The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symantec products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Symantec over the 3 months to 24 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 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.

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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symantec
Rank 30 65 57
Rank change year-on-year
+35 -8
Contract jobs citing Symantec 34 5 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 5.338% 0.512% 0.799%
As % of the Vendors category 11.41% 1.389% 1.505%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
Average daily rate £248 £350 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-29.28% +21.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £194 £350 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £302 £350 £294
UK excluding London average daily rate £354 £400 £288
% change year-on-year
-11.56% +39.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £15.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.75 £18.25 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+30.13% -8.75%
All Vendors
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
298 360 465
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 46.78% 36.85% 53.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 134 179
Average daily rate £363 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £185 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 36 69
Average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.40% -47.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.65 £11.60 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £36.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Symantec
East of England

Symantec
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Stevenage - 15 £180 -
Hitchin - 1 - -
Symantec
East of England

Symantec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 32 (65.31%) Java
1 32 (65.31%) JBoss
1 32 (65.31%) XML
1 32 (65.31%) Android
2 30 (61.22%) 3G
2 30 (61.22%) IPTV
3 29 (59.18%) Subversion
4 26 (53.06%) Telecoms
4 26 (53.06%) Streaming Video
5 13 (26.53%) Security Cleared
6 12 (24.49%) SC Cleared
6 12 (24.49%) MS Exchange
7 11 (22.45%) Exchange Server 2010
8 10 (20.41%) Windows Server 2008
8 10 (20.41%) Windows
9 9 (18.37%) Microsoft
10 8 (16.33%) Blackberry
11 7 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
11 7 (14.29%) NetBackup
12 6 (12.24%) Backup Exec
12 6 (12.24%) VMware
12 6 (12.24%) Change Management
12 6 (12.24%) Exchange Server 2003
12 6 (12.24%) Capacity Planning
13 5 (10.20%) vSphere
13 5 (10.20%) Change Control
13 5 (10.20%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
13 5 (10.20%) Exchange Server 2007
13 5 (10.20%) Migration
13 5 (10.20%) Blackberry Enterprise Server

Symantec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 32 (65.31%) XML
2 4 (8.163%) Flash
3 1 (2.041%) OpenGL
Application Platforms
1 12 (24.49%) MS Exchange
2 11 (22.45%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (12.24%) Exchange Server 2003
4 5 (10.20%) Exchange Server 2007
4 5 (10.20%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 3 (6.122%) IIS
6 1 (2.041%) Lync
Applications
1 4 (8.163%) MS Excel
2 2 (4.082%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 30 (61.22%) 3G
2 4 (8.163%) LTE
3 3 (6.122%) Firewall
3 3 (6.122%) Broadband
3 3 (6.122%) DHCP
3 3 (6.122%) DNS
4 1 (2.041%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.122%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (6.122%) SQL Server 2000
1 3 (6.122%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 29 (59.18%) Subversion
General
1 26 (53.06%) Telecoms
2 4 (8.163%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 32 (65.31%) Developer
2 29 (59.18%) Android Developer
3 6 (12.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (12.24%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (8.163%) Messaging Specialist
5 3 (6.122%) Support Engineer
6 2 (4.082%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (4.082%) Exchange Specialist
6 2 (4.082%) Mobile Applications Developer
6 2 (4.082%) Mobile Developer
7 1 (2.041%) IT Support
7 1 (2.041%) Operations Engineer
7 1 (2.041%) Senior Operations Engineer
7 1 (2.041%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (2.041%) Service Desk Engineer
7 1 (2.041%) Messaging Consultant
7 1 (2.041%) Java Developer
7 1 (2.041%) IT Support Engineer
7 1 (2.041%) Architect
7 1 (2.041%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 30 (61.22%) IPTV
2 26 (53.06%) Streaming Video
3 8 (16.33%) Blackberry
4 3 (6.122%) Mobile App
4 3 (6.122%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 32 (65.31%) Android
2 10 (20.41%) Windows Server 2008
2 10 (20.41%) Windows
3 7 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (6.122%) Windows 2000
5 2 (4.082%) Windows XP
5 2 (4.082%) Windows Vista
5 2 (4.082%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (12.24%) Change Management
1 6 (12.24%) Capacity Planning
2 5 (10.20%) Change Control
2 5 (10.20%) Migration
3 4 (8.163%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (6.122%) Test Scripting
5 2 (4.082%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (2.041%) Problem Management
6 1 (2.041%) HOOD
Programming Languages
1 32 (65.31%) Java
2 4 (8.163%) C
Qualifications
1 13 (26.53%) Security Cleared
2 12 (24.49%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 5 (10.20%) vSphere
2 3 (6.122%) VMware ESX
2 3 (6.122%) Active Directory
3 2 (4.082%) Terminal Services
3 2 (4.082%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.082%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.041%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (14.29%) NetBackup
2 6 (12.24%) Backup Exec
3 5 (10.20%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 5 (10.20%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 32 (65.31%) JBoss
2 9 (18.37%) Microsoft
3 6 (12.24%) VMware
4 5 (10.20%) Sophos
4 5 (10.20%) IBM
5 4 (8.163%) Citrix
6 3 (6.122%) Acronis
6 3 (6.122%) Remedy
7 2 (4.082%) McAfee
7 2 (4.082%) Apple
7 2 (4.082%) Veeam
8 1 (2.041%) IronPort
8 1 (2.041%) Veritas
8 1 (2.041%) Cisco