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The table below looks at the demand for Domain Name System (DNS) skills within the Bristol region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited DNS over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDomain Name System (DNS)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5763
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads44
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.004 %
As % of the category below3.101 %2.740 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£200£750
Average daily rate£225£750
% change on same period last year-70.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£250£750
UK excluding London average daily rate£342£354
% change on same period last year-3.40 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£9.00£30.00
Average hourly rate£10.00£30.00
% change on same period last year-66.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate£11.00£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.89£26.82
% change on same period last year-7.18 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads129146
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.180 %0.147 %
Daily rates quoted3149
Average minimum daily rate£242£318
Average daily rate£274£341
% change on same period last year-19.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£306£365
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£336
% change on same period last year+5.14 %
Hourly rates quoted2824
Average minimum hourly rate£26.91£23.54
Average hourly rate£28.54£26.34
% change on same period last year+8.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.17£29.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.35£28.52
% change on same period last year-4.11 %
DNS South WestDNS
South West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

DNS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing DNS across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bristol DNS Demand Trend

DNS
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing DNS across the Bristol region.

Bristol DNS Daily Rate Trend

DNS
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing DNS across the Bristol region.

Bristol DNS Hourly Rate Trend

DNS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing DNS also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited DNS.

114 (70.00 %)Active Directory
211 (55.00 %)Firewall
39 (45.00 %)Load Balancing
48 (40.00 %)DHCP
57 (35.00 %)Windows
66 (30.00 %)Cisco
66 (30.00 %)LAN
66 (30.00 %)CCNA
66 (30.00 %)Cisco Certification
66 (30.00 %)Windows Server 2003
75 (25.00 %)MPLS
75 (25.00 %)Frame Relay
75 (25.00 %)Microsoft
75 (25.00 %)CCNP
75 (25.00 %)Citrix
75 (25.00 %)WAN
75 (25.00 %)CORBA
75 (25.00 %)SharePoint
75 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
75 (25.00 %)ATM
75 (25.00 %)Java
75 (25.00 %)Cisco PIX
84 (20.00 %)Network Security
84 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
93 (15.00 %)VoIP
93 (15.00 %)UNIX
93 (15.00 %)SAN
93 (15.00 %)VMware
102 (10.00 %)Backup Exec
102 (10.00 %)Microsoft Certification

DNS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing DNS also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited DNS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (25.00 %)CORBA
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (25.00 %)SharePoint
15 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
21 (5.000 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (5.000 %)IIS
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (10.00 %)MS Office
21 (5.000 %)MS Excel
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (55.00 %)Firewall
28 (40.00 %)DHCP
36 (30.00 %)LAN
45 (25.00 %)WAN
45 (25.00 %)ATM
45 (25.00 %)Frame Relay
45 (25.00 %)Cisco PIX
45 (25.00 %)MPLS
54 (20.00 %)Network Security
54 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
63 (15.00 %)SAN
63 (15.00 %)VoIP
71 (5.000 %)SMTP
71 (5.000 %)VPN
71 (5.000 %)IP Telephony
71 (5.000 %)Wireless
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (5.000 %)Visual Studio
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (5.000 %)Education
11 (5.000 %)Government
11 (5.000 %)Law
11 (5.000 %)Multimedia
11 (5.000 %)Music
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (25.00 %)Systems Administrator
15 (25.00 %)Administrator
15 (25.00 %)Network Specialist
23 (15.00 %)2nd Line Support
23 (15.00 %)Analyst
23 (15.00 %)Support Engineer
32 (10.00 %)3rd Line Support
32 (10.00 %)Technical Analyst
32 (10.00 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
41 (5.000 %)PC Engineer
41 (5.000 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
41 (5.000 %)Desktop Support
41 (5.000 %)Desktop Support Analyst
41 (5.000 %)Network Administrator
41 (5.000 %)Desktop Engineer
41 (5.000 %)Server Engineer
41 (5.000 %)Network Support
41 (5.000 %)PC Support
41 (5.000 %)Server Support Engineer
41 (5.000 %)Desktop Analyst
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (35.00 %)Windows
26 (30.00 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (15.00 %)UNIX
42 (10.00 %)Windows 2000
42 (10.00 %)Windows XP
51 (5.000 %)Linux
51 (5.000 %)Red Hat Linux
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (45.00 %)Load Balancing
21 (5.000 %)Network Load Balancing
21 (5.000 %)SC Cleared
21 (5.000 %)Security Cleared
21 (5.000 %)Migration
21 (5.000 %)Agile Software Development
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (25.00 %)Java
22 (10.00 %)SQL
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (30.00 %)CCNA
16 (30.00 %)Cisco Certification
25 (25.00 %)CCNP
32 (10.00 %)MCP
32 (10.00 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (5.000 %)CCSA
41 (5.000 %)CCSE
41 (5.000 %)CCA
41 (5.000 %)Citrix Certification
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
114 (70.00 %)Active Directory
22 (10.00 %)Backup Exec
31 (5.000 %)Citrix Presentation Server
31 (5.000 %)Terminal Services
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (5.000 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 (5.000 %)MIMEsweeper
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (30.00 %)Cisco
25 (25.00 %)Microsoft
25 (25.00 %)Citrix
33 (15.00 %)VMware
41 (5.000 %)Blue Coat
41 (5.000 %)Red Hat
41 (5.000 %)CheckPoint
41 (5.000 %)Dell
41 (5.000 %)EMC
41 (5.000 %)IBM
41 (5.000 %)Oracle