The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symantec products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Birmingham 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symantec
Rank 104 73 73
Rank change year-on-year
-31 0
Permanent jobs citing Symantec 14 27 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.824% 1.822% 1.339%
As % of the Vendors category 1.416% 3.750% 2.442%
Number of salaries quoted 14 24 16
Average salary £38,000 £34,250 £57,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.94% -39.91%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £26,400 £36,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £57,500 £61,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- -6.25%
All Vendors
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
989 720 737
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 58.18% 48.58% 54.84%
Number of salaries quoted 806 616 618
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £26,250
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Symantec
West Midlands

Symantec
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Symantec Salary Trend

Symantec
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Symantec across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Birmingham Symantec Salary Histogram

Symantec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 17 (94.44%) Windows
2 14 (77.78%) VMware
3 12 (66.67%) MS Exchange
4 11 (61.11%) MS Excel
5 10 (55.56%) Citrix
5 10 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
5 10 (55.56%) vSphere
6 9 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
6 9 (50.00%) SAN
6 9 (50.00%) Cisco
7 8 (44.44%) NetApp
7 8 (44.44%) Active Directory
7 8 (44.44%) VMware ESX
7 8 (44.44%) XenApp
7 8 (44.44%) XenDesktop
8 7 (38.89%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
8 7 (38.89%) XenServer
8 7 (38.89%) HP
8 7 (38.89%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (33.33%) CommVault
9 6 (33.33%) Veritas
9 6 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
9 6 (33.33%) SQL
9 6 (33.33%) NetBackup
9 6 (33.33%) Backup Exec
9 6 (33.33%) Norton AntiVirus
9 6 (33.33%) Hyper-V
9 6 (33.33%) Data Management

Symantec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 3 (16.67%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 12 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 5 (27.78%) Exchange Server 2000
3 4 (22.22%) SharePoint
3 4 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (5.556%) Lync
5 1 (5.556%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 11 (61.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (50.00%) SAN
2 6 (33.33%) Unified Communications
3 5 (27.78%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (16.67%) NAS
5 2 (11.11%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (27.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MSI
1 1 (5.556%) InstallShield
1 1 (5.556%) AdminStudio
General
1 2 (11.11%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Technical Consultant
1 6 (33.33%) Consultant
2 4 (22.22%) Senior Consultant
2 4 (22.22%) Systems Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Senior Technical Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Team Leader
3 2 (11.11%) VMware Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Virtualisation Specialist
3 2 (11.11%) VMware Technical Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) Infrastructure Designer
4 1 (5.556%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) Support Team Leader
4 1 (5.556%) Pre Sales Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) Senior Systems Administrator
4 1 (5.556%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) VMware Specialist
4 1 (5.556%) VMware Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Designer
4 1 (5.556%) Pre Sales Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Blackberry
2 1 (5.556%) Clustering
2 1 (5.556%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 17 (94.44%) Windows
2 10 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (16.67%) Windows 7
5 2 (11.11%) Windows XP
5 2 (11.11%) Windows 2000
5 2 (11.11%) Windows XP Embedded
5 2 (11.11%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Data Management
2 5 (27.78%) Business Development
3 2 (11.11%) ITIL
3 2 (11.11%) Change Control
3 2 (11.11%) Software Deployment
3 2 (11.11%) Build Automation
4 1 (5.556%) Resource Management
4 1 (5.556%) TOGAF
4 1 (5.556%) Data Protection
4 1 (5.556%) Network Architecture
4 1 (5.556%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (5.556%) Business Continuity
4 1 (5.556%) Data Security
4 1 (5.556%) MOF
4 1 (5.556%) Project Management
4 1 (5.556%) PRINCE
4 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 6 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (5.556%) C
Qualifications
1 9 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 7 (38.89%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (33.33%) NCIE
4 5 (27.78%) NCDA
4 5 (27.78%) MCSE
5 4 (22.22%) MCTS
5 4 (22.22%) MCITP
6 3 (16.67%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (11.11%) MCP
7 2 (11.11%) A+ Certification
7 2 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (5.556%) CCEE
8 1 (5.556%) CCAA
8 1 (5.556%) CCIA
8 1 (5.556%) CCNA
8 1 (5.556%) CCA
8 1 (5.556%) Citrix Certification
8 1 (5.556%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (55.56%) vSphere
2 9 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (44.44%) Active Directory
3 8 (44.44%) VMware ESX
3 8 (44.44%) XenApp
3 8 (44.44%) XenDesktop
4 7 (38.89%) XenServer
5 6 (33.33%) Hyper-V
6 2 (11.11%) IAG
7 1 (5.556%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 7 (38.89%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 6 (33.33%) NetBackup
2 6 (33.33%) Backup Exec
2 6 (33.33%) Norton AntiVirus
3 3 (16.67%) SCCM
3 3 (16.67%) SCOM
3 3 (16.67%) ARCserve
4 1 (5.556%) WSUS
4 1 (5.556%) HP Data Protector
4 1 (5.556%) Nagios
Vendors
1 14 (77.78%) VMware
2 10 (55.56%) Citrix
3 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 9 (50.00%) Cisco
4 8 (44.44%) NetApp
5 7 (38.89%) HP
6 6 (33.33%) CommVault
6 6 (33.33%) Veritas
7 4 (22.22%) McAfee
8 2 (11.11%) IBM
8 2 (11.11%) Remedy
8 2 (11.11%) AppSense
9 1 (5.556%) 3PAR
9 1 (5.556%) SolarWinds
9 1 (5.556%) EMC
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