Symantec Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symantec products and/or services in IT contracts advertised across the UK. 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 currently tracked.

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 277 278 322
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +44
Contract jobs citing Symantec 289 362 294
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.623% 0.621% 0.482%
As % of the Vendors category 1.326% 1.337% 1.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 184 136
Average daily rate £360 £400 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% +31.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £187 £233 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £354 £400 £288
% change year-on-year
-11.56% +39.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 40 44
Average hourly rate £21.12 £19.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.17% -5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.00 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.25 £32.50 £40.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.75 £18.25 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+30.13% -8.75%
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category		 21803 27081 28409
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 47.00% 46.44% 46.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11623 13840 14202
Average daily rate £400 £400 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £237 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1174 1312 1605
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.56% -2.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.22 £11.50 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%

Symantec
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Symantec Daily Rate Trend

Symantec
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Symantec within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

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 within the UK.

Symantec Hourly Rate Trend

Symantec
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Symantec within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Symantec Hourly Rate Histogram

Symantec
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 Symantec within the UK 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
England +9 262 £339 -15.31%
London +18 123 £369 +2.07%
City of London +28 47 £375 -5.66%
East of England +46 45 £188 -27.18%
Hertfordshire +35 34 £248 -29.28%
South East -25 32 £238 -20.83%
South West -8 23 £450 +9.75%
Stevenage - 15 £180 -
Yorkshire +7 12 £330 +158.82%
North West +8 10 £325 +4.00%
West Midlands +8 10 £275 +96.42%
Surrey +11 9 £220 -20.00%
Gloucestershire +5 9 £450 +12.50%
Cheshire +6 7 £341 -
Berkshire +3 7 £283 -11.02%
West Yorkshire +4 6 £213 +93.18%
Hampshire -14 6 £300 -
Scotland -24 6 £444 +18.33%
West Sussex +21 5 - -
Birmingham +13 5 £275 +96.42%
South Yorkshire +6 5 £330 +45.05%
Leeds -7 5 £213 +93.18%
Cambridgeshire +14 4 - -
Rotherham +5 4 £330 +45.05%
Chester - 4 £358 -
Bristol +14 3 £393 -
Reading +7 3 - -
Bedfordshire +3 3 £188 -
Milton Keynes -5 3 £120 -66.89%
East Midlands -5 3 £348 -

Symantec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1 357 (62.09%) Windows
2 265 (46.09%) Microsoft
3 240 (41.74%) Active Directory
4 230 (40.00%) MS Exchange
5 203 (35.30%) VMware
6 191 (33.22%) Windows Server 2008
7 163 (28.35%) Windows Server 2003
7 163 (28.35%) SAN
8 149 (25.91%) Exchange Server 2010
9 148 (25.74%) Citrix
10 136 (23.65%) HP
11 127 (22.09%) VMware Infrastructure
12 122 (21.22%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
13 118 (20.52%) DNS
14 115 (20.00%) Backup Exec
15 110 (19.13%) NetBackup
16 99 (17.22%) DHCP
17 97 (16.87%) Windows 7
18 96 (16.70%) Blackberry
19 95 (16.52%) Exchange Server 2003
20 93 (16.17%) Microsoft Certification
20 93 (16.17%) ITIL
21 88 (15.30%) Exchange Server 2007
22 87 (15.13%) SQL
22 87 (15.13%) Norton AntiVirus
23 86 (14.96%) Security Cleared
24 84 (14.61%) NetApp
25 82 (14.26%) Windows XP
26 79 (13.74%) SCCM
27 78 (13.57%) Blackberry Enterprise Server

Symantec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 44 (7.652%) XML
2 11 (1.913%) .NET
3 7 (1.217%) COM
4 6 (1.043%) Web Services
4 6 (1.043%) Flash
5 4 (0.696%) RESTful
5 4 (0.696%) REST
5 4 (0.696%) Software Packaging
5 4 (0.696%) SOAP
5 4 (0.696%) J2EE
6 3 (0.522%) XSLT
6 3 (0.522%) Spring
6 3 (0.522%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.522%) Natural Language Processing
7 2 (0.348%) Regular Expression
7 2 (0.348%) Application Packaging
7 2 (0.348%) CGI
7 2 (0.348%) ASP
7 2 (0.348%) HTML
8 1 (0.174%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 230 (40.00%) MS Exchange
2 149 (25.91%) Exchange Server 2010
3 95 (16.52%) Exchange Server 2003
4 88 (15.30%) Exchange Server 2007
5 78 (13.57%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 55 (9.565%) SharePoint
7 33 (5.739%) IIS
8 27 (4.696%) Lync
9 26 (4.522%) Lotus Notes
10 19 (3.304%) Lotus Domino
11 14 (2.435%) SharePoint 2010
12 11 (1.913%) Office Communications Server
13 9 (1.565%) Tomcat
13 9 (1.565%) Exchange Server 2013
14 8 (1.391%) Apache
15 6 (1.043%) SharePoint Server
15 6 (1.043%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
16 4 (0.696%) WorkSite
17 3 (0.522%) WebSphere MQ
17 3 (0.522%) CMS
Applications
1 72 (12.52%) MS Office
2 67 (11.65%) MS Excel
3 5 (0.870%) Office 365
4 2 (0.348%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.348%) Shockwave
4 2 (0.348%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.174%) MS Project
5 1 (0.174%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (1.565%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.348%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.348%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.348%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (0.348%) Oracle 11i
2 2 (0.348%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.174%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 163 (28.35%) SAN
2 118 (20.52%) DNS
3 99 (17.22%) DHCP
4 64 (11.13%) Firewall
5 55 (9.565%) TCP/IP
6 43 (7.478%) NAS
7 40 (6.957%) SMTP
8 39 (6.783%) LAN
8 39 (6.783%) WAN
9 37 (6.435%) VPN
10 36 (6.261%) Internet
11 31 (5.391%) 3G
12 19 (3.304%) LDAP
13 18 (3.130%) SSL
14 14 (2.435%) POP3
15 13 (2.261%) Intranet
15 13 (2.261%) VLAN
16 12 (2.087%) Wireless
17 9 (1.565%) Kerberos
17 9 (1.565%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (10.26%) SQL Server
2 27 (4.696%) SQL Server 2008
3 19 (3.304%) SQL Server 2005
4 8 (1.391%) Oracle 8/8i
5 4 (0.696%) SQL Server 2000
6 3 (0.522%) Oracle 11g
7 2 (0.348%) Oracle 10g
7 2 (0.348%) Oracle 9i
7 2 (0.348%) MySQL
7 2 (0.348%) EDRMS
8 1 (0.174%) GIS
8 1 (0.174%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 29 (5.043%) Subversion
2 3 (0.522%) JIRA
3 2 (0.348%) MSI
4 1 (0.174%) ClearQuest
4 1 (0.174%) AdminStudio
4 1 (0.174%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 1 (0.174%) ClearCase
4 1 (0.174%) Git (software)
General
1 57 (9.913%) Finance
2 42 (7.304%) Banking
3 34 (5.913%) Telecoms
4 20 (3.478%) Back Office
5 12 (2.087%) Investment Banking
5 12 (2.087%) Publishing
6 11 (1.913%) Legal
7 8 (1.391%) Law
8 7 (1.217%) Financial Institution
8 7 (1.217%) Marketing
9 6 (1.043%) French Language
9 6 (1.043%) German Language
9 6 (1.043%) Local Government
10 5 (0.870%) Advertising
10 5 (0.870%) Retail
11 4 (0.696%) Multimedia
12 3 (0.522%) Italian Language
13 2 (0.348%) Military
13 2 (0.348%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.174%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 114 (19.83%) Analyst
2 78 (13.57%) Consultant
3 48 (8.348%) Administrator
4 39 (6.783%) Support Engineer
5 35 (6.087%) Developer
6 34 (5.913%) Systems Administrator
7 33 (5.739%) Support Analyst
8 32 (5.565%) Storage Engineer
9 29 (5.043%) Android Developer
10 27 (4.696%) 3rd Line Support
11 25 (4.348%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 24 (4.174%) Desktop Support
13 23 (4.000%) Server Engineer
14 22 (3.826%) Security Analyst
14 22 (3.826%) Server Support
15 20 (3.478%) 2nd Line Support
15 20 (3.478%) Architect
16 19 (3.304%) Infrastructure Analyst
17 17 (2.957%) Systems Engineer
17 17 (2.957%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 96 (16.70%) Blackberry
2 32 (5.565%) Clustering
3 30 (5.217%) IPTV
4 26 (4.522%) Streaming Video
5 22 (3.826%) Management Information System
6 17 (2.957%) Replication
7 15 (2.609%) Thin Client
7 15 (2.609%) Fat Client
8 14 (2.435%) CLARiiON
9 12 (2.087%) Enterprise Storage
9 12 (2.087%) Mathematics
10 11 (1.913%) Data Protection Act
10 11 (1.913%) Hedge funds
11 10 (1.739%) EqualLogic
11 10 (1.739%) PKI
12 9 (1.565%) NHS
12 9 (1.565%) Freedom of Information
13 8 (1.391%) Derivative
14 7 (1.217%) HP StorageWorks
15 6 (1.043%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 357 (62.09%) Windows
2 191 (33.22%) Windows Server 2008
3 163 (28.35%) Windows Server 2003
4 97 (16.87%) Windows 7
5 82 (14.26%) Windows XP
6 72 (12.52%) UNIX
6 72 (12.52%) Linux
7 35 (6.087%) Windows Vista
8 33 (5.739%) Android
9 27 (4.696%) Solaris
10 26 (4.522%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 20 (3.478%) Windows 2000
12 17 (2.957%) AIX
13 13 (2.261%) Windows Server 2012
14 12 (2.087%) Windows 8
15 9 (1.565%) Mac OS X
16 6 (1.043%) HPUX
17 4 (0.696%) Windows Mobile
17 4 (0.696%) VMS
18 3 (0.522%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (16.17%) ITIL
2 73 (12.70%) Migration
3 40 (6.957%) Disaster Recovery
4 39 (6.783%) Project Management
5 37 (6.435%) Change Management
6 33 (5.739%) Data Protection
7 30 (5.217%) Information Security
8 29 (5.043%) Service Management
9 26 (4.522%) Incident Management
10 25 (4.348%) PRINCE2
11 24 (4.174%) Capacity Planning
12 22 (3.826%) Problem Management
13 18 (3.130%) Release Management
13 18 (3.130%) Service Delivery
14 17 (2.957%) SIEM
15 15 (2.609%) Asset Management
15 15 (2.609%) Business Continuity
16 13 (2.261%) Software Deployment
17 12 (2.087%) Configuration Management
18 11 (1.913%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 87 (15.13%) SQL
2 61 (10.61%) PowerShell
3 51 (8.870%) Java
4 38 (6.609%) C
5 12 (2.087%) Perl
6 11 (1.913%) VB
7 9 (1.565%) Shell Script
8 8 (1.391%) VBScript
9 6 (1.043%) Korn
10 5 (0.870%) Python
11 3 (0.522%) VB.NET
11 3 (0.522%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.522%) Bash shell
12 2 (0.348%) C#
12 2 (0.348%) C++
13 1 (0.174%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 93 (16.17%) Microsoft Certification
2 86 (14.96%) Security Cleared
3 61 (10.61%) MCSE
4 47 (8.174%) SC Cleared
5 39 (6.783%) DV Cleared
6 27 (4.696%) Degree
7 24 (4.174%) MCITP
8 19 (3.304%) CISSP
8 19 (3.304%) Cisco Certification
9 16 (2.783%) MCP
9 16 (2.783%) MCSA
9 16 (2.783%) CCNA
10 15 (2.609%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 14 (2.435%) CISM
12 11 (1.913%) GIAC
13 10 (1.739%) CISA
14 9 (1.565%) NCIE
15 8 (1.391%) NCDA
16 7 (1.217%) GCIH
16 7 (1.217%) HP ASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.087%) SLA
2 12 (2.087%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (2.087%) PCI DSS
3 11 (1.913%) QA
4 9 (1.565%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.348%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 240 (41.74%) Active Directory
2 127 (22.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 66 (11.48%) vSphere
4 58 (10.09%) XenApp
5 43 (7.478%) Hyper-V
6 27 (4.696%) VMware ESX
7 17 (2.957%) ISA Server
7 17 (2.957%) UAG
8 15 (2.609%) VMware ESXi
9 14 (2.435%) XenServer
9 14 (2.435%) Microsoft App-V
9 14 (2.435%) Terminal Services
10 12 (2.087%) XenDesktop
10 12 (2.087%) VMware Workstation
11 11 (1.913%) Snort
12 10 (1.739%) Citrix Presentation Server
13 7 (1.217%) VMware Server
14 6 (1.043%) Forefront TMG
14 6 (1.043%) NFS
15 5 (0.870%) Xen
Systems Management
1 122 (21.22%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 115 (20.00%) Backup Exec
3 110 (19.13%) NetBackup
4 87 (15.13%) Norton AntiVirus
5 79 (13.74%) SCCM
6 66 (11.48%) SCOM
7 36 (6.261%) WSUS
8 22 (3.826%) Tivoli
9 19 (3.304%) MAILsweeper
9 19 (3.304%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 14 (2.435%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 11 (1.913%) SCVMM
12 9 (1.565%) HP SIM
12 9 (1.565%) McAfee ePO
13 7 (1.217%) OpenView Configuration Management
14 6 (1.043%) WhatsUp Gold
14 6 (1.043%) BladeLogic
14 6 (1.043%) EMC NetWorker
14 6 (1.043%) MOM
15 5 (0.870%) HP Data Protector
Vendors
1 265 (46.09%) Microsoft
2 203 (35.30%) VMware
3 148 (25.74%) Citrix
4 136 (23.65%) HP
5 84 (14.61%) NetApp
6 74 (12.87%) Cisco
7 56 (9.739%) McAfee
8 52 (9.043%) Oracle
9 47 (8.174%) EMC
10 40 (6.957%) IBM
11 35 (6.087%) Dell
12 33 (5.739%) Sophos
12 33 (5.739%) JBoss
13 31 (5.391%) Remedy
14 28 (4.870%) Lotus
15 27 (4.696%) Red Hat
16 18 (3.130%) Veritas
17 16 (2.783%) Altiris
17 16 (2.783%) Websense
17 16 (2.783%) Adobe
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Wintel Engineer
Halifax, West Yorkshire
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Rate: From £280 to £300 per day
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Liverpool, Merseyside
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Rate: £0.00 per day + company benefits
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System Integration Engineer
Newport, Gwent
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Rate: £320 - £400 per day
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