The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symantec products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire 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 30 26 25
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -1
Contract jobs citing Symantec 1 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 0.483% 0.410% 1.395%
As % of the Vendors category 0.943% 0.826% 2.804%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £354 £400 £288
% change year-on-year
-11.56% +39.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.75 £18.25 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+30.13% -8.75%
All Vendors
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
106 121 107
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 51.21% 49.59% 49.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 45 39
Average daily rate £340 £300 £380
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% -21.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £219 £243 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £542 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 16 25
Average hourly rate £12.50 £17.50 £16.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% +7.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £13.00 £10.77
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.40 £35.00 £25.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Symantec
West Midlands

Symantec
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire Symantec Hourly Rate Trend

Symantec
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 3 (100.00%) MCSE
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) MS Office
2 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 2 (66.67%) Windows XP
2 2 (66.67%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) IP Telephony
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Vista
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) MCITP
3 1 (33.33%) ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (33.33%) Backup Exec
3 1 (33.33%) VPN
3 1 (33.33%) SLA
3 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) HP
3 1 (33.33%) Remedy

Symantec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Office
1 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Internet
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
1 2 (66.67%) IP Telephony
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support
2 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Server Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Server Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Desktop Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Server Support
2 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows XP
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Vista
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) ITSM
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) MCSE
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (33.33%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) Remedy