The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symantec products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Kent 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 Kent 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 80 61 83
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +22
Permanent jobs citing Symantec 7 11 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 0.605% 1.534% 1.787%
As % of the Vendors category 1.316% 3.152% 3.140%
Number of salaries quoted 2 11 13
Average salary £28,250 £35,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.28% -2.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,850 £26,000 £24,401
10% offered a salary of more than £29,650 £42,500 £50,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- -6.25%
All Vendors
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
532 349 605
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 45.98% 48.68% 56.91%
Number of salaries quoted 457 317 539
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -1.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Symantec
South East

Symantec
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Symantec Salary Trend

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 Kent region over the 3 months to 24 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
Sittingbourne - 4 £28,250 -
Symantec
South East

Symantec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 (88.89%) Windows
2 7 (77.78%) Disaster Recovery
2 7 (77.78%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
4 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
5 4 (44.44%) Firewall
5 4 (44.44%) Citrix
5 4 (44.44%) Avaya
5 4 (44.44%) CheckPoint
5 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (44.44%) Norton AntiVirus
5 4 (44.44%) Linux
5 4 (44.44%) DNS
5 4 (44.44%) ITIL
5 4 (44.44%) MS Exchange
5 4 (44.44%) VoIP
5 4 (44.44%) DHCP
5 4 (44.44%) Data Protection
5 4 (44.44%) Software Deployment
5 4 (44.44%) VMware
5 4 (44.44%) Backup Exec
6 3 (33.33%) VPN
6 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
6 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
6 3 (33.33%) HP
6 3 (33.33%) Dell
7 2 (22.22%) SAP
7 2 (22.22%) Finance
7 2 (22.22%) Legal
7 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing

Symantec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 Platforms
1 4 (44.44%) MS Exchange
2 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Firewall
1 4 (44.44%) DNS
1 4 (44.44%) VoIP
1 4 (44.44%) DHCP
2 3 (33.33%) VPN
3 1 (11.11%) Internet
3 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
3 1 (11.11%) SSL
General
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
1 2 (22.22%) Legal
1 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) IT Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Technical Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Support Technician
3 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Technician
4 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Security Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) IT Security Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) IT Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Consultant
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 7 (77.78%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (44.44%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (44.44%) ITIL
2 4 (44.44%) Data Protection
2 4 (44.44%) Software Deployment
3 2 (22.22%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) IT Governance
3 2 (22.22%) Demand Management
4 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (11.11%) Information Security
4 1 (11.11%) BCP
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
1 1 (11.11%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
1 1 (11.11%) COBIT
1 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) vSphere
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Norton AntiVirus
1 4 (44.44%) Backup Exec
2 1 (11.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) Citrix
2 4 (44.44%) Avaya
2 4 (44.44%) CheckPoint
2 4 (44.44%) VMware
3 3 (33.33%) HP
3 3 (33.33%) Dell
4 2 (22.22%) SAP
5 1 (11.11%) Sourcefire
5 1 (11.11%) Juniper