The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symantec products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Maidenhead region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Symantec over the 3 months to 17 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 Maidenhead 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symantec
Rank 17 - 11
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Symantec 2 0 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Maidenhead 2.410% - 5.263%
As % of the Vendors category 4.651% - 11.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £150 - £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £400 £281
% change year-on-year
-16.25% +42.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.38 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-11.48% -7.50%
All Vendors
Maidenhead
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
43 24 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Maidenhead 51.81% 32.88% 44.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 7 19
Average daily rate £325 £375 £306
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +22.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £185 £375 £110
10% offered a daily rate of more than £484 £410 £408
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 8
Average hourly rate £19.50 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.00% -37.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.50 £20.00 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.50 £30.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Symantec
Berkshire

Symantec
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Maidenhead 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 Maidenhead region.

Maidenhead 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 Maidenhead region.

Maidenhead Symantec Hourly Rate Trend

Symantec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Maidenhead 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 (80.00%) Windows
1 4 (80.00%) MS Exchange
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (80.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (80.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (60.00%) Backup Exec
3 2 (40.00%) Firewall
3 2 (40.00%) VMware
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (40.00%) MCITP
3 2 (40.00%) VLAN
3 2 (40.00%) Internet
3 2 (40.00%) MOM
3 2 (40.00%) ISA Server
3 2 (40.00%) HP
3 2 (40.00%) Citrix
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (40.00%) CCNA
3 2 (40.00%) MCSE
3 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
3 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (40.00%) LAN
3 2 (40.00%) WAN
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) SCOM

Symantec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Maidenhead 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 1 (20.00%) ADSI
Application Platforms
1 4 (80.00%) MS Exchange
1 4 (80.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (40.00%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) LAN
1 2 (40.00%) WAN
1 2 (40.00%) SSL
1 2 (40.00%) Internet
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) VLAN
2 1 (20.00%) DHCP
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Support Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Support Technician
2 1 (20.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (20.00%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
1 4 (80.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (20.00%) UNIX
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) MCSE
1 2 (40.00%) CCNA
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (40.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) ISA Server
2 2 (40.00%) Hyper-V
2 2 (40.00%) XenApp
2 2 (40.00%) UAG
3 1 (20.00%) vSphere
3 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Backup Exec
2 2 (40.00%) SCOM
2 2 (40.00%) MOM
3 1 (20.00%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (20.00%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) HP
2 2 (40.00%) Citrix
2 2 (40.00%) VMware
3 1 (20.00%) McAfee
3 1 (20.00%) Dell