The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symantec products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Symantec over the 3 months to 20 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 London 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symantec
Rank 258 270 332
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +62
Contract jobs citing Symantec 124 137 103
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.572% 0.510% 0.336%
As % of the Vendors category 1.265% 1.149% 0.743%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 80 56
Average daily rate £375 £380 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £192 £250 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £575 £538
UK excluding London average daily rate £336 £400 £281
% change year-on-year
-15.93% +42.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 14
Average hourly rate £21.12 £27.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.19% +22.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £20.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.25 £38.50 £54.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.38 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-11.48% -7.50%
All Vendors
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
9803 11923 13860
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 45.19% 44.40% 45.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 6187 7228 8368
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £270 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 289 289 401
Average hourly rate £21.34 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.67% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £35.50 £39.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Symantec
England

Symantec
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

London 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 London region.

London Symantec Hourly Rate Trend

Symantec
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Symantec across the London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

London Symantec Hourly Rate Histogram

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 London region over the 3 months to 20 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
City of London +36 48 £375 -5.95%
Wembley - 3 £375 -
Docklands, London +2 1 - -
Canary Wharf -7 1 £450 -35.71%
Greenwich - 1 £425 -
Hammersmith - 1 - -
Symantec
England

Symantec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1 153 (58.85%) Windows
2 145 (55.77%) Active Directory
3 131 (50.38%) MS Exchange
4 118 (45.38%) Microsoft
5 90 (34.62%) VMware
6 86 (33.08%) Windows Server 2008
7 83 (31.92%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
8 82 (31.54%) Exchange Server 2010
9 80 (30.77%) DNS
10 79 (30.38%) Windows Server 2003
11 75 (28.85%) Citrix
12 71 (27.31%) SAN
13 65 (25.00%) Blackberry
14 60 (23.08%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
14 60 (23.08%) HP
14 60 (23.08%) DHCP
14 60 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
15 53 (20.38%) Exchange Server 2003
16 50 (19.23%) Backup Exec
17 49 (18.85%) SQL
18 44 (16.92%) ITIL
18 44 (16.92%) TCP/IP
18 44 (16.92%) SCOM
19 42 (16.15%) Finance
19 42 (16.15%) NetBackup
20 41 (15.77%) PowerShell
21 39 (15.00%) SCCM
21 39 (15.00%) Exchange Server 2007
21 39 (15.00%) MS Office
22 37 (14.23%) Norton AntiVirus

Symantec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 11 (4.231%) XML
2 7 (2.692%) Web Services
3 5 (1.923%) COM
4 4 (1.538%) RESTful
5 3 (1.154%) REST
5 3 (1.154%) SOAP
5 3 (1.154%) Spring
5 3 (1.154%) XSLT
5 3 (1.154%) J2EE
6 2 (0.769%) ASP
6 2 (0.769%) HTML
6 2 (0.769%) .NET
6 2 (0.769%) Flash
6 2 (0.769%) CGI
6 2 (0.769%) Natural Language Processing
6 2 (0.769%) Regular Expression
6 2 (0.769%) Software Packaging
7 1 (0.385%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 131 (50.38%) MS Exchange
2 82 (31.54%) Exchange Server 2010
3 60 (23.08%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 53 (20.38%) Exchange Server 2003
5 39 (15.00%) Exchange Server 2007
6 27 (10.38%) SharePoint
7 22 (8.462%) Lync
8 18 (6.923%) Lotus Notes
9 13 (5.000%) Lotus Domino
10 10 (3.846%) IIS
11 9 (3.462%) Exchange Server 2013
12 8 (3.077%) Apache
12 8 (3.077%) Tomcat
12 8 (3.077%) Office Communications Server
12 8 (3.077%) SharePoint 2010
13 6 (2.308%) SharePoint Server
13 6 (2.308%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
14 4 (1.538%) WorkSite
15 3 (1.154%) CMS
16 2 (0.769%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 39 (15.00%) MS Office
2 18 (6.923%) MS Excel
3 5 (1.923%) Office 365
4 2 (0.769%) Shockwave
4 2 (0.769%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.385%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.385%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.692%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.769%) Oracle 11i
2 2 (0.769%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.769%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.385%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 80 (30.77%) DNS
2 71 (27.31%) SAN
3 60 (23.08%) DHCP
4 44 (16.92%) TCP/IP
5 34 (13.08%) SMTP
6 31 (11.92%) Firewall
7 21 (8.077%) NAS
8 20 (7.692%) LAN
9 18 (6.923%) LDAP
10 17 (6.538%) WAN
11 16 (6.154%) VPN
12 15 (5.769%) SSL
13 14 (5.385%) Internet
14 13 (5.000%) Intranet
14 13 (5.000%) POP3
15 9 (3.462%) Kerberos
15 9 (3.462%) VLAN
16 7 (2.692%) Network Security
16 7 (2.692%) Wireless
17 5 (1.923%) S/MIME
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.846%) SQL Server
2 14 (5.385%) SQL Server 2008
3 13 (5.000%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (1.154%) Oracle 11g
5 2 (0.769%) EDRMS
5 2 (0.769%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (0.769%) Oracle 9i
5 2 (0.769%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (0.385%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.385%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (0.385%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (1.154%) JIRA
2 2 (0.769%) MSI
3 1 (0.385%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 42 (16.15%) Finance
2 35 (13.46%) Banking
3 15 (5.769%) Back Office
4 12 (4.615%) Investment Banking
5 10 (3.846%) Law
6 9 (3.462%) Legal
7 8 (3.077%) Publishing
8 7 (2.692%) Marketing
9 6 (2.308%) Retail
10 5 (1.923%) German Language
11 4 (1.538%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.154%) French Language
13 2 (0.769%) Italian Language
13 2 (0.769%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.769%) Advertising
14 1 (0.385%) Front Office
14 1 (0.385%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 63 (24.23%) Analyst
2 32 (12.31%) Administrator
3 31 (11.92%) Consultant
4 23 (8.846%) Systems Administrator
5 14 (5.385%) Systems Engineer
5 14 (5.385%) 3rd Line Support
5 14 (5.385%) Storage Engineer
6 13 (5.000%) Windows Systems Administrator
6 13 (5.000%) Windows Administrator
6 13 (5.000%) Support Analyst
7 12 (4.615%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 12 (4.615%) Security Analyst
8 9 (3.462%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 9 (3.462%) Server Support
8 9 (3.462%) Architect
8 9 (3.462%) Messaging Consultant
9 8 (3.077%) Exchange Engineer
9 8 (3.077%) Desktop Support
9 8 (3.077%) Technical Support
9 8 (3.077%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 65 (25.00%) Blackberry
2 17 (6.538%) Management Information System
3 15 (5.769%) Clustering
4 10 (3.846%) Hedge funds
5 9 (3.462%) EqualLogic
5 9 (3.462%) Freedom of Information
5 9 (3.462%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (3.077%) CLARiiON
6 8 (3.077%) Derivative
7 7 (2.692%) Replication
7 7 (2.692%) PKI
7 7 (2.692%) Thin Client
7 7 (2.692%) Fat Client
8 6 (2.308%) Enterprise Storage
8 6 (2.308%) Computer Science
9 5 (1.923%) NHS
9 5 (1.923%) iPhone
10 4 (1.538%) Social Media
10 4 (1.538%) PDA
10 4 (1.538%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 153 (58.85%) Windows
2 86 (33.08%) Windows Server 2008
3 79 (30.38%) Windows Server 2003
4 34 (13.08%) UNIX
5 29 (11.15%) Windows XP
6 26 (10.00%) Windows 7
7 24 (9.231%) Linux
8 15 (5.769%) Solaris
8 15 (5.769%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 12 (4.615%) Windows Server 2012
10 11 (4.231%) Windows 2000
11 9 (3.462%) Windows 8
12 6 (2.308%) Windows Mobile
12 6 (2.308%) Mac OS X
12 6 (2.308%) AIX
13 5 (1.923%) Windows Vista
14 2 (0.769%) HPUX
15 1 (0.385%) Android
15 1 (0.385%) Tru64
15 1 (0.385%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (16.92%) ITIL
2 34 (13.08%) Migration
3 26 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 22 (8.462%) Project Management
5 21 (8.077%) Change Management
5 21 (8.077%) Problem Management
6 18 (6.923%) Capacity Planning
6 18 (6.923%) Service Management
7 16 (6.154%) Information Security
8 15 (5.769%) Business Continuity
8 15 (5.769%) Data Protection
8 15 (5.769%) Incident Management
9 14 (5.385%) Service Delivery
10 12 (4.615%) Risk Management
10 12 (4.615%) Configuration Management
11 11 (4.231%) PRINCE2
12 10 (3.846%) Asset Management
13 9 (3.462%) High Availability
13 9 (3.462%) Infrastructure Management
14 8 (3.077%) Information Security Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (18.85%) SQL
2 41 (15.77%) PowerShell
3 13 (5.000%) C
4 12 (4.615%) Java
5 11 (4.231%) VB
6 8 (3.077%) Shell Script
7 6 (2.308%) Perl
8 5 (1.923%) Python
8 5 (1.923%) VBScript
9 3 (1.154%) JavaScript
9 3 (1.154%) Korn
9 3 (1.154%) Bash shell
10 2 (0.769%) C#
10 2 (0.769%) C++
11 1 (0.385%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 33 (12.69%) Microsoft Certification
2 26 (10.00%) MCSE
3 17 (6.538%) Degree
4 15 (5.769%) Security Cleared
5 14 (5.385%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (4.231%) CCNA
7 9 (3.462%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 8 (3.077%) MCSA
9 7 (2.692%) MCP
9 7 (2.692%) CISSP
9 7 (2.692%) MCITP
9 7 (2.692%) SC Cleared
9 7 (2.692%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.154%) CISM
11 2 (0.769%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.769%) MCDST
11 2 (0.769%) Citrix Certification
11 2 (0.769%) NCIE
12 1 (0.385%) HP ASE
12 1 (0.385%) HP MASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.154%) SLA
2 11 (4.231%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (4.231%) PCI DSS
3 10 (3.846%) QA
4 8 (3.077%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 145 (55.77%) Active Directory
2 60 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (11.54%) vSphere
4 29 (11.15%) XenApp
5 24 (9.231%) Hyper-V
6 17 (6.538%) VMware ESX
7 13 (5.000%) UAG
8 11 (4.231%) ISA Server
9 7 (2.692%) Terminal Services
10 6 (2.308%) XenDesktop
11 4 (1.538%) Veritas Volume Manager
11 4 (1.538%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (1.538%) XenServer
11 4 (1.538%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 4 (1.538%) DFS Replication
12 3 (1.154%) Veritas File System
12 3 (1.154%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 3 (1.154%) Xen
12 3 (1.154%) Microsoft App-V
13 2 (0.769%) NFS
Systems Management
1 83 (31.92%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 50 (19.23%) Backup Exec
3 44 (16.92%) SCOM
4 42 (16.15%) NetBackup
5 39 (15.00%) SCCM
6 37 (14.23%) Norton AntiVirus
7 22 (8.462%) WSUS
8 18 (6.923%) Tivoli
8 18 (6.923%) MAILsweeper
9 13 (5.000%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 11 (4.231%) SCVMM
11 8 (3.077%) HP SIM
12 5 (1.923%) HP Data Protector
12 5 (1.923%) McAfee ePO
12 5 (1.923%) BladeLogic
13 4 (1.538%) RepliStor
13 4 (1.538%) Tivoli Endpoint Manager
14 3 (1.154%) EMC NetWorker
14 3 (1.154%) MOM
14 3 (1.154%) MIMEsweeper
Vendors
1 118 (45.38%) Microsoft
2 90 (34.62%) VMware
3 75 (28.85%) Citrix
4 60 (23.08%) HP
5 28 (10.77%) EMC
6 27 (10.38%) Cisco
7 24 (9.231%) NetApp
8 21 (8.077%) McAfee
9 18 (6.923%) Lotus
10 15 (5.769%) Red Hat
10 15 (5.769%) Remedy
10 15 (5.769%) Oracle
10 15 (5.769%) Dell
11 14 (5.385%) Websense
12 11 (4.231%) NetIQ
12 11 (4.231%) Adobe
12 11 (4.231%) Altiris
13 10 (3.846%) CA
14 9 (3.462%) Clearswift
14 9 (3.462%) Apple
City, London
The successful 2/3rd Line Technical Analyst will have strong experience with o SQL Server 2005/2008 administration. o Archive backup system, preferably Symantec Backup Exec... o Scripting (...
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £250 - £295 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
CIL is committed to equal opportunity and is an REC "Diversity Pledged Recruiter". If you do not hear from us within 7 days then unfortunately your application has...
Church International
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
This will be part of a programme to engineer not only the MS Exchange 2010 environment but to also facilitate and prepare (LAB) the migration of 100K+ mailboxes...
TEKsystems
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
Technical environment MsExchange 2003 - 2010, Symantec Enterprise Vault BlackBerry Enterprise Server Active Directory Skilled in TCPIP and common networking protocols i.e. SMTP, POP3, LDAP, SSL, TLS, and...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
SMTP, POP3, LDAP, SSL, TLS, and knowledge of basic network troubleshooting. Outlook Client Support Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Lotus Domino Server, Lotus Notes Client E-Mail Migration and...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
Any experience of the following products would be extremely advantageous Symantec Data Insight, Varonis, 8Man or EMC Kazeon. An in-depth understanding of implementing Active Directory and NTFS...
Interquest Group PLC
Posted: 7 May 2013
London
Key Product Set includes: Juniper SSL gateway, BlueCoat SG Proxy and AV, Checkpoint and Cisco ASA firewalls, ProofPoint mail gateway and Symantec Endpoint Protection, so knowledge of these...
Networking People
Posted: 14 May 2013