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The table below looks at the demand for Domain Name System (DNS) skills within the Hertfordshire 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDomain Name System (DNS)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank99100
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads6287
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.036 %0.037 %
As % of the category below6.438 %8.341 %
Salaries quoted5678
Average minimum salary£34,050£34,096
Average salary£37,508£36,096
% change on same period last year+3.91 %
Average maximum salary£40,967£38,096
UK excluding London average salary£33,632£36,522
% change on same period last year-7.91 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads9631043
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.557 %0.449 %
Salaries quoted824885
Average minimum salary£36,366£36,978
Average salary£39,727£40,067
% change on same period last year-0.85 %
Average maximum salary£43,087£43,157
UK excluding London average salary£37,928£38,940
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
DNS East of EnglandDNS
East of England

DNS
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire DNS Salary Trend

DNS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DNS across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Hertfordshire DNS Salary Histogram

DNS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
StevenageUp+28£28,813-35.97 %
WatfordDown-26£36,750+7.42 %
St AlbansNew entry-6£37,500-
HitchinNew entry-6£29,833-
HertfordNew entry-5£26,000-
Welwyn Garden CityDown-171£51,000+74.47 %
WelwynNew entry-1£51,500-
DNS East of EnglandDNS
East of England

DNS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1127 (70.17 %)Active Directory
2121 (66.85 %)Windows
385 (46.96 %)Windows Server 2003
482 (45.30 %)DHCP
563 (34.81 %)Microsoft Certification
661 (33.70 %)Microsoft
758 (32.04 %)MS Exchange
852 (28.73 %)TCP/IP
852 (28.73 %)MCSE
951 (28.18 %)Cisco
1046 (25.41 %)Windows XP
1145 (24.86 %)Exchange Server 2003
1239 (21.55 %)MS Office
1337 (20.44 %)IBM
1337 (20.44 %)Cisco Certification
1436 (19.89 %)VPN
1535 (19.34 %)SAN
1633 (18.23 %)Firewall
1732 (17.68 %)Windows 2000
1829 (16.02 %)MS Excel
1925 (13.81 %)HP
1925 (13.81 %)Degree
1925 (13.81 %)Windows Vista
2023 (12.71 %)Pensions
2023 (12.71 %)Problem Management
2023 (12.71 %)Exchange Server 2007
2023 (12.71 %)IP Telephony
2023 (12.71 %)CCNA
2023 (12.71 %)WAN
2023 (12.71 %)Wi-Fi

DNS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (3.315 %)HTML
24 (2.210 %).NET
24 (2.210 %)ASP.NET
24 (2.210 %)CSS
33 (1.657 %)JDBC
33 (1.657 %)WebSphere
42 (1.105 %)XHTML
42 (1.105 %)J2EE
42 (1.105 %)ASP
51 (0.552 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
158 (32.04 %)MS Exchange
245 (24.86 %)Exchange Server 2003
323 (12.71 %)Exchange Server 2007
417 (9.392 %)Exchange Server 2000
513 (7.182 %)IIS
68 (4.420 %)Lotus Domino
76 (3.315 %)SharePoint
84 (2.210 %)Apache
93 (1.657 %)Lotus Notes
93 (1.657 %)WebSphere Application Server
93 (1.657 %)IBM HTTP Server
101 (0.552 %)BizTalk Server
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
139 (21.55 %)MS Office
229 (16.02 %)MS Excel
33 (1.657 %)Acrobat
33 (1.657 %)Photoshop
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
182 (45.30 %)DHCP
252 (28.73 %)TCP/IP
336 (19.89 %)VPN
435 (19.34 %)SAN
533 (18.23 %)Firewall
623 (12.71 %)Wi-Fi
623 (12.71 %)IP Telephony
623 (12.71 %)WAN
721 (11.60 %)LAN
815 (8.287 %)Wireless
913 (7.182 %)Cisco PIX
913 (7.182 %)Cisco ASA
1012 (6.630 %)Network Security
1012 (6.630 %)HTTP
1111 (6.077 %)IPX
1111 (6.077 %)Internet
1210 (5.525 %)ADSL
1210 (5.525 %)SMTP
139 (4.972 %)ISDN
146 (3.315 %)Intrusion Detection
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (7.182 %)SQL Server
28 (4.420 %)DB2
37 (3.867 %)MySQL
42 (1.105 %)Crystal Reports
42 (1.105 %)SQL Server 2005
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (1.105 %)AppScan
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
123 (12.71 %)Pensions
222 (12.15 %)Health
317 (9.392 %)Retail
413 (7.182 %)Finance
512 (6.630 %)Education
67 (3.867 %)Construction
76 (3.315 %)Government
76 (3.315 %)Insurance
83 (1.657 %)Manufacturing
83 (1.657 %)Games
92 (1.105 %)Auditing
101 (0.552 %)Online Games
101 (0.552 %)Telecoms
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
137 (20.44 %)Analyst
227 (14.92 %)Administrator
326 (14.36 %)Support Analyst
423 (12.71 %)Support Engineer
517 (9.392 %)Consultant
616 (8.840 %)Systems Administrator
715 (8.287 %)Desktop Support
715 (8.287 %)Technical Support
813 (7.182 %)Network Support
912 (6.630 %)Infrastructure Specialist
1011 (6.077 %)Support Consultant
1011 (6.077 %)Support Specialist
1011 (6.077 %)Field Engineer
1110 (5.525 %)Infrastructure Analyst
1110 (5.525 %)Network Engineer
1110 (5.525 %)Desktop Support Engineer
1110 (5.525 %)Desktop Engineer
1110 (5.525 %)Infrastructure Manager
129 (4.972 %)Technical Support Engineer
129 (4.972 %)Storage Administrator
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
116 (8.840 %)Mainframe
215 (8.287 %)Blackberry
312 (6.630 %)IBM Mainframe
49 (4.972 %)PDA
49 (4.972 %)CLARiiON
57 (3.867 %)Clustering
66 (3.315 %)Replication
66 (3.315 %)Computer Science
71 (0.552 %)IPTV
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1121 (66.85 %)Windows
285 (46.96 %)Windows Server 2003
346 (25.41 %)Windows XP
432 (17.68 %)Windows 2000
525 (13.81 %)Windows Vista
618 (9.945 %)UNIX
713 (7.182 %)Windows 2000 Server
812 (6.630 %)Linux
97 (3.867 %)Windows Server 2008
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
123 (12.71 %)Problem Management
215 (8.287 %)Project Management
314 (7.735 %)ITIL
411 (6.077 %)E-Commerce
510 (5.525 %)Change Management
69 (4.972 %)Disaster Recovery
69 (4.972 %)Network Design
69 (4.972 %)Security Cleared
75 (2.762 %)Time Management
75 (2.762 %)SC Cleared
75 (2.762 %)Security Management
83 (1.657 %)ERP
92 (1.105 %)Vulnerability Assessment
92 (1.105 %)Penetration Testing
92 (1.105 %)Automated Testing
101 (0.552 %)Load Balancing
101 (0.552 %)Network Planning
101 (0.552 %)Configuration Management
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
119 (10.50 %)SQL
211 (6.077 %)Perl
38 (4.420 %)Java
45 (2.762 %)VBA
52 (1.105 %)VBScript
52 (1.105 %)JavaScript
52 (1.105 %)C#
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
163 (34.81 %)Microsoft Certification
252 (28.73 %)MCSE
337 (20.44 %)Cisco Certification
425 (13.81 %)Degree
523 (12.71 %)CCNA
616 (8.840 %)CCNP
710 (5.525 %)ITIL Certification
84 (2.210 %)CCIE
93 (1.657 %)CCDP
102 (1.105 %)MCP
111 (0.552 %)MCITP
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (4.972 %)SLA
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1127 (70.17 %)Active Directory
211 (6.077 %)Terminal Services
310 (5.525 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
49 (4.972 %)NetBackup
52 (1.105 %)VMware Infrastructure
52 (1.105 %)WebInspect
61 (0.552 %)Backup Exec
61 (0.552 %)VMware Workstation
61 (0.552 %)Terminal Server
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
123 (12.71 %)MOM
222 (12.15 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
319 (10.50 %)CiscoWorks
410 (5.525 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
52 (1.105 %)Nessus
61 (0.552 %)Tivoli
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
161 (33.70 %)Microsoft
251 (28.18 %)Cisco
337 (20.44 %)IBM
425 (13.81 %)HP
520 (11.05 %)Citrix
618 (9.945 %)CheckPoint
712 (6.630 %)Dell
811 (6.077 %)VERITAS
811 (6.077 %)Lotus
910 (5.525 %)Brocade
109 (4.972 %)Avaya
109 (4.972 %)EMC
109 (4.972 %)Nortel
109 (4.972 %)Sun
118 (4.420 %)Oracle
126 (3.315 %)VMware
126 (3.315 %)CA
135 (2.762 %)Nokia
135 (2.762 %)Juniper
135 (2.762 %)Symantec