DNS jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-30, DNS appears in 2,191 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning DNS, with demand share up 8.1% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
2,191
Demand vs prior month
up 8.1% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 10.8% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
Bengaluru

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Frequently asked questions about DNS

+Is DNS in demand in 2026?

Yes. DNS appears in 2,191 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning DNS (10.8% of all postings mentioning DNS).

+What jobs require DNS?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning DNS are Customer Engineer (50.4% of that role’s postings mention DNS), Network Operations Engineer (40.9% of that role’s postings mention DNS), Cloud Systems Engineer (40.6% of that role’s postings mention DNS).

+What skills are commonly paired with DNS?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), DNS most often appears alongside Python, TCP/IP, Linux, DHCP, Kubernetes.

+Where is DNS most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring DNS are Bengaluru, New York City, San Francisco, Toronto, London, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new DNS content and jobs?

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+Which skills come before and after DNS?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring DNS — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around DNS

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before DNS

Before DNSpython → DNS: 15 observed employer moves with this skill pairJenkins → DNS: 10 observed employer moves with this skill pairAnsible → DNS: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS → DNS: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairActive Directory → DNS: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairMYSQL → DNS: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairWindows → DNS: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairHTML → DNS: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairDNSpython: 15 movespython15 movesJenkins: 10 movesJenkins10 movesAnsible: 9 movesAnsible9 movesAWS: 8 movesAWS8 movesActive Directory: 7 movesActive Directory7 movesMYSQL: 6 movesMYSQL6 movesWindows: 6 movesWindows6 movesHTML: 6 movesHTML6 moves

Skills after DNS

After DNSDNS → terraform: 17 observed employer moves with this skill pairDNS → Jenkins: 17 observed employer moves with this skill pairDNS → docker: 16 observed employer moves with this skill pairDNS → AWS: 16 observed employer moves with this skill pairDNS → Ansible: 16 observed employer moves with this skill pairDNS → kubernetes: 16 observed employer moves with this skill pairDNS → EC2: 15 observed employer moves with this skill pairDNS → Prometheus: 15 observed employer moves with this skill pairDNSterraform: 17 movesterraform17 movesJenkins: 17 movesJenkins17 movesdocker: 16 movesdocker16 movesAWS: 16 movesAWS16 movesAnsible: 16 movesAnsible16 moveskubernetes: 16 moveskubernetes16 movesEC2: 15 movesEC215 movesPrometheus: 15 movesPrometheus15 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: python15
Before: Jenkins10
Before: Ansible9
Before: AWS8
Before: Active Directory7
Before: MYSQL6
Before: Windows6
Before: HTML6
After: terraform17
After: Jenkins17
After: docker16
After: AWS16
After: Ansible16
After: kubernetes16
After: EC215
After: Prometheus15

Roles most likely to require DNS

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Customer Engineer6450.4%
Network Operations Engineer940.9%
Cloud Systems Engineer1340.6%
Technical Success Manager832.0%
Technical Services Engineer825.8%
System Administrator1625.0%
Customer Reliability Engineer623.1%
Systems Administrator2522.7%
IT Systems Administrator622.2%
Network Engineer4517.6%

Roles with the most DNS postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Software Engineer23610.8%
DevOps Engineer1416.4%
Site Reliability Engineer1305.9%
Systems Engineer1215.5%
Cloud Engineer663.0%
Customer Engineer642.9%
Infrastructure Engineer602.7%
Platform Engineer572.6%
Network Engineer452.1%
Security Engineer452.1%

Top companies posting jobs requiring DNS

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring DNS
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Cloudflare98
Cisco52
Zscaler35
General Dynamics Information Technology35
SpaceX34
MongoDB27
Tailscale21
Axon18
Veeam18
Nimble Storage18

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for DNS

NamePostingsShare
Bengaluru572.6%
New York City432.0%
San Francisco351.6%
Toronto301.4%
London271.2%
Dublin251.1%
San Jose241.1%
Hyderabad211.0%
Washington211.0%

Skills commonly paired with DNS

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning DNS by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s DNS postings by all DNS postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 0.9% to 1.0%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,596 identified employers and covers 68% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-31 and 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
entity_id
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data_as_of
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window_days
90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index