DNS Contracts in the East Midlands

Domain Name System (DNS)
England > East Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for DNS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DNS over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 54 45 54
Rank change year-on-year -9 +9 +1
Contract jobs citing DNS 12 39 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 1.57% 3.74% 3.08%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.33% 23.93% 24.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 30 33
10th Percentile £188 - £210
25th Percentile £281 £231 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £375 £398
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -5.66% +0.95%
75th Percentile £400 £700 £473
90th Percentile £483 - £542
England median daily rate £480 £525 £490
% change year-on-year -8.67% +7.14% +15.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.22 £36.75 £21.25
Median hourly rate £48.56 £38.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.13% +71.11% -
75th Percentile £51.91 £40.25 £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.13 £27.50
% change year-on-year -23.27% +89.56% -7.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East Midlands

DNS is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 90 163 180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 11.75% 15.61% 12.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 126 123
10th Percentile £172 £231 £177
25th Percentile £300 £313 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £429 £360
Median % change year-on-year +16.48% +19.24% -1.37%
75th Percentile £588 £587 £475
90th Percentile £655 £700 £550
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 11 15
10th Percentile £12.47 £16.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £12.75 £20.00 £14.82
Median hourly rate £14.27 £22.26 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.89% +11.30% +33.33%
75th Percentile £26.15 £36.25 £23.00
90th Percentile - £40.25 £23.65
England median hourly rate £39.25 £18.88 £23.91
% change year-on-year +107.95% -21.06% -4.36%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing DNS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for DNS in the East Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DNS in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for DNS in the East Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DNS in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DNS in the East Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DNS in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for DNS in the East Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derbyshire +9 5 £200 - 9
Lincolnshire +12 3 £350 - 3
Nottinghamshire -9 2 £325 -53.57% 4
Leicestershire +4 1 £450 +20.00% 4
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Visio
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (58.33%) DHCP
1 7 (58.33%) TCP/IP
2 5 (41.67%) Firewall
2 5 (41.67%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (25.00%) LAN
3 3 (25.00%) VLAN
3 3 (25.00%) VPN
3 3 (25.00%) WAN
3 3 (25.00%) Wireless
4 2 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (16.67%) Ethereal
4 2 (16.67%) Ethernet
4 2 (16.67%) Wireshark
5 1 (8.33%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (8.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle Database
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Support Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 2 (16.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Administrator
3 2 (16.67%) Network Support
3 2 (16.67%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Implementation Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) IT Administrator
4 1 (8.33%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 2 (16.67%) iPad
2 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Windows
2 4 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 2 (16.67%) Windows Server
3 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (16.67%) Asset Management
2 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (8.33%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (8.33%) Change Management
3 1 (8.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (8.33%) Inventory Control
3 1 (8.33%) Inventory Management
3 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (8.33%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (8.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) CCNA
1 5 (41.67%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (25.00%) CCNP
3 2 (16.67%) Degree
3 2 (16.67%) MCSE
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) OpenView
1 2 (16.67%) SCCM
2 1 (8.33%) FortiGate
2 1 (8.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Cisco
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Fortinet
2 2 (16.67%) Palo Alto
3 1 (8.33%) Apple
3 1 (8.33%) Aruba
3 1 (8.33%) CheckPoint
3 1 (8.33%) HP
3 1 (8.33%) Oracle
3 1 (8.33%) Splunk
3 1 (8.33%) VMware