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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for DNS skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DNS over the 3 months to 17 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the City of London region.

 Domain Name System (DNS)
Location
3 months to
17 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank14786113
Rank change year-on-year
Down-61Up+27
Matching contract IT job ads716896
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London0.831 %1.683 %1.219 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category9.367 %14.69 %10.77 %
Daily rates quoted363546
Average daily rate£364£350£438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.920 %-20.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£300£255
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£463£520£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£300£325
% change year-on-year
+8.160 %-7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted819
Average hourly rate£19.00£30.00£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.66 %+50.00 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.50£24.00£20.00
% change year-on-year
-31.25 %+20.00 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
758463891
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London8.876 %11.46 %11.31 %
Daily rates quoted430231402
Average daily rate£400£350£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28 %-12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£264£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£330
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %+2.270 %
Hourly rates quoted462576
Average hourly rate£20.50£22.00£21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.810 %+4.760 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£11.20£14.10
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£45.00£30.00£37.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£24.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %-12.72 %
DNS LondonDNS
London

Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly 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 17 March 2010.

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 17 March 2010.

City of London DNS Hourly Rate Histogram

DNS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, 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.

174 (54.41 %)Windows
261 (44.85 %)DHCP
261 (44.85 %)Active Directory
342 (30.88 %)Firewall
441 (30.15 %)Cisco
540 (29.41 %)Windows Server 2003
635 (25.74 %)Microsoft
731 (22.79 %)Banking
830 (22.06 %)VMware
830 (22.06 %)TCP/IP
830 (22.06 %)WAN
929 (21.32 %)Citrix
929 (21.32 %)Windows Server 2008
1026 (19.12 %)SAN
1125 (18.38 %)MS Exchange
1125 (18.38 %)ITIL
1224 (17.65 %)Finance
1322 (16.18 %)Linux
1322 (16.18 %)LAN
1421 (15.44 %)UNIX
1520 (14.71 %)Windows XP
1619 (13.97 %)IIS
1619 (13.97 %)HP
1619 (13.97 %)VMware Infrastructure
1716 (11.76 %)Windows 2000
1716 (11.76 %)MS Office
1815 (11.03 %)LDAP
1815 (11.03 %)VMware ESX
1815 (11.03 %)Clustering
1815 (11.03 %)Investment Banking

DNS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, 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.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
112 (8.824 %)XML
112 (8.824 %).NET
29 (6.618 %)HTML
29 (6.618 %)ASP
38 (5.882 %)WMI
43 (2.206 %)ASP.NET
43 (2.206 %)CSS
52 (1.471 %).NET Framework
61 (0.735 %)AJAX
61 (0.735 %)EDI
61 (0.735 %)Flash
61 (0.735 %)Web Services
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
125 (18.38 %)MS Exchange
219 (13.97 %)IIS
315 (11.03 %)Exchange Server 2007
414 (10.29 %)Exchange Server 2003
58 (5.882 %)Lotus Notes
65 (3.676 %)SharePoint
74 (2.941 %)Apache
74 (2.941 %)Tomcat
83 (2.206 %)Lotus Domino
92 (1.471 %)SharePoint Portal Server
101 (0.735 %)Exchange Server 5.5
101 (0.735 %)SharePoint Server 2007
101 (0.735 %)EPiServer
101 (0.735 %)CMS
101 (0.735 %)Rhythmyx
101 (0.735 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
101 (0.735 %)WebLogic
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
116 (11.76 %)MS Office
213 (9.559 %)MS Excel
35 (3.676 %)MS Project
42 (1.471 %)Spreadsheet
51 (0.735 %)SPSS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (2.206 %)Oracle 11i
22 (1.471 %)WebTrends
22 (1.471 %)RMDS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
161 (44.85 %)DHCP
242 (30.88 %)Firewall
330 (22.06 %)TCP/IP
330 (22.06 %)WAN
426 (19.12 %)SAN
522 (16.18 %)LAN
615 (11.03 %)LDAP
713 (9.559 %)Intranet
713 (9.559 %)Internet
812 (8.824 %)SMS
911 (8.088 %)Network Security
911 (8.088 %)OSPF
1010 (7.353 %)VPN
119 (6.618 %)DMZ
119 (6.618 %)Extranet
128 (5.882 %)MPLS
136 (4.412 %)VoIP
136 (4.412 %)EIGRP
136 (4.412 %)Cisco PIX
145 (3.676 %)VLAN
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (8.088 %)SQL Server
26 (4.412 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (2.206 %)SQL Server 2008
33 (2.206 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (1.471 %)MySQL
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
15 (3.676 %)FrontPage
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
131 (22.79 %)Banking
224 (17.65 %)Finance
315 (11.03 %)Investment Banking
412 (8.824 %)Law
55 (3.676 %)Legal
64 (2.941 %)Government
64 (2.941 %)Insurance
64 (2.941 %)Retail
64 (2.941 %)Retail Banking
72 (1.471 %)Front Office
72 (1.471 %)Health
72 (1.471 %)Education
72 (1.471 %)Financial Institution
81 (0.735 %)Marketing
81 (0.735 %)Back Office
81 (0.735 %)Police
81 (0.735 %)Games
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
129 (21.32 %)Analyst
213 (9.559 %)Administrator
311 (8.088 %)Network Engineer
410 (7.353 %)Architect
410 (7.353 %)Support Engineer
59 (6.618 %)Web Analyst
59 (6.618 %)Network Analyst
68 (5.882 %)Server Engineer
76 (4.412 %)Systems Engineer
76 (4.412 %)Security Analyst
76 (4.412 %)UNIX Engineer
85 (3.676 %)Network Security Analyst
85 (3.676 %)Windows Server Engineer
85 (3.676 %)UNIX Administrator
85 (3.676 %)Technical Specialist
85 (3.676 %)Systems Administrator
85 (3.676 %)Project Manager
85 (3.676 %)Infrastructure Analyst
94 (2.941 %)Technical Support
94 (2.941 %)Data Analyst
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
115 (11.03 %)Clustering
211 (8.088 %)Blackberry
35 (3.676 %)PDA
35 (3.676 %)Client/Server
42 (1.471 %)Replication
42 (1.471 %)PKI
51 (0.735 %)Video on Demand
51 (0.735 %)Streaming Media
51 (0.735 %)IPTV
51 (0.735 %)Statistics
51 (0.735 %)iPhone
51 (0.735 %)Fat Client
51 (0.735 %)CESG
51 (0.735 %)Interactive TV
51 (0.735 %)Management Information System
51 (0.735 %)Equities
51 (0.735 %)Smartcard
51 (0.735 %)PMI
51 (0.735 %)NHS
51 (0.735 %)Firmware
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
174 (54.41 %)Windows
240 (29.41 %)Windows Server 2003
329 (21.32 %)Windows Server 2008
422 (16.18 %)Linux
521 (15.44 %)UNIX
620 (14.71 %)Windows XP
716 (11.76 %)Windows 2000
812 (8.824 %)Solaris
910 (7.353 %)Windows 2000 Server
107 (5.147 %)Red Hat Linux
107 (5.147 %)HPUX
116 (4.412 %)Windows Vista
124 (2.941 %)Windows 7
133 (2.206 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
141 (0.735 %)Windows Mobile
141 (0.735 %)Android
141 (0.735 %)SUSE
141 (0.735 %)Windows NT
141 (0.735 %)AIX
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
125 (18.38 %)ITIL
27 (5.147 %)Project Management
36 (4.412 %)Load Balancing
36 (4.412 %)Capacity Planning
44 (2.941 %)Migration
44 (2.941 %)Content Management
53 (2.206 %)Problem Management
53 (2.206 %)Network Design
53 (2.206 %)Security Management
53 (2.206 %)Configuration Management
53 (2.206 %)E-Commerce
53 (2.206 %)PRINCE2
62 (1.471 %)Web Design
62 (1.471 %)Service Management
62 (1.471 %)Service Delivery
62 (1.471 %)Incident Management
71 (0.735 %)Technical Architecture
71 (0.735 %)Change Management
71 (0.735 %)ITSM
71 (0.735 %)Risk Management
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
112 (8.824 %)SQL
211 (8.088 %)C
310 (7.353 %)PowerShell
49 (6.618 %)VB.NET
58 (5.882 %)Shell Script
58 (5.882 %)C#
66 (4.412 %)Perl
72 (1.471 %)ActionScript
72 (1.471 %)VBScript
72 (1.471 %)Java
72 (1.471 %)JavaScript
72 (1.471 %)ActionScript 3.0
81 (0.735 %)Bash shell
81 (0.735 %)ActionScript 2.0
81 (0.735 %)Korn
81 (0.735 %)VB6
81 (0.735 %)Python
81 (0.735 %)C++
81 (0.735 %)VB
81 (0.735 %)PHP
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
113 (9.559 %)Degree
113 (9.559 %)Cisco Certification
212 (8.824 %)Security Cleared
310 (7.353 %)CCNP
310 (7.353 %)CCNA
48 (5.882 %)Microsoft Certification
48 (5.882 %)MCSE
57 (5.147 %)MCP
66 (4.412 %)MCSA
75 (3.676 %)CCA
75 (3.676 %)Citrix Certification
83 (2.206 %)SC Cleared
83 (2.206 %)DV Cleared
92 (1.471 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
92 (1.471 %)BC Cleared
101 (0.735 %)CTC Cleared
101 (0.735 %)CCSE
101 (0.735 %)CCSA
101 (0.735 %)CCVP
101 (0.735 %)CCIE
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (2.941 %)SLA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
161 (44.85 %)Active Directory
219 (13.97 %)VMware Infrastructure
315 (11.03 %)VMware ESX
48 (5.882 %)NFS
48 (5.882 %)Hyper-V
55 (3.676 %)Veritas Cluster Server
64 (2.941 %)XenApp
64 (2.941 %)Veritas Volume Manager
72 (1.471 %)ISA Server
72 (1.471 %)Citrix Presentation Server
81 (0.735 %)vSphere
81 (0.735 %)Xen
81 (0.735 %)VMware Workstation
81 (0.735 %)Terminal Services
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
111 (8.088 %)SCCM
29 (6.618 %)WSUS
29 (6.618 %)MOM
38 (5.882 %)NetBackup
45 (3.676 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
54 (2.941 %)SCOM
63 (2.206 %)HP Data Protector
63 (2.206 %)CiscoWorks
72 (1.471 %)Nagios
72 (1.471 %)Backup Exec
72 (1.471 %)Cacti
81 (0.735 %)McAfee ePO
81 (0.735 %)EMC NetWorker
81 (0.735 %)DameWare
81 (0.735 %)CONTROL-M
81 (0.735 %)Tivoli
81 (0.735 %)Norton AntiVirus
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
141 (30.15 %)Cisco
235 (25.74 %)Microsoft
330 (22.06 %)VMware
429 (21.32 %)Citrix
519 (13.97 %)HP
612 (8.824 %)CheckPoint
710 (7.353 %)Nokia
89 (6.618 %)SolarWinds
89 (6.618 %)Veritas
98 (5.882 %)Lotus
98 (5.882 %)Red Hat
98 (5.882 %)IBM
106 (4.412 %)Oracle
106 (4.412 %)Sun
106 (4.412 %)Dell
106 (4.412 %)Bloomberg
106 (4.412 %)McAfee
106 (4.412 %)Symantec
115 (3.676 %)Reuters
124 (2.941 %)EMC