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This section looks at the demand for Domain Name System (DNS) skills within the Guildford 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 7 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDomain Name System (DNS)
Location
3 months to 7 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank2025
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads55
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.005 %
As % of the category below23.81 %11.36 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£264-
Average daily rate£264-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£264-
UK excluding London average daily rate£320£350
% change on same period last year-8.34 %
Hourly rates quoted14
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£29.41
Average hourly rate£30.00£29.81
% change on same period last year+0.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£30.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.45£25.90
% change on same period last year-13.29 %
Communications & Networking GuildfordCommunications & Networking
Guildford
Matching contract IT job ads2144
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.028 %0.047 %
Daily rates quoted1012
Average minimum daily rate£271£318
Average daily rate£294£326
% change on same period last year-9.63 %
Average maximum daily rate£317£334
UK excluding London average daily rate£341£343
% change on same period last year-0.53 %
Hourly rates quoted313
Average minimum hourly rate£19.25£29.11
Average hourly rate£23.00£29.78
% change on same period last year-22.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.75£30.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.55£28.70
% change on same period last year-10.97 %
DNS SurreyDNS
Surrey

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford DNS Hourly Rate Trend

DNS
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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.

15 (100.00 %)Windows
15 (100.00 %)Active Directory
24 (80.00 %)MSI
24 (80.00 %)InstallShield
24 (80.00 %)SQL
24 (80.00 %)VBScript
24 (80.00 %)VB
24 (80.00 %)Windows XP
24 (80.00 %)WINS
33 (60.00 %)Finance
42 (40.00 %)Microsoft
42 (40.00 %)Altiris
42 (40.00 %)Insurance
42 (40.00 %)MS Excel
51 (20.00 %)Application Packaging
51 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
51 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
51 (20.00 %)MCSE
51 (20.00 %)NetBackup
51 (20.00 %)Microsoft Certification
51 (20.00 %)VERITAS

DNS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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
11 (20.00 %)Application Packaging
Applications
12 (40.00 %)MS Excel
Communications & Networking
14 (80.00 %)WINS
21 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
Development Applications
14 (80.00 %)MSI
14 (80.00 %)InstallShield
General
13 (60.00 %)Finance
22 (40.00 %)Insurance
Job Titles
13 (60.00 %)3rd Line Support
22 (40.00 %)Desktop Analyst
22 (40.00 %)Analyst
31 (20.00 %)Applications Packager
31 (20.00 %)Support Engineer
31 (20.00 %)Desktop Support
Operating Systems
15 (100.00 %)Windows
24 (80.00 %)Windows XP
31 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
Programming Languages
14 (80.00 %)SQL
14 (80.00 %)VBScript
14 (80.00 %)VB
Qualifications
11 (20.00 %)MCSE
11 (20.00 %)Microsoft Certification
System Software
15 (100.00 %)Active Directory
21 (20.00 %)NetBackup
Vendors
12 (40.00 %)Microsoft
12 (40.00 %)Altiris
21 (20.00 %)VERITAS
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