Symantec Backup Exec
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Backup Exec skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Backup Exec over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 852 910 1151
Rank change year-on-year +58 +241 -279
Permanent jobs citing Backup Exec 43 42 88
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.043% 0.043% 0.054%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.44% 0.29% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 40 29 76
10th Percentile £30,000 £23,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £38,688 £32,000 £27,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% - +6.67%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £46,736
90th Percentile £60,500 £59,500 £58,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,000 £36,250 £33,750
% change year-on-year +57.24% +7.41% +0.75%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

Backup Exec is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 9,854 14,460 30,142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.76% 14.68% 18.40%
Number of salaries quoted 7,058 8,969 14,039
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,400 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,091 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -3.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £59,526 £59,526
% change year-on-year -7.60% - +8.23%

Backup Exec
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Backup Exec as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Backup Exec in the UK

Backup Exec
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Backup Exec.

Salary trend for Backup Exec in the UK

Backup Exec
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Backup Exec over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Backup Exec in the UK

Backup Exec
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Backup Exec within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +95 40 £56,000 +40.00% 14
UK excluding London +16 30 £57,000 +57.24% 12
South West -5 16 £57,000 +1.33% 6
London +109 10 £45,000 +12.50% 5
Work from Home +51 9 £55,000 +71.88% 5
Midlands -11 6 £60,000 +87.50%
West Midlands +5 5 £60,000 +87.50%
Yorkshire +84 4 £60,000 +26.32%
North of England +41 4 £60,000 +65.52% 3
South East +9 4 £54,500 +21.11% 3
East Midlands - 1 £60,000 -

Backup Exec
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 36 (83.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (20.93%) SharePoint
3 7 (16.28%) Exchange Server 2010
4 5 (11.63%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (11.63%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.33%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 21 (48.84%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (27.91%) Azure
3 10 (23.26%) Entra ID
3 10 (23.26%) OneDrive
4 2 (4.65%) Amazon S3
4 2 (4.65%) AWS
4 2 (4.65%) Mimecast
4 2 (4.65%) OpenDNS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (53.49%) SAN
2 12 (27.91%) Firewall
3 9 (20.93%) VPN
4 8 (18.60%) DHCP
4 8 (18.60%) DNS
5 7 (16.28%) LAN
5 7 (16.28%) WAN
6 6 (13.95%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (11.63%) PSTN
8 4 (9.30%) NAS
8 4 (9.30%) Remote Desktop
8 4 (9.30%) Unified Communications
9 2 (4.65%) HSRP
9 2 (4.65%) IPsec
9 2 (4.65%) iSCSI
9 2 (4.65%) RIP
9 2 (4.65%) SD-WAN
9 2 (4.65%) SSL
9 2 (4.65%) TCP/IP
9 2 (4.65%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.95%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.65%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (2.33%) Crystal Reports
General
1 20 (46.51%) Finance
2 15 (34.88%) Organisational Skills
2 15 (34.88%) Social Skills
3 3 (6.98%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (6.98%) Military
4 2 (4.65%) Law
4 2 (4.65%) Legal
5 1 (2.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (44.19%) Support Engineer
2 9 (20.93%) Systems Engineer
3 7 (16.28%) IT Support
4 6 (13.95%) Consultant
5 5 (11.63%) Analyst
6 4 (9.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (9.30%) IT Engineer
6 4 (9.30%) IT Support Engineer
6 4 (9.30%) Support Analyst
6 4 (9.30%) Support Consultant
6 4 (9.30%) Technical Consultant
6 4 (9.30%) Technical Support
6 4 (9.30%) Technical Support Consultant
7 3 (6.98%) Infrastructure Support
7 3 (6.98%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) IT Consultant
7 3 (6.98%) Service Desk Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) Systems Support
7 3 (6.98%) Systems Support Engineer
8 2 (4.65%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.65%) .NET
1 2 (4.65%) LAMP
1 2 (4.65%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 16 (37.21%) Clustering
2 6 (13.95%) Management Information System
3 5 (11.63%) Blackberry
4 4 (9.30%) Driving Licence
4 4 (9.30%) Replication
5 2 (4.65%) Data Centre
5 2 (4.65%) PKI
6 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 40 (93.02%) Windows
2 15 (34.88%) Windows Server
3 12 (27.91%) AIX
4 10 (23.26%) Linux
5 9 (20.93%) Windows 10
6 5 (11.63%) Windows 7
7 4 (9.30%) Android
7 4 (9.30%) Apple iOS
7 4 (9.30%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (2.33%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (2.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (48.84%) ITIL
2 12 (27.91%) Continuous Improvement
2 12 (27.91%) Customer Requirements
3 6 (13.95%) Migration
4 5 (11.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (11.63%) Server Management
5 4 (9.30%) Customer Service
5 4 (9.30%) Project Management
5 4 (9.30%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 4 (9.30%) Ticket Management
6 3 (6.98%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (6.98%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (6.98%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (6.98%) Machine Learning
6 3 (6.98%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 3 (6.98%) Project Delivery
6 3 (6.98%) Server Patching
6 3 (6.98%) Systems Engineering
7 2 (4.65%) Preventative Maintenance
7 2 (4.65%) Server Migrations
Programming Languages
1 18 (41.86%) SQL
2 4 (9.30%) PowerShell
3 3 (6.98%) R
Qualifications
1 15 (34.88%) Security Cleared
2 12 (27.91%) ITIL Certification
2 12 (27.91%) SC Cleared
3 6 (13.95%) DV Cleared
4 4 (9.30%) CCA
4 4 (9.30%) Citrix Certification
4 4 (9.30%) MCP
5 2 (4.65%) Degree
6 1 (2.33%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (27.91%) SLA
2 5 (11.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (6.98%) JSP 440
System Software
1 39 (90.70%) Active Directory
2 22 (51.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (30.23%) Hyper-V
4 6 (13.95%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (9.30%) XenApp
5 4 (9.30%) XenDesktop
6 2 (4.65%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 2 (4.65%) Docker
6 2 (4.65%) pfSense
6 2 (4.65%) Terminal Services
6 2 (4.65%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 12 (27.91%) NetBackup
2 10 (23.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (13.95%) SCCM
4 5 (11.63%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 4 (9.30%) vCenter Server
6 2 (4.65%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 38 (88.37%) Microsoft
2 31 (72.09%) Veritas
3 27 (62.79%) VMware
4 18 (41.86%) Veeam
5 16 (37.21%) NetApp
6 13 (30.23%) Cisco
6 13 (30.23%) Symantec
7 12 (27.91%) Hitachi
7 12 (27.91%) Oracle
7 12 (27.91%) Snow
8 9 (20.93%) IBM
9 8 (18.60%) Aruba
9 8 (18.60%) Fortinet
10 6 (13.95%) Avaya
10 6 (13.95%) Citrix
10 6 (13.95%) Dell
11 5 (11.63%) Bloomberg
11 5 (11.63%) Palo Alto
12 4 (9.30%) N-able
13 3 (6.98%) Sophos