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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for DNS skills in IT contracts advertised for the North East 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 North East region.

 Domain Name System (DNS)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank324142
Rank change year-on-year
Up+9Up+1
Matching contract IT job ads1316
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East0.318 %0.634 %1.935 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category2.326 %5.000 %17.98 %
Daily rates quoted002
Average daily rate--£267
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£300£325
% change year-on-year
+8.330 %-7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted106
Average hourly rate£18.00-£13.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.00£24.00£20.00
% change year-on-year
-33.33 %+20.00 %
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
436089
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East13.69 %12.68 %10.76 %
Daily rates quoted151821
Average daily rate£105£350£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-70.00 %+16.66 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£325
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %+3.840 %
Hourly rates quoted7817
Average hourly rate£18.00£16.50£15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.090 %+10.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£8.20£10.70
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£25.00£23.25£27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£24.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %-12.72 %
DNS EnglandDNS
England

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region.

North East DNS Hourly Rate Trend

DNS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the North East region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Tyne and WearUp+111--
DNS EnglandDNS
England

DNS
Top 12 Related IT Skills

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

12 (100.00 %)Active Directory
12 (100.00 %)DHCP
21 (50.00 %)VPN
21 (50.00 %)Cisco
21 (50.00 %)Microsoft
21 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
21 (50.00 %)Citrix
21 (50.00 %)SAN
21 (50.00 %)Blackberry
21 (50.00 %)VMware
21 (50.00 %)SC Cleared
21 (50.00 %)Security Cleared

DNS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (100.00 %)DHCP
21 (50.00 %)VPN
21 (50.00 %)SAN
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Support Engineer
11 (50.00 %)3rd Line Support
11 (50.00 %)Wintel Engineer
11 (50.00 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Blackberry
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (50.00 %)SC Cleared
11 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
North East IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (100.00 %)Active Directory
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11 (50.00 %)Cisco
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft
11 (50.00 %)Citrix
11 (50.00 %)VMware