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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for DNS skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DNS over the 3 months to 9 February 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.

LinkDomain Name System (DNS)
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank168138151
Rank change year-on-year
Down-30Up+13
Matching contract IT job ads428518871
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.978 %1.126 %1.064 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category8.368 %7.721 %7.903 %
Daily rates quoted147139279
Average daily rate£320£315£338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.580 %-6.660 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£195£166£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£400£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£300£325
% change year-on-year
+7.330 %-7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted7187145
Average hourly rate£19.50£19.50£22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--13.33 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£13.90£13.25
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£34.60£32.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.00£22.50£22.50
% change year-on-year
-15.55 %-
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
5115670911021
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK11.68 %14.59 %13.46 %
Daily rates quoted187616232838
Average daily rate£350£340£365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.940 %-6.840 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£205£219
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£325£350
% change year-on-year
--7.140 %
Hourly rates quoted5008301498
Average hourly rate£21.00£23.25£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.670 %-7.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£12.00£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£42.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£24.00£26.50
% change year-on-year
-12.50 %-9.430 %

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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing DNS within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

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 within the UK.

DNS Daily Rate Trend

DNS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DNS within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

DNS Daily Rate Histogram

DNS
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing DNS within the UK.

DNS Hourly Rate Trend

DNS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DNS within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

DNS Hourly Rate Histogram

DNS
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 9 February 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
EnglandDown-35421£321+1.90 %
LondonDown-34234£315-3.07 %
City of LondonDown-5267£350-
South EastDown-4954£300-1.63 %
South WestUp+1432£325-13.33 %
YorkshireUp+2826£325-
North WestUp+525£250-10.31 %
BerkshireUp+220£300-4.00 %
WiltshireUp+3219£325-
East of EnglandUp+1219£278-4.31 %
East MidlandsUp+1218£325+95.48 %
ManchesterNo change017£195-30.04 %
West YorkshireUp+1216£324-
LeedsUp+2415£324-
SwindonUp+2514£325-
HampshireUp+212£300-
West MidlandsUp+1110£288-
SurreyDown-1210£381+38.63 %
ReadingUp+69£225-19.64 %
LeicestershireNew entry-8--
CheshireUp+27£300-
CambridgeshireNo change07£220-
DerbyshireDown-37£325+34.71 %
KnaresboroughNew entry-7--
North YorkshireNew entry-7--
HertfordshireUp+236£280-
GloucestershireUp+86--
CambridgeUp+26£220-
DerbyDown-26£325+34.71 %
WarwickshireNo change05--

DNS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1517 (60.68 %)Windows
2457 (53.64 %)DHCP
3384 (45.07 %)Active Directory
4305 (35.80 %)Windows Server 2003
5274 (32.16 %)TCP/IP
6262 (30.75 %)Microsoft
7229 (26.88 %)Firewall
8193 (22.65 %)MS Exchange
9190 (22.30 %)Linux
10182 (21.36 %)Cisco
11169 (19.84 %)Citrix
12158 (18.54 %)VMware
13157 (18.43 %)Windows Server 2008
14145 (17.02 %)UNIX
15143 (16.78 %)Windows XP
16142 (16.67 %)SAN
17137 (16.08 %)Security Cleared
18131 (15.38 %)WAN
18131 (15.38 %)SQL Server
19112 (13.15 %)LAN
20107 (12.56 %)HP
21104 (12.21 %)SQL
22103 (12.09 %)Exchange Server 2003
23100 (11.74 %)Red Hat Linux
23100 (11.74 %)ITIL
2496 (11.27 %)IIS
2594 (11.03 %)VMware Infrastructure
2693 (10.92 %)LDAP
2791 (10.68 %)Microsoft Certification
2791 (10.68 %)Exchange Server 2007

DNS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
144 (5.164 %).NET
233 (3.873 %)HTML
332 (3.756 %)XML
430 (3.521 %)CSS
518 (2.113 %)WMI
615 (1.761 %)Flash
615 (1.761 %)Web Services
711 (1.291 %)Application Packaging
87 (0.822 %)Spring
96 (0.704 %)WebSphere
96 (0.704 %)ASP
105 (0.587 %)ASP.NET
114 (0.469 %)J2EE
114 (0.469 %)XHTML
114 (0.469 %)WSH
123 (0.352 %)ADSI
123 (0.352 %)SOAP
123 (0.352 %)jQuery
132 (0.235 %)Zend Framework
132 (0.235 %)Oracle Streams
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1193 (22.65 %)MS Exchange
2103 (12.09 %)Exchange Server 2003
396 (11.27 %)IIS
491 (10.68 %)Exchange Server 2007
543 (5.047 %)SharePoint
640 (4.695 %)Apache
721 (2.465 %)Exchange Server 2000
819 (2.230 %)Lotus Notes
916 (1.878 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1010 (1.174 %)Tomcat
119 (1.056 %)Lotus Domino
128 (0.939 %)GroupWise
136 (0.704 %)Exchange Server 5.5
145 (0.587 %)CMS
153 (0.352 %)WebSphere Application Server
153 (0.352 %)WebLogic
153 (0.352 %)iPlanet
153 (0.352 %)WebSphere MQ
153 (0.352 %)SharePoint Server 2007
162 (0.235 %)Office Communications Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
173 (8.568 %)MS Office
256 (6.573 %)MS Excel
37 (0.822 %)MS Project
45 (0.587 %)MS Visio
53 (0.352 %)Photoshop
62 (0.235 %)AutoCAD
71 (0.117 %)Adobe Illustrator
71 (0.117 %)SPSS
71 (0.117 %)PrintSoft PReS
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (0.587 %)SoftGrid
23 (0.352 %)RMDS
23 (0.352 %)Oracle 11i
31 (0.117 %)Maximo
31 (0.117 %)Oracle Applications
31 (0.117 %)Microsoft CRM
31 (0.117 %)Line 50
31 (0.117 %)SAP Oil and Gas
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1457 (53.64 %)DHCP
2274 (32.16 %)TCP/IP
3229 (26.88 %)Firewall
4142 (16.67 %)SAN
5131 (15.38 %)WAN
6112 (13.15 %)LAN
793 (10.92 %)LDAP
890 (10.56 %)VPN
978 (9.155 %)Internet
1062 (7.277 %)SMTP
1150 (5.869 %)VoIP
1247 (5.516 %)HTTP
1341 (4.812 %)MPLS
1440 (4.695 %)OSPF
1536 (4.225 %)Wireless
1635 (4.108 %)Network Security
1726 (3.052 %)EIGRP
1726 (3.052 %)SMS
1825 (2.934 %)NAS
1825 (2.934 %)SSL
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1131 (15.38 %)SQL Server
245 (5.282 %)SQL Server 2005
333 (3.873 %)MySQL
430 (3.521 %)SQL Server 2000
518 (2.113 %)SQL Server 2008
68 (0.939 %)Oracle 10g
68 (0.939 %)RDBMS
77 (0.822 %)Oracle 9i
85 (0.587 %)SQL Server 7
85 (0.587 %)Sybase ASE
93 (0.352 %)ETL
93 (0.352 %)Datawarehouse
93 (0.352 %)MS Access
101 (0.117 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
101 (0.117 %)PostgreSQL
101 (0.117 %)Crystal Reports
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
125 (2.934 %)ClearCase
223 (2.700 %)ClearQuest
35 (0.587 %)TestDirector
44 (0.469 %)Dreamweaver
44 (0.469 %)Subversion
53 (0.352 %)Maven
62 (0.235 %)Atlassian Bamboo
71 (0.117 %)Eclipse
71 (0.117 %)Visual Studio
71 (0.117 %)JIRA
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
187 (10.21 %)Banking
282 (9.624 %)Finance
339 (4.577 %)Government
432 (3.756 %)Telecoms
530 (3.521 %)Investment Banking
615 (1.761 %)Front Office
714 (1.643 %)Law
811 (1.291 %)Legal
99 (1.056 %)Insurance
99 (1.056 %)Health
106 (0.704 %)Back Office
106 (0.704 %)Education
114 (0.469 %)Retail Banking
114 (0.469 %)Automotive
114 (0.469 %)Manufacturing
114 (0.469 %)Publishing
114 (0.469 %)Retail
123 (0.352 %)Financial Institution
123 (0.352 %)Local Government
132 (0.235 %)Pensions
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1149 (17.49 %)Analyst
298 (11.50 %)Administrator
384 (9.859 %)Support Engineer
456 (6.573 %)Architect
555 (6.455 %)Systems Administrator
653 (6.221 %)Support Analyst
749 (5.751 %)3rd Line Support
840 (4.695 %)Consultant
935 (4.108 %)Network Engineer
1033 (3.873 %)Infrastructure Specialist
1033 (3.873 %)Server Engineer
1132 (3.756 %)UNIX Administrator
1230 (3.521 %)Systems Engineer
1329 (3.404 %)Network Analyst
1329 (3.404 %)Security Analyst
1329 (3.404 %)Desktop Support
1427 (3.169 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
1427 (3.169 %)Developer
1427 (3.169 %)Infrastructure Analyst
1525 (2.934 %)Technical Support
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
188 (10.33 %)Clustering
245 (5.282 %)PKI
333 (3.873 %)Blackberry
421 (2.465 %)Client/Server
520 (2.347 %)NHS
613 (1.526 %)Replication
711 (1.291 %)Thin Client
711 (1.291 %)PDA
711 (1.291 %)Fat Client
810 (1.174 %)Smartcard
99 (1.056 %)DTV
106 (0.704 %)iSeries
106 (0.704 %)SecurID
115 (0.587 %)Management Information System
124 (0.469 %)Firmware
124 (0.469 %)Equities
133 (0.352 %)Cryptography
133 (0.352 %)Fixed Income
133 (0.352 %)Device Driver
133 (0.352 %)HACMP
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1517 (60.68 %)Windows
2305 (35.80 %)Windows Server 2003
3190 (22.30 %)Linux
4157 (18.43 %)Windows Server 2008
5145 (17.02 %)UNIX
6143 (16.78 %)Windows XP
7100 (11.74 %)Red Hat Linux
890 (10.56 %)Solaris
989 (10.45 %)Windows 2000
1078 (9.155 %)Windows Vista
1153 (6.221 %)Windows 2000 Server
1248 (5.634 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1333 (3.873 %)HPUX
1426 (3.052 %)Windows 7
1516 (1.878 %)Windows NT
1614 (1.643 %)AIX
178 (0.939 %)SUSE
186 (0.704 %)CentOS
186 (0.704 %)Windows Mobile
195 (0.587 %)NetWare
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1100 (11.74 %)ITIL
257 (6.690 %)Migration
340 (4.695 %)Load Balancing
438 (4.460 %)Configuration Management
528 (3.286 %)Project Management
621 (2.465 %)Agile Software Development
720 (2.347 %)Capacity Planning
817 (1.995 %)Service Management
916 (1.878 %)Test Automation
1014 (1.643 %)User Acceptance Testing
1113 (1.526 %)Service Delivery
1113 (1.526 %)Software Testing
1212 (1.408 %)Problem Management
1212 (1.408 %)Requirements Analysis
1212 (1.408 %)PRINCE2
1212 (1.408 %)E-Commerce
1311 (1.291 %)Change Management
1410 (1.174 %)PRINCE
1410 (1.174 %)Disaster Recovery
159 (1.056 %)Network Design
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1104 (12.21 %)SQL
274 (8.685 %)Perl
363 (7.394 %)C
440 (4.695 %)VBScript
538 (4.460 %)PowerShell
635 (4.108 %)Shell Script
729 (3.404 %)VB
826 (3.052 %)C#
923 (2.700 %)Java
923 (2.700 %)JavaScript
1022 (2.582 %)C++
1121 (2.465 %)VB.NET
1219 (2.230 %)PHP
1317 (1.995 %)Tcl
1414 (1.643 %)Korn
1513 (1.526 %)ActionScript
1611 (1.291 %)Assembly Language
1611 (1.291 %)Bash shell
178 (0.939 %)VB6
184 (0.469 %)Bourne shell
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1137 (16.08 %)Security Cleared
291 (10.68 %)Microsoft Certification
387 (10.21 %)SC Cleared
475 (8.803 %)MCSE
560 (7.042 %)Cisco Certification
635 (4.108 %)CCNP
734 (3.991 %)Degree
734 (3.991 %)CCNA
828 (3.286 %)MCP
926 (3.052 %)DV Cleared
1017 (1.995 %)MCSA
119 (1.056 %)Citrix Certification
128 (0.939 %)BC Cleared
128 (0.939 %)CCIE
137 (0.822 %)CCSE
137 (0.822 %)HNC
137 (0.822 %)CCA
146 (0.704 %)MCITP
146 (0.704 %)CISSP
146 (0.704 %)Network+ Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
112 (1.408 %)SLA
24 (0.469 %)QA
32 (0.235 %)ISO27001
41 (0.117 %)TickIT
41 (0.117 %)ISO9001
41 (0.117 %)JSP 440
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1384 (45.07 %)Active Directory
294 (11.03 %)VMware Infrastructure
352 (6.103 %)VMware ESX
444 (5.164 %)NetBackup
538 (4.460 %)NFS
634 (3.991 %)XenApp
725 (2.934 %)ISA Server
820 (2.347 %)Hyper-V
919 (2.230 %)Terminal Server
919 (2.230 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1016 (1.878 %)Oracle RAC
1114 (1.643 %)Veritas Cluster Server
1114 (1.643 %)Backup Exec
1211 (1.291 %)VMware Workstation
1211 (1.291 %)Terminal Services
1211 (1.291 %)MetaFrame
139 (1.056 %)Veritas Volume Manager
139 (1.056 %)Veritas File System
145 (0.587 %)VMware Server
145 (0.587 %)Sendmail
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
140 (4.695 %)WSUS
238 (4.460 %)MOM
238 (4.460 %)SCCM
330 (3.521 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
422 (2.582 %)SCOM
511 (1.291 %)ARCserve
610 (1.174 %)Norton AntiVirus
78 (0.939 %)EMC NetWorker
87 (0.822 %)Nagios
87 (0.822 %)McAfee ePO
96 (0.704 %)Legato
96 (0.704 %)Tivoli
96 (0.704 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
105 (0.587 %)OpenView Configuration Management
114 (0.469 %)MAILsweeper
123 (0.352 %)OpenView
123 (0.352 %)CiscoWorks
123 (0.352 %)ZENworks
123 (0.352 %)MIMEsweeper
123 (0.352 %)HP Data Protector
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1262 (30.75 %)Microsoft
2182 (21.36 %)Cisco
3169 (19.84 %)Citrix
4158 (18.54 %)VMware
5107 (12.56 %)HP
684 (9.859 %)Red Hat
762 (7.277 %)CheckPoint
852 (6.103 %)Veritas
947 (5.516 %)Oracle
1043 (5.047 %)Sun
1142 (4.930 %)NetApp
1239 (4.577 %)IBM
1337 (4.343 %)EMC
1337 (4.343 %)Symantec
1430 (3.521 %)Nokia
1528 (3.286 %)McAfee
1528 (3.286 %)SolarWinds
1624 (2.817 %)Blue Coat
1723 (2.700 %)Juniper
1723 (2.700 %)JBoss