The first table below looks at the demand for Backup Exec skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Backup Exec over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Buckinghamshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symantec Backup Exec
Rank 60 63 70
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +7
Contract jobs citing Backup Exec 15 9 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 1.643% 0.941% 1.100%
As % of the Systems Management category 15.79% 8.654% 18.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 10
Average daily rate £213 £165 £142
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.78% +16.19%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £149 £140
10% offered a daily rate of more than £294 £277 £211
UK excluding London average daily rate £253 £275 £215
% change year-on-year
-8.18% +27.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £12.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £18.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
- +9.09%
All Systems Management
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
95 104 66
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 10.41% 10.88% 6.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 40 24
Average daily rate £315 £275 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.54% +27.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £165 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £322 £367
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £325 £314
% change year-on-year
+4.61% +3.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
Average hourly rate £27.00 £32.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.92% +170.83%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+28.57% -27.08%
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 Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Backup Exec Hourly Rate Trend

Backup Exec
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Backup Exec within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Milton Keynes +13 13 £251 +52.27% 2
High Wycombe - - - -
Backup Exec
South East

Backup Exec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 20 (100.00%) Windows
1 20 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 14 (70.00%) HP
3 13 (65.00%) ITIL
3 13 (65.00%) Security Cleared
4 12 (60.00%) VMware
4 12 (60.00%) UNIX
5 11 (55.00%) MS Exchange
6 10 (50.00%) Service Management
6 10 (50.00%) Citrix
6 10 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (50.00%) MCP
6 10 (50.00%) SQL
6 10 (50.00%) MCSE
6 10 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
7 9 (45.00%) DV Cleared
7 9 (45.00%) Exchange Server 2003
8 8 (40.00%) Hyper-V
8 8 (40.00%) SLA
8 8 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
9 7 (35.00%) Dell
9 7 (35.00%) CommVault
9 7 (35.00%) IBM
10 6 (30.00%) Linux
10 6 (30.00%) Service Delivery
10 6 (30.00%) Change Management
10 6 (30.00%) Tivoli
10 6 (30.00%) SC Cleared
11 5 (25.00%) Compaq
11 5 (25.00%) SharePoint

Backup Exec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 Platforms
1 11 (55.00%) MS Exchange
2 9 (45.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 5 (25.00%) SharePoint
4 4 (20.00%) Lync
Applications
1 4 (20.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.000%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle 8/8i
1 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 12 (60.00%) Analyst
2 11 (55.00%) Support Analyst
3 7 (35.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 6 (30.00%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
5 3 (15.00%) Backup Specialist
5 3 (15.00%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 1 (5.000%) Systems Administrator
7 1 (5.000%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 4 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 20 (100.00%) Windows
1 20 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 12 (60.00%) UNIX
3 8 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (30.00%) Linux
5 2 (10.00%) Windows 8
6 1 (5.000%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) ITIL
2 10 (50.00%) Service Management
3 6 (30.00%) Service Delivery
3 6 (30.00%) Change Management
4 4 (20.00%) CRM
4 4 (20.00%) Incident Management
5 3 (15.00%) ITIL V3
Programming Languages
1 10 (50.00%) SQL
2 4 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (65.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (50.00%) MCP
2 10 (50.00%) MCSE
3 9 (45.00%) DV Cleared
4 6 (30.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (40.00%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (40.00%) Hyper-V
3 4 (20.00%) vSphere
4 2 (10.00%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 6 (30.00%) Tivoli
2 2 (10.00%) OpenView
2 2 (10.00%) OVSD
Vendors
1 14 (70.00%) HP
2 12 (60.00%) VMware
3 10 (50.00%) Citrix
4 7 (35.00%) Dell
4 7 (35.00%) CommVault
4 7 (35.00%) IBM
5 5 (25.00%) Compaq
6 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
6 2 (10.00%) Oracle
7 1 (5.000%) Symantec