Yorkshire Backup Exec Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Symantec (formerly VERITAS) Backup Exec skills within the Yorkshire region with a comparison to our System Software category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Backup Exec over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Symantec (formerly VERITAS) Backup Exec
Location Aberdeen Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Bristol Cheshire City of London Coventry East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Kent London Manchester Middlesex New Malden Newcastle North East North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Rotherham Runcorn Scotland Sittingbourne South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Witham Yorkshire	3 months to 1 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	102	139
Rank change on same period last year	+37
Matching contract IT job ads	5	5
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.008 %	0.005 %
As % of the category below	2.488 %	1.701 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£231	£365
% change on same period last year	-36.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£13.94	£13.83
Average hourly rate	£14.44	£15.33
% change on same period last year	-5.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£14.94	£16.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.40	£21.66
% change on same period last year	-1.23 %
System Software Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	201	294
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.319 %	0.313 %
Daily rates quoted	22	38
Average minimum daily rate	£306	£259
Average daily rate	£328	£265
% change on same period last year	+23.92 %
Average maximum daily rate	£350	£271
UK excluding London average daily rate	£317	£317
% change on same period last year	-0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted	60	93
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.94	£22.03
Average hourly rate	£21.50	£23.10
% change on same period last year	-6.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.06	£24.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.87	£21.19
% change on same period last year	-1.54 %
Backup Exec England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Backup Exec across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Backup Exec across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

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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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
West Yorkshire	+6	3	-	-
North Yorkshire	-	1	-	-
South Yorkshire	+25	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 12 (85.71 %) Citrix 2 11 (78.57 %) MS Exchange 3 10 (71.43 %) Active Directory 4 8 (57.14 %) CheckPoint 4 8 (57.14 %) Symantec 4 8 (57.14 %) Norton AntiVirus 4 8 (57.14 %) Firewall 5 7 (50.00 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 7 (50.00 %) Citrix Certification 5 7 (50.00 %) CCEA 6 6 (42.86 %) Microsoft 7 5 (35.71 %) Windows 8 4 (28.57 %) MS Office 8 4 (28.57 %) Windows Server 2003 8 4 (28.57 %) ARCserve

8 4 (28.57 %) Exchange Server 2000 9 3 (21.43 %) Exchange Server 5.5 9 3 (21.43 %) Lotus 9 3 (21.43 %) Check Point Certification 9 3 (21.43 %) Lotus Notes 9 3 (21.43 %) MS Excel 10 2 (14.29 %) Windows 2000 10 2 (14.29 %) McAfee Security 11 1 (7.143 %) Network Design 11 1 (7.143 %) Northgate 11 1 (7.143 %) Incident Management 11 1 (7.143 %) Windows Vista 11 1 (7.143 %) Performance Management 11 1 (7.143 %) VMware Infrastructure 11 1 (7.143 %) Windows 2000 Server

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 11 (78.57 %) MS Exchange 2 7 (50.00 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 4 (28.57 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 3 (21.43 %) Lotus Notes 4 3 (21.43 %) Exchange Server 5.5	Applications 1 4 (28.57 %) MS Office 2 3 (21.43 %) MS Excel
Communications & Networking 1 8 (57.14 %) Firewall 2 1 (7.143 %) SMS 2 1 (7.143 %) DHCP 2 1 (7.143 %) SNMP 2 1 (7.143 %) TCP/IP 2 1 (7.143 %) VPN 2 1 (7.143 %) DNS 2 1 (7.143 %) SAN 2 1 (7.143 %) Internet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (7.143 %) SQL Server 1 1 (7.143 %) SQL Server 7 1 1 (7.143 %) SQL Server 2000
Job Titles 1 6 (42.86 %) Consultant 1 6 (42.86 %) Technical Consultant 2 3 (21.43 %) Analyst 2 3 (21.43 %) Support Analyst 3 2 (14.29 %) Helpdesk Analyst 3 2 (14.29 %) Helpdesk Support 3 2 (14.29 %) Helpdesk Support Analyst 4 1 (7.143 %) IT Support Engineer 4 1 (7.143 %) Technical Engineer 4 1 (7.143 %) Citrix Consultant 4 1 (7.143 %) Network Specialist 4 1 (7.143 %) Server Support Technician 4 1 (7.143 %) Senior Network Specialist 4 1 (7.143 %) 2nd Line Support Analyst 4 1 (7.143 %) Support Engineer 4 1 (7.143 %) Server Support 4 1 (7.143 %) Support Technician 4 1 (7.143 %) 2nd Line Support	Miscellaneous 1 1 (7.143 %) Management Information System
Operating Systems 1 5 (35.71 %) Windows 2 4 (28.57 %) Windows Server 2003 3 2 (14.29 %) Windows 2000 4 1 (7.143 %) Windows XP 4 1 (7.143 %) NetWare 4 1 (7.143 %) Windows Vista 4 1 (7.143 %) Windows 2000 Server	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (7.143 %) CAD 1 1 (7.143 %) Configuration Management 1 1 (7.143 %) Network Design 1 1 (7.143 %) Incident Management 1 1 (7.143 %) Performance Management
Qualifications 1 7 (50.00 %) Citrix Certification 1 7 (50.00 %) CCEA 2 3 (21.43 %) Check Point Certification 3 1 (7.143 %) Microsoft Certification 3 1 (7.143 %) MCP 3 1 (7.143 %) MCSE	System Software 1 10 (71.43 %) Active Directory 2 1 (7.143 %) Terminal Services 2 1 (7.143 %) VMware ESX 2 1 (7.143 %) NetBackup 2 1 (7.143 %) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management 1 8 (57.14 %) Norton AntiVirus 2 4 (28.57 %) ARCserve 3 1 (7.143 %) DameWare 3 1 (7.143 %) Tivoli 3 1 (7.143 %) MOM	Vendors 1 12 (85.71 %) Citrix 2 8 (57.14 %) CheckPoint 2 8 (57.14 %) Symantec 3 6 (42.86 %) Microsoft 4 3 (21.43 %) Lotus 5 2 (14.29 %) McAfee Security 6 1 (7.143 %) VMware 6 1 (7.143 %) Northgate 6 1 (7.143 %) HP 6 1 (7.143 %) Novell 6 1 (7.143 %) VERITAS 6 1 (7.143 %) IBM