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 Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Symantec over the 3 months to 21 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 Yorkshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symantec
Rank 88 89 66
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -23
Contract jobs citing Symantec 4 6 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.312% 0.374% 0.548%
As % of the Vendors category 0.708% 0.829% 1.519%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 1
Average daily rate £213 £120 £170
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+77.08% -29.41%
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £400 £275
% change year-on-year
-15.62% +45.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £15.25 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.38 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-11.48% -7.50%
All Vendors
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
565 724 395
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 44.00% 45.14% 36.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 364 151
Average daily rate £300 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £166 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £452 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 36 42
Average hourly rate £14.75 £14.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.72% -17.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £8.76 £10.30 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £32.50 £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Symantec
Yorkshire

Symantec
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Leeds -9 3 £213 +77.08%
Bradford - 1 - -
Symantec
Yorkshire

Symantec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
1 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
1 4 (57.14%) Norton AntiVirus
2 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (42.86%) Backup Exec
2 3 (42.86%) HP
2 3 (42.86%) Windows
3 2 (28.57%) Oracle
3 2 (28.57%) MS Exchange
3 2 (28.57%) SAN
3 2 (28.57%) NetApp
3 2 (28.57%) IBM
3 2 (28.57%) VMware
3 2 (28.57%) NetBackup
3 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (28.57%) vSphere
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (14.29%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (14.29%) FCoE
4 1 (14.29%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (14.29%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 1 (14.29%) Barracuda Networks
4 1 (14.29%) NAS
4 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
4 1 (14.29%) SQL
4 1 (14.29%) Sophos
4 1 (14.29%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Websense
4 1 (14.29%) Blue Coat

Symantec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 2 (28.57%) MS Exchange
2 1 (14.29%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (14.29%) SAS
2 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) SAN
2 1 (14.29%) FCoE
2 1 (14.29%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (14.29%) NAS
2 1 (14.29%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (14.29%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle 8/8i
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Support Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (28.57%) IT Support Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) IT Support
3 1 (14.29%) VMware Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (14.29%) Compliance Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Software Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
3 1 (14.29%) UNIX
3 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Project Management
1 1 (14.29%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) BC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) PMP
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (28.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) Norton AntiVirus
2 3 (42.86%) Backup Exec
3 2 (28.57%) NetBackup
4 1 (14.29%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) HP
3 2 (28.57%) Oracle
3 2 (28.57%) NetApp
3 2 (28.57%) IBM
3 2 (28.57%) VMware
4 1 (14.29%) Barracuda Networks
4 1 (14.29%) Sophos
4 1 (14.29%) Websense
4 1 (14.29%) Blue Coat
4 1 (14.29%) Red Hat
4 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
4 1 (14.29%) Dell
4 1 (14.29%) EMC
4 1 (14.29%) Intel
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco
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