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The table below looks at the demand for Domain Name System (DNS) skills within the Scotland 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
Rank117114
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads3461
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.026 %
As % of the category below6.526 %8.058 %
Salaries quoted3047
Average minimum salary£29,355£26,625
Average salary£31,484£28,115
% change on same period last year+11.98 %
Average maximum salary£33,613£29,604
UK excluding London average salary£33,632£36,522
% change on same period last year-7.91 %
Scotland IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Scotland
Matching permanent IT job ads521757
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.302 %0.326 %
Salaries quoted376488
Average minimum salary£35,080£33,542
Average salary£38,026£36,643
% change on same period last year+3.77 %
Average maximum salary£40,971£39,744
UK excluding London average salary£37,928£38,940
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
DNS UKDNS
UK

DNS
Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland DNS Salary Trend

DNS
Salary Histogram

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 10 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
EdinburghUp+1513£29,444+4.02 %
AberdeenUp+212£33,333+23.45 %
GlasgowUp+35£36,000+25.68 %
AberdeenshireNew entry-2£27,500-
FalkirkUp+31£25,000-16.66 %
StirlingNew entry-1£25,000-
DNS UKDNS
UK

DNS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

172 (84.71 %)Windows
252 (61.18 %)DHCP
342 (49.41 %)Active Directory
439 (45.88 %)Windows Server 2003
531 (36.47 %)Microsoft
629 (34.12 %)Cisco
726 (30.59 %)TCP/IP
726 (30.59 %)MS Exchange
823 (27.06 %)SQL
823 (27.06 %)Windows Vista
922 (25.88 %)Windows XP
1020 (23.53 %)Citrix
1119 (22.35 %)Windows 2000
1216 (18.82 %)Perl
1216 (18.82 %)Cisco Certification
1216 (18.82 %)CCNA
1216 (18.82 %)Linux
1315 (17.65 %)Exchange Server 2003
1414 (16.47 %)UNIX
1513 (15.29 %)ISA Server
1612 (14.12 %)Shell Script
1612 (14.12 %)SQL Server
1711 (12.94 %)Cisco IOS
189 (10.59 %)Firewall
189 (10.59 %)Lucent
189 (10.59 %)MS Excel
189 (10.59 %)WAN
198 (9.412 %)SMS
198 (9.412 %)Microsoft Certification
198 (9.412 %)HP

DNS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Scotland IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (4.706 %)WMI
22 (2.353 %).NET
22 (2.353 %)ASP.NET
31 (1.176 %)DirectX
31 (1.176 %)Software Packaging
Scotland IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
126 (30.59 %)MS Exchange
215 (17.65 %)Exchange Server 2003
38 (9.412 %)IIS
46 (7.059 %)Apache
55 (5.882 %)Tomcat
63 (3.529 %)JBoss
63 (3.529 %)Exchange Server 2007
71 (1.176 %)Oracle HTTP Server
71 (1.176 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
Scotland IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (10.59 %)MS Excel
23 (3.529 %)MS Office
31 (1.176 %)MS PowerPoint
Scotland IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (5.882 %)GoldMine
21 (1.176 %)SoftGrid
Scotland IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
152 (61.18 %)DHCP
226 (30.59 %)TCP/IP
311 (12.94 %)Cisco IOS
49 (10.59 %)Firewall
49 (10.59 %)WAN
58 (9.412 %)SMS
66 (7.059 %)LAN
75 (5.882 %)Wireshark
75 (5.882 %)SMTP
84 (4.706 %)VPN
84 (4.706 %)VLAN
93 (3.529 %)Cisco PIX
93 (3.529 %)Network Security
93 (3.529 %)Cisco ASA
93 (3.529 %)SSL
93 (3.529 %)FTP
93 (3.529 %)HTTP
102 (2.353 %)ADSL
102 (2.353 %)SAN
102 (2.353 %)Internet
Scotland IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (14.12 %)SQL Server
25 (5.882 %)BusinessObjects
33 (3.529 %)RDBMS
33 (3.529 %)PostgreSQL
42 (2.353 %)MySQL
51 (1.176 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (1.176 %)SQL Server 2000
Scotland IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (1.176 %)Flash
11 (1.176 %)MSI
Scotland IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (9.412 %)Finance
23 (3.529 %)Telecoms
32 (2.353 %)Pensions
41 (1.176 %)Health
41 (1.176 %)Insurance
Scotland IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (17.65 %)Analyst
212 (14.12 %)Server Engineer
310 (11.76 %)Support Analyst
310 (11.76 %)Senior Analyst
49 (10.59 %)Administrator
49 (10.59 %)Desktop Engineer
58 (9.412 %)Infrastructure Analyst
58 (9.412 %)Support Engineer
58 (9.412 %)Senior Infrastructure Analyst
67 (8.235 %)Senior Infrastructure Support Analyst
67 (8.235 %)Infrastructure Support Analyst
67 (8.235 %)Senior Support Analyst
76 (7.059 %)Technical Specialist
76 (7.059 %)Technical Support
76 (7.059 %)Systems Administrator
85 (5.882 %)Technical Analyst
85 (5.882 %)Linux Systems Administrator
85 (5.882 %)Linux Administrator
94 (4.706 %)Server Specialist
94 (4.706 %)2nd Line Support
Scotland IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (2.353 %)Blackberry
21 (1.176 %)Mainframe
21 (1.176 %)Replication
21 (1.176 %)PDA
21 (1.176 %)Fat Client
21 (1.176 %)Thin Client
Scotland IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
172 (84.71 %)Windows
239 (45.88 %)Windows Server 2003
323 (27.06 %)Windows Vista
422 (25.88 %)Windows XP
519 (22.35 %)Windows 2000
616 (18.82 %)Linux
714 (16.47 %)UNIX
85 (5.882 %)Windows 2000 Server
85 (5.882 %)Red Hat Linux
92 (2.353 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
101 (1.176 %)Solaris
Scotland IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (5.882 %)ITIL
15 (5.882 %)Business Desktop Deployment
22 (2.353 %)Project Management
22 (2.353 %)Disaster Recovery
22 (2.353 %)Migration
31 (1.176 %)Information Security
31 (1.176 %)Agile Software Development
31 (1.176 %)Software Engineering
31 (1.176 %)Identity Management
31 (1.176 %)Service Management
31 (1.176 %)Load Balancing
31 (1.176 %)Resource Management
31 (1.176 %)Web Testing
31 (1.176 %)Test Scripting
Scotland IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
123 (27.06 %)SQL
216 (18.82 %)Perl
312 (14.12 %)Shell Script
44 (4.706 %)AWK
44 (4.706 %)Java
53 (3.529 %)PHP
53 (3.529 %)VB
62 (2.353 %)VBScript
62 (2.353 %)C
71 (1.176 %)C#
71 (1.176 %)C++
71 (1.176 %)JavaScript
71 (1.176 %)VB.NET
71 (1.176 %)ActionScript
71 (1.176 %)VB6
71 (1.176 %)PowerShell
Scotland IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
116 (18.82 %)CCNA
116 (18.82 %)Cisco Certification
28 (9.412 %)Microsoft Certification
28 (9.412 %)MCSE
33 (3.529 %)MCP
42 (2.353 %)Degree
42 (2.353 %)MCSA
51 (1.176 %)CNA
51 (1.176 %)Novell Certification
Scotland IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (7.059 %)SLA
21 (1.176 %)ISO27001
Scotland IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
142 (49.41 %)Active Directory
213 (15.29 %)ISA Server
37 (8.235 %)NetBackup
46 (7.059 %)VMware Infrastructure
55 (5.882 %)Backup Exec
55 (5.882 %)Terminal Services
64 (4.706 %)Citrix Presentation Server
73 (3.529 %)NFS
82 (2.353 %)Samba
91 (1.176 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
91 (1.176 %)MetaFrame
91 (1.176 %)Terminal Server
Scotland IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (9.412 %)MOM
27 (8.235 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
33 (3.529 %)ARCserve
42 (2.353 %)Norton AntiVirus
42 (2.353 %)WSUS
42 (2.353 %)SCOM
42 (2.353 %)OpenView
Scotland IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
131 (36.47 %)Microsoft
229 (34.12 %)Cisco
320 (23.53 %)Citrix
49 (10.59 %)Lucent
58 (9.412 %)HP
67 (8.235 %)Symantec
67 (8.235 %)VMware
75 (5.882 %)McAfee Security
75 (5.882 %)Red Hat
75 (5.882 %)NetApp
75 (5.882 %)Business Objects
84 (4.706 %)Oracle
93 (3.529 %)VERITAS
102 (2.353 %)NETGEAR
102 (2.353 %)Sophos
111 (1.176 %)CheckPoint
111 (1.176 %)Nokia
111 (1.176 %)Novell
111 (1.176 %)IBM
111 (1.176 %)Dell