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The table below looks at the demand for Domain Name System (DNS) skills within the Worcestershire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited DNS over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDomain Name System (DNS)
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank1311
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.002 %
As % of the category below20.00 %20.00 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£307£315
% change on same period last year-2.33 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.44£30.02
% change on same period last year-18.57 %
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Worcestershire
Matching contract IT job ads510
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.011 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£330£200
Average daily rate£340£250
% change on same period last year+36.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£336
% change on same period last year+2.62 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£25.00
Average hourly rate£35.00£26.00
% change on same period last year+34.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00£27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.93£28.33
% change on same period last year-1.39 %
DNS West MidlandsDNS
West Midlands

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily 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 Worcestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
RedditchNew entry-1--
DNS West MidlandsDNS
West Midlands

DNS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire 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.

15 (55.56 %)Windows
15 (55.56 %)TCP/IP
24 (44.44 %)Cisco
24 (44.44 %)LAN
24 (44.44 %)WAN
33 (33.33 %)SMTP
33 (33.33 %)SNMP
33 (33.33 %)Electric
42 (22.22 %)Network Design
42 (22.22 %)Windows XP
42 (22.22 %)Sun
42 (22.22 %)Active Directory
42 (22.22 %)Compaq
42 (22.22 %)Dell
42 (22.22 %)DHCP
42 (22.22 %)Ethernet
42 (22.22 %)Solaris
42 (22.22 %)Windows 2000
42 (22.22 %)Firewall
42 (22.22 %)Cisco Certification
42 (22.22 %)DWDM
42 (22.22 %)MPLS
51 (11.11 %)ITIL Certification
51 (11.11 %)Thin Client
51 (11.11 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (11.11 %)Telecoms
51 (11.11 %)Finance
51 (11.11 %)IBM
51 (11.11 %)Windows NT
51 (11.11 %)Citrix

DNS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire 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.

Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (11.11 %)MS Office
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (55.56 %)TCP/IP
24 (44.44 %)LAN
24 (44.44 %)WAN
33 (33.33 %)SMTP
33 (33.33 %)SNMP
42 (22.22 %)DHCP
42 (22.22 %)Ethernet
42 (22.22 %)DWDM
42 (22.22 %)MPLS
42 (22.22 %)Firewall
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (33.33 %)Electric
21 (11.11 %)Telecoms
21 (11.11 %)Finance
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (22.22 %)Architect
12 (22.22 %)Analyst
12 (22.22 %)Cabling Engineer
12 (22.22 %)Data Centre Engineer
21 (11.11 %)Technical Support Engineer
21 (11.11 %)Helpdesk Support
21 (11.11 %)IT Support Analyst
21 (11.11 %)Technical Engineer
21 (11.11 %)Network Architect
21 (11.11 %)Network Engineer
21 (11.11 %)Support Analyst
21 (11.11 %)Technical Support
21 (11.11 %)Helpdesk Analyst
21 (11.11 %)Support Engineer
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (11.11 %)Thin Client
11 (11.11 %)Fat Client
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (55.56 %)Windows
22 (22.22 %)Solaris
22 (22.22 %)Windows 2000
22 (22.22 %)Windows XP
31 (11.11 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (11.11 %)Windows 2000 Server
31 (11.11 %)Windows NT
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (22.22 %)Network Design
21 (11.11 %)ITIL
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (22.22 %)Cisco Certification
21 (11.11 %)ITIL Certification
21 (11.11 %)Degree
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (22.22 %)Active Directory
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (44.44 %)Cisco
22 (22.22 %)Sun
22 (22.22 %)Compaq
22 (22.22 %)Dell
31 (11.11 %)Citrix
31 (11.11 %)IBM