DNS Contracts in Scotland
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for DNS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DNS over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Scotland region.

Note that 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.

Location
 3 months to
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Domain Name System (DNS)
Rank 96 60 94
Rank change year-on-year
-36 +34
Contract jobs citing DNS 24 47 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.984% 1.774% 0.713%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.023% 14.92% 7.692%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 18 9
Average daily rate £370 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.84% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £201 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £350 £324
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £400 £286
% change year-on-year
-26.25% +39.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 0
Average hourly rate £32.00 £26.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £26.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-38.46% +4.00%
All Communications & Networking
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 266 315 260
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 10.91% 11.89% 9.269%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 127 76
Average daily rate £361 £345 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.56% -4.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £212 £243 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £420 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 33 29
Average hourly rate £32.00 £27.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.36% +52.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.88 £22.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £35.00 £35.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
DNS
UK

DNS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing DNS across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Scotland DNS Jobs Demand Trend

DNS
Daily Rate Trend

This 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
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DNS across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Scotland DNS Daily Rate Histogram

DNS
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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
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 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank 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
Edinburgh -4 7 - -
Renfrewshire -13 6 £425 -
Aberdeen +4 4 £210 -35.38%
Glasgow -29 2 £298 +147.91%
West Lothian -2 1 £350 +11.55%
Inverclyde - 1 £378 -
DNS
UK

DNS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 66 (85.71%) Windows
2 46 (59.74%) DHCP
3 45 (58.44%) Microsoft
4 34 (44.16%) Windows Server 2008
5 32 (41.56%) Active Directory
6 30 (38.96%) Windows Server 2003
7 29 (37.66%) TCP/IP
7 29 (37.66%) VMware
8 23 (29.87%) Windows XP
9 20 (25.97%) Linux
10 17 (22.08%) SQL
11 16 (20.78%) MS Office
11 16 (20.78%) MS Exchange
11 16 (20.78%) Cisco
11 16 (20.78%) Clustering
12 15 (19.48%) SAN
12 15 (19.48%) UNIX
13 13 (16.88%) FTP
13 13 (16.88%) MS PowerPoint
14 12 (15.58%) VMware Infrastructure
14 12 (15.58%) Blackberry
15 11 (14.29%) LDAP
15 11 (14.29%) IIS
15 11 (14.29%) Cisco IPT
16 10 (12.99%) SCCM
16 10 (12.99%) Solaris
16 10 (12.99%) HP
16 10 (12.99%) Citrix
16 10 (12.99%) Finance
17 9 (11.69%) MS Excel

DNS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 1 (1.299%) .NET
1 1 (1.299%) ASP
1 1 (1.299%) ASP.NET
1 1 (1.299%) XML
1 1 (1.299%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 16 (20.78%) MS Exchange
2 11 (14.29%) IIS
3 9 (11.69%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (11.69%) Exchange Server 2010
4 7 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2003
5 5 (6.494%) WebLogic
5 5 (6.494%) Oracle Application Server
6 4 (5.195%) Lync
6 4 (5.195%) Lotus Notes
7 2 (2.597%) Apache
8 1 (1.299%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 16 (20.78%) MS Office
2 13 (16.88%) MS PowerPoint
3 9 (11.69%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (9.091%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (6.494%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (3.896%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (2.597%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (1.299%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 46 (59.74%) DHCP
2 29 (37.66%) TCP/IP
3 15 (19.48%) SAN
4 13 (16.88%) FTP
5 11 (14.29%) LDAP
5 11 (14.29%) Cisco IPT
6 7 (9.091%) NAS
7 6 (7.792%) WAN
8 5 (6.494%) Internet
8 5 (6.494%) Firewall
8 5 (6.494%) LAN
9 4 (5.195%) SMS
10 3 (3.896%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (3.896%) Unified Communications
10 3 (3.896%) Fibre Channel
11 2 (2.597%) Network Security
12 1 (1.299%) Extranet
12 1 (1.299%) Wireless
12 1 (1.299%) IPsec
12 1 (1.299%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.39%) SQLPlus
2 7 (9.091%) RDBMS
3 5 (6.494%) SQL Server
3 5 (6.494%) Oracle BI EE
3 5 (6.494%) Oracle Exadata
4 2 (2.597%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (2.597%) Essbase
5 1 (1.299%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (1.299%) MSI
1 1 (1.299%) InstallShield
General
1 10 (12.99%) Finance
2 7 (9.091%) Banking
3 2 (2.597%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.299%) Marketing
4 1 (1.299%) Aerospace
4 1 (1.299%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (23.38%) Analyst
2 11 (14.29%) Systems Administrator
2 11 (14.29%) Administrator
3 7 (9.091%) Technical Analyst
4 6 (7.792%) Support Analyst
4 6 (7.792%) Server Engineer
4 6 (7.792%) IT Support
5 5 (6.494%) Support Engineer
6 4 (5.195%) Help Desk Support
7 3 (3.896%) IT Architect
7 3 (3.896%) Wintel Engineer
7 3 (3.896%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (3.896%) DBA
7 3 (3.896%) Server Support
7 3 (3.896%) Consultant
7 3 (3.896%) Architect
7 3 (3.896%) Technical Specialist
7 3 (3.896%) Infrastructure Architect
7 3 (3.896%) Network Support
7 3 (3.896%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 16 (20.78%) Clustering
2 12 (15.58%) Blackberry
3 2 (2.597%) Handset
3 2 (2.597%) Replication
3 2 (2.597%) PKI
4 1 (1.299%) Mathematics
4 1 (1.299%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.299%) Fat Client
4 1 (1.299%) SaaS
4 1 (1.299%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 66 (85.71%) Windows
2 34 (44.16%) Windows Server 2008
3 30 (38.96%) Windows Server 2003
4 23 (29.87%) Windows XP
5 20 (25.97%) Linux
6 15 (19.48%) UNIX
7 10 (12.99%) Solaris
8 6 (7.792%) AIX
9 4 (5.195%) Windows 2000
10 3 (3.896%) Windows Vista
10 3 (3.896%) Windows 7
11 1 (1.299%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (7.792%) Configuration Management
1 6 (7.792%) Software Distribution
2 5 (6.494%) Migration
3 4 (5.195%) ITIL
4 3 (3.896%) Project Management
4 3 (3.896%) Service Delivery
4 3 (3.896%) Incident Management
4 3 (3.896%) Network Load Balancing
5 2 (2.597%) Infrastructure Management
6 1 (1.299%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (1.299%) Performance Testing
6 1 (1.299%) Network Management
6 1 (1.299%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (1.299%) Data Security
6 1 (1.299%) ERP
6 1 (1.299%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (22.08%) SQL
2 8 (10.39%) Shell Script
3 6 (7.792%) PL/SQL
4 4 (5.195%) VBScript
5 3 (3.896%) PowerShell
5 3 (3.896%) C
6 2 (2.597%) Perl
6 2 (2.597%) VB
7 1 (1.299%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (11.69%) Security Cleared
2 7 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.597%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (2.597%) MCITP
3 2 (2.597%) MCSA
3 2 (2.597%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.299%) MCSE
4 1 (1.299%) CCNP
4 1 (1.299%) CCNA
4 1 (1.299%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.299%) Degree
4 1 (1.299%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.597%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (41.56%) Active Directory
2 12 (15.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (10.39%) XenApp
3 8 (10.39%) Oracle RMAN
3 8 (10.39%) Oracle RAC
4 6 (7.792%) Terminal Services
4 6 (7.792%) vSphere
5 5 (6.494%) VMware ESX
6 3 (3.896%) Samba
6 3 (3.896%) SRDF
6 3 (3.896%) DFS Replication
6 3 (3.896%) Hyper-V
7 2 (2.597%) ISA Server
7 2 (2.597%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 1 (1.299%) VMware Server
8 1 (1.299%) Forefront TMG
8 1 (1.299%) Cygwin
Systems Management
1 10 (12.99%) SCCM
2 8 (10.39%) Data Guard
3 7 (9.091%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 6 (7.792%) Tivoli
4 6 (7.792%) Netcool
5 5 (6.494%) Backup Exec
6 4 (5.195%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 4 (5.195%) WSUS
6 4 (5.195%) SCOM
7 3 (3.896%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 3 (3.896%) MOM
8 2 (2.597%) WMI
9 1 (1.299%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 45 (58.44%) Microsoft
2 29 (37.66%) VMware
3 16 (20.78%) Cisco
4 10 (12.99%) HP
4 10 (12.99%) Citrix
5 8 (10.39%) Oracle
6 7 (9.091%) Veritas
7 6 (7.792%) IBM
8 5 (6.494%) NetApp
8 5 (6.494%) Symantec
9 4 (5.195%) McAfee
9 4 (5.195%) Lotus
9 4 (5.195%) Veeam
10 3 (3.896%) Red Hat
10 3 (3.896%) Sophos
11 2 (2.597%) Nortel
11 2 (2.597%) EMC
12 1 (1.299%) Intel
12 1 (1.299%) Sun
12 1 (1.299%) TIBCO
technical analyst
Livingston, West Lothian
The successful candidate will have a Microsoft background, which includes skills such as Microsoft Windows Server 2003 / Windows Server 2008, VMWare, Active Directory and Backup technologies. This role...
Experis IT
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
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