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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 54 93 114
Rank change year-on-year +39 +21 -22
Contract jobs citing DNS 22 9 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 2.54% 0.76% 1.05%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 21.78% 7.44% 12.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 6 17
10th Percentile - £281 £345
25th Percentile £200 £345 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £239 £483 £500
Median % change year-on-year -50.59% -3.35% +25.00%
75th Percentile £240 £498 £538
90th Percentile £266 £511 £539
Scotland median daily rate £240 £464 £500
% change year-on-year -48.22% -7.30% +6.38%

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 101 121 162
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 11.68% 10.28% 8.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 80 102
10th Percentile £179 £163 £316
25th Percentile £212 £291 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £328 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -30.92% -5.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £556 £531 £575
90th Percentile £637 £573 £639
Scotland median daily rate £423 £450 £466
% change year-on-year -6.11% -3.49% +9.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 1 4
10th Percentile £12.63 - £26.41
25th Percentile £15.56 - £39.16
Median hourly rate £18.14 £21.26 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.70% -55.24% -5.00%
75th Percentile £34.69 - £50.14
90th Percentile £60.75 - £52.64
Scotland median hourly rate £18.27 £10.63 £49.14
% change year-on-year +71.87% -78.37% +176.82%

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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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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:

Applications
1 19 (86.36%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) Azure
1 2 (9.09%) Entra ID
2 1 (4.55%) Akamai
2 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (95.45%) DHCP
2 19 (86.36%) VPN
3 1 (4.55%) Network Security
General
1 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (54.55%) Desktop Engineer
2 9 (40.91%) Desktop Support
3 7 (31.82%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
4 6 (27.27%) Network Engineer
4 6 (27.27%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Active Directory Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.55%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 19 (86.36%) Windows
1 19 (86.36%) Windows 10
2 15 (68.18%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (77.27%) Break/Fix
1 17 (77.27%) Service Delivery
2 15 (68.18%) ITIL
3 9 (40.91%) Customer Service
4 3 (13.64%) Data Protection
5 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (86.36%) SC Cleared
1 19 (86.36%) Security Cleared
2 15 (68.18%) A+ Certification
System Software
1 21 (95.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 19 (86.36%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (86.36%) Cisco
1 19 (86.36%) Microsoft