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The table below looks at the demand for Domain Name System (DNS) skills within the Leicestershire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited DNS over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDomain Name System (DNS)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank-42
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads02
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.000 %4.348 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£306£315
% change on same period last year-2.88 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.83£30.02
% change on same period last year-20.59 %
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Leicestershire
Matching contract IT job ads2246
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.036 %0.050 %
Daily rates quoted58
Average minimum daily rate£302£271
Average daily rate£306£277
% change on same period last year+10.45 %
Average maximum daily rate£310£283
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£336
% change on same period last year+2.28 %
Hourly rates quoted1011
Average minimum hourly rate£18.18£14.30
Average hourly rate£18.55£14.42
% change on same period last year+28.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.91£14.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.86£28.32
% change on same period last year-1.64 %
DNS East MidlandsDNS
East Midlands

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire DNS Hourly Rate Trend

DNS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

18 (88.89 %)Active Directory
27 (77.78 %)LAN
27 (77.78 %)WAN
36 (66.67 %)Windows
36 (66.67 %)TCP/IP
36 (66.67 %)Windows Server 2003
45 (55.56 %)Lotus
45 (55.56 %)Lotus Notes
54 (44.44 %)DHCP
54 (44.44 %)BMC
54 (44.44 %)ARCserve
54 (44.44 %)BMC PATROL
63 (33.33 %)CheckPoint
63 (33.33 %)Firewall
63 (33.33 %)Lotus Domino
63 (33.33 %)Windows XP
72 (22.22 %)MCP
72 (22.22 %)HND
72 (22.22 %)Symantec
72 (22.22 %)Norton AntiVirus
72 (22.22 %)CA
72 (22.22 %)Microsoft
72 (22.22 %)Microsoft Certification
72 (22.22 %)Retail
72 (22.22 %)Windows 2000 Server
81 (11.11 %)CONTROL-M
81 (11.11 %)Clustering
81 (11.11 %)SAN
81 (11.11 %)NHS
81 (11.11 %)UNIX

DNS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (55.56 %)Lotus Notes
23 (33.33 %)Lotus Domino
31 (11.11 %)MS Exchange
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (77.78 %)LAN
17 (77.78 %)WAN
26 (66.67 %)TCP/IP
34 (44.44 %)DHCP
43 (33.33 %)Firewall
51 (11.11 %)SAN
51 (11.11 %)SMS
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (22.22 %)Retail
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (22.22 %)Senior Analyst
12 (22.22 %)Analyst
21 (11.11 %)Systems Administrator
21 (11.11 %)Systems Engineer
21 (11.11 %)Server Support
21 (11.11 %)Support Specialist
21 (11.11 %)3rd Line Support
21 (11.11 %)Administrator
21 (11.11 %)Author
21 (11.11 %)Technical Author
21 (11.11 %)Server Engineer
21 (11.11 %)UNIX Specialist
21 (11.11 %)Rollout Engineer
21 (11.11 %)Windows Administrator
21 (11.11 %)Windows Server Engineer
21 (11.11 %)UNIX Support
21 (11.11 %)Windows Systems Administrator
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (11.11 %)NHS
11 (11.11 %)Clustering
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (66.67 %)Windows
16 (66.67 %)Windows Server 2003
23 (33.33 %)Windows XP
32 (22.22 %)Windows 2000 Server
41 (11.11 %)UNIX
41 (11.11 %)HPUX
41 (11.11 %)Solaris
41 (11.11 %)Linux
41 (11.11 %)Windows 2000
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (11.11 %)Perl
11 (11.11 %)VB
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (22.22 %)MCP
12 (22.22 %)HND
12 (22.22 %)Microsoft Certification
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (88.89 %)Active Directory
21 (11.11 %)NFS
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (44.44 %)BMC PATROL
14 (44.44 %)ARCserve
22 (22.22 %)Norton AntiVirus
31 (11.11 %)CONTROL-M
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (55.56 %)Lotus
24 (44.44 %)BMC
33 (33.33 %)CheckPoint
42 (22.22 %)Symantec
42 (22.22 %)CA
42 (22.22 %)Microsoft