The first table below looks at the demand for Backup Exec skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Backup Exec over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Systems Management category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symantec Backup Exec
Rank - 133 119
Contract jobs citing Backup Exec 0 6 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire - 0.197% 0.202%
As % of the Systems Management category - 3.571% 2.239%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £340 £110
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +209.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £258 £211
% change year-on-year
-2.91% +21.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
Average hourly rate - £12.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -26.47%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
All Systems Management
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
187 168 268
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 7.727% 5.510% 9.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 73 102
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £256 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £450 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 11
Average hourly rate £24.00 £45.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.66% +12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £17.75 £16.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £41.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
Backup Exec
South East

Backup Exec
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Backup Exec across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

Berkshire Backup Exec Jobs Demand Trend

Backup Exec
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Backup Exec across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Backup Exec Daily Rate Trend

Backup Exec
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Backup Exec across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Backup Exec Hourly Rate Trend

Backup Exec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Backup Exec also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Backup Exec.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Symantec
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) CCNA
3 2 (50.00%) SSL
3 2 (50.00%) LAN
3 2 (50.00%) WAN
3 2 (50.00%) MCSE
3 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL
3 2 (50.00%) Internet
3 2 (50.00%) Citrix
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (50.00%) UAG
3 2 (50.00%) MOM
3 2 (50.00%) ISA Server
3 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (50.00%) MCITP
3 2 (50.00%) VLAN
3 2 (50.00%) SCOM

Backup Exec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Backup Exec also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Backup Exec. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) ADSI
Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) VLAN
2 2 (50.00%) Internet
2 2 (50.00%) LAN
2 2 (50.00%) WAN
2 2 (50.00%) SSL
3 1 (25.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Support Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (25.00%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) MCSE
1 2 (50.00%) CCNA
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (50.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) ISA Server
2 2 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 2 (50.00%) XenApp
2 2 (50.00%) UAG
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) MOM
1 2 (50.00%) SCOM
2 1 (25.00%) ARCserve
2 1 (25.00%) Legato
2 1 (25.00%) Tivoli
2 1 (25.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Symantec
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Citrix
3 2 (50.00%) VMware
4 1 (25.00%) McAfee
4 1 (25.00%) Sophos
4 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco
4 1 (25.00%) IBM
4 1 (25.00%) HP
4 1 (25.00%) Dell
4 1 (25.00%) EMC