The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symantec products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Symantec over the 3 months to 24 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 South 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symantec
Rank 85 77 106
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +29
Contract jobs citing Symantec 23 60 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 1.140% 1.855% 0.565%
As % of the Vendors category 2.626% 4.386% 1.269%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 47 8
Average daily rate £450 £410 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.75% +134.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £354 £400 £288
% change year-on-year
-11.56% +39.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 3
Average hourly rate - £20.00 £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.75 £18.25 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+30.13% -8.75%
All Vendors
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
876 1368 1261
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 43.43% 42.29% 44.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 511 783 580
Average daily rate £370 £400 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.50% +10.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £505 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 99 112
Average hourly rate £13.50 £22.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.00% +12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.50 £12.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.35 £46.00 £36.40
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

South 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 South West region.

South 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 South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South 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 South West region.

South West Symantec Hourly Rate Trend

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 South West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Gloucestershire +5 9 £450 +12.50%
Bristol +14 3 £393 -
Dorset -12 2 £425 -10.52%
Wiltshire -2 1 £140 -49.09%
Symantec
England

Symantec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 28 (68.29%) Windows
2 27 (65.85%) SAN
2 27 (65.85%) Security Cleared
3 23 (56.10%) Linux
4 22 (53.66%) HP
4 22 (53.66%) UNIX
5 20 (48.78%) NetBackup
6 18 (43.90%) DV Cleared
6 18 (43.90%) NetApp
7 17 (41.46%) C
7 17 (41.46%) Data Protection
8 11 (26.83%) Active Directory
8 11 (26.83%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (26.83%) VMware
9 9 (21.95%) Microsoft
9 9 (21.95%) Oracle
9 9 (21.95%) MS Excel
9 9 (21.95%) SC Cleared
10 8 (19.51%) Digital Forensics
10 8 (19.51%) Backup Exec
11 7 (17.07%) VMware Infrastructure
12 5 (12.20%) Norton AntiVirus
12 5 (12.20%) Sophos
13 4 (9.756%) vSphere
13 4 (9.756%) MCITP
14 3 (7.317%) VMware Server
14 3 (7.317%) Time Management
14 3 (7.317%) NAS
14 3 (7.317%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (7.317%) FalconStor

Symantec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 1 (2.439%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 3 (7.317%) Lotus Notes
1 3 (7.317%) Lotus Domino
2 2 (4.878%) MS Exchange
2 2 (4.878%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (2.439%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (2.439%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (2.439%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (2.439%) Tomcat
3 1 (2.439%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (21.95%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 27 (65.85%) SAN
2 3 (7.317%) NAS
3 1 (2.439%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (2.439%) VLAN
3 1 (2.439%) Firewall
3 1 (2.439%) Wireless
3 1 (2.439%) LAN
3 1 (2.439%) WLAN
3 1 (2.439%) WAN
3 1 (2.439%) DHCP
3 1 (2.439%) HTTP
3 1 (2.439%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.878%) SQL Server
1 2 (4.878%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (2.439%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (2.439%) GIS
2 1 (2.439%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.439%) Git (software)
1 1 (2.439%) ClearQuest
1 1 (2.439%) ClearCase
General
1 2 (4.878%) Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (43.90%) Storage Engineer
2 8 (19.51%) Systems Manager
2 8 (19.51%) Consultant
3 7 (17.07%) Support Engineer
3 7 (17.07%) Storage Support Engineer
4 5 (12.20%) Analyst
5 3 (7.317%) Storage Consultant
5 3 (7.317%) Wintel Analyst
6 2 (4.878%) Support Analyst
6 2 (4.878%) Technical Support
6 2 (4.878%) Architect
6 2 (4.878%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (2.439%) Wintel Support
7 1 (2.439%) Microsoft Consultant
7 1 (2.439%) Server Analyst
7 1 (2.439%) Exchange Consultant
7 1 (2.439%) Windows Support Analyst
7 1 (2.439%) Technical Support Analyst
7 1 (2.439%) Technical Analyst
7 1 (2.439%) Technical Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.878%) Replication
2 1 (2.439%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (2.439%) EqualLogic
2 1 (2.439%) Blackberry
2 1 (2.439%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 28 (68.29%) Windows
2 23 (56.10%) Linux
3 22 (53.66%) UNIX
4 3 (7.317%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (4.878%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (2.439%) Ubuntu
6 1 (2.439%) Windows 7
6 1 (2.439%) CentOS
6 1 (2.439%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (2.439%) AIX
6 1 (2.439%) Solaris
6 1 (2.439%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (41.46%) Data Protection
2 8 (19.51%) Digital Forensics
3 3 (7.317%) Time Management
3 3 (7.317%) Migration
4 2 (4.878%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (2.439%) Data Migration
5 1 (2.439%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (41.46%) C
2 1 (2.439%) Java
2 1 (2.439%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (65.85%) Security Cleared
2 18 (43.90%) DV Cleared
3 11 (26.83%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (21.95%) SC Cleared
5 4 (9.756%) MCITP
6 3 (7.317%) MCSE
6 3 (7.317%) MCSA
System Software
1 11 (26.83%) Active Directory
2 7 (17.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (9.756%) vSphere
4 3 (7.317%) VMware Server
5 1 (2.439%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 1 (2.439%) XenApp
5 1 (2.439%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (48.78%) NetBackup
2 8 (19.51%) Backup Exec
3 5 (12.20%) Norton AntiVirus
4 3 (7.317%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 2 (4.878%) WhatsUp Gold
6 1 (2.439%) SCCM
6 1 (2.439%) SCOM
6 1 (2.439%) WSUS
6 1 (2.439%) Veritas Storage Foundation
6 1 (2.439%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (2.439%) ARCserve
6 1 (2.439%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 22 (53.66%) HP
2 18 (43.90%) NetApp
3 11 (26.83%) VMware
4 9 (21.95%) Microsoft
4 9 (21.95%) Oracle
5 5 (12.20%) Sophos
6 3 (7.317%) FalconStor
6 3 (7.317%) McAfee
6 3 (7.317%) Lotus
6 3 (7.317%) Cisco
6 3 (7.317%) IBM
7 2 (4.878%) Dell
7 2 (4.878%) EMC
7 2 (4.878%) Citrix
8 1 (2.439%) ProCurve
8 1 (2.439%) SolarWinds
8 1 (2.439%) Red Hat
8 1 (2.439%) Veritas
8 1 (2.439%) Alcatel-Lucent
8 1 (2.439%) Hitachi