DNS Jobs in the South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for DNS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DNS over the 3 months to 29 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Domain Name System (DNS) England / South West
Location	3 months to 29 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	119	83	88
Rank change year-on-year	-36	+5
Permanent jobs citing DNS	123	179	198
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West	2.33%	3.43%	3.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	15.63%	17.33%	15.97%
Number of salaries quoted	100	150	164
Median salary	£36,500	£30,500	£34,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+19.67%	-10.29%
90% offered a salary of more than	£19,725	£20,725	£20,750
10% offered a salary of more than	£53,875	£52,500	£50,000
UK excluding London median salary	£37,500	£37,000	£36,500
% change year-on-year	+1.35%	+1.36%

DNS is in the communications and computer networking skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for communications and computer networking skills.

Communications & Computer Network Skills South West
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications and computer networking skills	787	1033	1240
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West	14.90%	19.80%	20.50%
Number of salaries quoted	1976	2823	2636
Median salary	£40,000	£35,000	£37,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+14.28%	-6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than	£21,750	£21,500	£21,250
10% offered a salary of more than	£55,000	£56,250	£57,500
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£42,500	£41,500
% change year-on-year	-	+2.40%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing DNS as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for DNS in the South West

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Salary Trend in the South West

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing DNS in the South West.

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Salary Histogram in the South West

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing DNS in the South West over the 3 months to 29 June 2017.

Salary histogram for DNS in the South West

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Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the South West region over the 3 months to 29 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Gloucestershire	-9	35	£43,000	+19.44%	3
Bristol	-48	31	£40,000	+53.84%	4
Wiltshire	+4	29	£40,000	+33.33%
Devon	+13	10	£25,000	-27.53%
Somerset	-16	7	£27,000	-1.81%	3
Dorset	-6	4	£19,750	-45.89%	4
Cornwall	-22	4	£21,000	-40.00%
DNS England

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Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the South West

For the 6 months to 29 June 2017, IT jobs citing DNS also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the South West region with a requirement for DNS.

1	166 (75.11%)	DHCP
2	144 (65.16%)	Windows
3	111 (50.23%)	Microsoft
4	107 (48.42%)	TCP/IP
5	88 (39.82%)	Active Directory
6	76 (34.39%)	HTTP
7	75 (33.94%)	Firewall
8	71 (32.13%)	Windows Server
9	63 (28.51%)	Security Cleared
10	62 (28.05%)	SMTP
11	59 (26.70%)	FTP
12	56 (25.34%)	Linux
13	55 (24.89%)	VMware
13	55 (24.89%)	SC Cleared
14	52 (23.53%)	Cisco Certification

14	52 (23.53%)	DV Cleared
15	50 (22.62%)	CCNA
16	48 (21.72%)	ITIL
17	47 (21.27%)	SIEM
18	46 (20.81%)	Cisco
19	44 (19.91%)	Microsoft Certification
20	43 (19.46%)	SSL
20	43 (19.46%)	Windows Server 2008
21	41 (18.55%)	SQL
22	39 (17.65%)	Analytical Skills
23	38 (17.19%)	MS Exchange
24	37 (16.74%)	Windows Server 2012
25	36 (16.29%)	Network Security
25	36 (16.29%)	VPN
26	35 (15.84%)	Cybersecurity

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Co-occurring IT Skills in the South West by Category

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

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	38 (17.19%)	MS Exchange
2	17 (7.69%)	Exchange Server 2010
3	11 (4.98%)	IIS
4	10 (4.52%)	Skype for Business
5	7 (3.17%)	Apache
6	6 (2.71%)	SharePoint
7	5 (2.26%)	Confluence
8	3 (1.36%)	Exchange Server 2013
8	3 (1.36%)	Tomcat
8	3 (1.36%)	WebSphere
9	2 (0.90%)	Exchange Server 2007
9	2 (0.90%)	IBM Notes
9	2 (0.90%)	OpenStack
9	2 (0.90%)	WebLogic
10	1 (0.45%)	Apache Qpid
10	1 (0.45%)	Drupal
10	1 (0.45%)	Exchange Server 2003
10	1 (0.45%)	OpenEdge
10	1 (0.45%)	SharePoint Server
10	1 (0.45%)	WordPress

Applications
1	27 (12.22%)	Microsoft Office
2	1 (0.45%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
2	1 (0.45%)	MS Visio

Business Applications
1	3 (1.36%)	Oracle EBS
2	2 (0.90%)	Oracle Applications
3	1 (0.45%)	Magento
3	1 (0.45%)	OpenCart
3	1 (0.45%)	SAP Oil and Gas

Cloud Services
1	34 (15.38%)	Office 365
2	15 (6.79%)	Amazon AWS
2	15 (6.79%)	Microsoft Azure
3	8 (3.62%)	Amazon EC2
4	7 (3.17%)	AWS Elastic Beanstalk
5	5 (2.26%)	AWS CloudFormation
5	5 (2.26%)	Virtual Private Cloud
6	3 (1.36%)	IaaS
6	3 (1.36%)	Mimecast
6	3 (1.36%)	SaaS
7	2 (0.90%)	PaaS
8	1 (0.45%)	Azure Active Directory
8	1 (0.45%)	Cloud Computing

Communications & Networking
1	166 (75.11%)	DHCP
2	107 (48.42%)	TCP/IP
3	76 (34.39%)	HTTP
4	75 (33.94%)	Firewall
5	62 (28.05%)	SMTP
6	59 (26.70%)	FTP
7	43 (19.46%)	SSL
8	36 (16.29%)	Network Security
8	36 (16.29%)	VPN
9	29 (13.12%)	VLAN
10	28 (12.67%)	LAN
10	28 (12.67%)	WAN
11	25 (11.31%)	X.400
12	24 (10.86%)	Wireshark
13	23 (10.41%)	tcpdump
13	23 (10.41%)	Telnet
14	21 (9.50%)	LDAP
15	15 (6.79%)	Internet
15	15 (6.79%)	SAN
16	14 (6.33%)	DMZ

Database & Business Intelligence
1	20 (9.05%)	SQL Server
2	6 (2.71%)	Amazon RDS
3	5 (2.26%)	MySQL
4	2 (0.90%)	Amazon DynamoDB
4	2 (0.90%)	Oracle Database
4	2 (0.90%)	Oracle Database 11g
4	2 (0.90%)	Oracle Reports
4	2 (0.90%)	SQL Server 2000
4	2 (0.90%)	SQL Server 2014
4	2 (0.90%)	SQL Server 2016
5	1 (0.45%)	MongoDB
5	1 (0.45%)	PostgreSQL
5	1 (0.45%)	SQL Server 2008

Development Applications
1	5 (2.26%)	Atlassian Bamboo
1	5 (2.26%)	JIRA
2	4 (1.81%)	Bower
2	4 (1.81%)	Grunt
2	4 (1.81%)	gulp
2	4 (1.81%)	Jasmine
2	4 (1.81%)	JSHint
2	4 (1.81%)	Karma Test Runner
2	4 (1.81%)	Maven
2	4 (1.81%)	QUnit
2	4 (1.81%)	webpack
3	3 (1.36%)	MSI
4	2 (0.90%)	AdminStudio
4	2 (0.90%)	Git (software)
4	2 (0.90%)	NCover
4	2 (0.90%)	NUnit
4	2 (0.90%)	Oracle Forms
4	2 (0.90%)	Protractor
4	2 (0.90%)	Selenium
4	2 (0.90%)	Visual Studio

General
1	11 (4.98%)	Aerospace
2	8 (3.62%)	Advertising
2	8 (3.62%)	Finance
2	8 (3.62%)	Retail
3	6 (2.71%)	Telecoms
4	5 (2.26%)	Games
5	4 (1.81%)	Military
6	2 (0.90%)	Banking
6	2 (0.90%)	Marketing
7	1 (0.45%)	Electronics
7	1 (0.45%)	Law
7	1 (0.45%)	Local Government
7	1 (0.45%)	Manufacturing

Job Titles
1	54 (24.43%)	Analyst
2	38 (17.19%)	Network Engineer
3	31 (14.03%)	Support Engineer
4	22 (9.95%)	Security Engineer
5	21 (9.50%)	IT Support
6	20 (9.05%)	SOC Analyst
7	19 (8.60%)	2nd Line Support
8	17 (7.69%)	Network Security Engineer
9	14 (6.33%)	IT Engineer
10	13 (5.88%)	Administrator
11	12 (5.43%)	2nd Line Engineer
11	12 (5.43%)	Architect
11	12 (5.43%)	IT Support Engineer
11	12 (5.43%)	Senior Analyst
12	11 (4.98%)	2nd Line Support Engineer
12	11 (4.98%)	Developer
12	11 (4.98%)	Security Analyst
12	11 (4.98%)	Solutions Architect
13	10 (4.52%)	Infrastructure Engineer
13	10 (4.52%)	Support Analyst

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	11 (4.98%)	.NET
2	10 (4.52%)	CSS
2	10 (4.52%)	HTML
3	9 (4.07%)	CSS3
3	9 (4.07%)	HTML5
4	8 (3.62%)	ASP.NET
4	8 (3.62%)	JSON
5	6 (2.71%)	Ajax
5	6 (2.71%)	AngularJS
5	6 (2.71%)	Backbone.js
5	6 (2.71%)	DOM
5	6 (2.71%)	Ember.js
5	6 (2.71%)	React
5	6 (2.71%)	REST
6	5 (2.26%)	Sass
7	4 (1.81%)	Compass CSS Framework
7	4 (1.81%)	JSLint
7	4 (1.81%)	LESS
7	4 (1.81%)	XML
8	3 (1.36%)	LAMP

Miscellaneous
1	39 (17.65%)	Analytical Skills
2	25 (11.31%)	CESG
3	14 (6.33%)	Data Centre
4	9 (4.07%)	Clustering
4	9 (4.07%)	Cyberthreat
5	6 (2.71%)	Client/Server
5	6 (2.71%)	Management Information System
6	5 (2.26%)	iPad
7	4 (1.81%)	Graphic Design
7	4 (1.81%)	Linux Command Line
8	3 (1.36%)	Driving Licence
8	3 (1.36%)	Public Cloud
8	3 (1.36%)	Replication
8	3 (1.36%)	Security Operations Centre
9	2 (0.90%)	Blackberry
9	2 (0.90%)	Cyber Defence
9	2 (0.90%)	PKI
10	1 (0.45%)	Data Structures
10	1 (0.45%)	Fintech
10	1 (0.45%)	User Experience

Operating Systems
1	144 (65.16%)	Windows
2	71 (32.13%)	Windows Server
3	56 (25.34%)	Linux
4	43 (19.46%)	Windows Server 2008
5	37 (16.74%)	Windows Server 2012
6	25 (11.31%)	Windows 7
7	24 (10.86%)	Windows Server 2003
8	14 (6.33%)	Windows XP
9	11 (4.98%)	Unix
10	8 (3.62%)	Windows 10
11	6 (2.71%)	Apple iOS
11	6 (2.71%)	Mac OS
11	6 (2.71%)	Mac OS X
11	6 (2.71%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12	5 (2.26%)	Android
13	4 (1.81%)	Windows 8
14	3 (1.36%)	CentOS
14	3 (1.36%)	Solaris
15	2 (0.90%)	Debian
15	2 (0.90%)	Windows Vista

Processes & Methodologies
1	48 (21.72%)	ITIL
2	47 (21.27%)	SIEM
3	35 (15.84%)	Cybersecurity
4	21 (9.50%)	Cyber Threat Intelligence
4	21 (9.50%)	Threat Intelligence
5	19 (8.60%)	Virtual Environments
6	18 (8.14%)	Information Security
7	15 (6.79%)	Root Cause Analysis
8	14 (6.33%)	Infrastructure Management
9	13 (5.88%)	Computer Forensics
9	13 (5.88%)	Proactive Monitoring
10	12 (5.43%)	Network Architecture
11	11 (4.98%)	Continuous Improvement
11	11 (4.98%)	MODAF
11	11 (4.98%)	Security Monitoring
11	11 (4.98%)	Stakeholder Engagement
11	11 (4.98%)	SysML
11	11 (4.98%)	TOGAF
11	11 (4.98%)	UML
11	11 (4.98%)	Vulnerability Assessment

Programming Languages
1	41 (18.55%)	SQL
2	24 (10.86%)	PowerShell
3	14 (6.33%)	Python
4	11 (4.98%)	C#
5	10 (4.52%)	Bash Shell
5	10 (4.52%)	Perl
6	9 (4.07%)	JavaScript
7	5 (2.26%)	Java
8	4 (1.81%)	PHP
9	3 (1.36%)	AWK
9	3 (1.36%)	sed
10	2 (0.90%)	PL/SQL
10	2 (0.90%)	Shell Script
11	1 (0.45%)	Lisp
11	1 (0.45%)	VB.NET

Qualifications
1	63 (28.51%)	Security Cleared
2	55 (24.89%)	SC Cleared
3	52 (23.53%)	Cisco Certification
3	52 (23.53%)	DV Cleared
4	50 (22.62%)	CCNA
5	44 (19.91%)	Microsoft Certification
6	26 (11.76%)	CISSP
6	26 (11.76%)	ITIL Foundation Certificate
7	23 (10.41%)	MCSA
8	22 (9.95%)	MCSE
9	14 (6.33%)	MCITP
10	13 (5.88%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11	11 (4.98%)	CISMP
12	10 (4.52%)	CCNP
13	9 (4.07%)	Degree
13	9 (4.07%)	MCP
13	9 (4.07%)	MCTS
14	7 (3.17%)	CNA
14	7 (3.17%)	Novell Certification
14	7 (3.17%)	SSCP

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	17 (7.69%)	SLA
2	14 (6.33%)	ISO/IEC 27001
3	8 (3.62%)	PCI DSS
4	2 (0.90%)	GPG13
4	2 (0.90%)	QA

System Software
1	88 (39.82%)	Active Directory
2	30 (13.57%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	27 (12.22%)	vSphere
4	26 (11.76%)	Snort
5	19 (8.60%)	Hyper-V
5	19 (8.60%)	VMware ESXi
6	9 (4.07%)	XenApp
7	4 (1.81%)	NFS
8	3 (1.36%)	Terminal Services
8	3 (1.36%)	Virtual Machines
8	3 (1.36%)	VirtualBox
8	3 (1.36%)	XenDesktop
9	2 (0.90%)	Docker
10	1 (0.45%)	ISA Server
10	1 (0.45%)	KVM
10	1 (0.45%)	Microsoft App-V
10	1 (0.45%)	RHEV
10	1 (0.45%)	Samba
10	1 (0.45%)	Squid

Systems Management
1	17 (7.69%)	SCCM
2	8 (3.62%)	Microsoft Clustering
2	8 (3.62%)	SCOM
3	6 (2.71%)	Host Intrusion Detection System
4	5 (2.26%)	Backup Exec
4	5 (2.26%)	NetBackup
5	4 (1.81%)	Nagios
5	4 (1.81%)	Nessus
5	4 (1.81%)	Network Intrusion Detection System
6	3 (1.36%)	OpenView
6	3 (1.36%)	OpenView Configuration Management
6	3 (1.36%)	SCVMM
6	3 (1.36%)	Symantec Enterprise Vault
6	3 (1.36%)	vMotion
6	3 (1.36%)	WSUS
7	2 (0.90%)	Cisco Prime
7	2 (0.90%)	HAProxy
7	2 (0.90%)	Netcool
7	2 (0.90%)	Symantec Endpoint Protection
7	2 (0.90%)	Systems Management Server (SMS)

Vendors
1	111 (50.23%)	Microsoft
2	55 (24.89%)	VMware
3	46 (20.81%)	Cisco
4	22 (9.95%)	Dell
5	21 (9.50%)	HP
6	16 (7.24%)	Citrix
7	13 (5.88%)	ArcSight
8	11 (4.98%)	CheckPoint
9	10 (4.52%)	IBM
10	8 (3.62%)	Oracle
10	8 (3.62%)	SonicWALL
10	8 (3.62%)	Symantec
11	7 (3.17%)	Apple
11	7 (3.17%)	Veeam
12	6 (2.71%)	F5
12	6 (2.71%)	Red Hat
12	6 (2.71%)	Sourcefire
12	6 (2.71%)	WatchGuard
13	5 (2.26%)	Atlassian
13	5 (2.26%)	EqualLogic