The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symantec products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Symantec over the 3 months to 23 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 Cambridgeshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symantec
Rank 48 61 47
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -14
Contract jobs citing Symantec 4 3 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.741% 0.437% 0.929%
As % of the Vendors category 1.504% 0.917% 2.451%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £331
UK excluding London average daily rate £354 £400 £288
% change year-on-year
-11.56% +39.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £19.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.75 £18.25 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+30.13% -8.75%
All Vendors
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
266 327 204
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 49.26% 47.60% 37.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 155 80
Average daily rate £325 £325 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £213 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 34 50
Average hourly rate £17.50 £34.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-48.52% +151.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £47.50 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Symantec
East of England

Symantec
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Symantec Daily Rate Trend

Symantec
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Cambridge +10 2 - -
Symantec
East of England

Symantec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 8 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 8 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 8 (66.67%) ITIL
2 8 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (58.33%) Backup Exec
3 7 (58.33%) WSUS
3 7 (58.33%) Exchange Server 2007
3 7 (58.33%) SCOM
4 6 (50.00%) PKI
4 6 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (50.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 6 (50.00%) Linux
4 6 (50.00%) Oracle
4 6 (50.00%) SQL Server
4 6 (50.00%) DHCP
4 6 (50.00%) DNS
4 6 (50.00%) Red Hat
4 6 (50.00%) Blackberry
5 3 (25.00%) Windows
5 3 (25.00%) Citrix
5 3 (25.00%) Cisco
6 2 (16.67%) Adobe
6 2 (16.67%) MS Office
6 2 (16.67%) Lotus Notes
6 2 (16.67%) MCP
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (16.67%) Lotus
6 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
6 2 (16.67%) McAfee

Symantec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 8 (66.67%) MS Exchange
1 8 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
2 7 (58.33%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (16.67%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (8.333%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) DHCP
1 6 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (8.333%) NAS
2 1 (8.333%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (8.333%) SAN
2 1 (8.333%) Internet
2 1 (8.333%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (50.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Administrator
1 6 (50.00%) Systems Administrator
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Support Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) 1st Line Support
2 2 (16.67%) 1st Line Support Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Service Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (8.333%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) PKI
1 6 (50.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (8.333%) Fat Client
2 1 (8.333%) Clustering
2 1 (8.333%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 6 (50.00%) Linux
2 3 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (16.67%) Incident Management
3 1 (8.333%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.333%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) MCP
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 8 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (8.333%) vSphere
2 1 (8.333%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 7 (58.33%) Backup Exec
1 7 (58.33%) WSUS
1 7 (58.33%) SCOM
2 6 (50.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 1 (8.333%) SCCM
3 1 (8.333%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (50.00%) Oracle
2 6 (50.00%) Red Hat
3 3 (25.00%) Citrix
3 3 (25.00%) Cisco
4 2 (16.67%) Adobe
4 2 (16.67%) Lotus
4 2 (16.67%) McAfee
4 2 (16.67%) VMware
5 1 (8.333%) NetApp
5 1 (8.333%) HP