The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symantec products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Symantec over the 3 months to 17 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 Bedfordshire region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within the Symantec Corporation.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symantec
Rank 87 72 77
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +5
Permanent jobs citing Symantec 8 12 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.738% 1.216% 0.118%
As % of the Vendors category 1.221% 2.260% 0.322%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 1
Average salary £39,500 £55,250 £23,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.50% +140.21%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- -6.25%
All Vendors
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
655 531 311
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 60.42% 53.80% 36.72%
Number of salaries quoted 584 434 296
Average salary £47,500 £45,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.55% +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,100 £28,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Symantec
East of England

Symantec
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire Symantec Jobs Demand Trend

Symantec
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Symantec across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Symantec Salary Trend

Symantec
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Symantec across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bedfordshire Symantec Salary Histogram

Symantec
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Symantec within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bedford - 3 £39,500 -
Luton - 3 - -
Leighton Buzzard - 1 £67,500 -
Symantec
East of England

Symantec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Symantec.

1 8 (80.00%) Windows
1 8 (80.00%) MCSE
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (70.00%) Active Directory
3 6 (60.00%) VMware
4 5 (50.00%) Backup Exec
4 5 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 5 (50.00%) HP
4 5 (50.00%) Citrix
4 5 (50.00%) MS Exchange
4 5 (50.00%) LAN
4 5 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP
5 4 (40.00%) Linux
5 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
5 4 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (40.00%) WAN
5 4 (40.00%) Cisco
5 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2003
5 4 (40.00%) Firewall
6 3 (30.00%) CCNA
6 3 (30.00%) Dell
6 3 (30.00%) vSphere
6 3 (30.00%) Clustering
7 2 (20.00%) SAN

Symantec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Symantec. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (10.00%) COM
1 1 (10.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 5 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 5 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (10.00%) IIS
3 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) LAN
2 4 (40.00%) WAN
2 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (40.00%) Firewall
3 2 (20.00%) Wireless
3 2 (20.00%) SAN
4 1 (10.00%) IPsec
4 1 (10.00%) VLAN
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (10.00%) Network Security
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (10.00%) NAS
4 1 (10.00%) Unified Communications
4 1 (10.00%) VPN
4 1 (10.00%) DNS
4 1 (10.00%) SSL
4 1 (10.00%) DHCP
4 1 (10.00%) HTTP
4 1 (10.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Server Support
1 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Server Support Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Wintel Server Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Wintel Support Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) 3rd Line Server Support
2 3 (30.00%) Wintel Support
2 3 (30.00%) Server Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Wintel Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Support Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 3 (30.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Server Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Security Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Network Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) Linux
2 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (10.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (10.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (10.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (10.00%) Change Management
1 1 (10.00%) Migration
1 1 (10.00%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) MCSE
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 4 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (30.00%) CCNA
5 1 (10.00%) CCIE
5 1 (10.00%) MCITP
5 1 (10.00%) VCP4
System Software
1 7 (70.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (30.00%) vSphere
4 1 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (10.00%) Terminal Server
4 1 (10.00%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) Backup Exec
2 1 (10.00%) WSUS
2 1 (10.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 1 (10.00%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (10.00%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) VMware
2 5 (50.00%) HP
2 5 (50.00%) Citrix
3 4 (40.00%) Cisco
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (30.00%) Dell
5 1 (10.00%) Juniper
5 1 (10.00%) Red Hat
5 1 (10.00%) CheckPoint
5 1 (10.00%) Sophos
5 1 (10.00%) Blue Coat
5 1 (10.00%) Brocade
5 1 (10.00%) Fortinet
5 1 (10.00%) SolarWinds
5 1 (10.00%) F5
5 1 (10.00%) Oracle