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The table below looks at the demand for Domain Name System (DNS) skills within the Middlesex 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
Rank4352
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching permanent IT job ads3559
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.025 %
As % of the category below16.20 %10.95 %
Salaries quoted2847
Average minimum salary£32,679£37,979
Average salary£34,857£39,771
% change on same period last year-12.35 %
Average maximum salary£37,036£41,564
UK excluding London average salary£33,632£36,522
% change on same period last year-7.91 %
Middlesex IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Middlesex
Matching permanent IT job ads216539
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.125 %0.232 %
Salaries quoted188437
Average minimum salary£37,550£40,734
Average salary£39,627£43,555
% change on same period last year-9.01 %
Average maximum salary£41,705£46,375
UK excluding London average salary£37,928£38,940
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
DNS South EastDNS
South East

DNS
Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex DNS Salary Trend

DNS
Salary Histogram

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

Middlesex DNS Salary Histogram

DNS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

143 (78.18 %)Windows
232 (58.18 %)TCP/IP
232 (58.18 %)Active Directory
232 (58.18 %)Windows Server 2003
331 (56.36 %)Microsoft Certification
331 (56.36 %)MCSE
419 (34.55 %)Microsoft
517 (30.91 %)Citrix
517 (30.91 %)SQL
517 (30.91 %)Windows 2000 Server
616 (29.09 %)MS Exchange
616 (29.09 %)DHCP
715 (27.27 %)MCSA
715 (27.27 %)Windows 2000
814 (25.45 %)Cisco
913 (23.64 %)Network Security
1012 (21.82 %)Exchange Server 2003
1111 (20.00 %)IMAP
1111 (20.00 %)SMTP
1111 (20.00 %)IIS
1111 (20.00 %)ISA Server
1210 (18.18 %)Symantec
1210 (18.18 %)SQL Server
1210 (18.18 %)VPN
139 (16.36 %)MS Office
139 (16.36 %)ITIL
139 (16.36 %)Windows XP
139 (16.36 %)Blackberry
139 (16.36 %)Firewall
139 (16.36 %)Backup Exec

DNS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Middlesex IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (3.636 %).NET
12 (3.636 %)J2EE
12 (3.636 %).NET Framework
21 (1.818 %)SOAP
21 (1.818 %)XML
Middlesex IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
116 (29.09 %)MS Exchange
212 (21.82 %)Exchange Server 2003
311 (20.00 %)IIS
48 (14.55 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
56 (10.91 %)Exchange Server 2007
64 (7.273 %)Lotus Notes
73 (5.455 %)Apache
82 (3.636 %)Commerce Server
82 (3.636 %)CMS
91 (1.818 %)Exchange Server 2000
91 (1.818 %)JBoss
91 (1.818 %)Tomcat
91 (1.818 %)SharePoint
Middlesex IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (16.36 %)MS Office
23 (5.455 %)MS Excel
32 (3.636 %)MS Visio
41 (1.818 %)MS PowerPoint
Middlesex IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (1.818 %)Pegasus Opera
Middlesex IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
132 (58.18 %)TCP/IP
216 (29.09 %)DHCP
313 (23.64 %)Network Security
411 (20.00 %)IMAP
411 (20.00 %)SMTP
510 (18.18 %)VPN
69 (16.36 %)Firewall
78 (14.55 %)LAN
87 (12.73 %)WAN
87 (12.73 %)Internet
96 (10.91 %)VoIP
104 (7.273 %)ADSL
113 (5.455 %)IPsec
113 (5.455 %)Cisco IOS
113 (5.455 %)DMZ
122 (3.636 %)SAN
122 (3.636 %)FTP
131 (1.818 %)HTTP
131 (1.818 %)SNMP
131 (1.818 %)SSL
Middlesex IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (18.18 %)SQL Server
23 (5.455 %)MS Access
23 (5.455 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (3.636 %)SQL Server 2005
Middlesex IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (9.091 %)Pensions
23 (5.455 %)Construction
32 (3.636 %)Advertising
41 (1.818 %)Retail
41 (1.818 %)Insurance
41 (1.818 %)Health
41 (1.818 %)Finance
Middlesex IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
125 (45.45 %)Support Engineer
215 (27.27 %)Analyst
311 (20.00 %)Server Support
311 (20.00 %)Support Analyst
311 (20.00 %)2nd Line Support
49 (16.36 %)Technical Support
57 (12.73 %)Server Engineer
57 (12.73 %)Server Support Engineer
66 (10.91 %)Technical Engineer
66 (10.91 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
75 (9.091 %)Technical Support Engineer
75 (9.091 %)Network Support
84 (7.273 %)Technical Analyst
84 (7.273 %)Network Engineer
84 (7.273 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
93 (5.455 %)Network Support Engineer
93 (5.455 %)Network Analyst
93 (5.455 %)Technical Support Analyst
93 (5.455 %)3rd Line Support
102 (3.636 %)Administrator
Middlesex IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (16.36 %)Blackberry
19 (16.36 %)German Language
24 (7.273 %)Clustering
32 (3.636 %)Smartphone
32 (3.636 %)Dutch Language
32 (3.636 %)Fat Client
32 (3.636 %)Thin Client
41 (1.818 %)Mainframe
Middlesex IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
143 (78.18 %)Windows
232 (58.18 %)Windows Server 2003
317 (30.91 %)Windows 2000 Server
415 (27.27 %)Windows 2000
59 (16.36 %)Windows XP
64 (7.273 %)Linux
73 (5.455 %)Red Hat Linux
73 (5.455 %)UNIX
73 (5.455 %)Solaris
82 (3.636 %)Windows Mobile
82 (3.636 %)Windows Vista
91 (1.818 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
91 (1.818 %)AIX
91 (1.818 %)zOS
91 (1.818 %)Windows NT
Middlesex IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (16.36 %)ITIL
27 (12.73 %)Load Balancing
34 (7.273 %)Logistics
42 (3.636 %)Service Delivery
51 (1.818 %)Data Security
51 (1.818 %)Workflow
51 (1.818 %)Information Security
51 (1.818 %)Document Management
51 (1.818 %)Network Design
51 (1.818 %)Incident Management
51 (1.818 %)Enterprise Architecture
51 (1.818 %)Web Development
Middlesex IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (30.91 %)SQL
21 (1.818 %)Java
Middlesex IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
131 (56.36 %)MCSE
131 (56.36 %)Microsoft Certification
215 (27.27 %)MCSA
36 (10.91 %)CCNA
36 (10.91 %)Cisco Certification
44 (7.273 %)CCNP
53 (5.455 %)MCP
62 (3.636 %)CCA
62 (3.636 %)Citrix Certification
62 (3.636 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
62 (3.636 %)Degree
71 (1.818 %)ITIL Certification
71 (1.818 %)CCDA
71 (1.818 %)CCDP
Middlesex IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
132 (58.18 %)Active Directory
211 (20.00 %)ISA Server
39 (16.36 %)Backup Exec
45 (9.091 %)MailMarshal
45 (9.091 %)Citrix Presentation Server
45 (9.091 %)VMware Infrastructure
52 (3.636 %)Terminal Server
Middlesex IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (7.273 %)ARCserve
22 (3.636 %)WSUS
31 (1.818 %)MIMEsweeper
31 (1.818 %)OpenView
31 (1.818 %)CiscoWorks
Middlesex IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
119 (34.55 %)Microsoft
217 (30.91 %)Citrix
314 (25.45 %)Cisco
410 (18.18 %)Symantec
58 (14.55 %)HP
58 (14.55 %)Dell
58 (14.55 %)VMware
66 (10.91 %)VERITAS
74 (7.273 %)Lotus
83 (5.455 %)Red Hat
83 (5.455 %)CheckPoint
83 (5.455 %)ProCurve
92 (3.636 %)Sun
101 (1.818 %)IBM
101 (1.818 %)Intel
101 (1.818 %)Nortel
101 (1.818 %)Sophos
101 (1.818 %)Clearswift
101 (1.818 %)Pegasus
101 (1.818 %)Nokia