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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Domain Name System (DNS)
Rank 42 66 41
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -25
Permanent jobs citing DNS 11 5 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 3.005% 0.988% 5.063%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.45% 6.494% 27.12%
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 11
Average salary £27,500 £37,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-26.66% -11.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £35,100 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £37,000 £40,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £32,750
% change year-on-year
+7.14% +6.87%
All Communications & Networking
Liverpool
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
49 77 59
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 13.39% 15.22% 18.67%
Number of salaries quoted 40 71 42
Average salary £37,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.76% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,750 £33,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £48,500 £60,000 £53,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
DNS
Merseyside

DNS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool DNS Salary Trend

DNS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DNS across the Liverpool region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Liverpool DNS Salary Histogram

DNS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 13 (86.67%) Windows
1 13 (86.67%) DHCP
2 11 (73.33%) Active Directory
3 10 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 10 (66.67%) VMware
4 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
4 9 (60.00%) MS Exchange
5 8 (53.33%) Windows XP
5 8 (53.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (53.33%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (46.67%) Windows 7
6 7 (46.67%) MS Excel
6 7 (46.67%) TCP/IP
6 7 (46.67%) VPN
7 6 (40.00%) SQL Server
8 5 (33.33%) Blackberry
8 5 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 5 (33.33%) Firewall
9 4 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2003
9 4 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2010
9 4 (26.67%) Citrix
9 4 (26.67%) ITIL
9 4 (26.67%) MS Office
10 3 (20.00%) COM
10 3 (20.00%) WAN
10 3 (20.00%) MySQL
10 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
10 3 (20.00%) PHP
11 2 (13.33%) BCP
11 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification

DNS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 3 (20.00%) COM
2 2 (13.33%) MAPI
2 2 (13.33%) ASP
3 1 (6.667%) JSON
3 1 (6.667%) XML
3 1 (6.667%) Flash
3 1 (6.667%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 9 (60.00%) MS Exchange
2 5 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 4 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (13.33%) IIS
4 2 (13.33%) SharePoint
4 2 (13.33%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (6.667%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (46.67%) MS Excel
2 4 (26.67%) MS Office
3 2 (13.33%) Google Apps
3 2 (13.33%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (86.67%) DHCP
2 7 (46.67%) TCP/IP
2 7 (46.67%) VPN
3 5 (33.33%) Firewall
4 3 (20.00%) WAN
5 2 (13.33%) DMZ
5 2 (13.33%) SSL
5 2 (13.33%) SMTP
5 2 (13.33%) LAN
5 2 (13.33%) Network Security
5 2 (13.33%) VLAN
5 2 (13.33%) IMAP
6 1 (6.667%) iSCSI
6 1 (6.667%) VoIP
6 1 (6.667%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (20.00%) MySQL
3 2 (13.33%) MS Access
3 2 (13.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (13.33%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 2 (13.33%) Finance
2 1 (6.667%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Support Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (13.33%) Administrator
3 2 (13.33%) Technical Support
3 2 (13.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Systems Support
3 2 (13.33%) Desktop Support
3 2 (13.33%) IT Support
3 2 (13.33%) Senior IT Support
3 2 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Network Administrator
3 2 (13.33%) Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Blackberry
2 1 (6.667%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 13 (86.67%) Windows
2 10 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 8 (53.33%) Windows XP
3 8 (53.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (46.67%) Windows 7
5 2 (13.33%) Solaris
5 2 (13.33%) Linux
5 2 (13.33%) Windows Vista
6 1 (6.667%) Fedora
6 1 (6.667%) Ubuntu
6 1 (6.667%) Debian
6 1 (6.667%) Android
6 1 (6.667%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (6.667%) Apple iOS
6 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (6.667%) UNIX
6 1 (6.667%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) ITIL
2 2 (13.33%) BCP
2 2 (13.33%) Migration
3 1 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (6.667%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (6.667%) Information Security
3 1 (6.667%) Data Security
3 1 (6.667%) WAN Optimisation
3 1 (6.667%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (6.667%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (20.00%) PHP
2 2 (13.33%) SQL
2 2 (13.33%) Bash shell
3 1 (6.667%) Ruby
3 1 (6.667%) Java
3 1 (6.667%) Python
3 1 (6.667%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (13.33%) MCP
1 2 (13.33%) MCITP
1 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.667%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (6.667%) MCTS
2 1 (6.667%) MCSE
2 1 (6.667%) MCSA
2 1 (6.667%) CCNA
2 1 (6.667%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (6.667%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 11 (73.33%) Active Directory
2 8 (53.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (13.33%) vSphere
3 2 (13.33%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (13.33%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 2 (13.33%) VMware ESX
4 1 (6.667%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) SCCM
2 1 (6.667%) Backup Exec
2 1 (6.667%) WSUS
2 1 (6.667%) Nagios
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) VMware
2 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (26.67%) Citrix
4 2 (13.33%) NetApp
4 2 (13.33%) Apple
4 2 (13.33%) Cisco
4 2 (13.33%) Kaseya
4 2 (13.33%) NETGEAR
4 2 (13.33%) Draytek
4 2 (13.33%) Google
5 1 (6.667%) WatchGuard
5 1 (6.667%) SonicWALL
5 1 (6.667%) SolarWinds
5 1 (6.667%) Exinda
5 1 (6.667%) Oracle
5 1 (6.667%) Dell
5 1 (6.667%) Red Hat
5 1 (6.667%) Symantec