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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symantec products and/or services in IT contracts within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Symantec over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSymantec
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank-86
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads07
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.007 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.906 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£369
% change on same period last year-2.51 %
Hourly rates quoted06
Average minimum hourly rate-£21.42
Average hourly rate-£22.08
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£22.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.92£25.82
% change on same period last year+4.25 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads625773
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.825 %0.770 %
Daily rates quoted214314
Average minimum daily rate£347£338
Average daily rate£367£357
% change on same period last year+2.62 %
Average maximum daily rate£386£376
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£358
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted7281
Average minimum hourly rate£26.72£20.98
Average hourly rate£27.58£22.78
% change on same period last year+21.05 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.44£24.59
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.70£24.82
% change on same period last year-4.50 %
Symantec East of EnglandSymantec
East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Symantec Corporation.

Symantec
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Symantec across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Hertfordshire Symantec Demand Trend

Symantec
Daily Rate Trend

The 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
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, 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.

110 (71.43 %)Microsoft
110 (71.43 %)HP
110 (71.43 %)Norton AntiVirus
27 (50.00 %)Dell
27 (50.00 %)Windows
36 (42.86 %)Windows Server 2003
45 (35.71 %)IBM
53 (21.43 %)NetBackup
53 (21.43 %)Brocade
53 (21.43 %)SAN
53 (21.43 %)VERITAS
53 (21.43 %)Windows 2000
53 (21.43 %)MS Excel
62 (14.29 %)Windows XP
62 (14.29 %)SNMP
62 (14.29 %)Sophos
62 (14.29 %)Tivoli
62 (14.29 %)MOM
62 (14.29 %)OpenView
62 (14.29 %)ProCurve
62 (14.29 %)Backup Exec
62 (14.29 %)VMware
62 (14.29 %)VMware Workstation
71 (7.143 %)Microsoft Certification
71 (7.143 %)Lotus
71 (7.143 %)Firewall
71 (7.143 %)Wireless
71 (7.143 %)Chemicals
71 (7.143 %)VPN
71 (7.143 %)DNS

Symantec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, 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.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (7.143 %)Lotus Notes
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (21.43 %)MS Excel
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (21.43 %)SAN
22 (14.29 %)SNMP
31 (7.143 %)Firewall
31 (7.143 %)Wireless
31 (7.143 %)VPN
31 (7.143 %)DNS
31 (7.143 %)LAN
31 (7.143 %)WAN
31 (7.143 %)DHCP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (7.143 %)Chemicals
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (57.14 %)Desktop Support
27 (50.00 %)Support Engineer
27 (50.00 %)Desktop Support Engineer
27 (50.00 %)Desktop Engineer
34 (28.57 %)3rd Line Support
34 (28.57 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
43 (21.43 %)Support Analyst
43 (21.43 %)Analyst
52 (14.29 %)2nd Line Support
61 (7.143 %)Products Support Analyst
61 (7.143 %)Infrastructure Analyst
61 (7.143 %)Infrastructure Support Analyst
61 (7.143 %)Network Support
61 (7.143 %)Product Analyst
61 (7.143 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
61 (7.143 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
61 (7.143 %)Administrator
61 (7.143 %)Systems Administrator
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (50.00 %)Windows
26 (42.86 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (21.43 %)Windows 2000
42 (14.29 %)Windows XP
51 (7.143 %)UNIX
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (7.143 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (7.143 %)MCP
11 (7.143 %)MCSA
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (21.43 %)NetBackup
22 (14.29 %)Backup Exec
22 (14.29 %)VMware Workstation
31 (7.143 %)Active Directory
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
110 (71.43 %)Norton AntiVirus
22 (14.29 %)Tivoli
22 (14.29 %)MOM
22 (14.29 %)OpenView
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (71.43 %)Microsoft
110 (71.43 %)HP
27 (50.00 %)Dell
35 (35.71 %)IBM
43 (21.43 %)Brocade
43 (21.43 %)VERITAS
52 (14.29 %)Sophos
52 (14.29 %)ProCurve
52 (14.29 %)VMware
61 (7.143 %)Lotus
61 (7.143 %)Cisco