The first table below looks at the demand for DNS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Portsmouth region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DNS over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Portsmouth region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Domain Name System (DNS)
Rank 45 30 37
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +7
Permanent jobs citing DNS 1 9 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 0.326% 4.327% 2.381%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.852% 28.13% 13.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 5
Average salary £21,500 £45,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-52.22% -5.26%
UK excluding London average salary £37,000 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year
+5.71% +6.06%
All Communications & Networking
Portsmouth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
54 32 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 17.59% 15.38% 17.62%
Number of salaries quoted 49 31 36
Average salary £37,500 £45,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66% +28.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
DNS
Hampshire

DNS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth DNS Salary Trend

DNS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
2 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) MS Exchange
3 5 (71.43%) DHCP
4 4 (57.14%) MS Excel
4 4 (57.14%) VMware
4 4 (57.14%) Firewall
4 4 (57.14%) MCITP
4 4 (57.14%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (57.14%) SCOM
4 4 (57.14%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (42.86%) Hyper-V
5 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (28.57%) Symantec
6 2 (28.57%) Blackberry
6 2 (28.57%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (28.57%) Project Management
6 2 (28.57%) HP
6 2 (28.57%) Dell
6 2 (28.57%) SLA
6 2 (28.57%) MCSE
6 2 (28.57%) SQL
6 2 (28.57%) ITIL
6 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
6 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
6 2 (28.57%) SAN
6 2 (28.57%) Clustering
6 2 (28.57%) NetBackup

DNS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 Platforms
1 6 (85.71%) MS Exchange
2 4 (57.14%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (28.57%) Lync
3 2 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (28.57%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (57.14%) MS Excel
2 1 (14.29%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) DHCP
2 4 (57.14%) Firewall
3 2 (28.57%) SAN
3 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
4 1 (14.29%) VPN
4 1 (14.29%) SSL
4 1 (14.29%) SMTP
General
1 2 (28.57%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (28.57%) Administrator
1 2 (28.57%) Exchange Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support Technician
2 1 (14.29%) IT Support
2 1 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Support Technician
2 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Blackberry
1 2 (28.57%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 4 (57.14%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
5 1 (14.29%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Project Management
1 2 (28.57%) Time Management
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL
1 2 (28.57%) High Availability
2 1 (14.29%) CRM
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
2 1 (14.29%) Budget Control
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) MCITP
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) MCSE
4 1 (14.29%) MCSA
4 1 (14.29%) CCNA
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (14.29%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
2 3 (42.86%) Hyper-V
3 2 (28.57%) vSphere
3 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) SCOM
2 2 (28.57%) HP SIM
2 2 (28.57%) NetBackup
2 2 (28.57%) WSUS
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) VMware
3 2 (28.57%) SonicWALL
3 2 (28.57%) Kaseya
3 2 (28.57%) HP
3 2 (28.57%) Dell
3 2 (28.57%) Symantec
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco
Portsmouth, South East
Essential skills and experience: - Windows Server 2008 - Exchange 2007/2010 - SBS 2011 - Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2007/2010 - Active Directory, Remote Desktop Services and Group Policy - SMTP,...
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Salary: £20000.00 - £23000.00 per annum + MS Qualifications + Overtime
Posted: 24 May 2013