The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symantec products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Symantec over the 3 months to 21 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 City of London 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symantec
Rank 154 185 201
Rank change year-on-year
+31 +16
Contract jobs citing Symantec 49 32 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.763% 0.407% 0.362%
As % of the Vendors category 1.688% 0.967% 0.861%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 22 22
Average daily rate £375 £399 £366
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.95% +8.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £287 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £573 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £400 £275
% change year-on-year
-15.62% +45.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 7
Average hourly rate £28.50 £32.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.30% -13.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.38 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-11.48% -7.50%
All Vendors
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2903 3310 4065
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 45.18% 42.10% 41.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2048 2260 2803
Average daily rate £430 £425 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.17% -15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £288 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 101 126
Average hourly rate £23.75 £21.00 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.09% -2.32%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £39.50 £44.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Symantec
London

Symantec
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Symantec Hourly Rate Trend

Symantec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 51 (62.20%) Windows
2 49 (59.76%) Active Directory
3 42 (51.22%) MS Exchange
4 39 (47.56%) Microsoft
5 38 (46.34%) Windows Server 2008
6 27 (32.93%) Exchange Server 2010
6 27 (32.93%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 26 (31.71%) PowerShell
7 26 (31.71%) Blackberry
7 26 (31.71%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 25 (30.49%) VMware
9 23 (28.05%) Exchange Server 2003
10 22 (26.83%) Windows Server 2003
11 21 (25.61%) DNS
12 20 (24.39%) VMware Infrastructure
12 20 (24.39%) Migration
13 19 (23.17%) Finance
13 19 (23.17%) SMTP
14 17 (20.73%) Norton AntiVirus
15 16 (19.51%) SAN
15 16 (19.51%) Citrix
15 16 (19.51%) SCOM
16 15 (18.29%) Exchange Server 2007
16 15 (18.29%) Banking
16 15 (18.29%) DHCP
16 15 (18.29%) TCP/IP
16 15 (18.29%) ITIL
16 15 (18.29%) Lotus Notes
16 15 (18.29%) Lotus
17 14 (17.07%) MS Office

Symantec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 4 (4.878%) XML
1 4 (4.878%) RESTful
2 3 (3.659%) J2EE
2 3 (3.659%) XSLT
2 3 (3.659%) Spring
3 2 (2.439%) SOAP
3 2 (2.439%) Web Services
3 2 (2.439%) ASP
3 2 (2.439%) REST
4 1 (1.220%) COM
4 1 (1.220%) .NET
4 1 (1.220%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 42 (51.22%) MS Exchange
2 27 (32.93%) Exchange Server 2010
3 26 (31.71%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 23 (28.05%) Exchange Server 2003
5 15 (18.29%) Exchange Server 2007
5 15 (18.29%) Lotus Notes
6 13 (15.85%) Lotus Domino
7 7 (8.537%) Office Communications Server
8 6 (7.317%) IIS
9 4 (4.878%) SharePoint
10 3 (3.659%) SharePoint 2010
10 3 (3.659%) CMS
11 2 (2.439%) Oracle 10gAS
11 2 (2.439%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (2.439%) Lync
12 1 (1.220%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 14 (17.07%) MS Office
2 8 (9.756%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.220%) Office 365
3 1 (1.220%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.439%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (2.439%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (2.439%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 21 (25.61%) DNS
2 19 (23.17%) SMTP
3 16 (19.51%) SAN
4 15 (18.29%) DHCP
4 15 (18.29%) TCP/IP
5 14 (17.07%) LDAP
5 14 (17.07%) SSL
6 13 (15.85%) POP3
7 8 (9.756%) Firewall
8 5 (6.098%) VPN
9 4 (4.878%) NAS
9 4 (4.878%) LAN
10 3 (3.659%) ADSL
10 3 (3.659%) Wireless
11 2 (2.439%) SMS
12 1 (1.220%) Fibre Channel
12 1 (1.220%) DMZ
12 1 (1.220%) Intranet
12 1 (1.220%) Internet
12 1 (1.220%) S/MIME
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.756%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.659%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (2.439%) Oracle 11g
3 2 (2.439%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (2.439%) Oracle 10g
3 2 (2.439%) Oracle 9i
4 1 (1.220%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (1.220%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 3 (3.659%) JIRA
2 2 (2.439%) MSI
General
1 19 (23.17%) Finance
2 15 (18.29%) Banking
3 6 (7.317%) Legal
3 6 (7.317%) Publishing
4 4 (4.878%) Law
5 3 (3.659%) Investment Banking
5 3 (3.659%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.220%) Retail
6 1 (1.220%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.220%) Back Office
6 1 (1.220%) Advertising
6 1 (1.220%) International Banking
6 1 (1.220%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 11 (13.41%) Analyst
1 11 (13.41%) Consultant
2 9 (10.98%) Administrator
3 8 (9.756%) Messaging Consultant
4 7 (8.537%) Exchange Consultant
5 5 (6.098%) 3rd Line Support
5 5 (6.098%) Systems Administrator
5 5 (6.098%) Exchange Engineer
6 4 (4.878%) Senior Windows Administrator
6 4 (4.878%) Windows Systems Administrator
6 4 (4.878%) Windows Administrator
6 4 (4.878%) Senior Systems Administrator
6 4 (4.878%) Architect
7 3 (3.659%) Developer
7 3 (3.659%) Systems Engineer
7 3 (3.659%) Senior Developer
7 3 (3.659%) Support Analyst
7 3 (3.659%) Technical Support
7 3 (3.659%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (3.659%) Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 26 (31.71%) Blackberry
2 8 (9.756%) Management Information System
3 7 (8.537%) Clustering
4 2 (2.439%) iPhone
4 2 (2.439%) Computer Science
4 2 (2.439%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.220%) EqualLogic
5 1 (1.220%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.220%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.220%) Statistics
5 1 (1.220%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.220%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 51 (62.20%) Windows
2 38 (46.34%) Windows Server 2008
3 22 (26.83%) Windows Server 2003
4 12 (14.63%) Windows 7
5 4 (4.878%) Windows XP
5 4 (4.878%) Solaris
6 3 (3.659%) Mac OS X
6 3 (3.659%) Linux
6 3 (3.659%) UNIX
6 3 (3.659%) Windows Vista
6 3 (3.659%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (2.439%) Windows Mobile
7 2 (2.439%) AIX
7 2 (2.439%) HPUX
7 2 (2.439%) Windows 2000
7 2 (2.439%) Windows 8
8 1 (1.220%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (24.39%) Migration
2 15 (18.29%) ITIL
3 11 (13.41%) Project Management
4 8 (9.756%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (7.317%) Scrum
5 6 (7.317%) Service Management
6 5 (6.098%) Service Delivery
7 4 (4.878%) Configuration Management
8 3 (3.659%) High Availability
8 3 (3.659%) BDD
8 3 (3.659%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (3.659%) Agile Software Development
8 3 (3.659%) TDD
8 3 (3.659%) Content Management
8 3 (3.659%) Information Management
8 3 (3.659%) Incident Management
8 3 (3.659%) Investment Management
9 2 (2.439%) Data Migration
9 2 (2.439%) Data Protection
9 2 (2.439%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (31.71%) PowerShell
2 12 (14.63%) C
3 6 (7.317%) SQL
3 6 (7.317%) VB
4 4 (4.878%) VBScript
4 4 (4.878%) Java
5 2 (2.439%) Perl
5 2 (2.439%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.220%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (15.85%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (12.20%) MCSE
3 6 (7.317%) Degree
4 5 (6.098%) MCP
4 5 (6.098%) MCITP
5 4 (4.878%) DV Cleared
5 4 (4.878%) Security Cleared
6 3 (3.659%) MCSA
7 2 (2.439%) CCNA
7 2 (2.439%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.220%) CISM
8 1 (1.220%) CISSP
8 1 (1.220%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (1.220%) MCDST
8 1 (1.220%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.98%) ISO 9001
2 4 (4.878%) SLA
3 2 (2.439%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.220%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.220%) QA
System Software
1 49 (59.76%) Active Directory
2 20 (24.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (12.20%) vSphere
4 5 (6.098%) Hyper-V
5 4 (4.878%) XenApp
5 4 (4.878%) Terminal Services
5 4 (4.878%) DFS Replication
6 3 (3.659%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (3.659%) ISA Server
7 2 (2.439%) XenServer
7 2 (2.439%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (2.439%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (2.439%) VMware ESX
8 1 (1.220%) UAG
8 1 (1.220%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 27 (32.93%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 17 (20.73%) Norton AntiVirus
3 16 (19.51%) SCOM
4 13 (15.85%) SCCM
5 12 (14.63%) Tivoli
6 10 (12.20%) MAILsweeper
6 10 (12.20%) WSUS
6 10 (12.20%) Backup Exec
7 9 (10.98%) NetBackup
8 4 (4.878%) HP Data Protector
9 3 (3.659%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (2.439%) BladeLogic
10 2 (2.439%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (2.439%) Tivoli Endpoint Manager
10 2 (2.439%) HP SIM
11 1 (1.220%) McAfee ePO
11 1 (1.220%) PureDisk
11 1 (1.220%) Legato
11 1 (1.220%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 1 (1.220%) MIMEsweeper
Vendors
1 39 (47.56%) Microsoft
2 25 (30.49%) VMware
3 16 (19.51%) Citrix
4 15 (18.29%) Lotus
5 14 (17.07%) HP
6 11 (13.41%) McAfee
7 8 (9.756%) EMC
8 5 (6.098%) Oracle
9 4 (4.878%) Cisco
9 4 (4.878%) Websense
9 4 (4.878%) Apple
9 4 (4.878%) NetApp
9 4 (4.878%) Veeam
10 3 (3.659%) RightFax
10 3 (3.659%) Veritas
10 3 (3.659%) Clearswift
10 3 (3.659%) NetIQ
10 3 (3.659%) Remedy
10 3 (3.659%) Dell
10 3 (3.659%) Altiris
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