The first table below looks at the demand for DNS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Swindon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DNS over the 3 months to 19 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 Swindon region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Domain Name System (DNS)
Rank 53 56 34
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -22
Permanent jobs citing DNS 4 7 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 0.784% 1.217% 3.629%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.154% 7.609% 23.08%
Number of salaries quoted 4 7 18
Average salary £33,500 £33,500 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.68%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,300 £32,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £37,000 £34,100 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,000 £35,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year
+5.71% +4.47%
All Communications & Networking
Swindon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
65 92 78
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 12.75% 16.00% 15.73%
Number of salaries quoted 59 65 75
Average salary £38,472 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.37% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,072 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £52,500 £47,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
DNS
Wiltshire

DNS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon DNS Salary Trend

DNS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DNS across the Swindon region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Swindon DNS Salary Histogram

DNS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) DHCP
1 9 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 8 (88.89%) Cisco
3 7 (77.78%) Windows Server 2003
3 7 (77.78%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (55.56%) VMware
4 5 (55.56%) Degree
4 5 (55.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (55.56%) HP
4 5 (55.56%) Blackberry
4 5 (55.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 5 (55.56%) MCTS
4 5 (55.56%) MCITP
4 5 (55.56%) IBM
4 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
4 5 (55.56%) CCNA
4 5 (55.56%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (55.56%) LAN
4 5 (55.56%) WAN
4 5 (55.56%) MCSE
4 5 (55.56%) MCSA
5 2 (22.22%) Network Management
5 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (22.22%) Juniper
5 2 (22.22%) Nokia
5 2 (22.22%) CheckPoint
5 2 (22.22%) MS Exchange
5 2 (22.22%) Firewall

DNS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (22.22%) MS Exchange
2 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) DHCP
2 5 (55.56%) LAN
2 5 (55.56%) WAN
3 2 (22.22%) Firewall
4 1 (11.11%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Network Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Network Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Server Support
3 1 (11.11%) Support Technician
3 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (11.11%) Coordinator
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Technician
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (77.78%) Windows Server 2003
2 7 (77.78%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Network Management
2 1 (11.11%) Business Development
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
1 5 (55.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 5 (55.56%) MCTS
1 5 (55.56%) MCITP
1 5 (55.56%) CCNA
1 5 (55.56%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (55.56%) MCSE
1 5 (55.56%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (55.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Cisco
2 5 (55.56%) VMware
2 5 (55.56%) HP
2 5 (55.56%) IBM
2 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
3 2 (22.22%) Juniper
3 2 (22.22%) Nokia
3 2 (22.22%) CheckPoint
3 2 (22.22%) Nortel
4 1 (11.11%) Remedy
4 1 (11.11%) Sophos