DNS Contracts in Edinburgh

Domain Name System (DNS)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 108 111
Rank change year-on-year +47 +3 -23
Contract jobs citing DNS 12 8 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.46% 0.62% 0.67%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.48% 7.02% 8.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 9
10th Percentile £200 £270 £280
25th Percentile £203 £281 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £240 £300 £410
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -26.83% -0.61%
75th Percentile £258 £390 £525
90th Percentile £415 £443 £538
Scotland median daily rate £496 £450 £420
% change year-on-year +10.22% +7.14% -5.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £40.00
Scotland median hourly rate £60.00 - £31.00
% change year-on-year - - -46.32%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 89 114 161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 10.83% 8.78% 8.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 75 99
10th Percentile £179 £163 £253
25th Percentile £240 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £455
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +4.40% +7.06%
75th Percentile £637 £527 £575
90th Percentile £750 £575 £640
Scotland median daily rate £525 £460 £450
% change year-on-year +14.13% +2.22% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 5
10th Percentile £13.35 £24.08 £42.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £28.32 £46.25
Median hourly rate £18.27 £36.63 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.12% -22.88% -5.00%
75th Percentile £43.38 £46.19 £53.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £51.18 £54.09
Scotland median hourly rate £18.27 £10.63 £47.50
% change year-on-year +71.87% -77.62% -5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing DNS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for DNS in Edinburgh

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DNS in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for DNS in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DNS in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DNS in Edinburgh

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DNS in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for DNS in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (8.33%) Apache
1 1 (8.33%) EPiServer
1 1 (8.33%) IIS
1 1 (8.33%) Tomcat
1 1 (8.33%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Azure
1 3 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (8.33%) Akamai
2 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (83.33%) DHCP
2 7 (58.33%) VPN
3 2 (16.67%) Network Security
4 1 (8.33%) BIG-IP
4 1 (8.33%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 1 (8.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 1 (8.33%) Internet
4 1 (8.33%) SAN
4 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Desktop Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Active Directory Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Desktop Support
2 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
3 2 (16.67%) Network Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Network Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Network Security Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) .NET
1 1 (8.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (8.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (8.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) Windows
1 7 (58.33%) Windows 10
2 6 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Break/Fix
1 6 (50.00%) ITIL
1 6 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 4 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 3 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (8.33%) Computer Science
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (8.33%) Information Security
4 1 (8.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (8.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) SC Cleared
1 7 (58.33%) Security Cleared
2 6 (50.00%) A+ Certification
3 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (8.33%) Degree
System Software
1 10 (83.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (58.33%) SCCM
2 1 (8.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Cisco
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) CA
2 1 (8.33%) F5