The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symantec products and/or services 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 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 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.

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 93 92
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -1
Contract jobs citing Symantec 10 10 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.612% 0.446% 0.529%
As % of the Vendors category 1.183% 0.904% 1.198%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 5
Average daily rate £275 £140 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+96.42% -62.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £130 £140 £207
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 £276 £425
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
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
845 1106 835
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 51.75% 49.33% 44.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 358 457 326
Average daily rate £330 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.53% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £220 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £526 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 98 100
Average hourly rate £20.00 £16.85 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.67% +2.13%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.76 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £34.70 £35.00
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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
Birmingham +13 5 £275 +96.42%
Warwickshire -4 1 - -
Staffordshire - 1 £115 -
Symantec
England

Symantec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 12 (75.00%) Windows
2 7 (43.75%) Active Directory
2 7 (43.75%) Windows 7
3 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 6 (37.50%) MS Office
3 6 (37.50%) Windows XP
4 5 (31.25%) MS Excel
4 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (31.25%) HP
4 5 (31.25%) Norton AntiVirus
4 5 (31.25%) VMware
4 5 (31.25%) Backup Exec
5 4 (25.00%) EMC
5 4 (25.00%) IBM
5 4 (25.00%) SAN
5 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (25.00%) MS Exchange
5 4 (25.00%) UNIX
5 4 (25.00%) MCSE
5 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (25.00%) NAS
5 4 (25.00%) Replication
6 3 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (18.75%) Windows Vista
6 3 (18.75%) NetBackup
6 3 (18.75%) LAN
6 3 (18.75%) WAN
6 3 (18.75%) TCP/IP
6 3 (18.75%) Blackberry
6 3 (18.75%) Tivoli Storage Manager

Symantec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 4 (25.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (6.250%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (6.250%) SharePoint
3 1 (6.250%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 6 (37.50%) MS Office
2 5 (31.25%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (6.250%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) SAN
1 4 (25.00%) NAS
2 3 (18.75%) LAN
2 3 (18.75%) WAN
2 3 (18.75%) TCP/IP
3 2 (12.50%) Firewall
3 2 (12.50%) VPN
3 2 (12.50%) DNS
3 2 (12.50%) Internet
3 2 (12.50%) DHCP
3 2 (12.50%) IP Telephony
4 1 (6.250%) VoIP
4 1 (6.250%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (6.250%) Banking
1 1 (6.250%) Back Office
1 1 (6.250%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Desktop Support
1 5 (31.25%) Consultant
2 4 (25.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Administrator
2 4 (25.00%) Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Support Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Desktop Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Backup Administrator
4 2 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (12.50%) Support Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Backup Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) Storage Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) Storage Administrator
5 1 (6.250%) Wintel Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Wintel Support
5 1 (6.250%) Server Support Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) IT Support
5 1 (6.250%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Replication
2 3 (18.75%) Blackberry
2 3 (18.75%) CLARiiON
2 3 (18.75%) Symmetrix
3 1 (6.250%) PDA
3 1 (6.250%) iPad
3 1 (6.250%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 12 (75.00%) Windows
2 7 (43.75%) Windows 7
3 6 (37.50%) Windows XP
4 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (25.00%) UNIX
4 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (18.75%) Windows Vista
6 1 (6.250%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (12.50%) ITIL
2 1 (6.250%) Software Architecture
2 1 (6.250%) ERP
2 1 (6.250%) Project Management
2 1 (6.250%) ITSM
2 1 (6.250%) Migration
2 1 (6.250%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.250%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (25.00%) MCSE
3 1 (6.250%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.250%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (43.75%) Active Directory
2 3 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (12.50%) Terminal Services
4 1 (6.250%) Hyper-V
4 1 (6.250%) DFS Replication
4 1 (6.250%) vSphere
4 1 (6.250%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 5 (31.25%) Norton AntiVirus
1 5 (31.25%) Backup Exec
2 3 (18.75%) NetBackup
2 3 (18.75%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 1 (6.250%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (6.250%) DameWare
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (31.25%) HP
2 5 (31.25%) VMware
3 4 (25.00%) EMC
3 4 (25.00%) IBM
4 2 (12.50%) Citrix
4 2 (12.50%) Avaya
5 1 (6.250%) WatchGuard
5 1 (6.250%) Nortel
5 1 (6.250%) Remedy
5 1 (6.250%) McAfee