The first table below looks at the demand for DNS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Domain Name System (DNS)
Rank 96 88 86
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -2
Permanent jobs citing DNS 51 41 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 1.941% 1.957% 1.700%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.21% 11.02% 10.00%
Number of salaries quoted 48 25 24
Average salary £27,500 £27,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £20,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £37,500 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £33,329
% change year-on-year
+7.14% +5.01%
All Communications & Networking
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
455 372 310
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 17.31% 17.76% 17.00%
Number of salaries quoted 380 295 257
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
DNS
West Yorkshire

DNS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds DNS Jobs Demand Trend

DNS
Salary Trend

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

Leeds DNS Salary Trend

DNS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DNS across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Leeds DNS Salary Histogram

DNS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

1 62 (70.45%) Linux
2 53 (60.23%) Windows
3 40 (45.45%) TCP/IP
4 38 (43.18%) DHCP
5 37 (42.05%) FTP
6 36 (40.91%) Red Hat
7 35 (39.77%) VMware
8 34 (38.64%) Active Directory
9 32 (36.36%) Microsoft
10 30 (34.09%) Windows Server 2008
11 29 (32.95%) Firewall
12 26 (29.55%) Debian
12 26 (29.55%) SAN
13 25 (28.41%) Windows Server 2003
13 25 (28.41%) SQL
14 24 (27.27%) UNIX
14 24 (27.27%) LAMP
15 23 (26.14%) Cisco
16 22 (25.00%) MS Exchange
17 20 (22.73%) ITIL
17 20 (22.73%) Telecoms
18 18 (20.45%) MySQL
18 18 (20.45%) Security Cleared
19 17 (19.32%) HTTP
20 15 (17.05%) IIS
20 15 (17.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
21 14 (15.91%) VMware Infrastructure
21 14 (15.91%) Cisco ASA
21 14 (15.91%) Cisco Certification
22 13 (14.77%) Microsoft Certification

DNS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

Application Development
1 24 (27.27%) LAMP
2 6 (6.818%) HTML
2 6 (6.818%) CSS
2 6 (6.818%) jQuery
3 4 (4.545%) .NET
3 4 (4.545%) Zend Framework
3 4 (4.545%) XHTML
4 3 (3.409%) Middleware
5 2 (2.273%) Web Services
6 1 (1.136%) Node.js
Application Platforms
1 22 (25.00%) MS Exchange
2 15 (17.05%) IIS
3 12 (13.64%) SharePoint
4 10 (11.36%) Apache
4 10 (11.36%) Exchange Server 2010
5 6 (6.818%) WordPress
5 6 (6.818%) CMS
6 4 (4.545%) Magento
6 4 (4.545%) Moodle
6 4 (4.545%) SharePoint Server
6 4 (4.545%) SugarCRM
7 3 (3.409%) Lync
7 3 (3.409%) Exchange Server 2003
7 3 (3.409%) WebLogic
8 2 (2.273%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (1.136%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (1.136%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 10 (11.36%) MS Excel
2 5 (5.682%) Office 365
3 1 (1.136%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (4.545%) Google Analytics
2 3 (3.409%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 40 (45.45%) TCP/IP
2 38 (43.18%) DHCP
3 37 (42.05%) FTP
4 29 (32.95%) Firewall
5 26 (29.55%) SAN
6 17 (19.32%) HTTP
7 14 (15.91%) Cisco ASA
8 12 (13.64%) VoIP
9 8 (9.091%) SMTP
9 8 (9.091%) SSH
10 7 (7.955%) PBX
10 7 (7.955%) WAN
11 6 (6.818%) LAN
12 5 (5.682%) BIG-IP
13 4 (4.545%) VLAN
13 4 (4.545%) Cisco Nexus
13 4 (4.545%) VPN
13 4 (4.545%) SSL
14 3 (3.409%) Cisco IOS
14 3 (3.409%) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (20.45%) MySQL
2 10 (11.36%) SQL Server
3 4 (4.545%) Crystal Reports
4 3 (3.409%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (3.409%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (3.409%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.136%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (1.136%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (1.136%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 4 (4.545%) Git (software)
2 1 (1.136%) Visual Studio
General
1 20 (22.73%) Telecoms
2 7 (7.955%) Finance
3 5 (5.682%) Marketing
4 4 (4.545%) Retail
Job Titles
1 36 (40.91%) Administrator
2 33 (37.50%) Systems Administrator
3 23 (26.14%) Linux Systems Administrator
3 23 (26.14%) Linux Administrator
4 9 (10.23%) Systems Engineer
5 7 (7.955%) Analyst
5 7 (7.955%) Support Engineer
6 5 (5.682%) Support Analyst
6 5 (5.682%) IT Support
7 4 (4.545%) 3rd Line Support
8 3 (3.409%) IT Support Engineer
8 3 (3.409%) Technical Engineer
8 3 (3.409%) Developer
8 3 (3.409%) Consultant
8 3 (3.409%) Database Analyst
8 3 (3.409%) Server Administrator
8 3 (3.409%) WebLogic Administrator
8 3 (3.409%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 2 (2.273%) Front-End Developer
9 2 (2.273%) Front-End Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.545%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 3 (3.409%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (2.273%) iPad
3 2 (2.273%) Firmware
3 2 (2.273%) Blackberry
3 2 (2.273%) Replication
3 2 (2.273%) Clustering
3 2 (2.273%) IVR
3 2 (2.273%) SecurID
4 1 (1.136%) CMDB
4 1 (1.136%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.136%) Mobile Computing
4 1 (1.136%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.136%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 62 (70.45%) Linux
2 53 (60.23%) Windows
3 30 (34.09%) Windows Server 2008
4 26 (29.55%) Debian
5 25 (28.41%) Windows Server 2003
6 24 (27.27%) UNIX
7 15 (17.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (7.955%) Windows 7
9 5 (5.682%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (4.545%) CentOS
11 3 (3.409%) HPUX
11 3 (3.409%) Windows XP
12 2 (2.273%) Mac OS X
12 2 (2.273%) Ubuntu
13 1 (1.136%) Mac OS X Server
13 1 (1.136%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (22.73%) ITIL
2 12 (13.64%) Service Delivery
2 12 (13.64%) E-Commerce
3 7 (7.955%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (5.682%) Load Balancing
4 5 (5.682%) Capacity Planning
4 5 (5.682%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (4.545%) Analytics
5 4 (4.545%) High Availability
5 4 (4.545%) Data Analysis
5 4 (4.545%) Project Management
5 4 (4.545%) OO
6 3 (3.409%) SOA
6 3 (3.409%) Performance Management
7 2 (2.273%) B2B
7 2 (2.273%) Content Management
7 2 (2.273%) SEO
7 2 (2.273%) Enterprise Architecture
8 1 (1.136%) Problem Management
8 1 (1.136%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 25 (28.41%) SQL
2 9 (10.23%) PHP
3 7 (7.955%) Shell Script
4 6 (6.818%) JavaScript
5 3 (3.409%) Java
6 2 (2.273%) Bash shell
7 1 (1.136%) Ruby
7 1 (1.136%) Python
7 1 (1.136%) Perl
7 1 (1.136%) C
7 1 (1.136%) C++
Qualifications
1 18 (20.45%) Security Cleared
2 14 (15.91%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (14.77%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (12.50%) CCNA
5 10 (11.36%) MCSE
6 8 (9.091%) MCP
6 8 (9.091%) MCITP
7 7 (7.955%) CCNP
8 6 (6.818%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 5 (5.682%) MCSA
10 2 (2.273%) MCDBA
10 2 (2.273%) A+ Certification
10 2 (2.273%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (2.273%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (2.273%) Server+ Certification
10 2 (2.273%) MCTS
10 2 (2.273%) SC Cleared
11 1 (1.136%) Degree
11 1 (1.136%) MCDST
11 1 (1.136%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.23%) PCI DSS
2 5 (5.682%) SLA
3 2 (2.273%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 34 (38.64%) Active Directory
2 14 (15.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (11.36%) vSphere
4 4 (4.545%) XenServer
5 3 (3.409%) Hyper-V
5 3 (3.409%) XenApp
5 3 (3.409%) VMware ESX
5 3 (3.409%) Xen
6 2 (2.273%) XenDesktop
7 1 (1.136%) NFS
Systems Management
1 4 (4.545%) Norton AntiVirus
2 3 (3.409%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 2 (2.273%) Cisco CUCM
3 2 (2.273%) SolarWinds Orion
3 2 (2.273%) Backup Exec
3 2 (2.273%) WSUS
3 2 (2.273%) SCCM
4 1 (1.136%) SCOM
4 1 (1.136%) PureDisk
4 1 (1.136%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 36 (40.91%) Red Hat
2 35 (39.77%) VMware
3 32 (36.36%) Microsoft
4 23 (26.14%) Cisco
5 13 (14.77%) HP
6 11 (12.50%) Citrix
7 9 (10.23%) NetApp
8 8 (9.091%) Avaya
9 7 (7.955%) Remedy
10 6 (6.818%) Symantec
10 6 (6.818%) Juniper
11 5 (5.682%) Adobe
12 4 (4.545%) CheckPoint
12 4 (4.545%) Omniture
12 4 (4.545%) Google
12 4 (4.545%) Brocade
12 4 (4.545%) Zend
12 4 (4.545%) F5
12 4 (4.545%) Spiceworks
13 3 (3.409%) SolarWinds
Leeds, West Yorkshire
1st line support, 2nd line support, Citrix, Linux, VMware, SAN support, Windows, SQL, MySQL, hardware, software, systems, help desk, technical support, operating systems, installations... ESSENTIAL Skills: (minimum 2...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £25000 - £28000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
1st line support, 2nd line support, Citrix, Linux, VMware, SAN support, Windows, SQL, MySQL, hardware, software, systems, help desk, technical support, operating systems, installationsA fantastic opportunity has arisen...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £25000 - £28000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
1st line support, 2nd line support, 3rd line support, Citrix, Linux, VMware, SAN support, Windows, SQL, MySQL, hardware, software, systems, help desk, technical support, operating systems, installationsA fantastic...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £25000 - £28000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Good working knowledge of Windows 7 and Office 2010 Previous experience providing 1st to 3rd line support in a busy network environment as well as user support via...
Search Consultancy
Salary: £26000 - £28000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Must have an excellent understanding and experience with supporting server based applications (Windows or Linux operating systems) *Networking (CCNA, CCNP, etc) *Databases (My SQL, Microsoft SQL) *Should have...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £33000 - £38000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Linux / Windows Server Engineer required for one of Yorkshire’s most established bluechip companies... Ideally you will have experience in Linux and Windows operating systems / servers accompanied by...
Northern Recruitment Group
Salary: £Negotiable
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
You will also work closely with Incident and Problem Management teams to minimise any impact on SLAs... The ideal candidate will have strong experience of UNIX and Windows...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £1 per annum + Negotiable+Company Benefits
Posted: 8 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Systems EngineerMy Client is working on a "fast to market" product and is in urgent need of a Systems Engineer to implement and engineer the present infrastructure to...
IQ Resourcing
Salary: £24000 - £28000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 4 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Technical Skills Desired (not expecting all): *ACD and PBX technologies to include; oISDN-PRI, H.323, SIP, Analogue trunking oSIP, H.323, analogue and Digital (Avaya DCP) endpoints...
OSM Ltd
Salary: £60000 per annum + negotiable with car allowance
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Advanced PHP and Perl scripting ability... Good virtualisation and storage background; knowledge of Xen or Citrix XenServer, RAID, iSCSI and SAN/NAS solutions... Excellent knowledge of networking, protocols (...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £32000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Strong practical experience in administration of UNIX and Windows operating systems - OS security hardening concepts and practices - Understanding of standard network services including TCP/IP, HTTP, FTP and...
William Hill
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 24 April 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Excellent knowledge of ASP.Net (Web Forms and MVC) C#, TSQL, SQL Server knowledge... Exposure to Visual Studio 2008/2012, Reporting Services, AJAX, XML, SSIS, Umbraco CMS... Key...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £23000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013