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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 50 52
Rank change year-on-year -5 +2 +7
Contract jobs citing DNS 13 28 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 1.60% 2.78% 2.94%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.87% 20.44% 22.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 22 35
10th Percentile £188 £231 £201
25th Percentile £313 £363 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £538 £398
Median % change year-on-year -39.53% +35.22% +2.58%
75th Percentile £475 £700 £461
90th Percentile £500 - £526
England median daily rate £488 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +5.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 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 £32.50 £52.13 £21.50
% change year-on-year -37.66% +142.47% -7.37%

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 101 137 185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 12.42% 13.62% 13.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 110 132
10th Percentile £188 £246 £173
25th Percentile £313 £313 £222
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £398
Median % change year-on-year +11.06% +13.26% +8.16%
75th Percentile £588 £675 £478
90th Percentile £659 £702 £550
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 6 15
10th Percentile £12.47 £15.63 £14.00
25th Percentile £12.75 £20.06 £15.84
Median hourly rate £14.27 £21.48 £17.56
Median % change year-on-year -33.57% +22.34% +17.07%
75th Percentile £26.15 £35.75 £23.00
90th Percentile - £40.25 £23.65
England median hourly rate £40.00 £17.07 £23.91
% change year-on-year +134.40% -28.63% +3.96%

DNS
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 2 June 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 2 June 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 - 5 £200 - 3
Lincolnshire +12 2 - - 7
Northamptonshire -2 2 £475 +100.00% 3
Nottinghamshire -2 2 £325 -53.57% 2
Leicestershire +5 1 £450 +20.00% 1
DNS
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 3 (23.08%) SharePoint
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (15.38%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) AWS
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (61.54%) DHCP
2 7 (53.85%) TCP/IP
3 5 (38.46%) Firewall
4 4 (30.77%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (23.08%) VLAN
5 3 (23.08%) VPN
5 3 (23.08%) WAN
5 3 (23.08%) Wireless
6 2 (15.38%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (15.38%) Ethereal
6 2 (15.38%) Ethernet
6 2 (15.38%) LAN
6 2 (15.38%) Wireshark
7 1 (7.69%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (7.69%) Network Security
7 1 (7.69%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle Database
General
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
3 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Local Government
4 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Network Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 2 (15.38%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (15.38%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Administrator
3 2 (15.38%) Network Support
3 2 (15.38%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Exchange Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (7.69%) IT Administrator
4 1 (7.69%) IT Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (7.69%) IT Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Messaging Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Data Centre
1 2 (15.38%) iPad
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (53.85%) Windows
2 5 (38.46%) Windows 10
3 3 (23.08%) Windows Server
3 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
2 2 (15.38%) Asset Management
2 2 (15.38%) Customer Service
2 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Monitoring
2 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (7.69%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (7.69%) Change Management
3 1 (7.69%) Coaching
3 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (7.69%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (7.69%) Data Encryption
3 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
3 1 (7.69%) Incident Response
3 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (7.69%) Inventory Control
3 1 (7.69%) Inventory Management
3 1 (7.69%) Migration
3 1 (7.69%) Service Management
3 1 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
2 1 (7.69%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) CCNA
1 5 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (23.08%) CCNP
2 3 (23.08%) Degree
3 2 (15.38%) MCSE
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (7.69%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) GDPR
2 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
2 2 (15.38%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (15.38%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) OpenView
1 2 (15.38%) SCCM
1 2 (15.38%) SCOM
2 1 (7.69%) FortiGate
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.69%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 5 (38.46%) Cisco
3 3 (23.08%) VMware
4 2 (15.38%) Citrix
4 2 (15.38%) Fortinet
4 2 (15.38%) Palo Alto
4 2 (15.38%) SolarWinds
5 1 (7.69%) Aruba
5 1 (7.69%) CheckPoint
5 1 (7.69%) HP
5 1 (7.69%) Oracle
5 1 (7.69%) Splunk