The first table below looks at the demand for DNS skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West 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 South West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Domain Name System (DNS)
Rank 99 105 77
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -28
Permanent jobs citing DNS 129 116 162
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 2.459% 2.096% 2.685%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.27% 12.45% 15.25%
Number of salaries quoted 102 97 147
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,550 £24,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £32,750
% change year-on-year
+7.14% +6.87%
All Communications & Networking
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
904 932 1062
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 17.23% 16.84% 17.60%
Number of salaries quoted 773 768 875
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £50,400 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
DNS
England

DNS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West DNS Salary Trend

DNS
Salary Histogram

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

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Gloucestershire +21 50 £37,500 -25.00%
Bristol +2 30 £35,000 +7.69%
Somerset +16 20 £28,250 +25.55%
Wiltshire -14 12 £37,000 +13.84%
Devon +5 8 £27,127 -19.62%
Dorset -12 7 £26,000 -20.00%
DNS
England

DNS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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.

1 173 (53.40%) Windows
2 159 (49.07%) DHCP
3 157 (48.46%) Linux
4 153 (47.22%) TCP/IP
5 132 (40.74%) UNIX
6 131 (40.43%) Firewall
7 127 (39.20%) Cisco
8 126 (38.89%) Security Cleared
9 122 (37.65%) Microsoft
10 116 (35.80%) HTTP
11 105 (32.41%) MS Exchange
11 105 (32.41%) Perl
12 104 (32.10%) SMTP
12 104 (32.10%) Internet
13 102 (31.48%) Active Directory
14 100 (30.86%) VMware
15 98 (30.25%) Shell Script
16 86 (26.54%) Windows Server 2003
17 82 (25.31%) Juniper
17 82 (25.31%) VMware Infrastructure
18 81 (25.00%) Clustering
19 80 (24.69%) DV Cleared
20 75 (23.15%) Microsoft Certification
21 73 (22.53%) Windows Server 2008
22 70 (21.60%) SQL Server
23 68 (20.99%) MS Excel
24 63 (19.44%) ITIL
24 63 (19.44%) Load Balancing
25 61 (18.83%) Python
25 61 (18.83%) Red Hat

DNS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 45 (13.89%) HTML
2 22 (6.790%) XML
3 21 (6.481%) .NET
4 18 (5.556%) ASP.NET
5 17 (5.247%) .NET Framework
6 13 (4.012%) J2EE
7 8 (2.469%) LAMP
8 7 (2.160%) SOAP
9 6 (1.852%) WSH
9 6 (1.852%) WSDL
9 6 (1.852%) POSIX
9 6 (1.852%) Middleware
10 4 (1.235%) Ajax
11 3 (0.926%) CSS
11 3 (0.926%) Apache Flex
12 1 (0.309%) XHTML
12 1 (0.309%) Web Services
12 1 (0.309%) ASP
12 1 (0.309%) AppFabric
12 1 (0.309%) REST
Application Platforms
1 105 (32.41%) MS Exchange
2 42 (12.96%) IIS
3 39 (12.04%) Apache
3 39 (12.04%) SharePoint
4 29 (8.951%) Exchange Server 2010
5 21 (6.481%) Exchange Server 2003
6 18 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2007
7 17 (5.247%) SharePoint 2010
8 16 (4.938%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 13 (4.012%) Tomcat
10 7 (2.160%) Exchange Server 2000
11 1 (0.309%) Lotus Domino
11 1 (0.309%) CloudFront
11 1 (0.309%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.309%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.309%) Windows Azure
11 1 (0.309%) Amazon AWS
11 1 (0.309%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 68 (20.99%) MS Excel
2 22 (6.790%) MS Office
3 6 (1.852%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.926%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 3 (0.926%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 159 (49.07%) DHCP
2 153 (47.22%) TCP/IP
3 131 (40.43%) Firewall
4 116 (35.80%) HTTP
5 104 (32.10%) SMTP
5 104 (32.10%) Internet
6 60 (18.52%) LAN
7 58 (17.90%) LDAP
8 55 (16.98%) VPN
9 54 (16.67%) SAN
10 51 (15.74%) WAN
11 39 (12.04%) Ethernet
12 33 (10.19%) FTP
13 32 (9.877%) SSL
14 27 (8.333%) Network Security
15 24 (7.407%) BGP
16 23 (7.099%) MPLS
17 22 (6.790%) OSPF
18 21 (6.481%) IPsec
19 20 (6.173%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (21.60%) SQL Server
2 17 (5.247%) SQL Server 2008
3 15 (4.630%) MySQL
4 9 (2.778%) Oracle 8/8i
5 3 (0.926%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (0.617%) GIS
6 2 (0.617%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.309%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.309%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.309%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.309%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.309%) Couchbase
7 1 (0.309%) HBase
7 1 (0.309%) Redis
7 1 (0.309%) Riak
7 1 (0.309%) CouchDB
Development Applications
1 18 (5.556%) Subversion
2 15 (4.630%) Dreamweaver
2 15 (4.630%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.543%) Visual Studio
3 5 (1.543%) ReSharper
3 5 (1.543%) NUnit
4 1 (0.309%) JIRA
General
1 25 (7.716%) Marketing
2 16 (4.938%) Telecoms
3 10 (3.086%) Retail
4 7 (2.160%) Back Office
5 4 (1.235%) Finance
5 4 (1.235%) Legal
6 3 (0.926%) Games
6 3 (0.926%) Law
7 2 (0.617%) Banking
7 2 (0.617%) Advertising
7 2 (0.617%) Publishing
8 1 (0.309%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.309%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 72 (22.22%) Administrator
2 47 (14.51%) Analyst
3 42 (12.96%) Systems Administrator
3 42 (12.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 35 (10.80%) Linux Administrator
5 32 (9.877%) UNIX Administrator
6 30 (9.259%) Systems Engineer
7 29 (8.951%) UNIX Engineer
7 29 (8.951%) Linux Engineer
8 28 (8.642%) Developer
9 22 (6.790%) Consultant
10 21 (6.481%) Support Engineer
11 20 (6.173%) Technical Support
12 19 (5.864%) UNIX Systems Administrator
13 18 (5.556%) Linux Systems Administrator
14 16 (4.938%) Technical Consultant
15 15 (4.630%) Analyst Developer
15 15 (4.630%) Security Administrator
15 15 (4.630%) Linux Consultant
15 15 (4.630%) UNIX Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 81 (25.00%) Clustering
2 38 (11.73%) SaaS
3 17 (5.247%) Blackberry
3 17 (5.247%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.160%) Digital Media
5 3 (0.926%) Mobile Games
5 3 (0.926%) Firmware
5 3 (0.926%) Social Gaming
5 3 (0.926%) iPad
5 3 (0.926%) Social Media
5 3 (0.926%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (0.926%) iPhone
6 2 (0.617%) CESG
6 2 (0.617%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.309%) N-Tier
7 1 (0.309%) W3C
7 1 (0.309%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.309%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.309%) RMADS
7 1 (0.309%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 173 (53.40%) Windows
2 157 (48.46%) Linux
3 132 (40.74%) UNIX
4 86 (26.54%) Windows Server 2003
5 73 (22.53%) Windows Server 2008
6 57 (17.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 26 (8.025%) Windows XP
8 25 (7.716%) Solaris
9 24 (7.407%) Windows 7
9 24 (7.407%) HPUX
10 10 (3.086%) Windows Vista
11 9 (2.778%) Ubuntu
12 6 (1.852%) CentOS
12 6 (1.852%) Windows Server 2012
13 5 (1.543%) Windows 8
14 4 (1.235%) Mac OS
14 4 (1.235%) Apple iOS
14 4 (1.235%) AIX
14 4 (1.235%) Fedora
15 3 (0.926%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (19.44%) ITIL
1 63 (19.44%) Load Balancing
2 26 (8.025%) Root Cause Analysis
2 26 (8.025%) Service Delivery
3 18 (5.556%) Migration
3 18 (5.556%) Change Management
3 18 (5.556%) Network Load Balancing
4 17 (5.247%) Service Management
5 16 (4.938%) Information Security
5 16 (4.938%) UML
6 15 (4.630%) Performance Management
7 14 (4.321%) ITIL V3
8 13 (4.012%) Business Intelligence
8 13 (4.012%) Time Management
9 12 (3.704%) ISMS
9 12 (3.704%) Information Security Management
9 12 (3.704%) Security Management
10 10 (3.086%) Network Management
11 9 (2.778%) E-Commerce
11 9 (2.778%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 105 (32.41%) Perl
2 98 (30.25%) Shell Script
3 61 (18.83%) Python
4 55 (16.98%) SQL
5 39 (12.04%) Bash shell
6 36 (11.11%) C
7 24 (7.407%) C++
8 21 (6.481%) JavaScript
9 19 (5.864%) C#
10 18 (5.556%) VB.NET
11 15 (4.630%) Java
11 15 (4.630%) PowerShell
12 7 (2.160%) PHP
13 4 (1.235%) Fortran
14 1 (0.309%) ActionScript
14 1 (0.309%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.309%) VBScript
14 1 (0.309%) VB
14 1 (0.309%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 126 (38.89%) Security Cleared
2 80 (24.69%) DV Cleared
3 75 (23.15%) Microsoft Certification
4 55 (16.98%) MCSE
5 46 (14.20%) SC Cleared
6 41 (12.65%) Cisco Certification
7 40 (12.35%) MCSA
8 36 (11.11%) MCITP
9 33 (10.19%) CCNA
10 31 (9.568%) MCP
11 20 (6.173%) MCTS
12 17 (5.247%) Degree
13 13 (4.012%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 12 (3.704%) ITIL Certification
14 12 (3.704%) Citrix Certification
15 10 (3.086%) CCA
16 7 (2.160%) CCNP
17 6 (1.852%) MCDST
18 5 (1.543%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
19 4 (1.235%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.864%) SLA
2 12 (3.704%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (3.086%) QA
4 1 (0.309%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.309%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.309%) WCAG
System Software
1 102 (31.48%) Active Directory
2 82 (25.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 56 (17.28%) ISA Server
4 53 (16.36%) Squid
5 39 (12.04%) Postfix
6 38 (11.73%) Sendmail
6 38 (11.73%) qmail
7 34 (10.49%) Hyper-V
8 24 (7.407%) NFS
9 23 (7.099%) Xen
10 22 (6.790%) Terminal Services
11 17 (5.247%) VMware ESXi
12 14 (4.321%) XenApp
13 13 (4.012%) XenServer
13 13 (4.012%) XenDesktop
14 12 (3.704%) vSphere
15 10 (3.086%) Veritas Cluster Server
16 6 (1.852%) Varnish
16 6 (1.852%) VMware ESX
17 4 (1.235%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 22 (6.790%) Tivoli
2 13 (4.012%) Zenoss
3 12 (3.704%) MIMEsweeper
3 12 (3.704%) Norton AntiVirus
4 10 (3.086%) Veritas Storage Foundation
5 9 (2.778%) SCCM
5 9 (2.778%) SCOM
6 8 (2.469%) Nagios
7 7 (2.160%) WSUS
8 4 (1.235%) Ganglia
8 4 (1.235%) HP Data Protector
9 2 (0.617%) SolarWinds Orion
9 2 (0.617%) Oracle Identity Management
10 1 (0.309%) Netcool
10 1 (0.309%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 127 (39.20%) Cisco
2 122 (37.65%) Microsoft
3 100 (30.86%) VMware
4 82 (25.31%) Juniper
5 61 (18.83%) Red Hat
6 43 (13.27%) Oracle
7 36 (11.11%) Citrix
8 34 (10.49%) Symantec
9 32 (9.877%) IBM
9 32 (9.877%) HP
10 22 (6.790%) NetApp
11 19 (5.864%) McAfee
11 19 (5.864%) Veritas
12 15 (4.630%) Macromedia
12 15 (4.630%) CheckPoint
13 14 (4.321%) Sophos
14 12 (3.704%) NetSuite
14 12 (3.704%) M86 Security
15 9 (2.778%) Nortel
15 9 (2.778%) SonicWALL
Trowbridge, Wiltshire
Job Title: ICT Systems Engineer (Ref: 142/12T) BSS Grade 4 - 5Salary: £18,758 - £21,103 - dependent upon experienceLocation: Trowbridge, WiltshireTechnically challenging role supporting 3000 desktops, definitely NOT...
Wiltshire College
Salary: £18,758 - £21,103 - dependent upon experience
Posted: 25 May 2013
Wiltshire
Keywords: Windows Server, VMWare, Storage/SAN, Exchange 2010, Active Directory, SQL Server... Owning core infrastructure upgrade projects such as installation, enhancements and augmentation of Active Directory, Exchange 2003,...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Good Benefits Package
Posted: 23 May 2013
Aust, Bristol, South West
Delivers a highly efficient, effective and available platform infrastructure to the business according to agreed business requirements and service levels within specialist area of expertise * Active Directory, Servers...
Brightside Group
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 25 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Applicants will also be experienced in Active Directory, group policy and terminal services. Experience of virtualisation technologies (VMware, ESX), databases, SAN solutions and secure systems would be beneficial...
Novate IT
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Applicants should have strong skills in Windows desktops (XP, Vista and Windows 7), Windows Servers (2003, 2008) as well as networking technologies such as Ethernet LAN, TCP/IP,...
Novate IT Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Gloucestershire
It is an ideal position for someone with some IT support experience to advance their career and work within an exciting fast paced environment... Due to the nature...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £20000 - £25000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Aust, Bristol, South West
Networking responsibilities include project planning, design and implementation... Technical Competencies (Required) * Cisco Certified Network Associate (or similar industry recognised network certification) * Experience of implementing and administering Extreme Networks...
Brightside Group
Salary: £28,000 per annum
Posted: 25 May 2013
Chippenham, Wiltshire
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Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £45000.00 - £55000.00 per annum + car, bonus, benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Chippenham, Wiltshire
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Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £45000.00 - £55000.00 per annum + Car, Bonus
Posted: 24 May 2013
Wiltshire
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Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 21 May 2013
Aust, Bristol, South West
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Brightside Group
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 25 May 2013
Wiltshire
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Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £19000 - £23000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
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Rockfield
Salary: From £30,000 to £37,000 per annum Pension, bonus, health etc
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, South West
IBM Domino to MS Exchange migration expereince... Excellent communication and organisational skills Anti-Spam and Anti-Virus technologies Mobile communications technologies - BES or Good Excellent Infrastructure skills - AD,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum + Pension
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
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Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £32000 - £38000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 21 May 2013
Shepton Mallet, South West
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Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £22000.00 - £25000.00 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
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Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £38000 - £42000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bath, Avon
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Senitor Associates
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Taunton, Somerset
You will have good knowledge of either VB.net or C#, along with either Oracle or SQL Server databases, and knowledge of one of the following; C++ ASP...
Acorn
Salary: £23000 - £29000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Somerset, South West
This includes MPLS VPN, IP Access and associated overlay services, such as Application Performance Management (APM), and IPSec VPN, delivered over xDSL, EFM (copper and fibre), Leased Line,...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £35K + 5% bonus + 20% shift allowance
Posted: 21 May 2013