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

 Domain Name System (DNS)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank-1430
Matching contract IT job ads063
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough-4.545 %1.235 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category-12.00 %5.455 %
Daily rates quoted003
Average daily rate--£208
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£300£325
% change year-on-year
+8.330 %-7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.00£24.00£20.00
% change year-on-year
-33.33 %+20.00 %
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
Slough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
235055
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough19.66 %37.88 %22.63 %
Daily rates quoted9139
Average daily rate£132£270£388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-51.29 %-30.32 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£127£125£175
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£266£359£449
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£325
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %+3.840 %
Hourly rates quoted9534
Average hourly rate£36.25£10.50£10.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+245.23 %-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£24.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %-12.72 %
DNS BerkshireDNS
Berkshire

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough DNS Hourly Rate Trend

DNS
Top 16 Related IT Skills

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

11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)MCSE
11 (100.00 %)MS Excel
11 (100.00 %)VoIP
11 (100.00 %)SMTP
11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft
11 (100.00 %)Active Directory
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (100.00 %)Legato
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (100.00 %)Wireless
11 (100.00 %)Telecoms
11 (100.00 %)Backup Exec
11 (100.00 %)IP Telephony
11 (100.00 %)FMCG

DNS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (100.00 %)MS Excel
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)VoIP
11 (100.00 %)SMTP
11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (100.00 %)Wireless
11 (100.00 %)IP Telephony
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Telecoms
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Support Engineer
11 (100.00 %)2nd Line Support
11 (100.00 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)FMCG
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (100.00 %)MCSE
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (100.00 %)Active Directory
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (100.00 %)Legato
11 (100.00 %)Backup Exec
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft