Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for DNS skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DNS over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the West Midlands region.

 Domain Name System (DNS)
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank11511790
Rank change year-on-year
Up+2Down-27
Matching permanent IT job ads3456183
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands0.944 %1.195 %2.086 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category6.526 %7.125 %15.10 %
Salaries quoted2253166
Average salary£35,000£30,000£25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66 %+20.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£19,350£25,000£19,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,400£55,000£37,000
UK excluding London average salary£31,000£35,000£33,000
% change year-on-year
-11.42 %+6.060 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
5217861212
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands14.46 %16.77 %13.82 %
Salaries quoted4356541021
Average salary£35,000£35,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+7.690 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£25,000£20,350
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£50,000£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
DNS EnglandDNS
England

DNS
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands DNS Salary Trend

DNS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DNS across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ShropshireUp+205£32,500-35.00 %
SolihullNew entry-5£42,500-
HerefordshireUp+34£38,000+26.66 %
CoventryUp+24£35,000+105.88 %
BirminghamUp+83£26,250-52.27 %
WorcestershireDown-32£35,000+16.66 %
StaffordshireUp+31£16,000-36.00 %
DNS EnglandDNS
England

DNS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

155 (66.27 %)Active Directory
253 (63.86 %)Windows
346 (55.42 %)Microsoft
436 (43.37 %)TCP/IP
532 (38.55 %)DHCP
629 (34.94 %)Microsoft Certification
629 (34.94 %)Windows Server 2003
728 (33.73 %)SQL Server
728 (33.73 %)Citrix
827 (32.53 %)IIS
925 (30.12 %)Cisco
925 (30.12 %)Windows Server 2008
1023 (27.71 %)MS Exchange
1121 (25.30 %)Firewall
1220 (24.10 %)MCSE
1319 (22.89 %)SQL
1319 (22.89 %)WAN
1319 (22.89 %)Windows 2000 Server
1418 (21.69 %)SharePoint
1517 (20.48 %)LAN
1517 (20.48 %)VLAN
1616 (19.28 %)HP
1715 (18.07 %)ISA Server
1715 (18.07 %)Windows Vista
1715 (18.07 %)Security Cleared
1813 (15.66 %)MS Office
1813 (15.66 %)MCP
1813 (15.66 %)Cisco Certification
1813 (15.66 %)Load Balancing
1912 (14.46 %)ITIL

DNS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
19 (10.84 %)Windows SharePoint Services
24 (4.819 %)Web Services
33 (3.614 %)HTML
33 (3.614 %)CSS
33 (3.614 %)JSP
33 (3.614 %)Servlets
42 (2.410 %)AJAX
42 (2.410 %)LAMP
51 (1.205 %)Hibernate
51 (1.205 %)Spring
51 (1.205 %)SOAP
51 (1.205 %)J2EE
51 (1.205 %)Java RMI
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
127 (32.53 %)IIS
223 (27.71 %)MS Exchange
318 (21.69 %)SharePoint
410 (12.05 %)Exchange Server 2007
59 (10.84 %)Exchange Server 2003
59 (10.84 %)SharePoint Portal Server
59 (10.84 %)SharePoint Server 2007
65 (6.024 %)Apache
73 (3.614 %)Lotus Notes
81 (1.205 %)Tomcat
West Midlands IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
113 (15.66 %)MS Office
29 (10.84 %)MS Excel
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (3.614 %)BPCS
21 (1.205 %)Oracle 11i
21 (1.205 %)Microsoft CRM
21 (1.205 %)Oracle Applications
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
136 (43.37 %)TCP/IP
232 (38.55 %)DHCP
321 (25.30 %)Firewall
419 (22.89 %)WAN
517 (20.48 %)LAN
517 (20.48 %)VLAN
612 (14.46 %)HTTP
710 (12.05 %)SMTP
710 (12.05 %)Internet
710 (12.05 %)FTP
710 (12.05 %)Cisco PIX
89 (10.84 %)VPN
98 (9.639 %)HTTPS
106 (7.229 %)POP3
106 (7.229 %)OSPF
114 (4.819 %)BGP
114 (4.819 %)MPLS
114 (4.819 %)VoIP
114 (4.819 %)SSL
123 (3.614 %)SAN
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
128 (33.73 %)SQL Server
27 (8.434 %)SQL Server 2005
36 (7.229 %)MySQL
44 (4.819 %)SQL Server 2000
53 (3.614 %)MS Access
62 (2.410 %)SQL Server 2008
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (1.205 %)Ant
11 (1.205 %)JUnit
11 (1.205 %)Eclipse
11 (1.205 %)Dreamweaver
West Midlands IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
111 (13.25 %)Pensions
26 (7.229 %)Finance
35 (6.024 %)Telecoms
43 (3.614 %)Music
43 (3.614 %)Health
43 (3.614 %)Manufacturing
52 (2.410 %)Education
52 (2.410 %)Government
61 (1.205 %)Automotive
61 (1.205 %)Games
61 (1.205 %)Local Government
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
117 (20.48 %)Support Engineer
214 (16.87 %)Architect
311 (13.25 %)Network Engineer
410 (12.05 %)IT Support
59 (10.84 %)SharePoint Specialist
59 (10.84 %)Technical Specialist
68 (9.639 %)Infrastructure Architect
77 (8.434 %)IT Support Engineer
77 (8.434 %)Infrastructure Engineer
86 (7.229 %)Systems Administrator
86 (7.229 %)Administrator
94 (4.819 %)Technical Support
94 (4.819 %)Systems Engineer
94 (4.819 %)Solutions Architect
94 (4.819 %)Team Leader
94 (4.819 %)Senior Architect
94 (4.819 %)Senior Solutions Architect
103 (3.614 %)Cisco Network Engineer
103 (3.614 %)Cisco Engineer
103 (3.614 %)IT Administrator
West Midlands IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
16 (7.229 %)Clustering
24 (4.819 %)Management Information System
24 (4.819 %)PKI
33 (3.614 %)AS400
42 (2.410 %)E-Learning
42 (2.410 %)VLE
51 (1.205 %)Computer Science
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
153 (63.86 %)Windows
229 (34.94 %)Windows Server 2003
325 (30.12 %)Windows Server 2008
419 (22.89 %)Windows 2000 Server
515 (18.07 %)Windows Vista
612 (14.46 %)Linux
710 (12.05 %)UNIX
88 (9.639 %)Windows XP
94 (4.819 %)Solaris
103 (3.614 %)Windows NT
112 (2.410 %)Windows 2000
112 (2.410 %)Ubuntu
112 (2.410 %)CentOS
112 (2.410 %)Windows 7
121 (1.205 %)HPUX
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
113 (15.66 %)Load Balancing
212 (14.46 %)ITIL
35 (6.024 %)CRM
35 (6.024 %)Network Design
44 (4.819 %)Migration
44 (4.819 %)Incident Management
44 (4.819 %)Project Management
53 (3.614 %)Service Delivery
62 (2.410 %)Change Management
62 (2.410 %)Configuration Management
62 (2.410 %)Logistics
62 (2.410 %)Time Management
71 (1.205 %)Asset Management
71 (1.205 %)Content Management
71 (1.205 %)Network Load Balancing
71 (1.205 %)Disaster Recovery
71 (1.205 %)Service Management
71 (1.205 %)E-Commerce
71 (1.205 %)CAD
71 (1.205 %)OO
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
119 (22.89 %)SQL
26 (7.229 %)Java
33 (3.614 %)JavaScript
33 (3.614 %)PHP
33 (3.614 %)C++
33 (3.614 %)VB
33 (3.614 %)VBA
33 (3.614 %)VB6
41 (1.205 %)PHP5
41 (1.205 %)C
West Midlands IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
129 (34.94 %)Microsoft Certification
220 (24.10 %)MCSE
315 (18.07 %)Security Cleared
413 (15.66 %)Cisco Certification
413 (15.66 %)MCP
512 (14.46 %)CCNA
69 (10.84 %)MCITP
78 (9.639 %)CCA
78 (9.639 %)Citrix Certification
86 (7.229 %)CCEA
86 (7.229 %)CCNP
93 (3.614 %)CCIP
93 (3.614 %)CCSP
93 (3.614 %)SC Cleared
101 (1.205 %)Degree
101 (1.205 %)HND
101 (1.205 %)MCSA
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (13.25 %)SLA
21 (1.205 %)ISO9001
West Midlands IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
155 (66.27 %)Active Directory
215 (18.07 %)ISA Server
310 (12.05 %)XenApp
47 (8.434 %)Terminal Services
56 (7.229 %)Hyper-V
63 (3.614 %)VMware Infrastructure
63 (3.614 %)MetaFrame
72 (2.410 %)VMware ESX
72 (2.410 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
72 (2.410 %)Postfix
81 (1.205 %)Sendmail
81 (1.205 %)Veritas Volume Manager
81 (1.205 %)Veritas Cluster Server
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
19 (10.84 %)Backup Exec
26 (7.229 %)WSUS
35 (6.024 %)OpenView
35 (6.024 %)OpenView Configuration Management
43 (3.614 %)CiscoWorks
52 (2.410 %)Norton AntiVirus
52 (2.410 %)MIMEsweeper
52 (2.410 %)SCOM
61 (1.205 %)HP Data Protector
61 (1.205 %)OVSD
61 (1.205 %)Cisco IPCC
61 (1.205 %)NetBackup
61 (1.205 %)ZENworks
West Midlands IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
146 (55.42 %)Microsoft
228 (33.73 %)Citrix
325 (30.12 %)Cisco
416 (19.28 %)HP
59 (10.84 %)Symantec
65 (6.024 %)VMware
74 (4.819 %)Red Hat
74 (4.819 %)Oracle
74 (4.819 %)Veritas
83 (3.614 %)Lotus
83 (3.614 %)IBM
83 (3.614 %)WatchGuard
92 (2.410 %)Blue Coat
92 (2.410 %)Fortinet
92 (2.410 %)CA
92 (2.410 %)Novadigm
92 (2.410 %)McAfee
92 (2.410 %)Sophos
92 (2.410 %)Websense
92 (2.410 %)SurfControl