The first table below looks at the demand for DNS skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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 64 89 65
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -24
Contract jobs citing DNS 31 14 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.878% 0.628% 1.530%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.54% 5.054% 10.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 14
Average daily rate £250 £398 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-37.10% +50.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £105 £275 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £366 £450 £373
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £400 £286
% change year-on-year
-26.25% +39.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 6
Average hourly rate £13.00 £17.50 £24.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.71% -28.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.60 £13.90 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.40 £27.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £26.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-38.46% +4.00%
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
229 277 278
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 13.87% 12.42% 14.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 103 116
Average daily rate £275 £275 £314
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -12.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £150 £155
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 37 46
Average hourly rate £19.50 £22.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.70 £12.90 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.80 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
DNS
England

DNS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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
Warwickshire +2 8 - -
Worcestershire -5 8 £250 -23.07%
Coventry -2 4 £104 -
Birmingham +10 3 - -
Herefordshire - 2 £250 -
Shropshire +7 1 - -
Staffordshire - 1 - -
Dudley - 1 - -
DNS
England

DNS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 56 (74.67%) Active Directory
2 52 (69.33%) Windows
3 47 (62.67%) TCP/IP
4 44 (58.67%) DHCP
5 33 (44.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 32 (42.67%) Windows Server 2008
7 28 (37.33%) VMware
8 25 (33.33%) Microsoft
9 21 (28.00%) MS Exchange
9 21 (28.00%) Cisco
10 17 (22.67%) VMware Infrastructure
11 16 (21.33%) Terminal Services
11 16 (21.33%) Middleware
12 15 (20.00%) IBM HTTP Server
12 15 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (20.00%) IBM
12 15 (20.00%) HTTP
12 15 (20.00%) LDAP
12 15 (20.00%) JMS
12 15 (20.00%) .NET
12 15 (20.00%) DB2
12 15 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 15 (20.00%) WebSphere Process Server
12 15 (20.00%) WebSphere
13 14 (18.67%) Oracle
13 14 (18.67%) Web Services
13 14 (18.67%) Windows XP
13 14 (18.67%) Linux
13 14 (18.67%) SOA
13 14 (18.67%) Oracle HTTP Server

DNS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 16 (21.33%) Middleware
2 15 (20.00%) JMS
2 15 (20.00%) .NET
2 15 (20.00%) WebSphere
3 14 (18.67%) Web Services
4 1 (1.333%) XML
4 1 (1.333%) JDBC
4 1 (1.333%) SOAP
4 1 (1.333%) Java RMI
4 1 (1.333%) JMX
4 1 (1.333%) Application Packaging
4 1 (1.333%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 21 (28.00%) MS Exchange
2 15 (20.00%) IBM HTTP Server
2 15 (20.00%) WebSphere Process Server
3 14 (18.67%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 9 (12.00%) Exchange Server 2010
5 5 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2003
6 4 (5.333%) SharePoint 2010
6 4 (5.333%) SharePoint
6 4 (5.333%) Exchange Server 2007
7 3 (4.000%) IIS
8 2 (2.667%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (1.333%) Office Communications Server
9 1 (1.333%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (1.333%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (1.333%) ESB
Applications
1 13 (17.33%) MS Excel
2 6 (8.000%) MS Office
3 4 (5.333%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (1.333%) CODA-Financials
Communications & Networking
1 47 (62.67%) TCP/IP
2 44 (58.67%) DHCP
3 15 (20.00%) HTTP
3 15 (20.00%) LDAP
4 13 (17.33%) LAN
5 10 (13.33%) SAN
6 9 (12.00%) Firewall
6 9 (12.00%) WAN
6 9 (12.00%) xDSL
7 8 (10.67%) SMTP
7 8 (10.67%) SNMP
8 5 (6.667%) Internet
9 3 (4.000%) MPLS
10 2 (2.667%) Network Security
11 1 (1.333%) NAS
11 1 (1.333%) Wireless
11 1 (1.333%) VLAN
11 1 (1.333%) HTTPS
11 1 (1.333%) IIOP
11 1 (1.333%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (20.00%) DB2
2 6 (8.000%) Oracle 8/8i
3 4 (5.333%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.667%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (1.333%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (1.333%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (1.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 10 (13.33%) Finance
2 5 (6.667%) Legal
2 5 (6.667%) Banking
2 5 (6.667%) Investment Banking
3 3 (4.000%) Corporate Banking
3 3 (4.000%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.333%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 14 (18.67%) Analyst
2 9 (12.00%) Systems Analyst
2 9 (12.00%) Systems Support
2 9 (12.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 8 (10.67%) WebSphere Specialist
4 6 (8.000%) Support Engineer
5 5 (6.667%) Support Analyst
5 5 (6.667%) IT Manager
5 5 (6.667%) Administrator
6 4 (5.333%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (5.333%) WebSphere Administrator
6 4 (5.333%) Network Support
6 4 (5.333%) Data Centre Technician
7 3 (4.000%) Helpdesk Technician
7 3 (4.000%) Desktop Support
7 3 (4.000%) Network Support Engineer
7 3 (4.000%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (4.000%) Consultant
7 3 (4.000%) Network Engineer
8 2 (2.667%) Server Support
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.000%) Clustering
2 3 (4.000%) Blackberry
3 2 (2.667%) Replication
3 2 (2.667%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.333%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 52 (69.33%) Windows
2 33 (44.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 32 (42.67%) Windows Server 2008
4 15 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (18.67%) Linux
5 14 (18.67%) Windows XP
6 10 (13.33%) Windows 7
7 8 (10.67%) Solaris
8 4 (5.333%) Windows 2000
9 1 (1.333%) UNIX
9 1 (1.333%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (18.67%) SOA
2 7 (9.333%) ITIL
3 5 (6.667%) Strategic Planning
4 4 (5.333%) Problem Management
5 3 (4.000%) Business Transformation
5 3 (4.000%) Fund Management
5 3 (4.000%) Wealth Management
6 2 (2.667%) Migration
6 2 (2.667%) Business Continuity
6 2 (2.667%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (2.667%) Capacity Management
7 1 (1.333%) Release Management
7 1 (1.333%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (1.333%) Change Control
7 1 (1.333%) Data Management
7 1 (1.333%) Incident Management
7 1 (1.333%) Project Planning
7 1 (1.333%) Load Balancing
7 1 (1.333%) PRINCE2
7 1 (1.333%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.000%) SQL
1 3 (4.000%) VB
1 3 (4.000%) C
2 1 (1.333%) Java
2 1 (1.333%) Jython
2 1 (1.333%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (17.33%) SC Cleared
2 13 (17.33%) Security Cleared
3 5 (6.667%) MCP
4 4 (5.333%) MCSE
5 3 (4.000%) Degree
6 2 (2.667%) MCITP
6 2 (2.667%) CCNA
6 2 (2.667%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.333%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.333%) MCSA
7 1 (1.333%) CCNP
7 1 (1.333%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.667%) QA
2 2 (2.667%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 56 (74.67%) Active Directory
2 17 (22.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (21.33%) Terminal Services
4 6 (8.000%) vSphere
5 2 (2.667%) VMware Server
5 2 (2.667%) Hyper-V
5 2 (2.667%) XenServer
5 2 (2.667%) DFS Replication
6 1 (1.333%) XenApp
6 1 (1.333%) ISA Server
6 1 (1.333%) VMware ESX
6 1 (1.333%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (1.333%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 7 (9.333%) SCCM
2 3 (4.000%) Norton AntiVirus
2 3 (4.000%) WSUS
3 2 (2.667%) SCOM
4 1 (1.333%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (1.333%) HP SIM
4 1 (1.333%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (1.333%) NetBackup
4 1 (1.333%) Backup Exec
4 1 (1.333%) MOM
Vendors
1 28 (37.33%) VMware
2 25 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 21 (28.00%) Cisco
4 15 (20.00%) IBM
5 14 (18.67%) Red Hat
5 14 (18.67%) Oracle
6 12 (16.00%) HP
7 10 (13.33%) Citrix
8 7 (9.333%) Compaq
8 7 (9.333%) Dell
8 7 (9.333%) Sun
9 6 (8.000%) EMC
10 5 (6.667%) Panasonic
11 4 (5.333%) NetApp
12 3 (4.000%) Symantec
13 2 (2.667%) McAfee
14 1 (1.333%) Sophos
14 1 (1.333%) Websense
14 1 (1.333%) Altiris
14 1 (1.333%) ProCurve
Hereford, West Midlands
2nd/ 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer, Active Directory, Exchange, VMware, Windows ServerInfrastructure Analyst/Engineer - Contract - Hereford, £250Contract Urgent requirement for an experienced Infrastructure Analyst,The postholder will be responsible...
OPUS
Rate: GBP250 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013
Redditch, Worcestershire
knowledge of hardware, including PC (Compaq, Dell, Sun, etc.), Windows OSs, DNS, SMTP, SNMP, Modems, Disc Packs and Tape drives. Working knowledge of Windows Sun Solaris and their...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £18 - £20 per hour
Posted: 17 May 2013
Redditch, West Midlands
Knowledge of Hardware, including PC (Compaq, Dell, Sun, etc.), Windows OSs, DNS, SMTP, SNMP, Modems, Disc Packs and Tape drives. "Working knowledge of Windows Sun Solaris and their...
Fulcrum Telecom
Rate: £19.00 - £20.00 per hour
Posted: 18 May 2013