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The table below looks at the demand for Symantec (formerly VERITAS) Backup Exec skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our System Software category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Backup Exec over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSymantec (formerly VERITAS) Backup Exec
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank199191
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching contract IT job ads36
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.625 %1.770 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£297-
Average daily rate£315-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£333-
UK excluding London average daily rate£234£280
% change on same period last year-16.31 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£21.25
Average hourly rate-£22.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£22.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.15£18.11
% change on same period last year+11.25 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads480339
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.682 %0.342 %
Daily rates quoted232102
Average minimum daily rate£341£379
Average daily rate£362£399
% change on same period last year-9.31 %
Average maximum daily rate£382£418
UK excluding London average daily rate£318£323
% change on same period last year-1.41 %
Hourly rates quoted5958
Average minimum hourly rate£18.85£21.59
Average hourly rate£20.26£22.70
% change on same period last year-10.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.66£23.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.38£21.38
% change on same period last year-0.01 %
Backup Exec LondonBackup Exec
London

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Backup Exec
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Backup Exec across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

City of London Backup Exec Demand Trend

Backup Exec
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Backup Exec across the City of London region.

City of London Backup Exec Daily Rate Trend

Backup Exec
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Backup Exec across the City of London region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

City of London Backup Exec Daily Rate Histogram

Backup Exec
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Backup Exec across the City of London region.

City of London Backup Exec Hourly Rate Trend

Backup Exec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

110 (90.91 %)Windows
29 (81.82 %)Windows Server 2003
37 (63.64 %)MS Exchange
45 (45.45 %)Windows 2000
45 (45.45 %)Symantec
54 (36.36 %)ITIL
54 (36.36 %)Cisco
54 (36.36 %)Altiris
54 (36.36 %)Exchange Server 2003
63 (27.27 %)Security Cleared
63 (27.27 %)Active Directory
63 (27.27 %)Windows XP
63 (27.27 %)IIS
63 (27.27 %)LAN
72 (18.18 %)WAN
72 (18.18 %)DHCP
72 (18.18 %)TCP/IP
72 (18.18 %)DNS
72 (18.18 %)MCSE
72 (18.18 %)SQL Server
72 (18.18 %)Legato
72 (18.18 %)SAN
72 (18.18 %)VERITAS
72 (18.18 %)Citrix
72 (18.18 %)Microsoft Certification
72 (18.18 %)ITIL Certification
72 (18.18 %)Microsoft
72 (18.18 %)Norton AntiVirus
72 (18.18 %)Finance
72 (18.18 %)Government

Backup Exec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (63.64 %)MS Exchange
24 (36.36 %)Exchange Server 2003
33 (27.27 %)IIS
41 (9.091 %)SharePoint
41 (9.091 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
41 (9.091 %)Exchange Server 2000
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (9.091 %)MS Office
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (27.27 %)LAN
22 (18.18 %)WAN
22 (18.18 %)DHCP
22 (18.18 %)TCP/IP
22 (18.18 %)DNS
22 (18.18 %)SAN
31 (9.091 %)Internet
31 (9.091 %)Cisco PIX
31 (9.091 %)ISDN
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (18.18 %)SQL Server
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (18.18 %)Finance
12 (18.18 %)Government
21 (9.091 %)Telecoms
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (36.36 %)Administrator
22 (18.18 %)Field Engineer
22 (18.18 %)Systems Administrator
31 (9.091 %)Server Support
31 (9.091 %)Support Analyst
31 (9.091 %)Technical Consultant
31 (9.091 %)Analyst
31 (9.091 %)Consultant
31 (9.091 %)Infrastructure Engineer
31 (9.091 %)Service Manager
31 (9.091 %)Network Administrator
31 (9.091 %)Implementation Consultant
31 (9.091 %)Server Support Analyst
31 (9.091 %)Senior Infrastructure Engineer
31 (9.091 %)Exchange Administrator
31 (9.091 %)Server Administrator
31 (9.091 %)Windows Administrator
31 (9.091 %)Server Analyst
31 (9.091 %)Windows Systems Administrator
31 (9.091 %)Messaging Administrator
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (9.091 %)Blackberry
11 (9.091 %)CLARiiON
11 (9.091 %)Symmetrix
11 (9.091 %)EMC Centera
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (90.91 %)Windows
29 (81.82 %)Windows Server 2003
35 (45.45 %)Windows 2000
43 (27.27 %)Windows XP
51 (9.091 %)AIX
51 (9.091 %)Tru64
51 (9.091 %)UNIX
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (36.36 %)ITIL
23 (27.27 %)Security Cleared
32 (18.18 %)SC Cleared
41 (9.091 %)DV Cleared
41 (9.091 %)Service Management
41 (9.091 %)Performance Management
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (9.091 %)SQL
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (18.18 %)MCSE
12 (18.18 %)Microsoft Certification
12 (18.18 %)ITIL Certification
21 (9.091 %)MCSA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (9.091 %)SLA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (27.27 %)Active Directory
22 (18.18 %)ISA Server
22 (18.18 %)NetBackup
31 (9.091 %)Oracle RMAN
31 (9.091 %)Citrix Presentation Server
31 (9.091 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (9.091 %)Terminal Server
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (18.18 %)Legato
12 (18.18 %)Norton AntiVirus
21 (9.091 %)RepliStor
21 (9.091 %)EMC NetWorker
21 (9.091 %)Tivoli
21 (9.091 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
21 (9.091 %)MOM
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (45.45 %)Symantec
24 (36.36 %)Cisco
24 (36.36 %)Altiris
32 (18.18 %)VERITAS
32 (18.18 %)Citrix
32 (18.18 %)Microsoft
41 (9.091 %)HP
41 (9.091 %)Compaq
41 (9.091 %)EMC
41 (9.091 %)Sophos
41 (9.091 %)Websense
41 (9.091 %)VMware
41 (9.091 %)Avaya