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The table below looks at the demand for Domain Name System (DNS) skills within the Scotland 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDomain Name System (DNS)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank88109
Rank change on same period last yearUp+21
Matching contract IT job ads1519
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.019 %
As % of the category below5.837 %4.589 %
Daily rates quoted35
Average minimum daily rate£242£328
Average daily rate£248£347
% change on same period last year-28.43 %
Average maximum daily rate£255£366
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£351
% change on same period last year-4.67 %
Hourly rates quoted42
Average minimum hourly rate£15.74£16.00
Average hourly rate£15.74£16.75
% change on same period last year-6.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate£15.74£17.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.36£26.43
% change on same period last year-4.04 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads257414
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.365 %0.418 %
Daily rates quoted5964
Average minimum daily rate£291£313
Average daily rate£311£329
% change on same period last year-5.36 %
Average maximum daily rate£331£345
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£336
% change on same period last year+4.74 %
Hourly rates quoted2343
Average minimum hourly rate£19.37£16.77
Average hourly rate£20.16£17.88
% change on same period last year+12.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.95£19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.56£28.73
% change on same period last year-4.06 %
DNS UKDNS
UK

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland DNS Hourly Rate Trend

DNS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DNS across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Scotland DNS Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
GlasgowUp+185£173-51.86 %
AberdeenDown-24--
FalkirkNew entry-3--
EdinburghUp+91--
North LanarkshireNew entry-1--
DNS UKDNS
UK

DNS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

133 (84.62 %)Windows
224 (61.54 %)DHCP
323 (58.97 %)TCP/IP
418 (46.15 %)Windows Server 2003
516 (41.03 %)Active Directory
516 (41.03 %)Microsoft
516 (41.03 %)Windows 2000
614 (35.90 %)MS Exchange
712 (30.77 %)Cisco
810 (25.64 %)Windows 2000 Server
99 (23.08 %)Windows XP
108 (20.51 %)Windows NT
108 (20.51 %)RIP
108 (20.51 %)VLAN
108 (20.51 %)Cisco PIX
117 (17.95 %)Exchange Server 2003
117 (17.95 %)BGP
126 (15.38 %)EIGRP
126 (15.38 %)Citrix
126 (15.38 %)Ethernet
126 (15.38 %)ATM
126 (15.38 %)FDDI
126 (15.38 %)Gigabit Ethernet
135 (12.82 %)Telecoms
135 (12.82 %)VBScript
135 (12.82 %)MS Office
144 (10.26 %)VB
144 (10.26 %)MCSE
144 (10.26 %)MS Excel
144 (10.26 %)VPN

DNS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
114 (35.90 %)MS Exchange
27 (17.95 %)Exchange Server 2003
34 (10.26 %)Exchange Server 2007
41 (2.564 %)Lotus Notes
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (12.82 %)MS Office
24 (10.26 %)MS Excel
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
124 (61.54 %)DHCP
223 (58.97 %)TCP/IP
38 (20.51 %)RIP
38 (20.51 %)VLAN
38 (20.51 %)Cisco PIX
47 (17.95 %)BGP
56 (15.38 %)EIGRP
56 (15.38 %)Ethernet
56 (15.38 %)ATM
56 (15.38 %)FDDI
56 (15.38 %)Gigabit Ethernet
64 (10.26 %)VPN
64 (10.26 %)SAN
73 (7.692 %)Broadband
73 (7.692 %)SMS
73 (7.692 %)WAN
73 (7.692 %)VSAT
82 (5.128 %)LAN
82 (5.128 %)Internet
82 (5.128 %)Firewall
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (12.82 %)Telecoms
22 (5.128 %)Government
31 (2.564 %)Banking
31 (2.564 %)Local Government
31 (2.564 %)Finance
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (38.46 %)Analyst
26 (15.38 %)Support Analyst
35 (12.82 %)Administrator
35 (12.82 %)Cisco Engineer
44 (10.26 %)Network Analyst
44 (10.26 %)Server Support
44 (10.26 %)Systems Administrator
53 (7.692 %)Network Engineer
53 (7.692 %)Desktop Support
53 (7.692 %)Support Engineer
53 (7.692 %)3rd Line Support
53 (7.692 %)Infrastructure Analyst
53 (7.692 %)Server Engineer
53 (7.692 %)Server Administrator
62 (5.128 %)Server Analyst
62 (5.128 %)Server Support Analyst
62 (5.128 %)Cisco Network Engineer
62 (5.128 %)Server Support Engineer
62 (5.128 %)Desktop Engineer
62 (5.128 %)Technical Analyst
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (10.26 %)Blackberry
21 (2.564 %)Clustering
21 (2.564 %)PDA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
133 (84.62 %)Windows
218 (46.15 %)Windows Server 2003
316 (41.03 %)Windows 2000
410 (25.64 %)Windows 2000 Server
59 (23.08 %)Windows XP
68 (20.51 %)Windows NT
73 (7.692 %)Windows Vista
82 (5.128 %)Linux
82 (5.128 %)Red Hat Linux
91 (2.564 %)UNIX
91 (2.564 %)Solaris
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (10.26 %)Migration
23 (7.692 %)ITIL
31 (2.564 %)Disaster Recovery
31 (2.564 %)Network Load Balancing
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (12.82 %)VBScript
24 (10.26 %)VB
32 (5.128 %)Shell Script
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (10.26 %)MCSE
14 (10.26 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (7.692 %)Cisco Certification
23 (7.692 %)CCNP
32 (5.128 %)CCNA
32 (5.128 %)CCDA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (5.128 %)SLA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
116 (41.03 %)Active Directory
23 (7.692 %)MetaFrame
23 (7.692 %)VMware Infrastructure
32 (5.128 %)Terminal Server
41 (2.564 %)ISA Server
41 (2.564 %)NFS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (10.26 %)MIMEsweeper
23 (7.692 %)MOM
31 (2.564 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (2.564 %)Norton AntiVirus
31 (2.564 %)Tivoli
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (41.03 %)Microsoft
212 (30.77 %)Cisco
36 (15.38 %)Citrix
43 (7.692 %)VMware
52 (5.128 %)Red Hat
52 (5.128 %)Apple
52 (5.128 %)NetApp
52 (5.128 %)Dell
61 (2.564 %)Intel
61 (2.564 %)Sun
61 (2.564 %)VERITAS
61 (2.564 %)Lotus
61 (2.564 %)Juniper
61 (2.564 %)Lucent
61 (2.564 %)Symantec
61 (2.564 %)BT