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The table below looks at the demand for Symantec (formerly VERITAS) Backup Exec skills within the London region with a comparison to our System Software category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Backup Exec over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSymantec (formerly VERITAS) Backup Exec
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank355397
Rank change on same period last yearUp+42
Matching contract IT job ads5294
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.070 %0.093 %
As % of the category below2.446 %3.857 %
Daily rates quoted818
Average minimum daily rate£244£288
Average daily rate£257£304
% change on same period last year-15.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£270£320
UK excluding London average daily rate£275£282
% change on same period last year-2.29 %
Hourly rates quoted1313
Average minimum hourly rate£27.69£18.31
Average hourly rate£28.27£19.04
% change on same period last year+48.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.85£19.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.30£20.58
% change on same period last year+3.49 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
London
Matching contract IT job ads21262437
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.874 %2.403 %
Daily rates quoted719702
Average minimum daily rate£347£364
Average daily rate£368£383
% change on same period last year-3.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£389£402
UK excluding London average daily rate£320£324
% change on same period last year-1.19 %
Hourly rates quoted368418
Average minimum hourly rate£20.84£20.49
Average hourly rate£21.93£21.69
% change on same period last year+1.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.03£22.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.21£21.89
% change on same period last year-3.08 %
Backup Exec EnglandBackup Exec
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.

Backup Exec
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Backup Exec across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

London Backup Exec Demand Trend

Backup Exec
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Backup Exec across the London region.

London Backup Exec Daily Rate Trend

Backup Exec
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Backup Exec across the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

London Backup Exec Daily Rate Histogram

Backup Exec
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Backup Exec across the London region.

London Backup Exec Hourly Rate Trend

Backup Exec
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Backup Exec across the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-287£320-
HammersmithNew entry-2£203-
GraysNew entry-1£300-
Backup Exec EnglandBackup Exec
England

Backup Exec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1100 (86.96 %)Windows
278 (67.83 %)Windows Server 2003
366 (57.39 %)MS Exchange
454 (46.96 %)Active Directory
543 (37.39 %)Exchange Server 2003
639 (33.91 %)VERITAS
736 (31.30 %)DNS
835 (30.43 %)SAN
933 (28.70 %)Microsoft
1032 (27.83 %)Windows 2000
1131 (26.96 %)DHCP
1230 (26.09 %)Cisco
1328 (24.35 %)VMware
1426 (22.61 %)Citrix
1525 (21.74 %)HP
1525 (21.74 %)IIS
1525 (21.74 %)SQL
1525 (21.74 %)SQL Server
1624 (20.87 %)Symantec
1723 (20.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
1821 (18.26 %)Windows XP
1920 (17.39 %)NetBackup
2018 (15.65 %)ISA Server
2117 (14.78 %)UNIX
2117 (14.78 %)TCP/IP
2117 (14.78 %)VPN
2216 (13.91 %)Exchange Server 2007
2315 (13.04 %)VMware Infrastructure
2315 (13.04 %)Microsoft Certification
2315 (13.04 %)MCSE

Backup Exec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (1.739 %).NET
12 (1.739 %).NET Framework
21 (0.870 %)HTML
21 (0.870 %)ASP
21 (0.870 %)WebServices
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
166 (57.39 %)MS Exchange
243 (37.39 %)Exchange Server 2003
325 (21.74 %)IIS
416 (13.91 %)Exchange Server 2007
511 (9.565 %)Exchange Server 2000
67 (6.087 %)SharePoint
67 (6.087 %)Exchange Server 5.5
73 (2.609 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
81 (0.870 %)Apache
81 (0.870 %)SharePoint Server 2007
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (7.826 %)MS Office
19 (7.826 %)MS Excel
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (1.739 %)Oracle EBS
21 (0.870 %)RMDS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
136 (31.30 %)DNS
235 (30.43 %)SAN
331 (26.96 %)DHCP
417 (14.78 %)TCP/IP
417 (14.78 %)VPN
514 (12.17 %)Firewall
610 (8.696 %)ISDN
79 (7.826 %)LAN
79 (7.826 %)WAN
88 (6.957 %)VoIP
97 (6.087 %)Cisco PIX
105 (4.348 %)Wireless
113 (2.609 %)Internet
113 (2.609 %)VLAN
122 (1.739 %)Broadband
131 (0.870 %)SNMP
131 (0.870 %)IP Telephony
131 (0.870 %)Intrusion Detection
131 (0.870 %)DMZ
131 (0.870 %)SSL
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
125 (21.74 %)SQL Server
210 (8.696 %)SQL Server 2000
35 (4.348 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (1.739 %)Crystal Reports
42 (1.739 %)MS Access
51 (0.870 %)Datawarehouse
51 (0.870 %)Oracle 10g
51 (0.870 %)Oracle 9i
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (1.739 %)Visual Studio
21 (0.870 %)MSI
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
115 (13.04 %)Finance
24 (3.478 %)Government
33 (2.609 %)Back Office
42 (1.739 %)Education
42 (1.739 %)Health
42 (1.739 %)Publishing
42 (1.739 %)Banking
51 (0.870 %)Local Government
51 (0.870 %)Auditing
51 (0.870 %)Telecoms
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
120 (17.39 %)3rd Line Support
218 (15.65 %)Support Engineer
317 (14.78 %)Analyst
416 (13.91 %)Infrastructure Engineer
515 (13.04 %)Support Analyst
614 (12.17 %)Server Support
713 (11.30 %)Administrator
810 (8.696 %)Desktop Support
810 (8.696 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
97 (6.087 %)Network Engineer
97 (6.087 %)Systems Engineer
106 (5.217 %)Consultant
106 (5.217 %)Server Support Analyst
106 (5.217 %)Network Support
106 (5.217 %)Senior Infrastructure Engineer
106 (5.217 %)Server Analyst
115 (4.348 %)Systems Administrator
124 (3.478 %)Systems Support
124 (3.478 %)Desktop Analyst
124 (3.478 %)Desktop Support Analyst
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (7.826 %)Blackberry
26 (5.217 %)Clustering
32 (1.739 %)CLARiiON
41 (0.870 %)Symmetrix
41 (0.870 %)EMC Centera
41 (0.870 %)PDA
41 (0.870 %)Statistics
41 (0.870 %)NHS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1100 (86.96 %)Windows
278 (67.83 %)Windows Server 2003
332 (27.83 %)Windows 2000
423 (20.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
521 (18.26 %)Windows XP
617 (14.78 %)UNIX
714 (12.17 %)Linux
88 (6.957 %)Windows NT
96 (5.217 %)Windows Vista
104 (3.478 %)AIX
104 (3.478 %)Solaris
113 (2.609 %)Tru64
122 (1.739 %)Windows Server 2008
122 (1.739 %)Red Hat Linux
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (11.30 %)Disaster Recovery
210 (8.696 %)ITIL
35 (4.348 %)Security Cleared
43 (2.609 %)DV Cleared
43 (2.609 %)Asset Management
52 (1.739 %)Network Load Balancing
52 (1.739 %)Fund Management
52 (1.739 %)CRM
52 (1.739 %)Performance Management
52 (1.739 %)SC Cleared
52 (1.739 %)Migration
52 (1.739 %)Release Management
61 (0.870 %)Time Management
61 (0.870 %)DNA
61 (0.870 %)Project Management
61 (0.870 %)Service Management
61 (0.870 %)Change Management
61 (0.870 %)Problem Management
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
125 (21.74 %)SQL
24 (3.478 %)C
31 (0.870 %)Perl
31 (0.870 %)VBScript
31 (0.870 %)VBA
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
115 (13.04 %)MCSE
115 (13.04 %)Microsoft Certification
25 (4.348 %)Cisco Certification
34 (3.478 %)Degree
34 (3.478 %)CCNA
34 (3.478 %)Citrix Certification
42 (1.739 %)ITIL Certification
51 (0.870 %)MCTS
51 (0.870 %)MCSA
51 (0.870 %)CCIE
51 (0.870 %)CCNP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.739 %)SLA
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
154 (46.96 %)Active Directory
220 (17.39 %)NetBackup
318 (15.65 %)ISA Server
415 (13.04 %)VMware Infrastructure
59 (7.826 %)VMware ESX
65 (4.348 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
74 (3.478 %)MetaFrame
83 (2.609 %)Citrix Presentation Server
92 (1.739 %)Terminal Services
92 (1.739 %)VMware GSX
101 (0.870 %)Samba
101 (0.870 %)NFS
101 (0.870 %)Terminal Server
101 (0.870 %)VMware Server
101 (0.870 %)Oracle RAC
101 (0.870 %)Oracle RMAN
101 (0.870 %)MailMarshal
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (6.957 %)MAILsweeper
27 (6.087 %)Norton AntiVirus
27 (6.087 %)Legato
36 (5.217 %)WSUS
44 (3.478 %)EMC NetWorker
44 (3.478 %)MOM
53 (2.609 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
53 (2.609 %)Tivoli
53 (2.609 %)MIMEsweeper
62 (1.739 %)DameWare
62 (1.739 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
71 (0.870 %)RepliStor
71 (0.870 %)SCCM
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
139 (33.91 %)VERITAS
233 (28.70 %)Microsoft
330 (26.09 %)Cisco
428 (24.35 %)VMware
526 (22.61 %)Citrix
625 (21.74 %)HP
724 (20.87 %)Symantec
811 (9.565 %)Oracle
910 (8.696 %)Altiris
108 (6.957 %)Sophos
117 (6.087 %)McAfee Security
126 (5.217 %)EMC
134 (3.478 %)IBM
143 (2.609 %)Avaya
143 (2.609 %)NetApp
143 (2.609 %)Nokia
152 (1.739 %)Novell
152 (1.739 %)Juniper
152 (1.739 %)Sun
152 (1.739 %)Intel