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This section looks at the demand for Domain Name System (DNS) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited DNS over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDomain Name System (DNS)
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank9566
Rank change on same period last yearDown-29
Matching contract IT job ads141165
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.187 %0.169 %
As % of the category below14.61 %19.37 %
Daily rates quoted7866
Average minimum daily rate£369£408
Average daily rate£387£423
% change on same period last year-8.60 %
Average maximum daily rate£405£439
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£349
% change on same period last year-13.87 %
Hourly rates quoted1623
Average minimum hourly rate£22.47£19.78
Average hourly rate£23.94£20.72
% change on same period last year+15.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.41£21.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-9.76 %
Communications & Networking City of LondonCommunications & Networking
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads965852
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.281 %0.874 %
Daily rates quoted460349
Average minimum daily rate£378£402
Average daily rate£400£423
% change on same period last year-5.28 %
Average maximum daily rate£423£443
UK excluding London average daily rate£334£343
% change on same period last year-2.65 %
Hourly rates quoted6767
Average minimum hourly rate£27.54£20.11
Average hourly rate£29.09£21.29
% change on same period last year+36.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.64£22.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.96£28.60
% change on same period last year-9.22 %
DNS LondonDNS
London

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London DNS Hourly Rate Trend

DNS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DNS across the City of London region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

City of London DNS Hourly Rate Histogram

DNS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

1164 (63.57 %)Windows
2118 (45.74 %)Active Directory
3101 (39.15 %)TCP/IP
494 (36.43 %)DHCP
570 (27.13 %)UNIX
667 (25.97 %)Finance
764 (24.81 %)Firewall
861 (23.64 %)Microsoft
949 (18.99 %)Banking
1048 (18.60 %)Windows 2000
1146 (17.83 %)HP
1245 (17.44 %)Windows Server 2003
1245 (17.44 %)Internet
1343 (16.67 %)VMware
1442 (16.28 %)Microsoft Certification
1442 (16.28 %)Citrix
1540 (15.50 %)MCSE
1639 (15.12 %)MS Exchange
1639 (15.12 %)Cisco
1639 (15.12 %)SAN
1738 (14.73 %)Exchange Server 2003
1835 (13.57 %)SQL Server
1934 (13.18 %)MS Office
1934 (13.18 %)Linux
2033 (12.79 %)Investment Banking
2130 (11.63 %)Solaris
2130 (11.63 %)Windows NT
2130 (11.63 %)ITIL
2130 (11.63 %)SQL
2229 (11.24 %)IIS

DNS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

Application Development
120 (7.752 %).NET
29 (3.488 %)HTML
37 (2.713 %)ASP.NET
46 (2.326 %)ASP
53 (1.163 %)CSS
62 (0.775 %)XML
62 (0.775 %)WMI
71 (0.388 %)WebSphere
71 (0.388 %)Software Packaging
71 (0.388 %)ODBC
71 (0.388 %)WSH
71 (0.388 %)JSP
71 (0.388 %)WebServices
71 (0.388 %)DCOM
71 (0.388 %)WML
Application Platforms
139 (15.12 %)MS Exchange
238 (14.73 %)Exchange Server 2003
329 (11.24 %)IIS
426 (10.08 %)SharePoint
513 (5.039 %)Exchange Server 2000
611 (4.264 %)Exchange Server 2007
611 (4.264 %)Apache
76 (2.326 %)Lotus Notes
85 (1.938 %)Tomcat
94 (1.550 %)CMS
102 (0.775 %)Exchange Server 5.5
102 (0.775 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
102 (0.775 %)WebLogic
102 (0.775 %)SAS
111 (0.388 %)iPlanet
111 (0.388 %)Rendezvous
111 (0.388 %)JBoss
111 (0.388 %)SharePoint Portal Server
Applications
134 (13.18 %)MS Office
219 (7.364 %)MS Excel
37 (2.713 %)MS Project
42 (0.775 %)MS Visio
42 (0.775 %)Acrobat
51 (0.388 %)PageMaker
51 (0.388 %)Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1101 (39.15 %)TCP/IP
294 (36.43 %)DHCP
364 (24.81 %)Firewall
445 (17.44 %)Internet
539 (15.12 %)SAN
629 (11.24 %)LAN
728 (10.85 %)WAN
825 (9.690 %)VPN
916 (6.202 %)Intranet
1015 (5.814 %)Extranet
1112 (4.651 %)SSL
1112 (4.651 %)Network Security
1211 (4.264 %)SMTP
1211 (4.264 %)LDAP
1211 (4.264 %)FTP
139 (3.488 %)VoIP
147 (2.713 %)Cisco PIX
156 (2.326 %)OSPF
156 (2.326 %)BGP
156 (2.326 %)MD110
Database & Business Intelligence
135 (13.57 %)SQL Server
210 (3.876 %)SQL Server 2000
210 (3.876 %)SQL Server 2005
36 (2.326 %)MySQL
42 (0.775 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
42 (0.775 %)Oracle 10g
42 (0.775 %)Oracle 8/8i
42 (0.775 %)Oracle 9i
51 (0.388 %)Datawarehouse
51 (0.388 %)DB2
51 (0.388 %)SQL Server 7
Development Applications
12 (0.775 %)Flash
21 (0.388 %)TestDirector
21 (0.388 %)FrontPage
General
167 (25.97 %)Finance
249 (18.99 %)Banking
333 (12.79 %)Investment Banking
425 (9.690 %)Law
515 (5.814 %)Financial Institution
610 (3.876 %)Legal
610 (3.876 %)Insurance
75 (1.938 %)Telecoms
84 (1.550 %)Publishing
84 (1.550 %)Government
84 (1.550 %)Health
92 (0.775 %)Police
92 (0.775 %)Auditing
101 (0.388 %)Pensions
101 (0.388 %)Advertising
101 (0.388 %)Front Office
101 (0.388 %)Back Office
Job Titles
157 (22.09 %)Analyst
239 (15.12 %)Support Analyst
324 (9.302 %)Administrator
324 (9.302 %)Security Engineer
421 (8.140 %)Support Engineer
517 (6.589 %)DBA
615 (5.814 %)Desktop Support
615 (5.814 %)Systems Administrator
713 (5.039 %)Consultant
713 (5.039 %)Server Engineer
811 (4.264 %)Linux Engineer
811 (4.264 %)Network Engineer
811 (4.264 %)Architect
910 (3.876 %)Server Support
910 (3.876 %)3rd Line Support
910 (3.876 %)Sybase DBA
910 (3.876 %)Senior Security Engineer
910 (3.876 %)Server Analyst
109 (3.488 %)Senior Analyst
109 (3.488 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
125 (9.690 %)Clustering
29 (3.488 %)Replication
38 (3.101 %)Blackberry
47 (2.713 %)Cryptography
56 (2.326 %)Video Conferencing
64 (1.550 %)Web 2.0
73 (1.163 %)Thin Client
73 (1.163 %)Asset Management
73 (1.163 %)Spanish Language
73 (1.163 %)Fat Client
82 (0.775 %)PKI
82 (0.775 %)Italian Language
82 (0.775 %)Client/Server
91 (0.388 %)N-Tier
91 (0.388 %)Management Information System
91 (0.388 %)CLARiiON
91 (0.388 %)Equities
91 (0.388 %)Japanese Language
91 (0.388 %)Computer Science
91 (0.388 %)Data Integration
Operating Systems
1164 (63.57 %)Windows
270 (27.13 %)UNIX
348 (18.60 %)Windows 2000
445 (17.44 %)Windows Server 2003
534 (13.18 %)Linux
630 (11.63 %)Windows NT
630 (11.63 %)Solaris
725 (9.690 %)Windows XP
87 (2.713 %)Windows Vista
93 (1.163 %)HPUX
101 (0.388 %)Mac OS X
101 (0.388 %)Mac OS X Server
101 (0.388 %)Debian
101 (0.388 %)Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
130 (11.63 %)ITIL
223 (8.915 %)Load Balancing
319 (7.364 %)Migration
410 (3.876 %)Problem Management
59 (3.488 %)Data Security
59 (3.488 %)PRINCE2
68 (3.101 %)Project Management
77 (2.713 %)Disaster Recovery
77 (2.713 %)Performance Testing
86 (2.326 %)Investment Management
86 (2.326 %)Document Management
86 (2.326 %)Service Management
86 (2.326 %)Service Delivery
95 (1.938 %)Change Management
95 (1.938 %)Information Security
95 (1.938 %)Content Management
95 (1.938 %)Release Management
104 (1.550 %)Supplier Management
104 (1.550 %)Incident Management
104 (1.550 %)Workflow
Programming Languages
130 (11.63 %)SQL
220 (7.752 %)Perl
317 (6.589 %)VBScript
415 (5.814 %)Shell Script
59 (3.488 %)VB
66 (2.326 %)C
75 (1.938 %)VB.NET
84 (1.550 %)Java
84 (1.550 %)JavaScript
93 (1.163 %)C#
93 (1.163 %)Transact-SQL
93 (1.163 %)PowerShell
102 (0.775 %)Korn
111 (0.388 %)AWK
111 (0.388 %)ActionScript
111 (0.388 %)PHP
111 (0.388 %)DHTML
Qualifications
142 (16.28 %)Microsoft Certification
240 (15.50 %)MCSE
317 (6.589 %)Cisco Certification
415 (5.814 %)Degree
514 (5.426 %)CCNP
514 (5.426 %)CCNA
613 (5.039 %)MCP
712 (4.651 %)CISSP
810 (3.876 %)CISA
810 (3.876 %)CISM
810 (3.876 %)MCSA
97 (2.713 %)Citrix Certification
105 (1.938 %)CCA
114 (1.550 %)CCEA
123 (1.163 %)CCSA
123 (1.163 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
132 (0.775 %)MCTS
132 (0.775 %)CCSE
141 (0.388 %)VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
141 (0.388 %)RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
19 (3.488 %)SLA
22 (0.775 %)ISO9001
31 (0.388 %)QA
31 (0.388 %)JSP 440
System Software
1118 (45.74 %)Active Directory
218 (6.977 %)NFS
316 (6.202 %)ISA Server
413 (5.039 %)VMware ESX
413 (5.039 %)VMware Infrastructure
510 (3.876 %)NetBackup
66 (2.326 %)Terminal Services
74 (1.550 %)Citrix Presentation Server
74 (1.550 %)Backup Exec
74 (1.550 %)Terminal Server
83 (1.163 %)MetaFrame
83 (1.163 %)VMware Workstation
92 (0.775 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
92 (0.775 %)Oracle RAC
101 (0.388 %)VMware Server
101 (0.388 %)Samba
Systems Management
116 (6.202 %)MOM
29 (3.488 %)Legato
36 (2.326 %)BMC PATROL
36 (2.326 %)EMC NetWorker
45 (1.938 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
54 (1.550 %)Norton AntiVirus
63 (1.163 %)RepliStor
63 (1.163 %)ARCserve
63 (1.163 %)CiscoWorks
72 (0.775 %)Tivoli
72 (0.775 %)Tivoli NetView
72 (0.775 %)SCCM
81 (0.388 %)SCOM
81 (0.388 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
81 (0.388 %)AutoSys
81 (0.388 %)Tivoli Monitoring
81 (0.388 %)OpenView
Vendors
161 (23.64 %)Microsoft
246 (17.83 %)HP
343 (16.67 %)VMware
442 (16.28 %)Citrix
539 (15.12 %)Cisco
627 (10.47 %)VERITAS
719 (7.364 %)Sun
815 (5.814 %)Red Hat
815 (5.814 %)Juniper
815 (5.814 %)Reuters
815 (5.814 %)Remedy
914 (5.426 %)CheckPoint
1013 (5.039 %)Bloomberg
1013 (5.039 %)Dell
1111 (4.264 %)EMC
1210 (3.876 %)Sybase
1210 (3.876 %)Altiris
1210 (3.876 %)Blue Coat
139 (3.488 %)Nokia
148 (3.101 %)IBM
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