DNS Contracts in London

Domain Name System (DNS)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 182 176 194
Rank change year-on-year -6 +18 +26
Contract jobs citing DNS 242 375 569
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.38% 1.49% 1.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.56% 14.62% 15.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 268 434
10th Percentile £254 £261 £317
25th Percentile £350 £400 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £541
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -3.00% +23.01%
75th Percentile £538 £650 £650
90th Percentile £688 £738 £700
England median daily rate £488 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +5.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 6
10th Percentile £16.00 £28.78 £20.88
25th Percentile £20.00 £37.81 £30.56
Median hourly rate £23.80 £53.25 £45.50
Median % change year-on-year -55.31% +17.03% -9.00%
75th Percentile £23.99 £68.31 £49.65
90th Percentile £25.00 £77.13 £58.75
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.13 £21.50
% change year-on-year -23.27% +142.47% -7.37%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,662 2,565 3,710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.47% 10.20% 9.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,116 1,804 2,587
10th Percentile £215 £250 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +13.40%
75th Percentile £619 £675 £660
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 48 91
10th Percentile £14.48 £18.93 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.71 £22.72 £23.91
Median hourly rate £23.80 £36.27 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.38% +31.89% -44.62%
75th Percentile £41.25 £67.44 £42.78
90th Percentile £59.75 £75.00 £63.13
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% +6.27%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for DNS in London

DNS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for DNS in London

DNS
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DNS in London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DNS in London

DNS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for DNS in London

DNS
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the London region over the 6 months to 9 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +3 31 £500 -16.67% 11
West London +23 8 £525 -4.55% 2
East London - 2 £225 - 4
DNS
England

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 46 (19.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (5.37%) SharePoint
3 12 (4.96%) Apache
3 12 (4.96%) Exchange Server 2013
3 12 (4.96%) Tomcat
4 11 (4.55%) Exchange Server 2010
5 10 (4.13%) Confluence
5 10 (4.13%) IIS
6 5 (2.07%) JBoss
6 5 (2.07%) nginx
7 4 (1.65%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.89%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.41%) Elementor
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.07%) Temenos T24
2 1 (0.41%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 96 (39.67%) Azure
2 72 (29.75%) AWS
3 68 (28.10%) Microsoft 365
4 44 (18.18%) Entra ID
5 21 (8.68%) IaaS
6 19 (7.85%) PaaS
6 19 (7.85%) SaaS
7 16 (6.61%) GCP
8 12 (4.96%) Amazon EC2
9 11 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
9 11 (4.55%) Mimecast
10 9 (3.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 9 (3.72%) GitHub
10 9 (3.72%) Nutanix
11 8 (3.31%) Amazon S3
11 8 (3.31%) Cloudflare
11 8 (3.31%) Rubrik
12 7 (2.89%) Serverless
13 6 (2.48%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (2.48%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 104 (42.98%) DHCP
2 96 (39.67%) Firewall
3 62 (25.62%) TCP/IP
4 37 (15.29%) VPN
5 35 (14.46%) BGP
6 33 (13.64%) LAN
7 28 (11.57%) HTTP
8 27 (11.16%) OSPF
9 26 (10.74%) WAN
10 25 (10.33%) Network Security
11 24 (9.92%) MPLS
12 19 (7.85%) Wireless
13 18 (7.44%) Cisco Nexus
13 18 (7.44%) SNMP
14 17 (7.02%) Internet
14 17 (7.02%) VLAN
15 15 (6.20%) IPsec
15 15 (6.20%) SD-WAN
15 15 (6.20%) Wi-Fi
16 14 (5.79%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.37%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.55%) Relational Database
3 6 (2.48%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (2.48%) RDBMS
4 5 (2.07%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (2.07%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.65%) Amazon QuickSight
5 4 (1.65%) MariaDB
5 4 (1.65%) MySQL
5 4 (1.65%) Power BI
6 3 (1.24%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.83%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (0.83%) Couchbase
7 2 (0.83%) CouchDB
7 2 (0.83%) Redis
8 1 (0.41%) Bigtable
8 1 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.41%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 17 (7.02%) Git
2 16 (6.61%) JIRA
3 10 (4.13%) Jenkins
4 8 (3.31%) Sonatype Nexus
5 6 (2.48%) GitLab
6 5 (2.07%) TeamCity
7 4 (1.65%) Cypress.io
7 4 (1.65%) Snyk
8 2 (0.83%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.83%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.41%) Darcs
9 1 (0.41%) Gradle
9 1 (0.41%) Jaeger
9 1 (0.41%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (0.41%) Mercurial
9 1 (0.41%) Travis CI
9 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 67 (27.69%) Finance
2 53 (21.90%) Social Skills
3 25 (10.33%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (7.02%) Telecoms
5 13 (5.37%) Banking
6 9 (3.72%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (3.72%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.07%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.65%) Legal
8 4 (1.65%) Mandarin Language
9 3 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.24%) Retail Banking
10 2 (0.83%) Cantonese Language
10 2 (0.83%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.83%) French Language
10 2 (0.83%) German Language
10 2 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.83%) Local Government
11 1 (0.41%) Electronics
11 1 (0.41%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 41 (16.94%) Network Engineer
2 30 (12.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 30 (12.40%) Senior
3 23 (9.50%) Support Engineer
4 19 (7.85%) Administrator
5 15 (6.20%) Azure Engineer
6 14 (5.79%) DevOps Engineer
6 14 (5.79%) Systems Administrator
7 13 (5.37%) Architect
7 13 (5.37%) IT Support
7 13 (5.37%) Security Engineer
8 12 (4.96%) Developer
8 12 (4.96%) IT Engineer
9 11 (4.55%) Senior Network Engineer
10 10 (4.13%) Analyst
10 10 (4.13%) Cloud Engineer
11 9 (3.72%) Consultant
12 8 (3.31%) AWS Engineer
12 8 (3.31%) Desktop Support
12 8 (3.31%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.61%) LDAP
2 9 (3.72%) SAML
3 8 (3.31%) .NET
3 8 (3.31%) JSON
4 7 (2.89%) Kafka
5 6 (2.48%) 802.1X
6 5 (2.07%) Elastic Stack
6 5 (2.07%) IBM Integration Bus
6 5 (2.07%) Node.js
6 5 (2.07%) YAML
7 4 (1.65%) ASP.NET
7 4 (1.65%) AWS CDK
7 4 (1.65%) CSS
7 4 (1.65%) GraphQL
7 4 (1.65%) NETCONF
8 3 (1.24%) HTML
8 3 (1.24%) Middleware
8 3 (1.24%) REST
8 3 (1.24%) Software Packaging
9 2 (0.83%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 27 (11.16%) Data Centre
2 24 (9.92%) PKI
3 15 (6.20%) Clustering
4 13 (5.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 11 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
6 10 (4.13%) Management Information System
7 9 (3.72%) Replication
8 8 (3.31%) Cloud Native
8 8 (3.31%) Video Conferencing
9 7 (2.89%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (2.89%) Security Posture
10 6 (2.48%) Algorithms
10 6 (2.48%) Data Structures
10 6 (2.48%) Smartphone
10 6 (2.48%) Virtual Team
11 5 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.65%) Client/Server
12 4 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
13 3 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
13 3 (1.24%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 115 (47.52%) Windows
2 80 (33.06%) Windows Server
3 42 (17.36%) Linux
4 19 (7.85%) Windows Server 2012
5 18 (7.44%) Unix
6 17 (7.02%) Windows 10
6 17 (7.02%) Windows 7
7 16 (6.61%) Windows Server 2008
8 10 (4.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (2.07%) Oracle Linux
9 5 (2.07%) Solaris
9 5 (2.07%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (2.07%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (1.24%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.83%) VMS
12 1 (0.41%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (17.77%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (16.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 37 (15.29%) Load Balancing
4 35 (14.46%) DevOps
5 33 (13.64%) Migration
6 32 (13.22%) Agile
7 29 (11.98%) Infrastructure as Code
8 26 (10.74%) CI/CD
9 22 (9.09%) Customer Service
9 22 (9.09%) ITIL
10 21 (8.68%) Vulnerability Management
11 19 (7.85%) Computer Science
11 19 (7.85%) Cybersecurity
12 18 (7.44%) Disaster Recovery
13 17 (7.02%) High Availability
13 17 (7.02%) Information Security
14 15 (6.20%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 14 (5.79%) Continuous Integration
15 14 (5.79%) Server Management
16 13 (5.37%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 56 (23.14%) PowerShell
2 49 (20.25%) Python
3 16 (6.61%) Java
4 13 (5.37%) Bash
4 13 (5.37%) Go
5 9 (3.72%) JavaScript
5 9 (3.72%) SQL
6 8 (3.31%) PHP
6 8 (3.31%) Shell Script
6 8 (3.31%) TypeScript
7 6 (2.48%) C
8 5 (2.07%) C#
8 5 (2.07%) Ruby
9 4 (1.65%) VB
10 3 (1.24%) Perl
11 2 (0.83%) C++
11 2 (0.83%) Scala
11 2 (0.83%) VBScript
12 1 (0.41%) Rust
12 1 (0.41%) tcsh
Qualifications
1 31 (12.81%) Cisco Certification
2 29 (11.98%) CCNP
3 24 (9.92%) Security Cleared
4 21 (8.68%) Degree
5 18 (7.44%) CCNA
6 15 (6.20%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (4.13%) AWS Certification
7 10 (4.13%) Azure Certification
8 8 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (3.31%) SC Cleared
9 6 (2.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (2.48%) CCDP
10 5 (2.07%) CISSP
10 5 (2.07%) DV Cleared
11 4 (1.65%) CCIE
11 4 (1.65%) CISM
11 4 (1.65%) DBS Check
11 4 (1.65%) MCSA
11 4 (1.65%) MCSE
11 4 (1.65%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (2.48%) GDPR
2 6 (2.48%) NIST
3 5 (2.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 4 (1.65%) SLA
5 3 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.83%) GRC
6 2 (0.83%) NCSC
6 2 (0.83%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.83%) QA
7 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.41%) COPPA
7 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.41%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 121 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 43 (17.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (8.26%) Docker
4 17 (7.02%) Hyper-V
5 13 (5.37%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (5.37%) vSphere
6 7 (2.89%) Microsoft App-V
7 6 (2.48%) XenApp
8 4 (1.65%) BitLocker
8 4 (1.65%) Firmware
8 4 (1.65%) NFS
8 4 (1.65%) XenDesktop
9 3 (1.24%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (1.24%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.83%) PowerDNS
10 2 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.83%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 38 (15.70%) Terraform
2 28 (11.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 26 (10.74%) Kubernetes
4 21 (8.68%) Ansible
5 20 (8.26%) SCCM
6 13 (5.37%) SCOM
7 9 (3.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 9 (3.72%) Puppet
8 8 (3.31%) Grafana
9 7 (2.89%) FortiGate
9 7 (2.89%) Prometheus
9 7 (2.89%) SolarWinds Orion
10 6 (2.48%) Kibana
10 6 (2.48%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (2.07%) EMC NetWorker
11 5 (2.07%) Netcool
11 5 (2.07%) Tivoli
11 5 (2.07%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 4 (1.65%) NetBackup
12 4 (1.65%) WSUS
Vendors
1 88 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 60 (24.79%) VMware
3 57 (23.55%) Cisco
4 27 (11.16%) F5
5 26 (10.74%) Palo Alto
6 20 (8.26%) Dell
7 18 (7.44%) Citrix
7 18 (7.44%) SolarWinds
8 16 (6.61%) Qualys
9 14 (5.79%) Infoblox
10 13 (5.37%) Oracle
11 12 (4.96%) IBM
11 12 (4.96%) Splunk
12 11 (4.55%) CheckPoint
12 11 (4.55%) Okta
13 10 (4.13%) CA
13 10 (4.13%) HP
14 9 (3.72%) Aruba
14 9 (3.72%) Juniper
14 9 (3.72%) ServiceNow