The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symantec products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Symantec over the 3 months to 17 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 Vendors for the East of England 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symantec
Rank 80 117 105
Rank change year-on-year
+37 -12
Contract jobs citing Symantec 43 20 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 1.917% 0.666% 0.922%
As % of the Vendors category 4.175% 1.476% 1.917%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 9
Average daily rate £248 £258 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.88% +14.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £233 £110
10% offered a daily rate of more than £347 £475 £239
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £290
% change year-on-year
- +29.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 5
Average hourly rate - £18.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +23.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £18.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+102.70% -2.63%
All Vendors
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1030 1355 1304
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 45.92% 45.11% 48.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 469 594 518
Average daily rate £338 £338 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £188 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 128 173
Average hourly rate £25.00 £29.00 £25.44
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.79% +14.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.43 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £42.50 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.63 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-3.18% -1.87%
Symantec
England

Symantec
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 17 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Hertfordshire +43 37 £248 - 1
Cambridgeshire +13 3 - - 2
Essex -10 2 - -
Bedfordshire +2 1 - -
Suffolk - - - -
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England

Symantec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 33 (47.83%) Java
1 33 (47.83%) XML
1 33 (47.83%) JBoss
1 33 (47.83%) Android
2 31 (44.93%) IPTV
2 31 (44.93%) 3G
3 30 (43.48%) Subversion
4 27 (39.13%) Streaming Video
5 24 (34.78%) Telecoms
5 24 (34.78%) MS Exchange
5 24 (34.78%) Microsoft
6 22 (31.88%) Windows
7 20 (28.99%) Exchange Server 2010
8 16 (23.19%) Exchange Server 2007
8 16 (23.19%) Windows Server 2008
9 14 (20.29%) Windows Server 2003
9 14 (20.29%) Blackberry
9 14 (20.29%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
10 13 (18.84%) DHCP
10 13 (18.84%) VMware
11 11 (15.94%) DNS
11 11 (15.94%) Active Directory
12 10 (14.49%) IIS
12 10 (14.49%) Exchange Server 2003
13 9 (13.04%) Backup Exec
13 9 (13.04%) SQL Server
13 9 (13.04%) ITIL
13 9 (13.04%) Norton AntiVirus
13 9 (13.04%) Citrix
14 8 (11.59%) NetBackup

Symantec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 33 (47.83%) XML
2 4 (5.797%) Flash
3 1 (1.449%) OpenGL
3 1 (1.449%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 24 (34.78%) MS Exchange
2 20 (28.99%) Exchange Server 2010
3 16 (23.19%) Exchange Server 2007
4 10 (14.49%) Exchange Server 2003
4 10 (14.49%) IIS
5 5 (7.246%) Lync
6 4 (5.797%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 3 (4.348%) SharePoint
8 2 (2.899%) Office Communications Server
8 2 (2.899%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 6 (8.696%) MS Office
2 3 (4.348%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.449%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.449%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.449%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 31 (44.93%) 3G
2 13 (18.84%) DHCP
3 11 (15.94%) DNS
4 6 (8.696%) Firewall
5 5 (7.246%) SAN
6 4 (5.797%) LTE
7 3 (4.348%) Unified Communications
7 3 (4.348%) DMZ
7 3 (4.348%) Broadband
8 1 (1.449%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.04%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.899%) SQL Server 2000
2 2 (2.899%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 30 (43.48%) Subversion
General
1 24 (34.78%) Telecoms
2 5 (7.246%) Multimedia
3 3 (4.348%) Back Office
4 1 (1.449%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 33 (47.83%) Developer
2 30 (43.48%) Android Developer
3 7 (10.14%) Analyst
4 6 (8.696%) Systems Administrator
4 6 (8.696%) Administrator
5 4 (5.797%) Support Engineer
6 3 (4.348%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (4.348%) Service Analyst
6 3 (4.348%) Technical Analyst
6 3 (4.348%) Service Desk Analyst
6 3 (4.348%) Server Engineer
6 3 (4.348%) Senior Technical Analyst
7 2 (2.899%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (2.899%) Messaging Specialist
7 2 (2.899%) Technical Engineer
7 2 (2.899%) Communications Engineer
7 2 (2.899%) Exchange Specialist
7 2 (2.899%) Operations Engineer
7 2 (2.899%) Senior Operations Engineer
7 2 (2.899%) Mobile Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 31 (44.93%) IPTV
2 27 (39.13%) Streaming Video
3 14 (20.29%) Blackberry
4 6 (8.696%) PKI
5 3 (4.348%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.899%) Clustering
7 1 (1.449%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 33 (47.83%) Android
2 22 (31.88%) Windows
3 16 (23.19%) Windows Server 2008
4 14 (20.29%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (8.696%) Windows Vista
5 6 (8.696%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (8.696%) Linux
5 6 (8.696%) Windows XP
6 3 (4.348%) Windows 8
7 2 (2.899%) UNIX
7 2 (2.899%) Windows 2000
7 2 (2.899%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (13.04%) ITIL
2 8 (11.59%) Migration
3 5 (7.246%) Change Management
4 4 (5.797%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (4.348%) Project Management
5 3 (4.348%) Service Delivery
6 2 (2.899%) Incident Management
6 2 (2.899%) Problem Management
6 2 (2.899%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (2.899%) High Availability
7 1 (1.449%) Change Control
7 1 (1.449%) HOOD
7 1 (1.449%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (1.449%) Test Scripting
7 1 (1.449%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 33 (47.83%) Java
2 5 (7.246%) PowerShell
3 4 (5.797%) C
3 4 (5.797%) SQL
4 3 (4.348%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 6 (8.696%) SC Cleared
1 6 (8.696%) Security Cleared
2 5 (7.246%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (4.348%) MCSE
4 2 (2.899%) MCP
4 2 (2.899%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (2.899%) VCP4
5 1 (1.449%) MCITP
System Software
1 11 (15.94%) Active Directory
2 7 (10.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (7.246%) vSphere
4 3 (4.348%) Forefront TMG
4 3 (4.348%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.348%) XenApp
4 3 (4.348%) Terminal Services
4 3 (4.348%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 14 (20.29%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 9 (13.04%) Norton AntiVirus
2 9 (13.04%) Backup Exec
3 8 (11.59%) WSUS
3 8 (11.59%) NetBackup
4 7 (10.14%) SCOM
5 3 (4.348%) WhatsUp Gold
5 3 (4.348%) SCCM
Vendors
1 33 (47.83%) JBoss
2 24 (34.78%) Microsoft
3 13 (18.84%) VMware
4 9 (13.04%) Citrix
5 6 (8.696%) Oracle
5 6 (8.696%) Red Hat
6 5 (7.246%) McAfee
6 5 (7.246%) Sophos
6 5 (7.246%) HP
7 3 (4.348%) Cisco
7 3 (4.348%) Apple
7 3 (4.348%) Veeam
8 2 (2.899%) SolarWinds
8 2 (2.899%) Acronis
8 2 (2.899%) Adobe
8 2 (2.899%) Lotus
9 1 (1.449%) IBM
9 1 (1.449%) Twitter
9 1 (1.449%) Remedy
9 1 (1.449%) IronPort
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