The first table below looks at the demand for Backup Exec skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Backup Exec 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 of the Systems Management category for the West Midlands 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.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symantec Backup Exec
Rank 88 - 96
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Backup Exec 9 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.552% - 0.209%
As % of the Systems Management category 12.33% - 3.704%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 3
Average daily rate £260 - £238
90% offered a daily rate of more than £214 - £156
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 - £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £258 £200
% change year-on-year
-2.91% +28.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £18.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.75 £17.50 £17.25
% change year-on-year
+1.42% +1.44%
All Systems Management
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
73 117 108
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 4.476% 5.202% 5.651%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 57 51
Average daily rate £325 £298 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.24% +8.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £172 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £360 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 8
Average hourly rate £12.50 £16.25 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% -32.29%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -27.08%
Backup Exec
England

Backup Exec
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Backup Exec across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

West Midlands Backup Exec Jobs Demand Trend

Backup Exec
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Backup Exec across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Backup Exec Daily Rate Trend

Backup Exec
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Backup Exec across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

West Midlands Backup Exec Daily Rate Histogram

Backup Exec
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Backup Exec across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Backup Exec Hourly Rate Trend

Backup Exec
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Backup Exec within the West Midlands 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
Warwickshire - 5 £250 -
Herefordshire - 1 £250 -
Backup Exec
England

Backup Exec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Backup Exec 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 Backup Exec.

1 10 (83.33%) VMware
2 7 (58.33%) Windows
2 7 (58.33%) MS Exchange
3 6 (50.00%) Windows 2000
3 6 (50.00%) MCSE
3 6 (50.00%) Windows XP
3 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (50.00%) MCITP
3 6 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 6 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 5 (41.67%) Symantec
4 5 (41.67%) VMS
4 5 (41.67%) MS Office
5 4 (33.33%) VPN
5 4 (33.33%) HP
6 3 (25.00%) VMware Server
6 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
7 2 (16.67%) Juniper
7 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
7 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
7 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (16.67%) NetBackup
7 2 (16.67%) Clustering
7 2 (16.67%) Firewall
8 1 (8.333%) Migration
8 1 (8.333%) Disaster Recovery
8 1 (8.333%) Business Continuity
8 1 (8.333%) ProCurve

Backup Exec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Backup Exec 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 Backup Exec. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 7 (58.33%) MS Exchange
2 6 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (8.333%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 5 (41.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) VPN
2 2 (16.67%) Firewall
3 1 (8.333%) SAN
3 1 (8.333%) MPLS
3 1 (8.333%) DNS
3 1 (8.333%) DHCP
3 1 (8.333%) HTTP
3 1 (8.333%) TCP/IP
3 1 (8.333%) LAN
3 1 (8.333%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (8.333%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Server Support
2 3 (25.00%) Support Specialist
2 3 (25.00%) Server Support Specialist
2 3 (25.00%) Server Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Server Specialist
3 2 (16.67%) Administrator
3 2 (16.67%) Backup Administrator
4 1 (8.333%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Support Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Help Desk Support
4 1 (8.333%) Server Support Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) VMware Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Desktop Support
4 1 (8.333%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Clustering
2 1 (8.333%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) Windows
2 6 (50.00%) Windows 2000
2 6 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 6 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 5 (41.67%) VMS
4 1 (8.333%) Windows Vista
4 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (8.333%) Migration
1 1 (8.333%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (8.333%) Business Continuity
1 1 (8.333%) Software Architecture
1 1 (8.333%) Configuration Management
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) MCSE
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (50.00%) MCITP
2 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) VMware Server
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (8.333%) Hyper-V
3 1 (8.333%) Terminal Services
3 1 (8.333%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) NetBackup
2 1 (8.333%) WSUS
2 1 (8.333%) HP SIM
2 1 (8.333%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) VMware
2 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (41.67%) Symantec
4 4 (33.33%) HP
5 2 (16.67%) Juniper
6 1 (8.333%) ProCurve
6 1 (8.333%) WatchGuard
6 1 (8.333%) NetApp
6 1 (8.333%) CheckPoint
6 1 (8.333%) Cisco
Hereford, West Midlands
2nd/ 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer, Active Directory, Exchange, VMware, Windows ServerInfrastructure Analyst/Engineer - Contract - Hereford, £250Contract Urgent requirement for an experienced Infrastructure Analyst,The postholder will be responsible...
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Rate: GBP250 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013