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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for DNS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DNS over the 3 months to 19 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 Leeds region.

 Domain Name System (DNS)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank365547
Rank change year-on-year
Up+19Down-8
Matching contract IT job ads16323
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds2.857 %0.507 %2.100 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category31.37 %7.143 %17.69 %
Daily rates quoted906
Average daily rate£325-£300
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£316-£259
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£368-£405
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£300£325
% change year-on-year
+8.330 %-7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted305
Average hourly rate£9.00-£19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.00£24.00£20.00
% change year-on-year
-33.33 %+20.00 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
5142130
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds9.107 %7.095 %11.87 %
Daily rates quoted25428
Average daily rate£325£300£385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.330 %-22.07 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£288£194£150
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£380£473£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£325
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %+3.840 %
Hourly rates quoted5222
Average hourly rate£9.00£39.00£17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-76.92 %+129.41 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£24.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %-12.72 %
DNS West YorkshireDNS
West Yorkshire

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds DNS Hourly Rate Trend

DNS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

129 (74.36 %)Windows
226 (66.67 %)TCP/IP
226 (66.67 %)Active Directory
324 (61.54 %)Windows XP
422 (56.41 %)Windows Server 2003
517 (43.59 %)Microsoft
616 (41.03 %)LAN
616 (41.03 %)WAN
715 (38.46 %)MS Exchange
715 (38.46 %)ITIL
715 (38.46 %)NHS
814 (35.90 %)SharePoint
814 (35.90 %)SAN
814 (35.90 %)VMware
814 (35.90 %)VMware Infrastructure
913 (33.33 %)Firewall
913 (33.33 %)MS Office
1011 (28.21 %)Exchange Server 2007
1011 (28.21 %)LDAP
1011 (28.21 %)NetApp
1110 (25.64 %)NAS
129 (23.08 %)CSS
129 (23.08 %)HTML
129 (23.08 %).NET
129 (23.08 %)MySQL
138 (20.51 %)JavaScript
138 (20.51 %)PHP
138 (20.51 %)Flash
138 (20.51 %)Agile Software Development
138 (20.51 %)Load Balancing

DNS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
19 (23.08 %)CSS
19 (23.08 %)HTML
19 (23.08 %).NET
28 (20.51 %)Flash
35 (12.82 %)Web Services
41 (2.564 %)Spring
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
115 (38.46 %)MS Exchange
214 (35.90 %)SharePoint
311 (28.21 %)Exchange Server 2007
43 (7.692 %)Exchange Server 2003
43 (7.692 %)SharePoint Server 2007
43 (7.692 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
52 (5.128 %)WebLogic
52 (5.128 %)IIS
61 (2.564 %)CMS
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
113 (33.33 %)MS Office
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (12.82 %)Microsoft CRM
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
126 (66.67 %)TCP/IP
216 (41.03 %)LAN
216 (41.03 %)WAN
314 (35.90 %)SAN
413 (33.33 %)Firewall
511 (28.21 %)LDAP
610 (25.64 %)NAS
75 (12.82 %)DHCP
83 (7.692 %)FTP
83 (7.692 %)HTTP
92 (5.128 %)SMTP
101 (2.564 %)NetScreen
101 (2.564 %)Intranet
101 (2.564 %)Internet
101 (2.564 %)VoIP
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (23.08 %)MySQL
21 (2.564 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (2.564 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (2.564 %)Oracle 8/8i
21 (2.564 %)SQL Server
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
16 (15.38 %)Government
25 (12.82 %)Health
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
112 (30.77 %)3rd Line Support
210 (25.64 %)Support Engineer
38 (20.51 %)Technical Support
38 (20.51 %)Server Support
46 (15.38 %)Senior Technical Support Engineer
46 (15.38 %)Senior Support Engineer
46 (15.38 %)Senior Technical Support
46 (15.38 %)Desktop Support
46 (15.38 %)Developer
46 (15.38 %)Technical Support Engineer
46 (15.38 %)Technical Engineer
55 (12.82 %)Web Developer
64 (10.26 %)IT Support Engineer
64 (10.26 %)IT Support
73 (7.692 %)Technical Specialist
73 (7.692 %)Infrastructure Manager
82 (5.128 %)Infrastructure Consultant
82 (5.128 %)Technical Manager
82 (5.128 %)Consultant
82 (5.128 %)Analyst
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
115 (38.46 %)NHS
23 (7.692 %)Video Conferencing
23 (7.692 %)Blackberry
32 (5.128 %)PKI
32 (5.128 %)Smartcard
41 (2.564 %)Clustering
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
129 (74.36 %)Windows
224 (61.54 %)Windows XP
322 (56.41 %)Windows Server 2003
47 (17.95 %)Windows Vista
52 (5.128 %)UNIX
61 (2.564 %)Windows Server 2008
61 (2.564 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (2.564 %)Solaris
61 (2.564 %)Linux
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
115 (38.46 %)ITIL
28 (20.51 %)Agile Software Development
28 (20.51 %)Load Balancing
35 (12.82 %)CRM
44 (10.26 %)PRINCE
44 (10.26 %)Web Development
44 (10.26 %)Service Management
53 (7.692 %)Problem Management
61 (2.564 %)Service Delivery
61 (2.564 %)Content Management
61 (2.564 %)Configuration Management
61 (2.564 %)Project Management
61 (2.564 %)BCP
61 (2.564 %)PRINCE2
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
18 (20.51 %)JavaScript
18 (20.51 %)PHP
27 (17.95 %)ActionScript
35 (12.82 %)SQL
43 (7.692 %)VBScript
52 (5.128 %)VB
61 (2.564 %)Shell Script
61 (2.564 %)C
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
16 (15.38 %)Degree
22 (5.128 %)MCSE
22 (5.128 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (5.128 %)Security Cleared
31 (2.564 %)MCTS
31 (2.564 %)Cisco Certification
31 (2.564 %)CCNP
31 (2.564 %)CCNA
31 (2.564 %)MCSA
31 (2.564 %)MCP
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
126 (66.67 %)Active Directory
214 (35.90 %)VMware Infrastructure
35 (12.82 %)Citrix Presentation Server
35 (12.82 %)ISA Server
43 (7.692 %)XenApp
43 (7.692 %)XenDesktop
51 (2.564 %)Sendmail
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (10.26 %)ZENworks
14 (10.26 %)Backup Exec
23 (7.692 %)WSUS
23 (7.692 %)Norton AntiVirus
31 (2.564 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
117 (43.59 %)Microsoft
214 (35.90 %)VMware
311 (28.21 %)NetApp
45 (12.82 %)Citrix
54 (10.26 %)Symantec
63 (7.692 %)Altiris
63 (7.692 %)Avaya
63 (7.692 %)Adobe
63 (7.692 %)Cisco
63 (7.692 %)Oracle
71 (2.564 %)Juniper
71 (2.564 %)Apple
71 (2.564 %)Dell
71 (2.564 %)Sun
71 (2.564 %)McAfee