The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symantec products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Symantec over the 3 months to 24 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within the Symantec Corporation.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symantec
Rank 113 116 115
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -1
Contract jobs citing Symantec 7 19 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.292% 0.604% 0.470%
As % of the Vendors category 0.575% 1.211% 0.901%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 1
Average daily rate £283 £318 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.02% -33.15%
UK excluding London average daily rate £354 £400 £288
% change year-on-year
-11.56% +39.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 7
Average hourly rate - £30.00 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +13.20%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.75 £18.25 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+30.13% -8.75%
All Vendors
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1218 1569 1553
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 50.86% 49.89% 52.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 485 537 551
Average daily rate £363 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £225 £217
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 81 90
Average hourly rate £20.50 £20.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.50% -37.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.85 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.80 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Symantec
South East

Symantec
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Symantec Jobs Demand Trend

Symantec
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Symantec Daily Rate Trend

Symantec
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Symantec across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Berkshire Symantec Daily Rate Histogram

Symantec
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Symantec Hourly Rate Trend

Symantec
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Symantec within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. 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
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +7 3 - -
Slough -14 2 £415 -
Maidenhead - 2 £150 -
Symantec
South East

Symantec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Symantec 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 Symantec.

1 21 (61.76%) Windows
2 18 (52.94%) Windows Server 2008
3 14 (41.18%) VMware
4 12 (35.29%) NetBackup
4 12 (35.29%) SQL
4 12 (35.29%) Windows Server 2003
5 11 (32.35%) Linux
5 11 (32.35%) ITIL
5 11 (32.35%) Microsoft
6 10 (29.41%) CISSP
6 10 (29.41%) CISA
6 10 (29.41%) CISM
6 10 (29.41%) Information Security
6 10 (29.41%) VMware Workstation
7 9 (26.47%) VMware Infrastructure
7 9 (26.47%) SAN
8 8 (23.53%) Active Directory
8 8 (23.53%) VPN
8 8 (23.53%) NetApp
8 8 (23.53%) NAS
8 8 (23.53%) Clustering
8 8 (23.53%) Release Management
9 7 (20.59%) MS Exchange
10 6 (17.65%) Exchange Server 2010
11 5 (14.71%) Windows 7
11 5 (14.71%) Migration
11 5 (14.71%) Citrix
11 5 (14.71%) McAfee
12 4 (11.76%) Dell
12 4 (11.76%) MS Excel

Symantec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Symantec 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 Symantec. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (2.941%) ADSI
Application Platforms
1 7 (20.59%) MS Exchange
2 6 (17.65%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (8.824%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (5.882%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (5.882%) SharePoint
4 2 (5.882%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (2.941%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 4 (11.76%) MS Excel
2 3 (8.824%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 9 (26.47%) SAN
2 8 (23.53%) VPN
2 8 (23.53%) NAS
3 3 (8.824%) Firewall
4 2 (5.882%) Internet
4 2 (5.882%) SSL
4 2 (5.882%) LAN
4 2 (5.882%) WAN
4 2 (5.882%) VLAN
5 1 (2.941%) DHCP
5 1 (2.941%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.824%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (8.824%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.882%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 4 (11.76%) Telecoms
2 3 (8.824%) Finance
3 2 (5.882%) Legal
4 1 (2.941%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 12 (35.29%) Consultant
2 8 (23.53%) Desktop Support
2 8 (23.53%) Risk Consultant
3 5 (14.71%) Desktop Engineer
4 3 (8.824%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 3 (8.824%) Support Engineer
5 2 (5.882%) Security Consultant
5 2 (5.882%) Technical Consultant
5 2 (5.882%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 2 (5.882%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (5.882%) Administrator
5 2 (5.882%) Systems Administrator
5 2 (5.882%) Analyst
5 2 (5.882%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
5 2 (5.882%) Integration Engineer
5 2 (5.882%) Information Security Consultant
5 2 (5.882%) Support Analyst
6 1 (2.941%) IT Support Technician
6 1 (2.941%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (2.941%) Windows Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 8 (23.53%) Clustering
2 3 (8.824%) Blackberry
3 2 (5.882%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.941%) CLARiiON
4 1 (2.941%) iPhone
4 1 (2.941%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 21 (61.76%) Windows
2 18 (52.94%) Windows Server 2008
3 12 (35.29%) Windows Server 2003
4 11 (32.35%) Linux
5 5 (14.71%) Windows 7
6 3 (8.824%) Windows Vista
6 3 (8.824%) UNIX
6 3 (8.824%) Windows XP
7 1 (2.941%) Nucleus RTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (32.35%) ITIL
2 10 (29.41%) Information Security
3 8 (23.53%) Release Management
4 5 (14.71%) Migration
5 2 (5.882%) Project Management
5 2 (5.882%) SIEM
5 2 (5.882%) Database Security
5 2 (5.882%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (5.882%) Security Architecture
5 2 (5.882%) Data Protection
6 1 (2.941%) Asset Management
6 1 (2.941%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (2.941%) Change Management
6 1 (2.941%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 12 (35.29%) SQL
2 3 (8.824%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.941%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (29.41%) CISSP
1 10 (29.41%) CISA
1 10 (29.41%) CISM
2 2 (5.882%) CCNA
2 2 (5.882%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (5.882%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (5.882%) MCSE
2 2 (5.882%) MCITP
2 2 (5.882%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.882%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.941%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 10 (29.41%) VMware Workstation
2 9 (26.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (23.53%) Active Directory
4 2 (5.882%) ISA Server
4 2 (5.882%) Terminal Services
4 2 (5.882%) Hyper-V
4 2 (5.882%) XenApp
4 2 (5.882%) vSphere
4 2 (5.882%) UAG
5 1 (2.941%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 12 (35.29%) NetBackup
2 4 (11.76%) Backup Exec
3 2 (5.882%) MOM
3 2 (5.882%) Control-M
3 2 (5.882%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 2 (5.882%) SCOM
4 1 (2.941%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (2.941%) Tivoli
4 1 (2.941%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 1 (2.941%) Legato
4 1 (2.941%) ARCserve
4 1 (2.941%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 14 (41.18%) VMware
2 11 (32.35%) Microsoft
3 8 (23.53%) NetApp
4 5 (14.71%) Citrix
4 5 (14.71%) McAfee
5 4 (11.76%) Dell
6 3 (8.824%) HP
7 2 (5.882%) Compaq
7 2 (5.882%) Cisco
7 2 (5.882%) EMC
7 2 (5.882%) CA
7 2 (5.882%) Oracle
7 2 (5.882%) 3PAR
8 1 (2.941%) IBM
8 1 (2.941%) CheckPoint
8 1 (2.941%) Lotus
8 1 (2.941%) Sophos