The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symantec products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Symantec over the 3 months to 23 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 Chester 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symantec
Rank 50 33 50
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +17
Permanent jobs citing Symantec 2 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 0.593% 0.641% 0.397%
As % of the Vendors category 1.449% 1.587% 1.087%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 1
Average salary £39,000 £32,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% +18.18%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- -6.25%
All Vendors
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
138 63 92
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 40.95% 40.38% 36.51%
Number of salaries quoted 79 55 89
Average salary £39,500 £32,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.53% -12.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,800 £22,807 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £45,700 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Symantec
Cheshire

Symantec
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Symantec Salary Trend

Symantec
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 2 (100.00%) MS Office
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
1 2 (100.00%) XenApp

Symantec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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.

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Office
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 2 (100.00%) Support Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Desktop Support Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Desktop Manager
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 2 (100.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix