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The table below looks at the demand for Domain Name System (DNS) skills within the Cheltenham 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDomain Name System (DNS)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2722
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching contract IT job ads89
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.009 %
As % of the category below14.81 %30.00 %
Daily rates quoted40
Average minimum daily rate£331-
Average daily rate£334-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£336-
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£351
% change on same period last year-3.67 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£22.00
Average hourly rate-£22.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.08£26.52
% change on same period last year-5.45 %
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Cheltenham
Matching contract IT job ads5430
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.076 %0.030 %
Daily rates quoted1413
Average minimum daily rate£357£372
Average daily rate£360£388
% change on same period last year-7.10 %
Average maximum daily rate£364£403
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+4.78 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£22.00
Average hourly rate-£22.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.43£28.95
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
DNS GloucestershireDNS
Gloucestershire

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 Cheltenham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham DNS Daily Rate Trend

DNS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DNS across the Cheltenham region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Cheltenham DNS Daily Rate Histogram

DNS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheltenham DNS Hourly Rate Trend

DNS
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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.

112 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
211 (91.67 %)Clustering
211 (91.67 %)UNIX
211 (91.67 %)Solaris
211 (91.67 %)Linux
211 (91.67 %)TCP/IP
310 (83.33 %)DHCP
310 (83.33 %)NFS
310 (83.33 %)SAN
310 (83.33 %)HPUX
49 (75.00 %)DV Cleared
58 (66.67 %)Perl
67 (58.33 %)Service Management
67 (58.33 %)Shell Script
76 (50.00 %)C
76 (50.00 %)Government
82 (16.67 %)Test Scripting
82 (16.67 %)Windows
82 (16.67 %)Windows 2000
82 (16.67 %)Windows NT
82 (16.67 %)Tru64
82 (16.67 %)Telecoms
91 (8.333 %)Active Directory
91 (8.333 %)SC Cleared
91 (8.333 %)Replication

DNS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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.

Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (91.67 %)TCP/IP
210 (83.33 %)SAN
210 (83.33 %)DHCP
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (50.00 %)Government
22 (16.67 %)Telecoms
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (83.33 %)Consultant
110 (83.33 %)UNIX Consultant
23 (25.00 %)Linux Consultant
31 (8.333 %)Linux Engineer
31 (8.333 %)UNIX Engineer
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (91.67 %)Clustering
21 (8.333 %)Replication
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (91.67 %)Solaris
111 (91.67 %)Linux
111 (91.67 %)UNIX
210 (83.33 %)HPUX
32 (16.67 %)Windows
32 (16.67 %)Windows 2000
32 (16.67 %)Windows NT
32 (16.67 %)Tru64
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
29 (75.00 %)DV Cleared
37 (58.33 %)Service Management
42 (16.67 %)Test Scripting
51 (8.333 %)SC Cleared
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (66.67 %)Perl
27 (58.33 %)Shell Script
36 (50.00 %)C
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
110 (83.33 %)NFS
21 (8.333 %)Active Directory