City of London DNS Contracts

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.

Domain Name System (DNS)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Aldershot Barking Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Bellshill Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bognor Regis Bournemouth Bracknell Brentwood Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chichester Chippenham City of London Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dudley East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham Ely England Epsom Essex Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Grays Greenwich Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Highlands Hounslow Inverness Ipswich Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Romford Rugby Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire Stockport Street Suffolk Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swindon Teesside Telford Thames Valley Thurrock Tipton Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wirral Witham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 18 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	95	66
Rank change on same period last year	-29
Matching contract IT job ads	141	165
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.187 %	0.169 %
As % of the category below	14.61 %	19.37 %
Daily rates quoted	78	66
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 quoted	16	23
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 London
Matching contract IT job ads	965	852
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.281 %	0.874 %
Daily rates quoted	460	349
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 quoted	67	67
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 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

1 164 (63.57 %) Windows 2 118 (45.74 %) Active Directory 3 101 (39.15 %) TCP/IP 4 94 (36.43 %) DHCP 5 70 (27.13 %) UNIX 6 67 (25.97 %) Finance 7 64 (24.81 %) Firewall 8 61 (23.64 %) Microsoft 9 49 (18.99 %) Banking 10 48 (18.60 %) Windows 2000 11 46 (17.83 %) HP 12 45 (17.44 %) Windows Server 2003 12 45 (17.44 %) Internet 13 43 (16.67 %) VMware 14 42 (16.28 %) Microsoft Certification

14 42 (16.28 %) Citrix 15 40 (15.50 %) MCSE 16 39 (15.12 %) MS Exchange 16 39 (15.12 %) Cisco 16 39 (15.12 %) SAN 17 38 (14.73 %) Exchange Server 2003 18 35 (13.57 %) SQL Server 19 34 (13.18 %) MS Office 19 34 (13.18 %) Linux 20 33 (12.79 %) Investment Banking 21 30 (11.63 %) Solaris 21 30 (11.63 %) Windows NT 21 30 (11.63 %) ITIL 21 30 (11.63 %) SQL 22 29 (11.24 %) IIS

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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 1 20 (7.752 %) .NET 2 9 (3.488 %) HTML 3 7 (2.713 %) ASP.NET 4 6 (2.326 %) ASP 5 3 (1.163 %) CSS 6 2 (0.775 %) XML 6 2 (0.775 %) WMI 7 1 (0.388 %) WebSphere 7 1 (0.388 %) Software Packaging 7 1 (0.388 %) ODBC 7 1 (0.388 %) WSH 7 1 (0.388 %) JSP 7 1 (0.388 %) WebServices 7 1 (0.388 %) DCOM 7 1 (0.388 %) WML	Application Platforms 1 39 (15.12 %) MS Exchange 2 38 (14.73 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 29 (11.24 %) IIS 4 26 (10.08 %) SharePoint 5 13 (5.039 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 11 (4.264 %) Exchange Server 2007 6 11 (4.264 %) Apache 7 6 (2.326 %) Lotus Notes 8 5 (1.938 %) Tomcat 9 4 (1.550 %) CMS 10 2 (0.775 %) Exchange Server 5.5 10 2 (0.775 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 10 2 (0.775 %) WebLogic 10 2 (0.775 %) SAS 11 1 (0.388 %) iPlanet 11 1 (0.388 %) Rendezvous 11 1 (0.388 %) JBoss 11 1 (0.388 %) SharePoint Portal Server
Applications 1 34 (13.18 %) MS Office 2 19 (7.364 %) MS Excel 3 7 (2.713 %) MS Project 4 2 (0.775 %) MS Visio 4 2 (0.775 %) Acrobat 5 1 (0.388 %) PageMaker 5 1 (0.388 %) Photoshop	Communications & Networking 1 101 (39.15 %) TCP/IP 2 94 (36.43 %) DHCP 3 64 (24.81 %) Firewall 4 45 (17.44 %) Internet 5 39 (15.12 %) SAN 6 29 (11.24 %) LAN 7 28 (10.85 %) WAN 8 25 (9.690 %) VPN 9 16 (6.202 %) Intranet 10 15 (5.814 %) Extranet 11 12 (4.651 %) SSL 11 12 (4.651 %) Network Security 12 11 (4.264 %) SMTP 12 11 (4.264 %) LDAP 12 11 (4.264 %) FTP 13 9 (3.488 %) VoIP 14 7 (2.713 %) Cisco PIX 15 6 (2.326 %) OSPF 15 6 (2.326 %) BGP 15 6 (2.326 %) MD110
Database & Business Intelligence 1 35 (13.57 %) SQL Server 2 10 (3.876 %) SQL Server 2000 2 10 (3.876 %) SQL Server 2005 3 6 (2.326 %) MySQL 4 2 (0.775 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 2 (0.775 %) Oracle 10g 4 2 (0.775 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 2 (0.775 %) Oracle 9i 5 1 (0.388 %) Datawarehouse 5 1 (0.388 %) DB2 5 1 (0.388 %) SQL Server 7	Development Applications 1 2 (0.775 %) Flash 2 1 (0.388 %) TestDirector 2 1 (0.388 %) FrontPage
General 1 67 (25.97 %) Finance 2 49 (18.99 %) Banking 3 33 (12.79 %) Investment Banking 4 25 (9.690 %) Law 5 15 (5.814 %) Financial Institution 6 10 (3.876 %) Legal 6 10 (3.876 %) Insurance 7 5 (1.938 %) Telecoms 8 4 (1.550 %) Publishing 8 4 (1.550 %) Government 8 4 (1.550 %) Health 9 2 (0.775 %) Police 9 2 (0.775 %) Auditing 10 1 (0.388 %) Pensions 10 1 (0.388 %) Advertising 10 1 (0.388 %) Front Office 10 1 (0.388 %) Back Office	Job Titles 1 57 (22.09 %) Analyst 2 39 (15.12 %) Support Analyst 3 24 (9.302 %) Administrator 3 24 (9.302 %) Security Engineer 4 21 (8.140 %) Support Engineer 5 17 (6.589 %) DBA 6 15 (5.814 %) Desktop Support 6 15 (5.814 %) Systems Administrator 7 13 (5.039 %) Consultant 7 13 (5.039 %) Server Engineer 8 11 (4.264 %) Linux Engineer 8 11 (4.264 %) Network Engineer 8 11 (4.264 %) Architect 9 10 (3.876 %) Server Support 9 10 (3.876 %) 3rd Line Support 9 10 (3.876 %) Sybase DBA 9 10 (3.876 %) Senior Security Engineer 9 10 (3.876 %) Server Analyst 10 9 (3.488 %) Senior Analyst 10 9 (3.488 %) UNIX Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous 1 25 (9.690 %) Clustering 2 9 (3.488 %) Replication 3 8 (3.101 %) Blackberry 4 7 (2.713 %) Cryptography 5 6 (2.326 %) Video Conferencing 6 4 (1.550 %) Web 2.0 7 3 (1.163 %) Thin Client 7 3 (1.163 %) Asset Management 7 3 (1.163 %) Spanish Language 7 3 (1.163 %) Fat Client 8 2 (0.775 %) PKI 8 2 (0.775 %) Italian Language 8 2 (0.775 %) Client/Server 9 1 (0.388 %) N-Tier 9 1 (0.388 %) Management Information System 9 1 (0.388 %) CLARiiON 9 1 (0.388 %) Equities 9 1 (0.388 %) Japanese Language 9 1 (0.388 %) Computer Science 9 1 (0.388 %) Data Integration	Operating Systems 1 164 (63.57 %) Windows 2 70 (27.13 %) UNIX 3 48 (18.60 %) Windows 2000 4 45 (17.44 %) Windows Server 2003 5 34 (13.18 %) Linux 6 30 (11.63 %) Windows NT 6 30 (11.63 %) Solaris 7 25 (9.690 %) Windows XP 8 7 (2.713 %) Windows Vista 9 3 (1.163 %) HPUX 10 1 (0.388 %) Mac OS X 10 1 (0.388 %) Mac OS X Server 10 1 (0.388 %) Debian 10 1 (0.388 %) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies 1 30 (11.63 %) ITIL 2 23 (8.915 %) Load Balancing 3 19 (7.364 %) Migration 4 10 (3.876 %) Problem Management 5 9 (3.488 %) Data Security 5 9 (3.488 %) PRINCE2 6 8 (3.101 %) Project Management 7 7 (2.713 %) Disaster Recovery 7 7 (2.713 %) Performance Testing 8 6 (2.326 %) Investment Management 8 6 (2.326 %) Document Management 8 6 (2.326 %) Service Management 8 6 (2.326 %) Service Delivery 9 5 (1.938 %) Change Management 9 5 (1.938 %) Information Security 9 5 (1.938 %) Content Management 9 5 (1.938 %) Release Management 10 4 (1.550 %) Supplier Management 10 4 (1.550 %) Incident Management 10 4 (1.550 %) Workflow	Programming Languages 1 30 (11.63 %) SQL 2 20 (7.752 %) Perl 3 17 (6.589 %) VBScript 4 15 (5.814 %) Shell Script 5 9 (3.488 %) VB 6 6 (2.326 %) C 7 5 (1.938 %) VB.NET 8 4 (1.550 %) Java 8 4 (1.550 %) JavaScript 9 3 (1.163 %) C# 9 3 (1.163 %) Transact-SQL 9 3 (1.163 %) PowerShell 10 2 (0.775 %) Korn 11 1 (0.388 %) AWK 11 1 (0.388 %) ActionScript 11 1 (0.388 %) PHP 11 1 (0.388 %) DHTML
Qualifications 1 42 (16.28 %) Microsoft Certification 2 40 (15.50 %) MCSE 3 17 (6.589 %) Cisco Certification 4 15 (5.814 %) Degree 5 14 (5.426 %) CCNP 5 14 (5.426 %) CCNA 6 13 (5.039 %) MCP 7 12 (4.651 %) CISSP 8 10 (3.876 %) CISA 8 10 (3.876 %) CISM 8 10 (3.876 %) MCSA 9 7 (2.713 %) Citrix Certification 10 5 (1.938 %) CCA 11 4 (1.550 %) CCEA 12 3 (1.163 %) CCSA 12 3 (1.163 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 13 2 (0.775 %) MCTS 13 2 (0.775 %) CCSE 14 1 (0.388 %) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP) 14 1 (0.388 %) RHCE	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 9 (3.488 %) SLA 2 2 (0.775 %) ISO9001 3 1 (0.388 %) QA 3 1 (0.388 %) JSP 440
System Software 1 118 (45.74 %) Active Directory 2 18 (6.977 %) NFS 3 16 (6.202 %) ISA Server 4 13 (5.039 %) VMware ESX 4 13 (5.039 %) VMware Infrastructure 5 10 (3.876 %) NetBackup 6 6 (2.326 %) Terminal Services 7 4 (1.550 %) Citrix Presentation Server 7 4 (1.550 %) Backup Exec 7 4 (1.550 %) Terminal Server 8 3 (1.163 %) MetaFrame 8 3 (1.163 %) VMware Workstation 9 2 (0.775 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 9 2 (0.775 %) Oracle RAC 10 1 (0.388 %) VMware Server 10 1 (0.388 %) Samba	Systems Management 1 16 (6.202 %) MOM 2 9 (3.488 %) Legato 3 6 (2.326 %) BMC PATROL 3 6 (2.326 %) EMC NetWorker 4 5 (1.938 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 5 4 (1.550 %) Norton AntiVirus 6 3 (1.163 %) RepliStor 6 3 (1.163 %) ARCserve 6 3 (1.163 %) CiscoWorks 7 2 (0.775 %) Tivoli 7 2 (0.775 %) Tivoli NetView 7 2 (0.775 %) SCCM 8 1 (0.388 %) SCOM 8 1 (0.388 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 8 1 (0.388 %) AutoSys 8 1 (0.388 %) Tivoli Monitoring 8 1 (0.388 %) OpenView
Vendors 1 61 (23.64 %) Microsoft 2 46 (17.83 %) HP 3 43 (16.67 %) VMware 4 42 (16.28 %) Citrix 5 39 (15.12 %) Cisco 6 27 (10.47 %) VERITAS 7 19 (7.364 %) Sun 8 15 (5.814 %) Red Hat 8 15 (5.814 %) Juniper 8 15 (5.814 %) Reuters 8 15 (5.814 %) Remedy 9 14 (5.426 %) CheckPoint 10 13 (5.039 %) Bloomberg 10 13 (5.039 %) Dell 11 11 (4.264 %) EMC 12 10 (3.876 %) Sybase 12 10 (3.876 %) Altiris 12 10 (3.876 %) Blue Coat 13 9 (3.488 %) Nokia 14 8 (3.101 %) IBM