The first table below looks at the demand for Backup Exec skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Backup Exec over the 3 months to 20 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 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.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symantec Backup Exec
Rank 430 427 427
Rank change year-on-year
-3 0
Contract jobs citing Backup Exec 100 134 158
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.227% 0.257% 0.276%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.221% 3.950% 4.619%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 69 64
Average daily rate £260 £269 £231
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.25% +16.21%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £131 £165 £132
10% offered a daily rate of more than £376 £348 £371
UK excluding London average daily rate £253 £275 £216
% change year-on-year
-8.18% +27.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 22 35
Average hourly rate £21.50 £18.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.44% +12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.30 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.90 £24.90 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £18.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- +12.50%
All Systems Management
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
3105 3392 3421
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 7.059% 6.503% 5.976%
Number of daily rates quoted 1786 1717 1692
Average daily rate £375 £350 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -4.10%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £225 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £488 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £325 £320
% change year-on-year
+4.61% +1.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 155 160 231
Average hourly rate £22.50 £20.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -13.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.90 £37.25 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+28.57% -27.08%
Backup Exec
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Backup Exec
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Backup Exec across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

England 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 England region.

England Backup Exec Daily Rate Trend

Backup Exec
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Backup Exec across the England region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

England Backup Exec Daily Rate Histogram

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 England region.

England Backup Exec Hourly Rate Trend

Backup Exec
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Backup Exec across the England region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

England Backup Exec Hourly Rate Histogram

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 England region over the 3 months to 20 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
South East +28 34 £250 -20.00% 15
London -1 27 £331 +32.50% 20
Yorkshire +11 10 £107 +7.00% 1
East of England -5 10 £225 -28.57% 4
West Midlands - 7 £280 - 1
South West +22 3 £263 - 3
North West 0 3 £194 -20.51% 9
East Midlands -8 2 - -
Midlands - - - -
North East - - - - 1
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Backup Exec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 185 (79.40%) Windows
2 126 (54.08%) MS Exchange
3 120 (51.50%) Windows Server 2008
4 116 (49.79%) Active Directory
5 114 (48.93%) VMware
6 105 (45.06%) Microsoft
7 97 (41.63%) HP
8 96 (41.20%) Symantec
9 95 (40.77%) Windows Server 2003
10 86 (36.91%) Citrix
10 86 (36.91%) SAN
11 72 (30.90%) Exchange Server 2010
12 62 (26.61%) VMware Infrastructure
12 62 (26.61%) Cisco
12 62 (26.61%) DNS
13 59 (25.32%) Microsoft Certification
13 59 (25.32%) Exchange Server 2007
14 53 (22.75%) SQL
15 52 (22.32%) MCSE
15 52 (22.32%) Windows XP
16 49 (21.03%) DHCP
17 47 (20.17%) Hyper-V
18 46 (19.74%) Dell
19 44 (18.88%) ITIL
19 44 (18.88%) Firewall
20 43 (18.45%) SCOM
21 41 (17.60%) XenApp
22 38 (16.31%) vSphere
23 37 (15.88%) NetBackup
24 36 (15.45%) Exchange Server 2003

Backup Exec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 Development
1 10 (4.292%) .NET
2 8 (3.433%) ASP.NET
2 8 (3.433%) Web Services
2 8 (3.433%) ADSI
3 4 (1.717%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.429%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.429%) J2EE
4 1 (0.429%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 126 (54.08%) MS Exchange
2 72 (30.90%) Exchange Server 2010
3 59 (25.32%) Exchange Server 2007
4 36 (15.45%) Exchange Server 2003
5 21 (9.013%) SharePoint
6 20 (8.584%) IIS
6 20 (8.584%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 16 (6.867%) Apache
8 11 (4.721%) Exchange Server 2013
9 8 (3.433%) SAS
10 7 (3.004%) Tomcat
11 6 (2.575%) SharePoint 2010
12 4 (1.717%) Oracle Application Server
12 4 (1.717%) Lync
13 3 (1.288%) IBM Notes
13 3 (1.288%) Lotus Domino
14 2 (0.858%) Exchange Server 2000
15 1 (0.429%) SharePoint 2013
15 1 (0.429%) Exchange Server 5.5
Applications
1 30 (12.88%) MS Office
2 14 (6.009%) MS Excel
3 6 (2.575%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (0.429%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.429%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 86 (36.91%) SAN
2 62 (26.61%) DNS
3 49 (21.03%) DHCP
4 44 (18.88%) Firewall
5 33 (14.16%) TCP/IP
6 28 (12.02%) WAN
7 23 (9.871%) LAN
8 19 (8.155%) iSCSI
9 16 (6.867%) VPN
10 13 (5.579%) NAS
10 13 (5.579%) Wireless
10 13 (5.579%) VLAN
11 12 (5.150%) Internet
11 12 (5.150%) Fibre Channel
12 10 (4.292%) SMTP
13 8 (3.433%) Kerberos
13 8 (3.433%) FTP
14 5 (2.146%) VoIP
15 4 (1.717%) MPLS
15 4 (1.717%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (14.59%) SQL Server
2 16 (6.867%) SQL Server 2008
3 15 (6.438%) SQL Server 2005
4 8 (3.433%) SQL Server 2000
5 2 (0.858%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (0.429%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (0.429%) MySQL
6 1 (0.429%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (0.429%) Git (software)
1 1 (0.429%) WebLOAD
1 1 (0.429%) ClearQuest
1 1 (0.429%) ClearCase
General
1 16 (6.867%) Finance
2 6 (2.575%) Investment Banking
2 6 (2.575%) Banking
3 4 (1.717%) Telecoms
3 4 (1.717%) Back Office
3 4 (1.717%) Law
4 2 (0.858%) Advertising
4 2 (0.858%) Retail
4 2 (0.858%) Local Government
5 1 (0.429%) Legal
5 1 (0.429%) Military
Job Titles
1 43 (18.45%) Analyst
2 42 (18.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 26 (11.16%) Support Analyst
4 23 (9.871%) Consultant
5 18 (7.725%) 3rd Line Support
6 17 (7.296%) Support Engineer
7 16 (6.867%) Server Engineer
8 15 (6.438%) Administrator
9 13 (5.579%) 2nd Line Support
9 13 (5.579%) Systems Engineer
10 11 (4.721%) Server Support
11 10 (4.292%) Wintel Engineer
12 9 (3.863%) Technical Support
13 8 (3.433%) Desktop Support
14 7 (3.004%) Systems Administrator
15 6 (2.575%) Systems Analyst
15 6 (2.575%) Technical Consultant
15 6 (2.575%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
15 6 (2.575%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
16 5 (2.146%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 31 (13.30%) Clustering
2 28 (12.02%) Blackberry
3 8 (3.433%) EqualLogic
4 7 (3.004%) PACS
4 7 (3.004%) Management Information System
4 7 (3.004%) NHS
5 6 (2.575%) Replication
5 6 (2.575%) Derivative
5 6 (2.575%) PKI
5 6 (2.575%) iSeries
6 5 (2.146%) CLARiiON
6 5 (2.146%) Firmware
7 4 (1.717%) Symmetrix
7 4 (1.717%) Computer Science
7 4 (1.717%) Celerra
7 4 (1.717%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (1.717%) Symmetrix DMX
8 2 (0.858%) Thin Client
8 2 (0.858%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.858%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 185 (79.40%) Windows
2 120 (51.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 95 (40.77%) Windows Server 2003
4 52 (22.32%) Windows XP
5 34 (14.59%) Windows 7
6 28 (12.02%) Linux
7 24 (10.30%) Windows Server 2012
8 22 (9.442%) UNIX
9 18 (7.725%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 16 (6.867%) Windows 2000
10 16 (6.867%) Windows 8
11 9 (3.863%) Solaris
12 8 (3.433%) Windows NT
13 7 (3.004%) Windows 2000 Server
13 7 (3.004%) Mac OS X
14 6 (2.575%) VMS
14 6 (2.575%) Windows Mobile
15 4 (1.717%) Windows Vista
16 2 (0.858%) Ubuntu
16 2 (0.858%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (18.88%) ITIL
2 22 (9.442%) Disaster Recovery
3 18 (7.725%) Incident Management
4 16 (6.867%) Migration
4 16 (6.867%) Change Management
5 14 (6.009%) Service Management
6 12 (5.150%) Service Delivery
7 11 (4.721%) Business Continuity
8 10 (4.292%) Network Load Balancing
9 8 (3.433%) Configuration Management
9 8 (3.433%) Asset Management
10 6 (2.575%) Data Management
10 6 (2.575%) Infrastructure Management
10 6 (2.575%) Performance Management
10 6 (2.575%) Data Protection
11 5 (2.146%) CRM
12 4 (1.717%) Capacity Management
13 3 (1.288%) Time Management
13 3 (1.288%) ITIL V3
14 2 (0.858%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (22.75%) SQL
2 19 (8.155%) PowerShell
3 15 (6.438%) VB
4 13 (5.579%) VBScript
5 8 (3.433%) C
6 2 (0.858%) Java
7 1 (0.429%) Bash shell
7 1 (0.429%) Perl
Qualifications
1 59 (25.32%) Microsoft Certification
2 52 (22.32%) MCSE
3 28 (12.02%) MCITP
4 23 (9.871%) MCP
5 20 (8.584%) Security Cleared
6 18 (7.725%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (5.579%) CCNA
8 12 (5.150%) MCSA
9 11 (4.721%) SC Cleared
9 11 (4.721%) DV Cleared
10 7 (3.004%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 5 (2.146%) NCDA
11 5 (2.146%) CCA
11 5 (2.146%) Citrix Certification
12 4 (1.717%) Degree
13 3 (1.288%) NCIE
13 3 (1.288%) CCNP
14 2 (0.858%) A+ Certification
14 2 (0.858%) MOS
14 2 (0.858%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.867%) SLA
2 9 (3.863%) QA
3 2 (0.858%) BS7799
4 1 (0.429%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 116 (49.79%) Active Directory
2 62 (26.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (20.17%) Hyper-V
4 41 (17.60%) XenApp
5 38 (16.31%) vSphere
6 17 (7.296%) VMware ESX
7 14 (6.009%) NFS
8 13 (5.579%) ISA Server
9 10 (4.292%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 10 (4.292%) XenServer
9 10 (4.292%) VMware ESXi
10 8 (3.433%) Forefront TMG
10 8 (3.433%) XenDesktop
11 4 (1.717%) Terminal Services
11 4 (1.717%) ProxySG
11 4 (1.717%) VMware Server
11 4 (1.717%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 3 (1.288%) UAG
12 3 (1.288%) Xen
13 1 (0.429%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 43 (18.45%) SCOM
2 37 (15.88%) NetBackup
3 31 (13.30%) WSUS
4 22 (9.442%) HP SIM
5 18 (7.725%) Norton AntiVirus
6 15 (6.438%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 14 (6.009%) Legato
7 14 (6.009%) SCCM
8 11 (4.721%) Tivoli
9 10 (4.292%) SCVMM
10 8 (3.433%) ARCserve
11 7 (3.004%) McAfee ePO
12 4 (1.717%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 4 (1.717%) OpenView
13 3 (1.288%) Tivoli Endpoint Manager
13 3 (1.288%) OVSD
13 3 (1.288%) DameWare
13 3 (1.288%) MIMEsweeper
14 2 (0.858%) MOM
14 2 (0.858%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 114 (48.93%) VMware
2 105 (45.06%) Microsoft
3 97 (41.63%) HP
4 96 (41.20%) Symantec
5 86 (36.91%) Citrix
6 62 (26.61%) Cisco
7 46 (19.74%) Dell
8 34 (14.59%) NetApp
8 34 (14.59%) IBM
9 26 (11.16%) McAfee
10 23 (9.871%) Veritas
11 20 (8.584%) Oracle
11 20 (8.584%) Juniper
12 19 (8.155%) Red Hat
13 18 (7.725%) CommVault
14 17 (7.296%) Sophos
15 15 (6.438%) EMC
16 14 (6.009%) CheckPoint
17 13 (5.579%) Compaq
18 12 (5.150%) ProCurve
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