The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symantec products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Symantec over the 3 months to 23 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 North West 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symantec
Rank 108 112 104
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -8
Contract jobs citing Symantec 10 17 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.427% 0.545% 0.742%
As % of the Vendors category 0.936% 1.051% 1.599%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 11
Average daily rate £325 £313 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% +17.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £263 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £345 £375 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £354 £400 £288
% change year-on-year
-11.56% +39.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 1
Average hourly rate £41.25 £20.00 £70.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+106.25% -71.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.75 £18.25 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+30.13% -8.75%
All Vendors
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1068 1617 1438
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 45.56% 51.79% 46.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 477 739 697
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £488 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 80 98
Average hourly rate £19.27 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.11% -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.74 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.90 £29.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Symantec
England

Symantec
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Cheshire +10 7 £341 -
Symantec
England

Symantec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 17 (94.44%) Windows
2 12 (66.67%) Citrix
2 12 (66.67%) Migration
2 12 (66.67%) SCCM
3 10 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
3 10 (55.56%) Active Directory
4 9 (50.00%) Windows XP
4 9 (50.00%) MS Exchange
5 8 (44.44%) ITIL
5 8 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (44.44%) Windows 7
6 7 (38.89%) XenApp
6 7 (38.89%) Norton AntiVirus
6 7 (38.89%) Microsoft App-V
6 7 (38.89%) AppSense
7 6 (33.33%) Local Government
7 6 (33.33%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 5 (27.78%) Internet
8 5 (27.78%) SQL Server
8 5 (27.78%) PRINCE2
9 4 (22.22%) MCSE
9 4 (22.22%) MCSA
9 4 (22.22%) SharePoint
9 4 (22.22%) SQL
9 4 (22.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (22.22%) Veritas
9 4 (22.22%) VMS
9 4 (22.22%) TCP/IP
9 4 (22.22%) VPN

Symantec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 3 (16.67%) .NET
2 2 (11.11%) Software Packaging
3 1 (5.556%) COM
Application Platforms
1 9 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 4 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 4 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (16.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 3 (16.67%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) Internet
2 4 (22.22%) TCP/IP
2 4 (22.22%) VPN
2 4 (22.22%) NetScreen
3 3 (16.67%) NAS
3 3 (16.67%) DNS
3 3 (16.67%) SMTP
3 3 (16.67%) SAN
4 1 (5.556%) Wireless
4 1 (5.556%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (27.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.556%) AdminStudio
General
1 6 (33.33%) Local Government
2 2 (11.11%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 2 (11.11%) Desktop Analyst
2 2 (11.11%) Server Specialist
2 2 (11.11%) Analyst
2 2 (11.11%) Consultant
2 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 2 (11.11%) Messaging Engineer
2 2 (11.11%) SCCM Specialist
3 1 (5.556%) Backup Administrator
3 1 (5.556%) Backup Consultant
3 1 (5.556%) 3rd Line Support Technician
3 1 (5.556%) SCCM Engineer
3 1 (5.556%) Server Technician
3 1 (5.556%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (5.556%) Administrator
3 1 (5.556%) Support Technician
3 1 (5.556%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (5.556%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (5.556%) Exchange Engineer
3 1 (5.556%) Messaging Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Blackberry
1 3 (16.67%) Clustering
2 2 (11.11%) NHS
3 1 (5.556%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.556%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 17 (94.44%) Windows
2 10 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (50.00%) Windows XP
4 8 (44.44%) Windows 7
5 4 (22.22%) VMS
6 3 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (5.556%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) Migration
2 8 (44.44%) ITIL
3 5 (27.78%) PRINCE2
4 4 (22.22%) Service Management
4 4 (22.22%) Change Management
4 4 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (22.22%) Release Management
5 3 (16.67%) Load Balancing
6 2 (11.11%) Asset Management
7 1 (5.556%) Capacity Management
7 1 (5.556%) Data Protection
7 1 (5.556%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) SQL
2 3 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 3 (16.67%) VB.NET
2 3 (16.67%) Perl
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (22.22%) MCSE
2 4 (22.22%) MCSA
3 3 (16.67%) MCTS
3 3 (16.67%) MCITP
4 1 (5.556%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.556%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.556%) A+ Certification
4 1 (5.556%) MCP
System Software
1 10 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 7 (38.89%) XenApp
2 7 (38.89%) Microsoft App-V
3 6 (33.33%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 4 (22.22%) XenServer
5 3 (16.67%) Postfix
6 1 (5.556%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (5.556%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 12 (66.67%) SCCM
2 7 (38.89%) Norton AntiVirus
3 4 (22.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (16.67%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 1 (5.556%) NetBackup
5 1 (5.556%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 12 (66.67%) Citrix
2 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
3 7 (38.89%) AppSense
4 4 (22.22%) Veritas
5 3 (16.67%) IronPort
5 3 (16.67%) Kaspersky
5 3 (16.67%) McAfee
6 2 (11.11%) Cisco
6 2 (11.11%) VMware
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Posted: 16 May 2013