The first table below looks at the demand for DNS skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DNS over the 3 months to 24 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 South East 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Domain Name System (DNS)
Rank 97 105 102
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -3
Contract jobs citing DNS 139 154 171
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.783% 1.518% 1.648%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.348% 7.186% 8.906%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 58 72
Average daily rate £288 £339 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.12% +12.91%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £433 £450 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £375 £289
% change year-on-year
-20.00% +29.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 24 24
Average hourly rate £16.00 £23.00 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.43% -13.20%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.70 £15.00 £14.33
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.90 £45.00 £42.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £25.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year
-32.00% +16.27%
All Communications & Networking
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1487 2143 1920
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 19.08% 21.12% 18.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 573 627 668
Average daily rate £320 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £188 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 187 236
Average hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% +22.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.50 £13.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
DNS
England

DNS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East DNS Hourly Rate Trend

DNS
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DNS across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Berkshire -12 40 £285 -16.17%
Surrey +16 23 £220 -38.02%
Hampshire -5 21 £420 +29.23%
Oxfordshire +12 18 £160 -60.00%
West Sussex +25 15 £350 +7.69%
Kent +11 15 £240 -9.43%
Buckinghamshire +6 4 £363 +171.02%
East Sussex +9 2 £365 -
Middlesex +3 2 - -
Sussex +5 1 £275 -
DNS
England

DNS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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.

1 193 (69.68%) Windows
2 177 (63.90%) DHCP
3 127 (45.85%) Active Directory
4 122 (44.04%) TCP/IP
5 118 (42.60%) VMware
6 99 (35.74%) Firewall
7 97 (35.02%) Microsoft
8 85 (30.69%) Windows Server 2008
9 77 (27.80%) Windows Server 2003
10 70 (25.27%) Cisco
11 66 (23.83%) SAN
11 66 (23.83%) MS Exchange
12 64 (23.10%) HP
13 59 (21.30%) LAN
14 58 (20.94%) VPN
15 56 (20.22%) VMware Infrastructure
16 54 (19.49%) WAN
17 53 (19.13%) Windows XP
18 50 (18.05%) Juniper
19 44 (15.88%) MS Office
20 43 (15.52%) ITIL
20 43 (15.52%) Citrix
21 42 (15.16%) Windows 7
22 41 (14.80%) SQL
23 39 (14.08%) Internet
23 39 (14.08%) Cisco Certification
24 38 (13.72%) Linux
25 37 (13.36%) Exchange Server 2010
26 36 (13.00%) Clustering
27 35 (12.64%) Telecoms

DNS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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.

Application Development
1 9 (3.249%) WebSphere
2 5 (1.805%) Web Services
2 5 (1.805%) .NET
3 4 (1.444%) JDBC
4 3 (1.083%) jQuery
4 3 (1.083%) ASP.NET
4 3 (1.083%) WSH
4 3 (1.083%) WAP
5 2 (0.722%) HTML
5 2 (0.722%) SOAP
5 2 (0.722%) Ajax
6 1 (0.361%) Memcached
6 1 (0.361%) WCF
6 1 (0.361%) X-Windows
6 1 (0.361%) LAMP
6 1 (0.361%) XML
6 1 (0.361%) COM
6 1 (0.361%) JSP
6 1 (0.361%) WML
Application Platforms
1 66 (23.83%) MS Exchange
2 37 (13.36%) Exchange Server 2010
3 34 (12.27%) SharePoint
4 27 (9.747%) Exchange Server 2007
5 25 (9.025%) Exchange Server 2003
6 22 (7.942%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 19 (6.859%) IIS
8 15 (5.415%) Apache
9 8 (2.888%) Lync
10 6 (2.166%) Tomcat
10 6 (2.166%) SharePoint 2010
11 4 (1.444%) Lotus Notes
11 4 (1.444%) Liferay
12 2 (0.722%) Lotus Domino
12 2 (0.722%) Zimbra
13 1 (0.361%) SharePoint Server
13 1 (0.361%) Amazon EC2
13 1 (0.361%) Amazon S3
13 1 (0.361%) Amazon AWS
13 1 (0.361%) nginx
Applications
1 44 (15.88%) MS Office
2 27 (9.747%) MS Excel
3 6 (2.166%) MS Project
4 2 (0.722%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.361%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.361%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.361%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.361%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (0.361%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.361%) Oracle CRM
Communications & Networking
1 177 (63.90%) DHCP
2 122 (44.04%) TCP/IP
3 99 (35.74%) Firewall
4 66 (23.83%) SAN
5 59 (21.30%) LAN
6 58 (20.94%) VPN
7 54 (19.49%) WAN
8 39 (14.08%) Internet
9 30 (10.83%) MPLS
10 25 (9.025%) HTTP
11 22 (7.942%) VoIP
12 20 (7.220%) BGP
13 19 (6.859%) Wireless
14 18 (6.498%) SMTP
15 16 (5.776%) OSPF
15 16 (5.776%) SSL
15 16 (5.776%) IPv6
16 15 (5.415%) IPsec
17 14 (5.054%) 3G
18 13 (4.693%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.581%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.971%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (3.610%) MySQL
4 6 (2.166%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (1.444%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.083%) SQL Server 2000
7 2 (0.722%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (0.361%) Oracle 11g
8 1 (0.361%) EDRMS
8 1 (0.361%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 4 (1.444%) Jenkins
1 4 (1.444%) Git (software)
1 4 (1.444%) Hudson
2 1 (0.361%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.361%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.361%) TestDirector
2 1 (0.361%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (0.361%) LoadRunner
General
1 35 (12.64%) Telecoms
2 26 (9.386%) Finance
3 17 (6.137%) Back Office
4 10 (3.610%) Legal
5 7 (2.527%) Banking
5 7 (2.527%) Advertising
6 5 (1.805%) Publishing
7 3 (1.083%) French Language
7 3 (1.083%) Retail
7 3 (1.083%) Online Betting
8 2 (0.722%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.722%) Billing
9 1 (0.361%) German Language
9 1 (0.361%) Local Government
9 1 (0.361%) Law
9 1 (0.361%) Games
9 1 (0.361%) Military
Job Titles
1 74 (26.71%) Analyst
2 41 (14.80%) Support Analyst
3 29 (10.47%) Support Engineer
4 24 (8.664%) IT Support
5 23 (8.303%) Administrator
6 20 (7.220%) 3rd Line Support
7 18 (6.498%) Server Engineer
8 16 (5.776%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 15 (5.415%) Network Engineer
10 14 (5.054%) IT Support Analyst
11 13 (4.693%) Network Analyst
12 12 (4.332%) Architect
13 11 (3.971%) Network Administrator
13 11 (3.971%) Consultant
14 10 (3.610%) Technical Support
14 10 (3.610%) Infrastructure Analyst
14 10 (3.610%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
14 10 (3.610%) Desktop Engineer
15 9 (3.249%) Support Technician
15 9 (3.249%) Server Support
Miscellaneous
1 36 (13.00%) Clustering
2 24 (8.664%) Blackberry
3 9 (3.249%) PKI
4 5 (1.805%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.444%) N-Tier
5 4 (1.444%) IVR
5 4 (1.444%) Replication
5 4 (1.444%) Thin Client
5 4 (1.444%) Fat Client
5 4 (1.444%) Cryptography
6 3 (1.083%) Mathematics
6 3 (1.083%) Open Source
6 3 (1.083%) LPAR
6 3 (1.083%) DLPAR
6 3 (1.083%) HACMP
7 2 (0.722%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.722%) CLARiiON
7 2 (0.722%) DTV
7 2 (0.722%) NHS
7 2 (0.722%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 193 (69.68%) Windows
2 85 (30.69%) Windows Server 2008
3 77 (27.80%) Windows Server 2003
4 53 (19.13%) Windows XP
5 42 (15.16%) Windows 7
6 38 (13.72%) Linux
7 35 (12.64%) UNIX
8 15 (5.415%) Windows Vista
9 12 (4.332%) Windows 2000
10 10 (3.610%) NetWare
11 9 (3.249%) Solaris
12 7 (2.527%) Windows 2000 Server
13 6 (2.166%) AIX
14 5 (1.805%) CentOS
14 5 (1.805%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 4 (1.444%) Debian
15 4 (1.444%) Ubuntu
16 3 (1.083%) Mac OS
16 3 (1.083%) Mac OS X
17 2 (0.722%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (15.52%) ITIL
2 26 (9.386%) Migration
3 21 (7.581%) Project Management
3 21 (7.581%) Disaster Recovery
4 19 (6.859%) Change Management
5 17 (6.137%) Configuration Management
6 11 (3.971%) Load Balancing
7 10 (3.610%) PRINCE2
8 8 (2.888%) Network Design
9 7 (2.527%) Service Delivery
10 6 (2.166%) Test Scripting
10 6 (2.166%) Release Management
10 6 (2.166%) Network Architecture
10 6 (2.166%) Incident Management
11 5 (1.805%) Root Cause Analysis
12 4 (1.444%) Continuous Improvement
12 4 (1.444%) Mobile Device Management
12 4 (1.444%) Business Continuity
12 4 (1.444%) Validation
12 4 (1.444%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (14.80%) SQL
2 14 (5.054%) PowerShell
3 12 (4.332%) Java
4 10 (3.610%) Perl
4 10 (3.610%) Bash shell
5 9 (3.249%) Shell Script
5 9 (3.249%) C
6 7 (2.527%) VBScript
7 5 (1.805%) Python
7 5 (1.805%) VB
8 4 (1.444%) sed
8 4 (1.444%) PHP
8 4 (1.444%) AWK
9 3 (1.083%) JavaScript
9 3 (1.083%) C#
10 2 (0.722%) C++
10 2 (0.722%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.361%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (14.08%) Cisco Certification
2 34 (12.27%) Microsoft Certification
3 29 (10.47%) Degree
4 26 (9.386%) MCSE
4 26 (9.386%) CCNP
5 23 (8.303%) Security Cleared
6 16 (5.776%) SC Cleared
7 13 (4.693%) CCNA
8 11 (3.971%) RHCE
9 10 (3.610%) JNCIP
10 6 (2.166%) DV Cleared
11 4 (1.444%) MCSA
12 3 (1.083%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (1.083%) HNC
12 3 (1.083%) ISEB
13 2 (0.722%) CCA
13 2 (0.722%) Citrix Certification
13 2 (0.722%) CCIE
13 2 (0.722%) MCP
14 1 (0.361%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.776%) SLA
2 3 (1.083%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.361%) QA
3 1 (0.361%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 127 (45.85%) Active Directory
2 56 (20.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (8.303%) vSphere
4 12 (4.332%) XenApp
5 10 (3.610%) VMware ESX
5 10 (3.610%) Hyper-V
6 8 (2.888%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 8 (2.888%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (2.888%) Postfix
7 7 (2.527%) Terminal Services
7 7 (2.527%) NFS
8 5 (1.805%) Squid
8 5 (1.805%) Sendmail
8 5 (1.805%) Terminal Server
9 4 (1.444%) Nmap
10 3 (1.083%) NLBS
10 3 (1.083%) Forefront TMG
10 3 (1.083%) VMware Server
10 3 (1.083%) ISA Server
11 2 (0.722%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 18 (6.498%) SCCM
2 15 (5.415%) WSUS
3 13 (4.693%) HP SIM
3 13 (4.693%) Backup Exec
4 11 (3.971%) SCOM
5 7 (2.527%) Nagios
6 6 (2.166%) Tivoli
6 6 (2.166%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 5 (1.805%) Puppet
7 5 (1.805%) Norton AntiVirus
7 5 (1.805%) OpenView
8 4 (1.444%) HP Quality Center
9 3 (1.083%) NetBackup
9 3 (1.083%) Sysprep
10 2 (0.722%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.722%) Cisco IPCC
10 2 (0.722%) MOM
11 1 (0.361%) HP NNM
11 1 (0.361%) WhatsUp Gold
11 1 (0.361%) Cacti
Vendors
1 118 (42.60%) VMware
2 97 (35.02%) Microsoft
3 70 (25.27%) Cisco
4 64 (23.10%) HP
5 50 (18.05%) Juniper
6 43 (15.52%) Citrix
7 32 (11.55%) CheckPoint
8 29 (10.47%) NetApp
9 18 (6.498%) Altiris
10 17 (6.137%) Oracle
11 15 (5.415%) ProCurve
11 15 (5.415%) Blue Coat
11 15 (5.415%) Dell
11 15 (5.415%) F5
12 13 (4.693%) Symantec
13 12 (4.332%) EMC
13 12 (4.332%) Red Hat
14 9 (3.249%) Aruba
14 9 (3.249%) Cramer
14 9 (3.249%) IBM
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