The first table below looks at the demand for DNS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire 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 23 22 15
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -7
Contract jobs citing DNS 8 5 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 3.865% 2.049% 6.047%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.57% 16.67% 26.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 8
Average daily rate - - £275
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £375 £289
% change year-on-year
-20.00% +29.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 4
Average hourly rate £12.50 £15.25 £30.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.03% -50.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £25.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year
-32.00% +16.27%
All Communications & Networking
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
28 30 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 13.53% 12.30% 22.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 17
Average daily rate £275 £250 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £254 £175 £221
10% offered a daily rate of more than £381 £378 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 9 20
Average hourly rate £12.50 £31.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-59.67% +24.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.90 £16.50 £12.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.40 £36.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
DNS
West Midlands

DNS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire DNS Daily Rate Trend

DNS
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing DNS across the Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire 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
Warwick - 3 - -
DNS
West Midlands

DNS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 8 (88.89%) Windows
1 8 (88.89%) Windows Server 2003
1 8 (88.89%) Windows Server 2008
2 7 (77.78%) Windows XP
2 7 (77.78%) DHCP
2 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 7 (77.78%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (66.67%) Cisco
4 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
4 5 (55.56%) HP
4 5 (55.56%) EMC
4 5 (55.56%) Panasonic
5 4 (44.44%) TCP/IP
5 4 (44.44%) SCCM
5 4 (44.44%) Office 365
6 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
6 2 (22.22%) MS Exchange
6 2 (22.22%) LAN
6 2 (22.22%) MS Office
6 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
6 2 (22.22%) SAN
6 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (11.11%) IIS
7 1 (11.11%) Windows 2000
7 1 (11.11%) MCSE
7 1 (11.11%) Firewall
7 1 (11.11%) Automotive
7 1 (11.11%) VMware
7 1 (11.11%) Internet

DNS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) MS Exchange
1 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (11.11%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Office 365
2 2 (22.22%) MS Office
2 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) DHCP
2 4 (44.44%) TCP/IP
3 2 (22.22%) LAN
3 2 (22.22%) SAN
4 1 (11.11%) Firewall
4 1 (11.11%) Internet
General
1 1 (11.11%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Helpdesk Technician
2 2 (22.22%) Network Support Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Network Support
2 2 (22.22%) Network Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support
3 1 (11.11%) Web Administrator
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Windows
1 8 (88.89%) Windows Server 2003
1 8 (88.89%) Windows Server 2008
2 7 (77.78%) Windows XP
3 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
4 1 (11.11%) Windows 2000
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (11.11%) MCSE
2 1 (11.11%) MCITP
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 6 (66.67%) Cisco
3 5 (55.56%) HP
3 5 (55.56%) EMC
3 5 (55.56%) Panasonic
4 1 (11.11%) VMware
4 1 (11.11%) Websense