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The table below looks at the demand for Domain Name System (DNS) skills within the Bedford region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DNS over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDomain Name System (DNS)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank4030
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching permanent IT job ads58
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.003 %
As % of the category below10.00 %30.77 %
Salaries quoted52
Average minimum salary£31,000£38,000
Average salary£31,700£38,000
% change on same period last year-16.57 %
Average maximum salary£32,400£38,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,994£36,796
% change on same period last year-10.33 %
Bedford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Bedford
Matching permanent IT job ads5026
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.028 %0.011 %
Salaries quoted4720
Average minimum salary£33,953£31,053
Average salary£35,320£36,132
% change on same period last year-2.24 %
Average maximum salary£36,686£41,211
UK excluding London average salary£37,602£39,396
% change on same period last year-4.55 %
DNS BedfordshireDNS
Bedfordshire

DNS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing DNS across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bedford DNS Demand Trend

DNS
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing DNS across the Bedford region.

Bedford DNS Salary Trend

DNS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DNS across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Bedford DNS Salary Histogram

DNS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited DNS.

19 (64.29 %)Windows
28 (57.14 %)Active Directory
36 (42.86 %)Internet
36 (42.86 %)Windows XP
45 (35.71 %)Cisco
45 (35.71 %)Microsoft Certification
45 (35.71 %)Windows Server 2003
54 (28.57 %)Exchange Server 2003
54 (28.57 %)SQL Server 2005
54 (28.57 %)Windows 2000 Server
54 (28.57 %)VMware
54 (28.57 %)Nokia
54 (28.57 %)VERITAS
54 (28.57 %)Extranet
54 (28.57 %)CCNP
54 (28.57 %)Cisco Certification
54 (28.57 %)DHCP
54 (28.57 %)MS Exchange
54 (28.57 %)SQL Server
63 (21.43 %)Windows 2000
63 (21.43 %)Lotus Notes
63 (21.43 %)Lotus Domino
63 (21.43 %)MCSE
63 (21.43 %)IBM
63 (21.43 %)McAfee Security
63 (21.43 %)Blackberry
63 (21.43 %)Lotus
63 (21.43 %)Intel
63 (21.43 %)SharePoint
63 (21.43 %)MCDST

DNS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited DNS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bedford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (7.143 %).NET
11 (7.143 %).NET Framework
Bedford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (28.57 %)MS Exchange
14 (28.57 %)Exchange Server 2003
23 (21.43 %)Lotus Notes
23 (21.43 %)Lotus Domino
23 (21.43 %)SharePoint
32 (14.29 %)IIS
41 (7.143 %)Apache
41 (7.143 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Bedford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (14.29 %)MS Excel
21 (7.143 %)MS Office
Bedford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (42.86 %)Internet
24 (28.57 %)Extranet
24 (28.57 %)DHCP
32 (14.29 %)TCP/IP
32 (14.29 %)Firewall
32 (14.29 %)LAN
32 (14.29 %)WAN
41 (7.143 %)LDAP
41 (7.143 %)Wireless
41 (7.143 %)VPN
41 (7.143 %)SSL
Bedford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (28.57 %)SQL Server
14 (28.57 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2000
Bedford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (7.143 %)Telecoms
11 (7.143 %)Education
11 (7.143 %)Health
Bedford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (35.71 %)Network Engineer
24 (28.57 %)Cisco Engineer
24 (28.57 %)Cisco Network Engineer
33 (21.43 %)Network Support Technician
33 (21.43 %)Network Support
33 (21.43 %)Support Technician
33 (21.43 %)Support Analyst
33 (21.43 %)Analyst
33 (21.43 %)Network Technician
42 (14.29 %)Desktop Support
42 (14.29 %)Desktop Support Technician
42 (14.29 %)Server Support Technician
42 (14.29 %)Server Support
51 (7.143 %)Network Team Leader
51 (7.143 %)2nd Line Support Technician
51 (7.143 %)IT Support Engineer
51 (7.143 %)Technical Project Manager
51 (7.143 %)Systems Engineer
51 (7.143 %)Senior Support Engineer
51 (7.143 %)Technical Manager
Bedford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (21.43 %)Blackberry
21 (7.143 %)Management Information System
21 (7.143 %)IPTV
Bedford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (64.29 %)Windows
26 (42.86 %)Windows XP
35 (35.71 %)Windows Server 2003
44 (28.57 %)Windows 2000 Server
53 (21.43 %)Windows 2000
62 (14.29 %)Linux
71 (7.143 %)UNIX
71 (7.143 %)Solaris
71 (7.143 %)FreeBSD
71 (7.143 %)Windows Vista
71 (7.143 %)Red Hat Linux
Bedford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (7.143 %)Project Management
11 (7.143 %)Web Development
Bedford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (14.29 %)SQL
21 (7.143 %)VB.NET
21 (7.143 %)C#
Bedford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (35.71 %)Microsoft Certification
24 (28.57 %)CCNP
24 (28.57 %)Cisco Certification
33 (21.43 %)MCSE
33 (21.43 %)MCDST
42 (14.29 %)MCSA
Bedford IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (7.143 %)SLA
Bedford IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (57.14 %)Active Directory
23 (21.43 %)Backup Exec
31 (7.143 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (7.143 %)VMware ESX
31 (7.143 %)NetBackup
Bedford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (35.71 %)Cisco
24 (28.57 %)Nokia
24 (28.57 %)VERITAS
24 (28.57 %)VMware
33 (21.43 %)McAfee Security
33 (21.43 %)Intel
33 (21.43 %)Lotus
33 (21.43 %)IBM
42 (14.29 %)Microsoft
51 (7.143 %)Sun
51 (7.143 %)Red Hat
51 (7.143 %)CheckPoint
51 (7.143 %)Oracle