The first table below looks at the demand for Backup Exec skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Backup Exec over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Systems Management category for the Hertfordshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symantec Backup Exec
Rank - 73 60
Contract jobs citing Backup Exec 0 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire - 0.205% 0.468%
As % of the Systems Management category - 4.255% 6.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £180
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £258 £208
% change year-on-year
-2.91% +24.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £18.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.75 £17.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+1.42% -
All Systems Management
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
38 47 66
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 5.837% 4.811% 7.728%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 19 22
Average daily rate £275 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £178 £223 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £343 £508 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 17
Average hourly rate £15.25 £16.25 £23.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.15% -30.48%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.50 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
Backup Exec
East of England

Backup Exec
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Backup Exec Daily Rate Trend

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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Backup Exec Hourly Rate Trend

Backup Exec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 6 (100.00%) Symantec
1 6 (100.00%) NetBackup
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (83.33%) Capacity Planning
2 5 (83.33%) Change Control
2 5 (83.33%) Change Management
2 5 (83.33%) IBM
3 4 (66.67%) Telecoms
4 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (16.67%) Firewall
4 1 (16.67%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (16.67%) Sophos
4 1 (16.67%) Blackberry
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
4 1 (16.67%) Citrix
4 1 (16.67%) Veritas
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
4 1 (16.67%) IIS
4 1 (16.67%) Windows
4 1 (16.67%) Windows 2000
4 1 (16.67%) MS Exchange
4 1 (16.67%) DHCP
4 1 (16.67%) DNS
4 1 (16.67%) VMware
4 1 (16.67%) VMware ESX
4 1 (16.67%) Clustering
4 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003

Backup Exec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) IIS
1 1 (16.67%) MS Exchange
1 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) DHCP
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2000
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 4 (66.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Blackberry
1 1 (16.67%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows 2000
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Capacity Planning
1 5 (83.33%) Change Control
1 5 (83.33%) Change Management
2 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (16.67%) VMware ESX
1 1 (16.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (100.00%) NetBackup
2 1 (16.67%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Symantec
2 5 (83.33%) IBM
3 1 (16.67%) Sophos
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Citrix
3 1 (16.67%) Veritas
3 1 (16.67%) VMware
3 1 (16.67%) Acronis