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The table below looks at the demand for Domain Name System (DNS) skills within the Manchester 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDomain Name System (DNS)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank80128
Rank change on same period last yearUp+48
Matching permanent IT job ads10085
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.058 %0.036 %
As % of the category below13.09 %8.134 %
Salaries quoted9582
Average minimum salary£28,505£42,439
Average salary£31,016£44,506
% change on same period last year-30.31 %
Average maximum salary£33,526£46,573
UK excluding London average salary£33,579£36,565
% change on same period last year-8.16 %
Manchester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Manchester
Matching permanent IT job ads7641045
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.446 %0.448 %
Salaries quoted675915
Average minimum salary£31,040£38,088
Average salary£33,665£41,022
% change on same period last year-17.93 %
Average maximum salary£36,291£43,956
UK excluding London average salary£37,898£38,996
% change on same period last year-2.81 %
DNS North WestDNS
North West

DNS
Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester DNS Salary Trend

DNS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DNS across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 7 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
AltrinchamNew entry-13£35,000-
StockportUp+28£24,500-8.12 %
SalfordUp+58£23,500-20.33 %
CheadleNew entry-4£43,000-
WiganNew entry-1£28,000-
DNS North WestDNS
North West

DNS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

1129 (73.71 %)Windows
296 (54.86 %)TCP/IP
389 (50.86 %)Active Directory
488 (50.29 %)DHCP
574 (42.29 %)Windows Server 2003
661 (34.86 %)Windows XP
744 (25.14 %)Cisco
843 (24.57 %)MS Exchange
942 (24.00 %)Windows 2000
1037 (21.14 %)MCSE
1037 (21.14 %)Microsoft Certification
1135 (20.00 %)Citrix
1135 (20.00 %)Windows Vista
1234 (19.43 %)Linux
1332 (18.29 %)Firewall
1431 (17.71 %)Windows 2000 Server
1530 (17.14 %)SQL Server
1530 (17.14 %)IIS
1530 (17.14 %)WAN
1530 (17.14 %)VPN
1629 (16.57 %)Cisco Certification
1728 (16.00 %)LAN
1826 (14.86 %)Microsoft
1826 (14.86 %)Oracle
1925 (14.29 %)Symantec
1925 (14.29 %)McAfee Security
1925 (14.29 %)Intel
2024 (13.71 %)UNIX
2024 (13.71 %)MS Excel
2123 (13.14 %)VMware

DNS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

Manchester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
121 (12.00 %)XML
216 (9.143 %).NET
312 (6.857 %)WebServices
312 (6.857 %).NET Framework
411 (6.286 %)HTML
59 (5.143 %)CSS
59 (5.143 %)RSS
64 (2.286 %)ASP
73 (1.714 %)J2EE
73 (1.714 %)XHTML
81 (0.571 %)ASP.NET
81 (0.571 %)WSH
81 (0.571 %)Middleware
81 (0.571 %)WMI
Manchester IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
143 (24.57 %)MS Exchange
230 (17.14 %)IIS
320 (11.43 %)Exchange Server 2003
419 (10.86 %)Oracle Application Server
59 (5.143 %)ColdFusion
66 (3.429 %)Apache
66 (3.429 %)Tomcat
66 (3.429 %)SharePoint
73 (1.714 %)JBoss
73 (1.714 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
73 (1.714 %)Exchange Server 2007
82 (1.143 %)Exchange Server 2000
91 (0.571 %)SharePoint Server 2007
91 (0.571 %)BizTalk Server
91 (0.571 %)Exchange Server 5.5
Manchester IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
124 (13.71 %)MS Excel
220 (11.43 %)MS Office
Manchester IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (1.143 %)Line 50
Manchester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
196 (54.86 %)TCP/IP
288 (50.29 %)DHCP
332 (18.29 %)Firewall
430 (17.14 %)VPN
430 (17.14 %)WAN
528 (16.00 %)LAN
617 (9.714 %)Cisco IPT
713 (7.429 %)IP Telephony
713 (7.429 %)Broadband
88 (4.571 %)DSL
97 (4.000 %)Internet
97 (4.000 %)SAN
104 (2.286 %)VoIP
104 (2.286 %)MPLS
104 (2.286 %)BGP
104 (2.286 %)EIGRP
113 (1.714 %)SSL
113 (1.714 %)IMAP
113 (1.714 %)SNMP
113 (1.714 %)SMTP
Manchester IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
130 (17.14 %)SQL Server
26 (3.429 %)MySQL
35 (2.857 %)SQL Server 2005
44 (2.286 %)SQL Server 2000
52 (1.143 %)PostgreSQL
Manchester IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (1.714 %)Dreamweaver
13 (1.714 %)Subversion
13 (1.714 %)FrontPage
Manchester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (6.857 %)Telecoms
112 (6.857 %)Finance
210 (5.714 %)Government
37 (4.000 %)Health
37 (4.000 %)Back Office
45 (2.857 %)Law
45 (2.857 %)Legal
54 (2.286 %)Banking
63 (1.714 %)Games
72 (1.143 %)Marketing
81 (0.571 %)Pensions
Manchester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
134 (19.43 %)Network Engineer
233 (18.86 %)Analyst
330 (17.14 %)Administrator
425 (14.29 %)Systems Administrator
524 (13.71 %)Senior Network Engineer
524 (13.71 %)Linux Administrator
623 (13.14 %)2nd Line Support
722 (12.57 %)Linux Systems Administrator
722 (12.57 %)UNIX Administrator
821 (12.00 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
917 (9.714 %)Network Support
917 (9.714 %)Consultant
1015 (8.571 %)Applications Support
1113 (7.429 %)Support Engineer
1113 (7.429 %)Support Technician
1113 (7.429 %)2nd Line Support Technician
1212 (6.857 %)Applications Support Consultant
1212 (6.857 %)Support Consultant
1212 (6.857 %)Applications Consultant
1310 (5.714 %)Support Analyst
Manchester IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (1.714 %)NHS
13 (1.714 %)Blackberry
22 (1.143 %)Handset
22 (1.143 %)Clustering
31 (0.571 %)CESG
Manchester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1129 (73.71 %)Windows
274 (42.29 %)Windows Server 2003
361 (34.86 %)Windows XP
442 (24.00 %)Windows 2000
535 (20.00 %)Windows Vista
634 (19.43 %)Linux
731 (17.71 %)Windows 2000 Server
824 (13.71 %)UNIX
922 (12.57 %)Solaris
105 (2.857 %)Red Hat Linux
105 (2.857 %)Debian
113 (1.714 %)Fedora
113 (1.714 %)CentOS
122 (1.143 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
122 (1.143 %)Windows Mobile
131 (0.571 %)HPUX
131 (0.571 %)Windows NT
Manchester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (8.571 %)Process Management
212 (6.857 %)Business Analysis
39 (5.143 %)SEO
39 (5.143 %)Pay per click
48 (4.571 %)Security Cleared
57 (4.000 %)ITIL
65 (2.857 %)User Acceptance Testing
74 (2.286 %)Network Design
83 (1.714 %)PRINCE2
92 (1.143 %)Migration
92 (1.143 %)Cost-Benefit Analysis
92 (1.143 %)Web Analytics
92 (1.143 %)Web Development
92 (1.143 %)SC Cleared
101 (0.571 %)Incident Management
101 (0.571 %)Business Desktop Deployment
101 (0.571 %)Email Marketing
101 (0.571 %)Internet Marketing
101 (0.571 %)E-Commerce
101 (0.571 %)Project Management
Manchester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
122 (12.57 %)VB
221 (12.00 %)Shell Script
317 (9.714 %)SQL
49 (5.143 %)JavaScript
55 (2.857 %)Perl
55 (2.857 %)PHP
62 (1.143 %)VB.NET
62 (1.143 %)PHP5
62 (1.143 %)PHP4
Manchester IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
137 (21.14 %)MCSE
137 (21.14 %)Microsoft Certification
229 (16.57 %)Cisco Certification
319 (10.86 %)CCNA
416 (9.143 %)Degree
511 (6.286 %)CCNP
64 (2.286 %)MCP
64 (2.286 %)ITIL Certification
72 (1.143 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
81 (0.571 %)PRINCE2 Certification
81 (0.571 %)CCDP
81 (0.571 %)CISSP
Manchester IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.143 %)SLA
21 (0.571 %)CESG Infosec
Manchester IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
189 (50.86 %)Active Directory
210 (5.714 %)Backup Exec
36 (3.429 %)ISA Server
43 (1.714 %)Samba
51 (0.571 %)VMware ESX
51 (0.571 %)Terminal Services
Manchester IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (4.000 %)Norton AntiVirus
22 (1.143 %)CiscoWorks
31 (0.571 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (0.571 %)Nagios
Manchester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
144 (25.14 %)Cisco
235 (20.00 %)Citrix
326 (14.86 %)Oracle
326 (14.86 %)Microsoft
425 (14.29 %)Symantec
425 (14.29 %)McAfee Security
425 (14.29 %)Intel
523 (13.14 %)VMware
619 (10.86 %)Sun
73 (1.714 %)Red Hat
82 (1.143 %)Sage
82 (1.143 %)CheckPoint
82 (1.143 %)NetApp
82 (1.143 %)Novell
82 (1.143 %)VERITAS
82 (1.143 %)Juniper
82 (1.143 %)HP
82 (1.143 %)SAP
91 (0.571 %)IBM
91 (0.571 %)Compaq