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This section looks at the demand for Domain Name System (DNS) skills across the UK 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDomain Name System (DNS)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank124131
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching permanent IT job ads32043652
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.691 %1.495 %
As % of the category below9.816 %9.215 %
Salaries quoted27602972
Average minimum salary£33,950£36,676
Average salary£36,313£39,066
% change on same period last year-7.04 %
Average maximum salary£38,676£41,456
UK excluding London average salary£32,920£36,287
% change on same period last year-9.27 %
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads3264039629
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled17.23 %16.23 %
Salaries quoted2775031944
Average minimum salary£37,632£39,249
Average salary£40,530£42,283
% change on same period last year-4.14 %
Average maximum salary£43,427£45,317
UK excluding London average salary£37,397£39,734
% change on same period last year-5.88 %

DNS
Demand Trend

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

DNS Demand Trend

DNS
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing DNS within the UK.

DNS Salary Trend

DNS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DNS over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 within the UK.

DNS Salary Histogram

DNS
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 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
EnglandUp+123121£36,381-7.00 %
LondonDown-101213£42,046-0.09 %
South EastUp+11924£34,807-9.77 %
City of LondonUp+7297£45,540-1.16 %
East of EnglandUp+19275£32,520-10.75 %
SurreyUp+24267£34,811-16.49 %
BerkshireUp+10193£37,932-5.65 %
North WestUp+61186£28,083-28.99 %
HampshireUp+28177£35,337-3.86 %
South WestUp+19172£33,861+13.32 %
YorkshireUp+7162£32,953+0.45 %
HertfordshireUp+23116£36,033-14.37 %
West MidlandsUp+16111£28,613-2.03 %
OxfordshireDown-16105£32,487-6.68 %
ManchesterUp+3889£28,551-33.35 %
GloucestershireDown-680£35,477+12.12 %
EssexUp+3180£30,571+5.48 %
West YorkshireUp+273£28,102-9.00 %
East MidlandsUp+3066£29,770+21.29 %
LeedsUp+265£28,072-10.85 %
BasingstokeUp+661£32,429-17.74 %
ReadingUp+1559£35,782-10.64 %
GloucesterUp+1956£34,973+17.88 %
BristolUp+954£34,182+20.16 %
BuckinghamshireDown-2650£37,919+2.98 %
ScotlandUp+1649£32,514-1.16 %
CambridgeshireUp+648£32,821+7.02 %
OxfordDown-2347£31,651-10.10 %
KentUp+1745£26,782-14.26 %
North YorkshireUp+445£37,000+1.09 %

DNS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

14148 (61.28 %)Windows
23472 (51.29 %)TCP/IP
33211 (47.44 %)Active Directory
42986 (44.11 %)DHCP
52169 (32.04 %)Microsoft
61836 (27.12 %)MS Exchange
71816 (26.83 %)Linux
81678 (24.79 %)Exchange Server 2003
91664 (24.58 %)Firewall
101647 (24.33 %)Cisco
111487 (21.97 %)UNIX
121419 (20.96 %)Microsoft Certification
131274 (18.82 %)Windows 2000
141263 (18.66 %)LAN
151260 (18.61 %)WAN
161182 (17.46 %)MCSE
171149 (16.97 %)VPN
181147 (16.94 %)IIS
191142 (16.87 %)SQL Server
201137 (16.80 %)Internet
211114 (16.46 %)MS Excel
221084 (16.01 %)SQL
23927 (13.69 %)Citrix
24891 (13.16 %)Exchange Server 2000
25875 (12.93 %)Apache
26857 (12.66 %)Windows Server 2003
27842 (12.44 %)SAN
28807 (11.92 %)Cisco Certification
29800 (11.82 %)VMware
30797 (11.77 %)Solaris

DNS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1246 (3.634 %).NET
2217 (3.206 %)HTML
3181 (2.674 %)XML
4178 (2.630 %)CSS
5138 (2.039 %)ASP
6132 (1.950 %)WebServices
7121 (1.788 %)ASP.NET
7121 (1.788 %)WebSphere
8104 (1.536 %)J2EE
943 (0.635 %)SOAP
943 (0.635 %).NET Framework
1039 (0.576 %)AJAX
1134 (0.502 %)XHTML
1228 (0.414 %)LAMP
1327 (0.399 %)WSH
1420 (0.295 %)WMI
1420 (0.295 %)Application Packaging
1519 (0.281 %)WAP
1519 (0.281 %)XSLT
1616 (0.236 %)ODBC
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11836 (27.12 %)MS Exchange
21678 (24.79 %)Exchange Server 2003
31147 (16.94 %)IIS
4891 (13.16 %)Exchange Server 2000
5875 (12.93 %)Apache
6407 (6.013 %)Exchange Server 2007
7285 (4.210 %)SharePoint
8261 (3.856 %)Tomcat
9192 (2.836 %)Lotus Notes
10138 (2.039 %)JBoss
11135 (1.994 %)WebLogic
12117 (1.728 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
13115 (1.699 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1458 (0.857 %)ColdFusion
1553 (0.783 %)Lotus Domino
1634 (0.502 %)WebSphere Application Server
1732 (0.473 %)BizTalk Server
1830 (0.443 %)CMS
1925 (0.369 %)SharePoint Server 2007
2018 (0.266 %)SharePoint Portal Server
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11114 (16.46 %)MS Excel
2766 (11.32 %)MS Office
348 (0.709 %)MS PowerPoint
443 (0.635 %)Photoshop
533 (0.488 %)MS Visio
623 (0.340 %)ImageReady
713 (0.192 %)MS Project
89 (0.133 %)Fireworks
93 (0.044 %)AutoCAD
102 (0.030 %)InfoPath
102 (0.030 %)Spreadsheet
111 (0.015 %)Adobe Illustrator
111 (0.015 %)Acrobat
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
129 (0.428 %)GoldMine
223 (0.340 %)SoftGrid
315 (0.222 %)RMDS
315 (0.222 %)Microsoft CRM
411 (0.163 %)Remedy AR System
510 (0.148 %)Oracle EBS
69 (0.133 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
78 (0.118 %)Dynamics CRM
78 (0.118 %)Great Plains
85 (0.074 %)Academy Housing
85 (0.074 %)arcHouse
94 (0.059 %)Bankmaster
94 (0.059 %)FLEXCUBE
94 (0.059 %)Kondor+
102 (0.030 %)Misys Midas
111 (0.015 %)WebTrends
111 (0.015 %)Oracle ERP
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13472 (51.29 %)TCP/IP
22986 (44.11 %)DHCP
31664 (24.58 %)Firewall
41263 (18.66 %)LAN
51260 (18.61 %)WAN
61149 (16.97 %)VPN
71137 (16.80 %)Internet
8842 (12.44 %)SAN
9714 (10.55 %)SMTP
10453 (6.692 %)HTTP
11440 (6.500 %)VoIP
12384 (5.673 %)FTP
13283 (4.181 %)VLAN
14281 (4.151 %)Network Security
15273 (4.033 %)LDAP
16255 (3.767 %)MPLS
17240 (3.546 %)Wireless
18235 (3.472 %)OSPF
19221 (3.265 %)BGP
20200 (2.955 %)SNMP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11142 (16.87 %)SQL Server
2568 (8.391 %)MySQL
3295 (4.358 %)SQL Server 2000
4225 (3.324 %)SQL Server 2005
5173 (2.556 %)RDBMS
6139 (2.053 %)DB2
796 (1.418 %)SQL Server 7
879 (1.167 %)Oracle 8/8i
946 (0.680 %)Oracle 9i
1045 (0.665 %)PostgreSQL
1133 (0.488 %)BusinessObjects
1226 (0.384 %)Oracle 10g
1324 (0.355 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1420 (0.295 %)Oracle Reports
1518 (0.266 %)DTS
1614 (0.207 %)MS Access
1712 (0.177 %)Data Mining
188 (0.118 %)Datawarehouse
197 (0.103 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
206 (0.089 %)Informix
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
170 (1.034 %)Flash
234 (0.502 %)MSI
332 (0.473 %)VSS/SourceSafe
429 (0.428 %)Subversion
524 (0.355 %)Dreamweaver
618 (0.266 %)Ant
717 (0.251 %)Visual Studio
85 (0.074 %)InstallShield
94 (0.059 %)WebLOAD
103 (0.044 %)Rational Rose
103 (0.044 %)AppScan
103 (0.044 %)FrontPage
103 (0.044 %)StarTeam
103 (0.044 %)Telelogic DOORS
103 (0.044 %)NUnit
111 (0.015 %)JUnit
111 (0.015 %)Selenium
111 (0.015 %)Eclipse
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1784 (11.58 %)Finance
2401 (5.924 %)Telecoms
3305 (4.506 %)Pensions
4297 (4.388 %)Health
5228 (3.368 %)Banking
6145 (2.142 %)Education
7120 (1.773 %)Insurance
8115 (1.699 %)Back Office
9106 (1.566 %)Retail
1083 (1.226 %)Government
1178 (1.152 %)Financial Institution
1277 (1.138 %)Law
1369 (1.019 %)Legal
1455 (0.813 %)Investment Banking
1553 (0.783 %)Marketing
1648 (0.709 %)Publishing
1733 (0.488 %)Games
1827 (0.399 %)Electronics
1923 (0.340 %)Advertising
1923 (0.340 %)Construction
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11215 (17.95 %)Administrator
21118 (16.52 %)Analyst
3831 (12.28 %)Systems Administrator
4781 (11.54 %)Support Engineer
5683 (10.09 %)Support Analyst
6476 (7.032 %)Network Engineer
7445 (6.574 %)Systems Engineer
8314 (4.639 %)Linux Administrator
9302 (4.462 %)Technical Support
10281 (4.151 %)Network Support
11278 (4.107 %)3rd Line Support
12262 (3.871 %)Consultant
13257 (3.797 %)2nd Line Support
14253 (3.738 %)Linux Systems Administrator
15240 (3.546 %)UNIX Administrator
16236 (3.486 %)Infrastructure Engineer
17233 (3.442 %)Developer
18219 (3.235 %)Desktop Support
19213 (3.147 %)Server Support
20192 (2.836 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1398 (5.880 %)Clustering
2374 (5.525 %)Blackberry
390 (1.330 %)Client/Server
469 (1.019 %)Computer Science
564 (0.945 %)Video Conferencing
657 (0.842 %)IPTV
755 (0.813 %)HACMP
854 (0.798 %)Thin Client
854 (0.798 %)Fat Client
945 (0.665 %)Mainframe
1044 (0.650 %)German Language
1142 (0.620 %)French Language
1241 (0.606 %)Replication
1331 (0.458 %)CLARiiON
1331 (0.458 %)SecurID
1428 (0.414 %)N-Tier
1522 (0.325 %)PKI
1620 (0.295 %)IBM Mainframe
1719 (0.281 %)PDA
1719 (0.281 %)NHS
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14148 (61.28 %)Windows
21816 (26.83 %)Linux
31487 (21.97 %)UNIX
41274 (18.82 %)Windows 2000
5857 (12.66 %)Windows Server 2003
6797 (11.77 %)Solaris
7601 (8.879 %)Windows XP
8509 (7.520 %)Windows NT
9187 (2.763 %)AIX
10100 (1.477 %)Debian
1199 (1.463 %)HPUX
1285 (1.256 %)SUSE
1355 (0.813 %)FreeBSD
1446 (0.680 %)Ubuntu
1529 (0.428 %)Fedora
1625 (0.369 %)Windows Vista
1720 (0.295 %)Windows Mobile
1816 (0.236 %)Mac OS X
1913 (0.192 %)VMS
208 (0.118 %)NetWare
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1503 (7.431 %)ITIL
2291 (4.299 %)Disaster Recovery
3259 (3.826 %)Project Management
4228 (3.368 %)Load Balancing
5166 (2.452 %)E-Commerce
6149 (2.201 %)Migration
7130 (1.921 %)Security Cleared
8128 (1.891 %)Network Design
9102 (1.507 %)Configuration Management
1094 (1.389 %)Change Management
1174 (1.093 %)SC Cleared
1269 (1.019 %)PRINCE2
1368 (1.005 %)Service Delivery
1465 (0.960 %)Web Development
1562 (0.916 %)Performance Management
1661 (0.901 %)Problem Management
1661 (0.901 %)Service Management
1759 (0.872 %)CRM
1857 (0.842 %)Identity Management
1955 (0.813 %)OO
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11084 (16.01 %)SQL
2689 (10.18 %)Perl
3320 (4.727 %)PHP
4296 (4.373 %)Shell Script
5247 (3.649 %)C
6235 (3.472 %)Java
7187 (2.763 %)JavaScript
8141 (2.083 %)Python
9133 (1.965 %)VBScript
9133 (1.965 %)VB
10108 (1.596 %)C#
1160 (0.886 %)Ruby
1255 (0.813 %)C++
1351 (0.753 %)AWK
1447 (0.694 %)Korn
1546 (0.680 %)VB.NET
1644 (0.650 %)Delphi
1727 (0.399 %)VBA
1826 (0.384 %)Transact-SQL
1924 (0.355 %)Embedded C
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11419 (20.96 %)Microsoft Certification
21182 (17.46 %)MCSE
3807 (11.92 %)Cisco Certification
4621 (9.174 %)CCNA
5519 (7.667 %)MCP
6409 (6.042 %)Degree
7342 (5.052 %)CCNP
8323 (4.772 %)MCSA
993 (1.374 %)Citrix Certification
1083 (1.226 %)CCIP
1176 (1.123 %)CCIE
1262 (0.916 %)CCDP
1360 (0.886 %)CCSA
1454 (0.798 %)MCDST
1547 (0.694 %)CCEA
1646 (0.680 %)IBM AIX Certification
1745 (0.665 %)CCSE
1843 (0.635 %)HND
1938 (0.561 %)CCA
2033 (0.488 %)ITIL Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1236 (3.486 %)SLA
216 (0.236 %)QA
313 (0.192 %)ISO9001
48 (0.118 %)ISO27001
54 (0.059 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
63 (0.044 %)JSP 440
72 (0.030 %)WAI
72 (0.030 %)BS15000
72 (0.030 %)ISO17799
72 (0.030 %)ISO9000
81 (0.015 %)BS7799
81 (0.015 %)WCAG
81 (0.015 %)CESG Infosec
81 (0.015 %)PCI DSS
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13211 (47.44 %)Active Directory
2432 (6.382 %)VMware Infrastructure
3357 (5.274 %)Backup Exec
4206 (3.043 %)Terminal Services
5197 (2.910 %)NetBackup
6196 (2.896 %)ISA Server
7178 (2.630 %)NFS
8173 (2.556 %)VMware ESX
9134 (1.980 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1091 (1.344 %)MetaFrame
1183 (1.226 %)Terminal Server
1250 (0.739 %)Squid
1343 (0.635 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1437 (0.547 %)Samba
1519 (0.281 %)Oracle RAC
1616 (0.236 %)VMware Server
1712 (0.177 %)VMware GSX
1712 (0.177 %)Oracle RMAN
1712 (0.177 %)Snort
187 (0.103 %)NDS
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1269 (3.974 %)MOM
2267 (3.944 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
3124 (1.832 %)WSUS
4106 (1.566 %)CiscoWorks
575 (1.108 %)Norton AntiVirus
668 (1.005 %)Nagios
766 (0.975 %)Tivoli
850 (0.739 %)OpenView
938 (0.561 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1033 (0.488 %)Legato
1129 (0.428 %)ARCserve
1225 (0.369 %)EMC NetWorker
1323 (0.340 %)SCOM
1421 (0.310 %)Unicenter
1519 (0.281 %)MAILsweeper
1616 (0.236 %)SCCM
1715 (0.222 %)MIMEsweeper
1715 (0.222 %)CA SiteMinder
1715 (0.222 %)AutoSys
1813 (0.192 %)Netcool
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12169 (32.04 %)Microsoft
21647 (24.33 %)Cisco
3927 (13.69 %)Citrix
4800 (11.82 %)VMware
5602 (8.893 %)HP
6596 (8.805 %)Red Hat
7480 (7.091 %)Oracle
8441 (6.515 %)VERITAS
9362 (5.348 %)Sun
10328 (4.846 %)CheckPoint
11258 (3.811 %)IBM
12235 (3.472 %)Symantec
13216 (3.191 %)Lotus
14198 (2.925 %)Dell
15137 (2.024 %)Remedy
16125 (1.847 %)EMC
17122 (1.802 %)Intel
17122 (1.802 %)Avaya
18118 (1.743 %)Juniper
1988 (1.300 %)Nokia
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