The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symantec products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Symantec 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 Vendors for the Bristol 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symantec
Rank 47 58 -
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -
Contract jobs citing Symantec 3 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.562% 0.353% -
As % of the Vendors category 1.382% 1.132% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £393 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £400 £281
% change year-on-year
-16.25% +42.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £18.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.38 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-11.48% -7.50%
All Vendors
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
217 265 243
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 40.64% 31.18% 37.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 169 110
Average daily rate £325 £313 £348
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% -10.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £252 £160 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £515 £425 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 20 19
Average hourly rate £17.00 £22.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.44% +40.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £16.25 £11.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.20 £40.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Symantec
South West

Symantec
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol 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 Bristol region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Symantec Hourly Rate Trend

Symantec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
3 2 (50.00%) HP
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (50.00%) McAfee
3 2 (50.00%) Backup Exec
3 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (25.00%) XenApp
4 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (25.00%) ProCurve
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (25.00%) UNIX
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (25.00%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (25.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 1 (25.00%) SCCM
4 1 (25.00%) SCOM
4 1 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
4 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (25.00%) Sophos
4 1 (25.00%) Blackberry
4 1 (25.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (25.00%) AIX
4 1 (25.00%) Linux

Symantec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
1 1 (25.00%) DHCP
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (25.00%) GIS
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Support
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Support Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Support Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Storage Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Design Authority
2 1 (25.00%) Backup Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (25.00%) CLARiiON
1 1 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) AIX
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
1 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (25.00%) XenApp
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Backup Exec
2 1 (25.00%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (25.00%) SCCM
2 1 (25.00%) SCOM
2 1 (25.00%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (25.00%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) VMware
2 2 (50.00%) McAfee
2 2 (50.00%) HP
3 1 (25.00%) EMC
3 1 (25.00%) Citrix
3 1 (25.00%) Alcatel-Lucent
3 1 (25.00%) NetApp
3 1 (25.00%) Sophos
3 1 (25.00%) ProCurve
3 1 (25.00%) IBM