yorkshire +38 120 £32,500 -18.75% 24
Wales +33 60 £34,000 -4.67% 7
Scotland -59 60 £42,500 +13.33% 19
North East +1 50 £42,500 +6.80% 7
Northern Ireland +15 13 £32,500 -4.41% 2
Isle of Man - 4 £43,000 -
Channel Islands - 4 £85,000 -

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
1 499 (23.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 311 (14.83%) SharePoint
3 123 (5.87%) IIS
4 46 (2.19%) WebLogic
5 35 (1.67%) CMS
6 34 (1.62%) WordPress
7 33 (1.57%) Exchange Server 2013
8 26 (1.24%) Exchange Server 2010
9 25 (1.19%) Skype for Business
10 24 (1.14%) Apache
10 24 (1.14%) Confluence
11 22 (1.05%) Exchange Server 2007
11 22 (1.05%) nginx
12 9 (0.43%) Tomcat
13 7 (0.33%) OpenStack
13 7 (0.33%) Umbraco
14 5 (0.24%) SAS
15 4 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2003
16 3 (0.14%) Apache Solr
17 2 (0.095%) Moodle
Applications
1 260 (12.40%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.24%) Trello
6 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.19%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.14%) SPSS
8 2 (0.095%) CATIA
8 2 (0.095%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 46 (2.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 17 (0.81%) Fidessa
3 7 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.24%) Oracle Cash Management
5 4 (0.19%) Sage 200
6 3 (0.14%) Epicor Tropos
7 2 (0.095%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.048%) Carpe Diem
8 1 (0.048%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.048%) Eikon
8 1 (0.048%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.048%) Sage 300 ERP
8 1 (0.048%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.048%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.048%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.048%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.048%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 1,153 (54.98%) Azure
2 962 (45.88%) Microsoft 365
3 418 (19.93%) AWS
4 369 (17.60%) Entra ID
5 117 (5.58%) IaaS
6 114 (5.44%) OneDrive
7 84 (4.01%) SaaS
8 75 (3.58%) Power Platform
9 73 (3.48%) PaaS
10 67 (3.20%) GCP
11 66 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
12 52 (2.48%) Mimecast
12 52 (2.48%) Nutanix
13 50 (2.38%) Amazon EKS
14 46 (2.19%) Amazon SQS
15 42 (2.00%) GitHub
16 40 (1.91%) OpenShift
17 32 (1.53%) Azure Monitor
17 32 (1.53%) Cloud Computing
18 29 (1.38%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 1,279 (60.99%) DHCP
2 858 (40.92%) Firewall
3 688 (32.81%) TCP/IP
4 412 (19.65%) WAN
5 408 (19.46%) VPN
6 361 (17.22%) LAN
7 250 (11.92%) VLAN
8 216 (10.30%) Wi-Fi
9 211 (10.06%) Wireless
10 194 (9.25%) SAN
11 155 (7.39%) SSL
12 119 (5.67%) Network Security
13 116 (5.53%) HTTP
14 108 (5.15%) Internet
15 103 (4.91%) VoIP
16 98 (4.67%) BGP
17 92 (4.39%) SD-WAN
18 64 (3.05%) IPsec
19 60 (2.86%) NAS
20 59 (2.81%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 208 (9.92%) SQL Server
2 85 (4.05%) Amazon RDS
3 57 (2.72%) Oracle Database
3 57 (2.72%) Relational Database
4 51 (2.43%) RDBMS
5 46 (2.19%) MySQL
6 40 (1.91%) Power BI
7 22 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
8 20 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
9 18 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
10 16 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 14 (0.67%) Redis
12 10 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 8 (0.38%) MongoDB
13 8 (0.38%) NoSQL
14 6 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.29%) GIS
15 4 (0.19%) Data Lake
16 3 (0.14%) Big Data
16 3 (0.14%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 57 (2.72%) Jenkins
2 49 (2.34%) JIRA
3 43 (2.05%) Git
4 21 (1.00%) GitLab
5 10 (0.48%) Trac
6 7 (0.33%) Katalon Studio
7 6 (0.29%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.19%) Charles Proxy
8 4 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
8 4 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.14%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.095%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 2 (0.095%) Browser DevTools
10 2 (0.095%) git-flow
10 2 (0.095%) Grunt
10 2 (0.095%) Hudson
10 2 (0.095%) Subversion
10 2 (0.095%) webpack
11 1 (0.048%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 584 (27.85%) Social Skills
2 230 (10.97%) Finance
3 204 (9.73%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (4.01%) Telecoms
5 56 (2.67%) Public Sector
6 49 (2.34%) Law
7 46 (2.19%) Marketing
8 45 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 44 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
10 43 (2.05%) Banking
11 39 (1.86%) Aerospace
12 34 (1.62%) Manufacturing
13 29 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
14 28 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
15 24 (1.14%) Legal
15 24 (1.14%) Retail
16 16 (0.76%) Games
17 12 (0.57%) Electronics
18 10 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
19 9 (0.43%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 385 (18.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 293 (13.97%) Senior
3 268 (12.78%) Analyst
4 262 (12.49%) IT Support
5 253 (12.06%) Support Engineer
6 223 (10.63%) IT Engineer
7 146 (6.96%) Network Engineer
8 140 (6.68%) Lead
9 117 (5.58%) IT Support Engineer
10 113 (5.39%) Architect
11 105 (5.01%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 104 (4.96%) 2nd Line Support
13 95 (4.53%) IT Technician
14 92 (4.39%) Support Analyst
15 90 (4.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 87 (4.15%) 3rd Line Support
17 79 (3.77%) Support Technician
18 77 (3.67%) Administrator
18 77 (3.67%) IT Analyst
19 72 (3.43%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (3.34%) .NET
2 58 (2.77%) HTML
3 55 (2.62%) REST
4 52 (2.48%) RabbitMQ
5 50 (2.38%) CSS
6 46 (2.19%) Spring Boot
7 39 (1.86%) ARM Templates
8 36 (1.72%) React
9 35 (1.67%) LDAP
9 35 (1.67%) SAML
10 33 (1.57%) YAML
11 32 (1.53%) 802.1X
12 30 (1.43%) ASP.NET
13 28 (1.34%) jQuery
14 24 (1.14%) Vue
15 23 (1.10%) ASP.NET MVC
15 23 (1.10%) RESTful
16 22 (1.05%) AngularJS
17 21 (1.00%) OAuth
18 20 (0.95%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 200 (9.54%) Data Centre
2 130 (6.20%) Self-Motivation
3 116 (5.53%) Driving Licence
4 114 (5.44%) Public Cloud
5 109 (5.20%) PKI
6 80 (3.81%) Enterprise Software
7 77 (3.67%) Replication
8 60 (2.86%) Onboarding
9 56 (2.67%) Management Information System
10 40 (1.91%) Client/Server
11 39 (1.86%) Clustering
12 33 (1.57%) Cyberattack
13 32 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
14 30 (1.43%) Security Posture
15 25 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
16 21 (1.00%) IoT
17 17 (0.81%) CCTV
17 17 (0.81%) Eurex
17 17 (0.81%) Smartphone
18 13 (0.62%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1,363 (65.00%) Windows
2 851 (40.58%) Windows Server
3 471 (22.46%) Linux
4 281 (13.40%) Windows 10
5 230 (10.97%) Windows Server 2016
6 201 (9.59%) Windows Server 2019
7 169 (8.06%) Windows Server 2012
8 116 (5.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 71 (3.39%) Windows Server 2008
10 66 (3.15%) Apple iOS
11 65 (3.10%) Android
11 65 (3.10%) Unix
12 53 (2.53%) Mac OS
13 44 (2.10%) CentOS
14 42 (2.00%) Ubuntu
15 38 (1.81%) Windows 7
16 34 (1.62%) VMS
17 28 (1.34%) Windows 8
18 23 (1.10%) Mac OS X
19 20 (0.95%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 463 (22.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 437 (20.84%) Problem-Solving
3 422 (20.12%) ITIL
4 289 (13.78%) Customer Service
5 262 (12.49%) Agile
6 252 (12.02%) DevOps
7 237 (11.30%) Cybersecurity
8 207 (9.87%) Disaster Recovery
9 182 (8.68%) Migration
10 153 (7.30%) Project Management
11 119 (5.67%) Collaborative Working
12 115 (5.48%) Load Balancing
13 109 (5.20%) Information Security
13 109 (5.20%) Mentoring
14 108 (5.15%) CI/CD
15 105 (5.01%) Infrastructure as Code
16 102 (4.86%) Actionable Insight
17 96 (4.58%) Service Management
18 92 (4.39%) Incident Management
19 91 (4.34%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 457 (21.79%) PowerShell
2 216 (10.30%) Python
3 198 (9.44%) SQL
4 127 (6.06%) Bash
5 93 (4.43%) Java
6 75 (3.58%) C#
7 69 (3.29%) JavaScript
8 53 (2.53%) Perl
9 36 (1.72%) T-SQL
10 34 (1.62%) VBScript
11 24 (1.14%) Ruby
11 24 (1.14%) VB
12 22 (1.05%) Bicep
13 19 (0.91%) XAML
14 16 (0.76%) PHP
15 15 (0.72%) C++
16 12 (0.57%) C
17 10 (0.48%) PL/SQL
18 8 (0.38%) Shell Script
19 7 (0.33%) Go
Qualifications
1 274 (13.07%) Degree
2 271 (12.92%) Security Cleared
3 176 (8.39%) SC Cleared
4 144 (6.87%) Cisco Certification
5 133 (6.34%) Microsoft Certification
6 118 (5.63%) DV Cleared
7 117 (5.58%) CCNA
8 110 (5.25%) Azure Certification
9 73 (3.48%) AWS Certification
10 64 (3.05%) CCNP
11 56 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
12 54 (2.58%) MCSE
13 50 (2.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 45 (2.15%) DBS Check
15 40 (1.91%) MCSA
16 35 (1.67%) A+ Certification
17 34 (1.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 32 (1.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
19 30 (1.43%) Network+ Certification
20 28 (1.34%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (5.87%) SLA
2 76 (3.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 50 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 33 (1.57%) GDPR
5 18 (0.86%) NIST
6 16 (0.76%) COBIT
7 15 (0.72%) PCI DSS
8 14 (0.67%) Data Quality
8 14 (0.67%) SOC 2
9 9 (0.43%) NCSC
10 8 (0.38%) Accessibility
10 8 (0.38%) ISO 9001
10 8 (0.38%) PMO
10 8 (0.38%) QA
11 7 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.14%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.14%) JSP 440
14 1 (0.048%) GxP
14 1 (0.048%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 1,291 (61.56%) Active Directory
2 478 (22.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 409 (19.50%) Hyper-V
4 113 (5.39%) VMware ESXi
5 103 (4.91%) Docker
6 96 (4.58%) Virtual Machines
7 81 (3.86%) vSphere
8 66 (3.15%) Virtual Servers
9 52 (2.48%) Virtual Desktop
10 24 (1.14%) Terminal Services
11 20 (0.95%) NFS
12 19 (0.91%) Firmware
13 18 (0.86%) pfSense
14 17 (0.81%) XenApp
15 13 (0.62%) XenDesktop
16 9 (0.43%) DFS Replication
16 9 (0.43%) VMware NSX
17 8 (0.38%) Embedded Firmware
17 8 (0.38%) VMware Server
18 7 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 316 (15.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 171 (8.15%) SCCM
3 143 (6.82%) Ansible
4 127 (6.06%) Terraform
5 120 (5.72%) Kubernetes
6 117 (5.58%) WSUS
7 84 (4.01%) SCOM
8 79 (3.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 77 (3.67%) Puppet
10 59 (2.81%) vCenter Server
11 54 (2.58%) Single Sign-On
12 35 (1.67%) Grafana
13 25 (1.19%) CASB
13 25 (1.19%) ZABBIX
14 24 (1.14%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 23 (1.10%) FortiGate
16 22 (1.05%) Jamf Pro
16 22 (1.05%) Prometheus
17 21 (1.00%) NetBackup
18 18 (0.86%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 1,128 (53.79%) Microsoft
2 684 (32.62%) VMware
3 318 (15.16%) Cisco
4 190 (9.06%) Veeam
5 161 (7.68%) Citrix
6 120 (5.72%) Oracle
7 105 (5.01%) Dell
8 104 (4.96%) HP
9 101 (4.82%) Red Hat
10 86 (4.10%) Apple
11 85 (4.05%) Juniper
12 79 (3.77%) Fortinet
12 79 (3.77%) Meraki
13 71 (3.39%) SolarWinds
14 59 (2.81%) Google
15 53 (2.53%) Palo Alto
16 46 (2.19%) Sparx
17 42 (2.00%) Sophos
18 41 (1.96%) Bloomberg
19 37 (1.76%) NetApp