The first table below looks at the demand for Norton AntiVirus skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Norton AntiVirus 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 of the Systems Management category.

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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symantec Norton AntiVirus
Rank 489 531 535
Rank change year-on-year
+42 +4
Contract jobs citing Norton AntiVirus 41 47 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.088% 0.081% 0.086%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.315% 1.320% 1.456%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 24 25
Average daily rate £243 £265 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.30% +3.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £143 £113 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £468 £357 £323
UK excluding London average daily rate £203 £255 £255
% change year-on-year
-20.39% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 8
Average hourly rate £12.50 £16.75 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.37% +4.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.60 £12.80 £11.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.10 £20.00 £38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.13 £16.75 £24.00
% change year-on-year
-21.64% -30.20%
All Systems Management
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
3118 3560 3639
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 6.720% 6.109% 5.937%
Number of daily rates quoted 1762 1821 1721
Average daily rate £375 £350 £368
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £227 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 165 224
Average hourly rate £21.00 £19.63 £23.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.00% -16.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.50 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%

Norton AntiVirus
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Norton AntiVirus within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

Norton AntiVirus Jobs Demand Trend

Norton AntiVirus
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Norton AntiVirus within the UK.

Norton AntiVirus Daily Rate Trend

Norton AntiVirus
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Norton AntiVirus within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Norton AntiVirus Daily Rate Histogram

Norton AntiVirus
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Norton AntiVirus within the UK.

Norton AntiVirus Hourly Rate Trend

Norton AntiVirus
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Norton AntiVirus within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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
England +43 39 £226 -17.81%
London +25 20 £325 +18.18%
City of London +19 10 £450 +63.63%
South East +14 4 £150 -53.84%
West Midlands +11 4 £128 -
North West +16 3 £226 -
East Midlands - 3 £395 -
East of England +12 2 £180 -
Stevenage +4 2 £180 -
Hertfordshire +4 2 £180 -
West Yorkshire +1 2 - -
Yorkshire -3 2 - -
Milton Keynes - 2 £120 -
Derby - 2 £315 -
Derbyshire - 2 £315 -
Buckinghamshire - 2 £120 -
South West +22 1 £260 -13.33%
Surrey +17 1 £175 -46.15%
Berkshire +15 1 £150 -57.14%
Bristol +10 1 £260 -
Leeds -11 1 - -
Staffordshire - 1 £115 -
Shropshire - 1 - -
Nottinghamshire - 1 £475 -
Cheshire - 1 - -
Nottingham - 1 £475 -
Woking - 1 £175 -
Telford - 1 - -
Maidenhead - 1 £150 -
Coventry - 1 - -

Norton AntiVirus
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Norton AntiVirus 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 Norton AntiVirus.

1 89 (100.00%) Symantec
2 78 (87.64%) Windows
3 60 (67.42%) Active Directory
3 60 (67.42%) Microsoft
4 56 (62.92%) MS Exchange
5 53 (59.55%) Windows Server 2008
6 46 (51.69%) VMware
7 37 (41.57%) Windows Server 2003
8 36 (40.45%) Citrix
8 36 (40.45%) Exchange Server 2010
9 35 (39.33%) TCP/IP
10 34 (38.20%) MS Office
11 32 (35.96%) Blackberry
11 32 (35.96%) VMware Infrastructure
11 32 (35.96%) Exchange Server 2007
12 31 (34.83%) Exchange Server 2003
12 31 (34.83%) DNS
13 30 (33.71%) Windows XP
14 28 (31.46%) DHCP
14 28 (31.46%) Windows 7
15 26 (29.21%) Sophos
16 25 (28.09%) Firewall
16 25 (28.09%) HP
17 24 (26.97%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
18 23 (25.84%) McAfee
18 23 (25.84%) Banking
19 22 (24.72%) SCCM
19 22 (24.72%) Microsoft Certification
20 21 (23.60%) SQL Server
20 21 (23.60%) vSphere

Norton AntiVirus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Norton AntiVirus 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 Norton AntiVirus. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (3.371%) .NET
2 2 (2.247%) COM
2 2 (2.247%) Software Packaging
3 1 (1.124%) XML
3 1 (1.124%) Application Packaging
3 1 (1.124%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 56 (62.92%) MS Exchange
2 36 (40.45%) Exchange Server 2010
3 32 (35.96%) Exchange Server 2007
4 31 (34.83%) Exchange Server 2003
5 24 (26.97%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 19 (21.35%) IIS
7 15 (16.85%) Lotus Notes
8 13 (14.61%) Lotus Domino
8 13 (14.61%) SharePoint
9 7 (7.865%) Office Communications Server
10 6 (6.742%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (1.124%) SharePoint 2010
11 1 (1.124%) Lync
Applications
1 34 (38.20%) MS Office
2 16 (17.98%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.124%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (7.865%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.124%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 35 (39.33%) TCP/IP
2 31 (34.83%) DNS
3 28 (31.46%) DHCP
4 25 (28.09%) Firewall
5 16 (17.98%) SAN
6 12 (13.48%) VPN
6 12 (13.48%) SMTP
7 11 (12.36%) Internet
8 9 (10.11%) SSL
8 9 (10.11%) WAN
8 9 (10.11%) POP3
8 9 (10.11%) LDAP
9 8 (8.989%) LAN
10 6 (6.742%) DMZ
10 6 (6.742%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (4.494%) NAS
12 3 (3.371%) NetScreen
13 2 (2.247%) iSCSI
13 2 (2.247%) Intranet
13 2 (2.247%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (23.60%) SQL Server
2 12 (13.48%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (7.865%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (5.618%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 2 (2.247%) MSI
General
1 23 (25.84%) Banking
2 10 (11.24%) Back Office
3 3 (3.371%) Telecoms
3 3 (3.371%) Finance
4 2 (2.247%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.247%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.124%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 33 (37.08%) Analyst
2 17 (19.10%) Support Analyst
3 12 (13.48%) 2nd Line Support
4 9 (10.11%) Administrator
4 9 (10.11%) 3rd Line Support
4 9 (10.11%) Desktop Support
4 9 (10.11%) Systems Administrator
4 9 (10.11%) Windows Administrator
4 9 (10.11%) Windows Systems Administrator
5 8 (8.989%) Support Engineer
5 8 (8.989%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (7.865%) Senior Analyst
6 7 (7.865%) Consultant
6 7 (7.865%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 7 (7.865%) Desktop Analyst
7 6 (6.742%) Service Analyst
7 6 (6.742%) Service Desk Analyst
8 5 (5.618%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (5.618%) Help Desk Support
8 5 (5.618%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 32 (35.96%) Blackberry
2 13 (14.61%) Clustering
3 6 (6.742%) Hedge funds
4 5 (5.618%) PDA
5 3 (3.371%) Management Information System
5 3 (3.371%) Replication
6 2 (2.247%) NHS
6 2 (2.247%) Thin Client
6 2 (2.247%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (2.247%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.247%) Freedom of Information Act
6 2 (2.247%) Fat Client
7 1 (1.124%) Smartphone
7 1 (1.124%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 78 (87.64%) Windows
2 53 (59.55%) Windows Server 2008
3 37 (41.57%) Windows Server 2003
4 30 (33.71%) Windows XP
5 28 (31.46%) Windows 7
6 14 (15.73%) Windows 2000
7 11 (12.36%) Windows Vista
8 3 (3.371%) VMS
8 3 (3.371%) Linux
8 3 (3.371%) Windows 8
9 2 (2.247%) UNIX
10 1 (1.124%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (1.124%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (16.85%) Migration
2 13 (14.61%) ITIL
2 13 (14.61%) Disaster Recovery
3 10 (11.24%) Project Management
3 10 (11.24%) Asset Management
4 8 (8.989%) Change Management
5 7 (7.865%) CRM
6 5 (5.618%) Service Management
7 4 (4.494%) Service Delivery
7 4 (4.494%) Incident Management
8 3 (3.371%) Load Balancing
8 3 (3.371%) Release Management
9 2 (2.247%) WAN Optimisation
9 2 (2.247%) ISMS
9 2 (2.247%) Data Protection
9 2 (2.247%) ITIL V3
9 2 (2.247%) SIEM
9 2 (2.247%) Root Cause Analysis
9 2 (2.247%) Vulnerability Management
9 2 (2.247%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (19.10%) PowerShell
2 9 (10.11%) SQL
3 7 (7.865%) C
4 6 (6.742%) Java
5 3 (3.371%) Perl
5 3 (3.371%) VBScript
5 3 (3.371%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 22 (24.72%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (11.24%) MCSE
3 9 (10.11%) MCITP
3 9 (10.11%) MCP
3 9 (10.11%) Security Cleared
4 6 (6.742%) MCSA
5 5 (5.618%) SC Cleared
6 4 (4.494%) DV Cleared
7 3 (3.371%) MCDST
7 3 (3.371%) MCTS
7 3 (3.371%) CISSP
7 3 (3.371%) A+ Certification
8 2 (2.247%) CCSA
8 2 (2.247%) CCSE
8 2 (2.247%) JNCIA
8 2 (2.247%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (2.247%) CCNA
8 2 (2.247%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.11%) SLA
2 7 (7.865%) ISO 9001
3 2 (2.247%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.247%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 60 (67.42%) Active Directory
2 32 (35.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (23.60%) vSphere
4 12 (13.48%) VMware ESX
5 9 (10.11%) ISA Server
6 8 (8.989%) UAG
6 8 (8.989%) Hyper-V
7 5 (5.618%) XenApp
7 5 (5.618%) DFS Replication
7 5 (5.618%) Terminal Services
8 4 (4.494%) Forefront TMG
9 3 (3.371%) XenServer
9 3 (3.371%) Postfix
9 3 (3.371%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (2.247%) NFS
10 2 (2.247%) XenDesktop
10 2 (2.247%) IAG
11 1 (1.124%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 1 (1.124%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 22 (24.72%) SCCM
2 21 (23.60%) Backup Exec
3 20 (22.47%) SCOM
4 19 (21.35%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 18 (20.22%) NetBackup
6 10 (11.24%) WSUS
6 10 (11.24%) Tivoli
7 8 (8.989%) HP SIM
8 7 (7.865%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 7 (7.865%) MAILsweeper
9 6 (6.742%) WhatsUp Gold
10 4 (4.494%) HP Data Protector
11 3 (3.371%) McAfee ePO
11 3 (3.371%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 1 (1.124%) MOM
12 1 (1.124%) ARCserve
12 1 (1.124%) Legato
12 1 (1.124%) WMI
Vendors
1 89 (100.00%) Symantec
2 60 (67.42%) Microsoft
3 46 (51.69%) VMware
4 36 (40.45%) Citrix
5 26 (29.21%) Sophos
6 25 (28.09%) HP
7 23 (25.84%) McAfee
8 16 (17.98%) Lotus
9 10 (11.24%) Veritas
10 9 (10.11%) NetApp
11 6 (6.742%) CA
11 6 (6.742%) Cisco
11 6 (6.742%) Veeam
12 5 (5.618%) Acronis
13 4 (4.494%) MobileIron
13 4 (4.494%) Dell
13 4 (4.494%) Apple
14 3 (3.371%) IronPort
14 3 (3.371%) Qualys
14 3 (3.371%) Kaspersky
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