The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symantec products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Symantec over the 3 months to 21 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 Leeds 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symantec
Rank 69 60 49
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -11
Contract jobs citing Symantec 3 6 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 0.396% 0.674% 0.985%
As % of the Vendors category 0.898% 1.361% 2.791%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 1
Average daily rate £213 £120 £170
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+77.08% -29.41%
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £400 £275
% change year-on-year
-15.62% +45.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.38 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-11.48% -7.50%
All Vendors
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
334 441 215
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 44.12% 49.55% 35.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 252 104
Average daily rate £280 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £170 £182
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £450 £452
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 25 25
Average hourly rate £19.00 £15.00 £17.11
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.66% -12.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.30 £11.40 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £30.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Symantec
West Yorkshire

Symantec
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Symantec Daily Rate Trend

Symantec
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Symantec across the Leeds region.

Leeds Symantec Hourly Rate Trend

Symantec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (50.00%) Norton AntiVirus
2 3 (50.00%) Backup Exec
3 2 (33.33%) VMware
3 2 (33.33%) Oracle
3 2 (33.33%) HP
3 2 (33.33%) SAN
3 2 (33.33%) NetApp
3 2 (33.33%) Windows
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (33.33%) vSphere
4 1 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (16.67%) FCoE
4 1 (16.67%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (16.67%) SQL
4 1 (16.67%) Barracuda Networks
4 1 (16.67%) NAS
4 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
4 1 (16.67%) Linux
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (16.67%) CRM
4 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
4 1 (16.67%) MS Exchange
4 1 (16.67%) SAS
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco
4 1 (16.67%) IBM
4 1 (16.67%) Red Hat

Symantec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
1 1 (16.67%) MS Exchange
1 1 (16.67%) SAS
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) SAN
2 1 (16.67%) FCoE
2 1 (16.67%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (16.67%) NAS
2 1 (16.67%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (16.67%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle 8/8i
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Support Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (33.33%) IT Support Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) IT Support
3 1 (16.67%) VMware Specialist
3 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (16.67%) Compliance Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Software Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
1 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
2 1 (16.67%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (16.67%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) CRM
1 1 (16.67%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) PMP
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) BC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (33.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 3 (50.00%) Backup Exec
2 1 (16.67%) NetBackup
2 1 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) VMware
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) HP
2 2 (33.33%) NetApp
3 1 (16.67%) Barracuda Networks
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco
3 1 (16.67%) IBM
3 1 (16.67%) Red Hat
3 1 (16.67%) CheckPoint
3 1 (16.67%) EMC
3 1 (16.67%) Intel
3 1 (16.67%) Websense
3 1 (16.67%) Blue Coat
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