The first table below looks at the demand for DNS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DNS over the 3 months to 17 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 Suffolk region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Domain Name System (DNS)
Rank 37 49 50
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +1
Permanent jobs citing DNS 40 15 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 5.831% 2.717% 3.246%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.17% 18.07% 25.93%
Number of salaries quoted 35 12 19
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +8.33%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £33,329
% change year-on-year
+7.14% +5.01%
All Communications & Networking
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
142 83 81
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 20.70% 15.04% 12.52%
Number of salaries quoted 133 73 77
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,500 £17,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £42,500 £44,439
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
DNS
East of England

DNS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk DNS Salary Trend

DNS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DNS across the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 17 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
Ipswich +5 27 £36,250 +11.53%
Stowmarket - 1 £32,500 -
Bury St Edmunds - 1 £32,500 -
DNS
East of England

DNS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 60 (95.24%) Active Directory
2 57 (90.48%) Windows
3 46 (73.02%) Microsoft
4 45 (71.43%) Firewall
5 28 (44.44%) DHCP
6 27 (42.86%) SharePoint
7 26 (41.27%) IIS
8 25 (39.68%) MS Exchange
9 23 (36.51%) VMware
10 22 (34.92%) Windows Server 2008
11 21 (33.33%) LAN
11 21 (33.33%) WAN
12 19 (30.16%) TCP/IP
12 19 (30.16%) SharePoint Server
12 19 (30.16%) Load Balancing
12 19 (30.16%) Exchange Server 2010
13 18 (28.57%) Wireshark
14 17 (26.98%) Degree
14 17 (26.98%) Computer Science
15 15 (23.81%) Windows Server 2003
15 15 (23.81%) Cisco
15 15 (23.81%) SAN
15 15 (23.81%) ITIL
16 14 (22.22%) VPN
16 14 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
16 14 (22.22%) Finance
16 14 (22.22%) SharePoint 2010
17 12 (19.05%) Windows 7
17 12 (19.05%) Linux
18 11 (17.46%) Wi-Fi

DNS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 7 (11.11%) Web Services
2 4 (6.349%) WSH
3 2 (3.175%) XML
4 1 (1.587%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 27 (42.86%) SharePoint
2 26 (41.27%) IIS
3 25 (39.68%) MS Exchange
4 19 (30.16%) SharePoint Server
4 19 (30.16%) Exchange Server 2010
5 14 (22.22%) SharePoint 2010
6 7 (11.11%) Amazon AWS
7 6 (9.524%) Exchange Server 2003
8 5 (7.937%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 9 (14.29%) MS Excel
2 8 (12.70%) PowerPivot
3 3 (4.762%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 45 (71.43%) Firewall
2 28 (44.44%) DHCP
3 21 (33.33%) LAN
3 21 (33.33%) WAN
4 19 (30.16%) TCP/IP
5 18 (28.57%) Wireshark
6 15 (23.81%) SAN
7 14 (22.22%) VPN
8 11 (17.46%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (15.87%) VoIP
10 8 (12.70%) Kerberos
11 4 (6.349%) NAS
12 3 (4.762%) MPLS
12 3 (4.762%) iSCSI
13 2 (3.175%) Fibre Channel
13 2 (3.175%) Ethernet
13 2 (3.175%) SMTP
13 2 (3.175%) SSL
14 1 (1.587%) Internet
14 1 (1.587%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (15.87%) SQL Server
2 8 (12.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 8 (12.70%) PerformancePoint
3 3 (4.762%) MySQL
4 2 (3.175%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (3.175%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 14 (22.22%) Finance
2 4 (6.349%) Banking
2 4 (6.349%) Marketing
3 1 (1.587%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (1.587%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (28.57%) Administrator
1 18 (28.57%) SharePoint Administrator
2 16 (25.40%) Analyst
3 11 (17.46%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 6 (9.524%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (9.524%) Systems Engineer
5 4 (6.349%) Support Analyst
5 4 (6.349%) Help Desk Analyst
5 4 (6.349%) 1st Line Support
5 4 (6.349%) Help Desk Support
5 4 (6.349%) Team Leader
5 4 (6.349%) Infrastructure Team Leader
6 3 (4.762%) Infrastructure Technician
6 3 (4.762%) Exchange Engineer
6 3 (4.762%) VMware Engineer
7 2 (3.175%) Citrix Engineer
7 2 (3.175%) Messaging Engineer
7 2 (3.175%) Desktop Technician
7 2 (3.175%) Storage Systems Administrator
7 2 (3.175%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 17 (26.98%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 57 (90.48%) Windows
2 22 (34.92%) Windows Server 2008
3 15 (23.81%) Windows Server 2003
4 12 (19.05%) Windows 7
4 12 (19.05%) Linux
5 9 (14.29%) UNIX
6 4 (6.349%) Mac OS X
7 3 (4.762%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (4.762%) Windows 2000
7 3 (4.762%) Windows XP
8 1 (1.587%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (30.16%) Load Balancing
2 15 (23.81%) ITIL
3 8 (12.70%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (12.70%) Document Management
4 7 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (9.524%) Business Continuity
6 5 (7.937%) Problem Management
7 4 (6.349%) Online Marketing
7 4 (6.349%) Incident Management
7 4 (6.349%) Risk Management
7 4 (6.349%) Migration
8 3 (4.762%) Change Management
9 2 (3.175%) Data Protection
10 1 (1.587%) Network Management
10 1 (1.587%) Root Cause Analysis
10 1 (1.587%) Ethical Hacking
10 1 (1.587%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.937%) SQL
2 2 (3.175%) VBScript
3 1 (1.587%) Python
3 1 (1.587%) Ruby
3 1 (1.587%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.587%) Bash shell
3 1 (1.587%) Perl
Qualifications
1 17 (26.98%) Degree
2 14 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (6.349%) CCNP
3 4 (6.349%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (4.762%) MCITP
4 3 (4.762%) CCNA
4 3 (4.762%) MCSE
5 2 (3.175%) MCSA
5 2 (3.175%) VCAP
5 2 (3.175%) CCA
5 2 (3.175%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (3.175%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (3.175%) MCDST
6 1 (1.587%) CISSP
6 1 (1.587%) CCDP
6 1 (1.587%) CISA
6 1 (1.587%) CISM
6 1 (1.587%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 60 (95.24%) Active Directory
2 10 (15.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (9.524%) Terminal Services
3 6 (9.524%) vSphere
4 5 (7.937%) VMware ESX
5 4 (6.349%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (6.349%) Hyper-V
6 2 (3.175%) XenApp
6 2 (3.175%) XenServer
6 2 (3.175%) XenDesktop
6 2 (3.175%) VMFS
6 2 (3.175%) ISA Server
Vendors
1 46 (73.02%) Microsoft
2 23 (36.51%) VMware
3 15 (23.81%) Cisco
4 9 (14.29%) Citrix
5 6 (9.524%) NetApp
6 3 (4.762%) Red Hat
6 3 (4.762%) Fortinet
7 2 (3.175%) Dell
7 2 (3.175%) EMC
8 1 (1.587%) HP
8 1 (1.587%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.587%) Symantec
8 1 (1.587%) NETGEAR
8 1 (1.587%) F5
Ipswich, Suffolk
The ideal candidate will hold the following accreditations: Microsoft Certification, Citrix Certification CCA for XenApp 5 on 2003 and/or on 2008, VCAP. You must have solid understanding...
LEXSTRA
Salary: £40000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013