Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symantec products and/or services in IT jobs within the North West region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Symantec over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSymantec
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank209256
Rank change on same period last yearUp+47
Matching permanent IT job ads4229
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.025 %0.013 %
As % of the category below0.944 %0.489 %
Salaries quoted3625
Average minimum salary£29,872£32,200
Average salary£31,218£34,920
% change on same period last year-10.60 %
Average maximum salary£32,564£37,640
UK excluding London average salary£35,803£35,954
% change on same period last year-0.42 %
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads44495929
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.600 %2.605 %
Salaries quoted38895029
Average minimum salary£33,751£37,533
Average salary£37,755£42,262
% change on same period last year-10.66 %
Average maximum salary£41,759£46,991
UK excluding London average salary£40,502£41,816
% change on same period last year-3.14 %
Symantec EnglandSymantec
England

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Symantec Corporation.

Symantec
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Symantec across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

North West Symantec Demand Trend

Symantec
Salary Trend

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

North West Symantec Salary Trend

Symantec
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Symantec across the North West region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 15 October 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.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ManchesterUp+4932£28,769-23.16 %
LancashireNew entry-5£29,100-
CheshireUp+75£34,300+31.92 %
MerseysideUp+23£50,833+45.23 %
Symantec EnglandSymantec
England

Symantec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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.

159 (64.13 %)Windows
243 (46.74 %)Windows Server 2003
337 (40.22 %)TCP/IP
431 (33.70 %)DNS
431 (33.70 %)Citrix
530 (32.61 %)Microsoft
629 (31.52 %)Windows XP
728 (30.43 %)Active Directory
824 (26.09 %)McAfee Security
921 (22.83 %)Norton AntiVirus
921 (22.83 %)Cisco
1020 (21.74 %)HP
1119 (20.65 %)Backup Exec
1217 (18.48 %)MS Exchange
1316 (17.39 %)Windows 2000
1316 (17.39 %)Firewall
1316 (17.39 %)VMware
1415 (16.30 %)Exchange Server 2003
1415 (16.30 %)MS Excel
1415 (16.30 %)SQL
1514 (15.22 %)Microsoft Certification
1514 (15.22 %)SAN
1514 (15.22 %)Windows 2000 Server
1613 (14.13 %)Windows Vista
1712 (13.04 %)CheckPoint
1811 (11.96 %)VPN
1811 (11.96 %)ITIL
1811 (11.96 %)MCSE
1811 (11.96 %)VMware Infrastructure
1910 (10.87 %)Network Security

Symantec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (4.348 %)J2EE
21 (1.087 %)ASP
21 (1.087 %).NET
North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
117 (18.48 %)MS Exchange
215 (16.30 %)Exchange Server 2003
38 (8.696 %)IIS
38 (8.696 %)Apache
45 (5.435 %)SharePoint
54 (4.348 %)Exchange Server 2000
54 (4.348 %)Tomcat
54 (4.348 %)JBoss
54 (4.348 %)Exchange Server 2007
63 (3.261 %)WorkSite
72 (2.174 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
81 (1.087 %)Lotus Notes
North West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
115 (16.30 %)MS Excel
29 (9.783 %)MS Office
North West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (3.261 %)e-Work
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
137 (40.22 %)TCP/IP
231 (33.70 %)DNS
316 (17.39 %)Firewall
414 (15.22 %)SAN
511 (11.96 %)VPN
610 (10.87 %)Network Security
79 (9.783 %)NetScreen
87 (7.609 %)LAN
87 (7.609 %)WAN
96 (6.522 %)VoIP
105 (5.435 %)SMS
114 (4.348 %)BGP
114 (4.348 %)Intranet
114 (4.348 %)SSL
114 (4.348 %)Cisco IOS
114 (4.348 %)Wireless
114 (4.348 %)IPsec
123 (3.261 %)Cisco PIX
132 (2.174 %)iSCSI
132 (2.174 %)DMZ
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (8.696 %)MySQL
27 (7.609 %)SQL Server
34 (4.348 %)PostgreSQL
41 (1.087 %)Crystal Reports
41 (1.087 %)BusinessObjects
North West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (4.348 %)Subversion
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (8.696 %)Law
25 (5.435 %)Insurance
25 (5.435 %)Health
34 (4.348 %)Games
43 (3.261 %)Retail
43 (3.261 %)Legal
43 (3.261 %)Manufacturing
52 (2.174 %)Pharmaceutical
52 (2.174 %)Back Office
52 (2.174 %)Finance
61 (1.087 %)Government
61 (1.087 %)Financial Institution
61 (1.087 %)Pensions
61 (1.087 %)Marketing
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
123 (25.00 %)Analyst
222 (23.91 %)2nd Line Support
315 (16.30 %)Support Technician
414 (15.22 %)Network Engineer
513 (14.13 %)2nd Line Support Technician
612 (13.04 %)Support Engineer
79 (9.783 %)Administrator
88 (8.696 %)Consultant
97 (7.609 %)Technical Engineer
106 (6.522 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
106 (6.522 %)Systems Administrator
106 (6.522 %)Architect
115 (5.435 %)Network Security Engineer
115 (5.435 %)Solutions Architect
115 (5.435 %)Windows Administrator
115 (5.435 %)Security Engineer
124 (4.348 %)Linux Systems Administrator
124 (4.348 %)Linux Administrator
124 (4.348 %)Firewall Engineer
124 (4.348 %)Windows Systems Administrator
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (5.435 %)Blackberry
21 (1.087 %)EMC Centera
21 (1.087 %)Clustering
21 (1.087 %)Client/Server
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
159 (64.13 %)Windows
243 (46.74 %)Windows Server 2003
329 (31.52 %)Windows XP
416 (17.39 %)Windows 2000
514 (15.22 %)Windows 2000 Server
613 (14.13 %)Windows Vista
79 (9.783 %)Linux
88 (8.696 %)UNIX
96 (6.522 %)Windows Server 2008
96 (6.522 %)Debian
105 (5.435 %)Solaris
114 (4.348 %)OpenBSD
114 (4.348 %)FreeBSD
121 (1.087 %)Red Hat Linux
121 (1.087 %)VMS
121 (1.087 %)zOS
121 (1.087 %)MVS
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (11.96 %)ITIL
26 (6.522 %)Disaster Recovery
26 (6.522 %)Problem Management
35 (5.435 %)Security Cleared
44 (4.348 %)Penetration Testing
52 (2.174 %)Service Delivery
61 (1.087 %)Data Protection
61 (1.087 %)SC Cleared
61 (1.087 %)Information Security
61 (1.087 %)Data Management
61 (1.087 %)Project Management
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
115 (16.30 %)SQL
28 (8.696 %)Perl
28 (8.696 %)PHP
34 (4.348 %)Shell Script
41 (1.087 %)JCL
41 (1.087 %)REXX
North West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
114 (15.22 %)Microsoft Certification
211 (11.96 %)MCSE
38 (8.696 %)MCDST
45 (5.435 %)CCSA
45 (5.435 %)CCSE
52 (2.174 %)Check Point Certification
61 (1.087 %)CCNP
61 (1.087 %)CCNA
61 (1.087 %)Cisco Certification
61 (1.087 %)MCP
North West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.087 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
North West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
128 (30.43 %)Active Directory
219 (20.65 %)Backup Exec
311 (11.96 %)VMware Infrastructure
48 (8.696 %)NetBackup
54 (4.348 %)Samba
63 (3.261 %)Terminal Server
72 (2.174 %)ISA Server
81 (1.087 %)RACF
81 (1.087 %)VMware ESX
North West IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
121 (22.83 %)Norton AntiVirus
24 (4.348 %)Nagios
33 (3.261 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
42 (2.174 %)OpenView
42 (2.174 %)OVSD
51 (1.087 %)MIMEsweeper
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
131 (33.70 %)Citrix
230 (32.61 %)Microsoft
324 (26.09 %)McAfee Security
421 (22.83 %)Cisco
520 (21.74 %)HP
616 (17.39 %)VMware
712 (13.04 %)CheckPoint
89 (9.783 %)Juniper
98 (8.696 %)Nokia
107 (7.609 %)VERITAS
107 (7.609 %)Crossbeam
107 (7.609 %)Sourcefire
107 (7.609 %)Websense
116 (6.522 %)NetApp
116 (6.522 %)EMC
125 (5.435 %)Intel
125 (5.435 %)Avaya
134 (4.348 %)Dell
134 (4.348 %)IBM
143 (3.261 %)Oracle