The first table below looks at the demand for DNS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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 42 78 90
Rank change year-on-year
+36 +12
Contract jobs citing DNS 74 34 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 3.983% 1.522% 0.437%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.57% 12.10% 4.124%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 25 3
Average daily rate £275 £245 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.24% -36.77%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £375 £289
% change year-on-year
-20.00% +29.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Average hourly rate £15.50 £30.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-48.33% +20.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £25.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year
-32.00% +16.27%
All Communications & Networking
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
314 281 194
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 16.90% 12.58% 10.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 141 81
Average daily rate £300 £280 £336
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -16.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £190 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 37 32
Average hourly rate £16.50 £14.25 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.78% -54.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.42 £11.90 £11.93
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £115.00 £35.00 £60.00
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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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
West Yorkshire +29 61 £275 +12.24%
South Yorkshire +5 5 £363 +6.61%
North Yorkshire +4 3 £394 +242.39%
East Yorkshire -1 3 - -
DNS
England

DNS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 54 (61.36%) Linux
2 50 (56.82%) DHCP
3 45 (51.14%) Python
4 44 (50.00%) Web Services
4 44 (50.00%) Amazon AWS
4 44 (50.00%) Bash shell
5 42 (47.73%) C++
5 42 (47.73%) PHP
5 42 (47.73%) Apache
6 41 (46.59%) Ruby
7 38 (43.18%) Amazon EC2
7 38 (43.18%) Amazon S3
7 38 (43.18%) nginx
7 38 (43.18%) Kanban
7 38 (43.18%) MySQL
7 38 (43.18%) MongoDB
7 38 (43.18%) Node.js
7 38 (43.18%) Redis
7 38 (43.18%) Route 53
7 38 (43.18%) Amazon RDS
8 35 (39.77%) Internet
9 33 (37.50%) Puppet
10 32 (36.36%) Configuration Management
10 32 (36.36%) TCP/IP
11 28 (31.82%) SSL
11 28 (31.82%) Client/Server
12 26 (29.55%) Oracle
12 26 (29.55%) Windows
12 26 (29.55%) Load Balancing
13 25 (28.41%) Telecoms

DNS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 44 (50.00%) Web Services
2 38 (43.18%) Node.js
3 15 (17.05%) POSIX
4 10 (11.36%) J2EE
5 7 (7.955%) REST
5 7 (7.955%) CSS3
5 7 (7.955%) jQuery
5 7 (7.955%) HTML5
5 7 (7.955%) Hibernate
5 7 (7.955%) Spring
5 7 (7.955%) CSS
5 7 (7.955%) SOAP
6 4 (4.545%) LAMP
7 3 (3.409%) WebSphere
8 1 (1.136%) Java EE
8 1 (1.136%) Middleware
8 1 (1.136%) ASP
8 1 (1.136%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 44 (50.00%) Amazon AWS
2 42 (47.73%) Apache
3 38 (43.18%) Amazon EC2
3 38 (43.18%) Amazon S3
3 38 (43.18%) nginx
3 38 (43.18%) Route 53
4 14 (15.91%) MS Exchange
5 8 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2010
6 7 (7.955%) Adobe CQ
6 7 (7.955%) Apache Solr
6 7 (7.955%) Tomcat
7 5 (5.682%) Exchange Server 2003
7 5 (5.682%) IIS
8 4 (4.545%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (3.409%) WebSphere Application Server
10 2 (2.273%) IBM HTTP Server
10 2 (2.273%) Lync
11 1 (1.136%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (1.136%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (6.818%) MS Office
1 6 (6.818%) MS Excel
2 3 (3.409%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (3.409%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (14.77%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (56.82%) DHCP
2 35 (39.77%) Internet
3 32 (36.36%) TCP/IP
4 28 (31.82%) SSL
5 23 (26.14%) HTTP
6 14 (15.91%) Intrusion Detection
6 14 (15.91%) Firewall
7 9 (10.23%) VPN
8 7 (7.955%) SAN
9 5 (5.682%) WAN
9 5 (5.682%) LAN
10 4 (4.545%) OSPF
10 4 (4.545%) SSH
10 4 (4.545%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (4.545%) Network Security
11 3 (3.409%) Frame Relay
11 3 (3.409%) BGP
12 2 (2.273%) NetScreen
12 2 (2.273%) MPLS
12 2 (2.273%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (43.18%) MySQL
1 38 (43.18%) MongoDB
1 38 (43.18%) Redis
1 38 (43.18%) Amazon RDS
2 17 (19.32%) NoSQL
3 15 (17.05%) SimpleDB
3 15 (17.05%) RDBMS
3 15 (17.05%) Couchbase
4 5 (5.682%) SQL Server
5 2 (2.273%) DB2
6 1 (1.136%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 7 (7.955%) Jenkins
1 7 (7.955%) Git (software)
1 7 (7.955%) Maven
General
1 25 (28.41%) Telecoms
2 2 (2.273%) Finance
3 1 (1.136%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.136%) Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (20.45%) Software Engineer
2 11 (12.50%) Operations Engineer
3 8 (9.091%) Support Engineer
3 8 (9.091%) 2nd Line Support
4 7 (7.955%) Java Developer
4 7 (7.955%) Developer
4 7 (7.955%) Analyst
5 6 (6.818%) Administrator
6 5 (5.682%) Consultant
6 5 (5.682%) Network Engineer
7 4 (4.545%) Support Analyst
7 4 (4.545%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 4 (4.545%) Linux Engineer
8 3 (3.409%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 3 (3.409%) Server Administrator
8 3 (3.409%) Security Engineer
8 3 (3.409%) Network Consultant
8 3 (3.409%) Desktop Support
8 3 (3.409%) Network Security Engineer
9 2 (2.273%) Customer Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 28 (31.82%) Client/Server
2 3 (3.409%) Replication
2 3 (3.409%) Clustering
3 2 (2.273%) Thin Client
3 2 (2.273%) Blackberry
3 2 (2.273%) iPad
3 2 (2.273%) iPhone
3 2 (2.273%) Fat Client
4 1 (1.136%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.136%) SaaS
4 1 (1.136%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 54 (61.36%) Linux
2 26 (29.55%) Windows
3 13 (14.77%) Windows Server 2008
3 13 (14.77%) Windows Server 2003
4 10 (11.36%) Windows XP
5 7 (7.955%) Windows 7
6 6 (6.818%) UNIX
7 5 (5.682%) NetWare
7 5 (5.682%) Solaris
8 4 (4.545%) Windows 2000 Server
9 2 (2.273%) HPUX
10 1 (1.136%) Apple iOS
10 1 (1.136%) Windows 8
10 1 (1.136%) CentOS
10 1 (1.136%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (1.136%) Debian
10 1 (1.136%) Mac OS X
10 1 (1.136%) VMS
10 1 (1.136%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (43.18%) Kanban
2 32 (36.36%) Configuration Management
3 26 (29.55%) Load Balancing
4 24 (27.27%) TDD
4 24 (27.27%) Test Automation
5 21 (23.86%) Scrum
6 18 (20.45%) Security Testing
7 16 (18.18%) Capacity Management
7 16 (18.18%) Incident Management
8 15 (17.05%) Continuous Integration
9 8 (9.091%) SOA
10 7 (7.955%) BDD
10 7 (7.955%) Software Engineering
11 6 (6.818%) ITIL
11 6 (6.818%) Performance Testing
12 3 (3.409%) Network Load Balancing
12 3 (3.409%) Project Management
13 2 (2.273%) Network Design
13 2 (2.273%) Disaster Recovery
13 2 (2.273%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (51.14%) Python
2 44 (50.00%) Bash shell
3 42 (47.73%) C++
3 42 (47.73%) PHP
4 41 (46.59%) Ruby
5 25 (28.41%) Java
6 24 (27.27%) Perl
7 7 (7.955%) JavaScript
8 6 (6.818%) SQL
9 4 (4.545%) Shell Script
10 2 (2.273%) C
11 1 (1.136%) PowerShell
11 1 (1.136%) VBScript
11 1 (1.136%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (9.091%) SC Cleared
1 8 (9.091%) Security Cleared
2 6 (6.818%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (6.818%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (4.545%) MCSE
4 3 (3.409%) CCNP
4 3 (3.409%) MCP
5 2 (2.273%) CCIE
5 2 (2.273%) CCNA
6 1 (1.136%) CCSE
6 1 (1.136%) JNCIP
6 1 (1.136%) JNCIE
6 1 (1.136%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.136%) Degree
6 1 (1.136%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.273%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (20.45%) Active Directory
2 10 (11.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.545%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.273%) Terminal Server
4 2 (2.273%) VMware ESX
4 2 (2.273%) vSphere
5 1 (1.136%) Sendmail
5 1 (1.136%) XenApp
5 1 (1.136%) XenServer
5 1 (1.136%) Samba
5 1 (1.136%) ProxySG
5 1 (1.136%) Xen
5 1 (1.136%) Terminal Services
5 1 (1.136%) NFS
Systems Management
1 33 (37.50%) Puppet
2 3 (3.409%) WSUS
2 3 (3.409%) McAfee ePO
2 3 (3.409%) ARCserve
3 2 (2.273%) SolarWinds Orion
4 1 (1.136%) Cisco UCCX
4 1 (1.136%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (1.136%) SCCM
4 1 (1.136%) SCOM
4 1 (1.136%) PureDisk
4 1 (1.136%) DameWare
4 1 (1.136%) Backup Exec
4 1 (1.136%) Nagios
4 1 (1.136%) Tivoli
4 1 (1.136%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 26 (29.55%) Oracle
2 20 (22.73%) VMware
3 17 (19.32%) Percona
4 16 (18.18%) Microsoft
5 15 (17.05%) Cisco
6 12 (13.64%) Citrix
7 7 (7.955%) hybris
7 7 (7.955%) NetApp
7 7 (7.955%) Adobe
8 6 (6.818%) Juniper
8 6 (6.818%) McAfee
9 5 (5.682%) SolarWinds
9 5 (5.682%) Blue Coat
9 5 (5.682%) HP
9 5 (5.682%) Novell
10 4 (4.545%) IBM
10 4 (4.545%) F5
11 3 (3.409%) Riverbed
11 3 (3.409%) CheckPoint
11 3 (3.409%) Red Hat
West Yorkshire
Key Skills Required:- -Extensive experience with support and maintaining a large scale Microsoft Infrastructure (must be able to provide examples) -Windows Server 2003-2008r2 -Active Directory -Exchange 2003-...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bradford, West Yorkshire
Good knowledge of Microsoft Office products in network environment... * Windows Server 2003 and 2008 * Understanding of IP networking DNS, DHCP, Routing, etc Desirable Skills: Microsoft Qualified or Certifications...
ninesharp
Posted: 20 May 2013
Halifax, West Yorkshire
VMWare. Citrix. Active directory and Windows based domains... DNS, DHCP servers... Antivirus solutions (Symantec, McAfee, Trend Micro) Backup solutions (Symantec backup exec, ArcServe etc.) TCP/ IP and Networking...
Spinnaker Red
Rate: From £280 to £300 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Graduate Cloud Operations Engineer, Amazon Web Services, Linux Systems-£80-90 Per day - 6 MonthsMy worldwide market leading client is currently searching for enthusiastic IT Graduates to join...
OPUS
Rate: GBP80 to GBP90 per day
Posted: 30 April 2013
East Riding
The successful UNIX Engineer must have experience in: * Detailed knowledge of Solaris as primary skill and Linux as secondary skill, additional knowledge of HPUX, AIX,VMS would be...
E-synergy Solutions
Rate: £200 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013