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The table below looks at the demand for Domain Name System (DNS) skills within the Newcastle Upon Tyne 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 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDomain Name System (DNS)
Location
3 months to
4 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank1923
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads25
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.005 %
As % of the category below13.33 %13.89 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£150-
Average daily rate£173-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£195-
UK excluding London average daily rate£336£358
% change on same period last year-6.00 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£20.00
Average hourly rate-£25.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.29£24.93
% change on same period last year-6.56 %
Newcastle Upon Tyne IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Matching contract IT job ads1536
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.036 %
Daily rates quoted611
Average minimum daily rate£200£308
Average daily rate£219£310
% change on same period last year-29.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£239£312
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£342
% change on same period last year+1.02 %
Hourly rates quoted23
Average minimum hourly rate£14.86£20.36
Average hourly rate£16.64£25.09
% change on same period last year-33.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.43£29.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.69£28.50
% change on same period last year-9.87 %
DNS Tyne and WearDNS
Tyne and Wear

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 Newcastle Upon Tyne region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Newcastle Upon Tyne 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 Newcastle Upon Tyne region.

Newcastle Upon Tyne 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 Newcastle Upon Tyne region.

Newcastle Upon Tyne DNS Hourly Rate Trend

DNS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle Upon Tyne 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.

16 (66.67 %)WAN
16 (66.67 %)TCP/IP
16 (66.67 %)DHCP
25 (55.56 %)Telecoms
34 (44.44 %)Cisco Certification
34 (44.44 %)Windows
43 (33.33 %)ADSL
43 (33.33 %)GSM
43 (33.33 %)LAN
43 (33.33 %)VoIP
43 (33.33 %)Cisco
43 (33.33 %)IMAP4
43 (33.33 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (33.33 %)CCNA
43 (33.33 %)Active Directory
43 (33.33 %)ICMP
43 (33.33 %)Government
43 (33.33 %)Wi-Fi
43 (33.33 %)IP Telephony
52 (22.22 %)SC Cleared
52 (22.22 %)Security Cleared
52 (22.22 %)Service Management
52 (22.22 %)Change Management
52 (22.22 %)SNMP
52 (22.22 %)ITIL
52 (22.22 %)Microsoft
52 (22.22 %)CCNP
61 (11.11 %)SAP
61 (11.11 %)Lotus Notes
61 (11.11 %)Lotus Domino

DNS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle Upon Tyne 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.

Newcastle Upon Tyne IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (11.11 %)Lotus Notes
11 (11.11 %)Lotus Domino
Newcastle Upon Tyne IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (11.11 %)MS Excel
Newcastle Upon Tyne IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (66.67 %)WAN
16 (66.67 %)DHCP
16 (66.67 %)TCP/IP
23 (33.33 %)ICMP
23 (33.33 %)Wi-Fi
23 (33.33 %)IP Telephony
23 (33.33 %)IMAP4
23 (33.33 %)ADSL
23 (33.33 %)GSM
23 (33.33 %)LAN
23 (33.33 %)VoIP
32 (22.22 %)SNMP
Newcastle Upon Tyne IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (55.56 %)Telecoms
23 (33.33 %)Government
Newcastle Upon Tyne IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (33.33 %)Network Support
22 (22.22 %)Network Support Technician
22 (22.22 %)Support Technician
22 (22.22 %)3rd Line Support
22 (22.22 %)Network Technician
31 (11.11 %)Server Engineer
31 (11.11 %)Infrastructure Specialist
31 (11.11 %)Technical Consultant
31 (11.11 %)Administrator
31 (11.11 %)Support Engineer
31 (11.11 %)Consultant
31 (11.11 %)Systems Administrator
31 (11.11 %)Product Consultant
31 (11.11 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
31 (11.11 %)Server Specialist
Newcastle Upon Tyne IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (11.11 %)AS400
Newcastle Upon Tyne IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (44.44 %)Windows
23 (33.33 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (11.11 %)Windows Mobile
31 (11.11 %)Windows XP
Newcastle Upon Tyne IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (22.22 %)ITIL
12 (22.22 %)Service Management
12 (22.22 %)Change Management
12 (22.22 %)SC Cleared
12 (22.22 %)Security Cleared
Newcastle Upon Tyne IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (44.44 %)Cisco Certification
23 (33.33 %)CCNA
32 (22.22 %)CCNP
41 (11.11 %)MCSE
41 (11.11 %)Microsoft Certification
Newcastle Upon Tyne IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (33.33 %)Active Directory
Newcastle Upon Tyne IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (11.11 %)OpenView Configuration Management
Newcastle Upon Tyne IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (33.33 %)Cisco
22 (22.22 %)Microsoft
31 (11.11 %)Lotus
31 (11.11 %)SAP