The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symantec products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Symantec over the 3 months to 22 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 North West 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symantec
Rank 218 201 194
Rank change year-on-year
-17 -7
Permanent jobs citing Symantec 30 40 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.415% 0.556% 0.549%
As % of the Vendors category 0.906% 1.193% 1.092%
Number of salaries quoted 16 33 36
Average salary £39,000 £32,250 £43,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.93% -25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,350 £18,250 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £56,250 £61,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.59% -3.75%
All Vendors
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3311 3352 3387
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 45.84% 46.63% 50.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2742 2883 2953
Average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.35% -1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Symantec
England

Symantec
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 North West region.

North West Symantec Salary Trend

Symantec
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Symantec across the North West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

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 22 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
Manchester -13 14 £47,500 +79.24%
Cheshire +14 11 £39,000 +21.87%
Merseyside +24 4 £35,000 -3.44%
Lancashire +7 1 £70,000 -
Symantec
England

Symantec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

1 36 (69.23%) Windows
2 29 (55.77%) MS Excel
3 28 (53.85%) Microsoft
3 28 (53.85%) Active Directory
4 24 (46.15%) Windows Server 2008
5 23 (44.23%) VMware
6 22 (42.31%) Windows Server 2003
6 22 (42.31%) VMware Infrastructure
7 21 (40.38%) Cisco
8 20 (38.46%) MS Exchange
9 19 (36.54%) Firewall
10 18 (34.62%) MS Office
10 18 (34.62%) Juniper
11 17 (32.69%) SAN
12 16 (30.77%) Network Security
12 16 (30.77%) Exchange Server 2010
13 15 (28.85%) CheckPoint
13 15 (28.85%) McAfee
13 15 (28.85%) Wireless
13 15 (28.85%) Blue Coat
14 13 (25.00%) Telecoms
14 13 (25.00%) Backup Exec
14 13 (25.00%) Citrix
14 13 (25.00%) ITIL
14 13 (25.00%) LAN
15 12 (23.08%) Finance
15 12 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2003
16 11 (21.15%) Change Management
16 11 (21.15%) Windows XP
16 11 (21.15%) SQL Server

Symantec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

Application Platforms
1 20 (38.46%) MS Exchange
2 16 (30.77%) Exchange Server 2010
3 12 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2003
4 6 (11.54%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 4 (7.692%) Lync
5 4 (7.692%) SharePoint
6 3 (5.769%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (3.846%) MindAlign
7 2 (3.846%) IIS
Applications
1 29 (55.77%) MS Excel
2 18 (34.62%) MS Office
3 9 (17.31%) MS Project
4 1 (1.923%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 4 (7.692%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.923%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 19 (36.54%) Firewall
2 17 (32.69%) SAN
3 16 (30.77%) Network Security
4 15 (28.85%) Wireless
5 13 (25.00%) LAN
6 10 (19.23%) WAN
6 10 (19.23%) SSL
7 9 (17.31%) VPN
8 8 (15.38%) DNS
8 8 (15.38%) WLAN
9 7 (13.46%) DHCP
9 7 (13.46%) iSCSI
10 6 (11.54%) Unified Communications
10 6 (11.54%) IPsec
11 5 (9.615%) VoIP
11 5 (9.615%) Fibre Channel
12 4 (7.692%) NAS
13 2 (3.846%) Cisco PIX
13 2 (3.846%) Cisco ASA
13 2 (3.846%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (21.15%) SQL Server
2 9 (17.31%) SQL Server 2000
3 6 (11.54%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (7.692%) SQL Server 2012
4 4 (7.692%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (1.923%) MS Access
General
1 13 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 12 (23.08%) Finance
3 10 (19.23%) Retail
4 2 (3.846%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 12 (23.08%) Analyst
2 9 (17.31%) Security Specialist
2 9 (17.31%) Network Specialist
2 9 (17.31%) Network Security Specialist
3 7 (13.46%) Architect
4 6 (11.54%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 6 (11.54%) Consultant
5 5 (9.615%) Storage Analyst
5 5 (9.615%) Network Architect
5 5 (9.615%) Security Architect
5 5 (9.615%) Network Security Architect
6 4 (7.692%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 4 (7.692%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 4 (7.692%) Support Manager
6 4 (7.692%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (7.692%) Support Engineer
7 2 (3.846%) IT Support
7 2 (3.846%) Infrastructure Support Consultant
7 2 (3.846%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
7 2 (3.846%) Desktop Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.38%) Blackberry
1 8 (15.38%) Clustering
2 2 (3.846%) Computer Science
2 2 (3.846%) Replication
3 1 (1.923%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 36 (69.23%) Windows
2 24 (46.15%) Windows Server 2008
3 22 (42.31%) Windows Server 2003
4 11 (21.15%) Windows XP
5 10 (19.23%) Linux
6 7 (13.46%) UNIX
6 7 (13.46%) Windows 7
7 6 (11.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (5.769%) Windows 2000
8 3 (5.769%) Windows Vista
8 3 (5.769%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (3.846%) Windows XP Embedded
10 1 (1.923%) Windows 2000 Server
10 1 (1.923%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (25.00%) ITIL
2 11 (21.15%) Change Management
3 9 (17.31%) Service Management
3 9 (17.31%) Migration
4 8 (15.38%) Load Balancing
5 5 (9.615%) Project Management
5 5 (9.615%) High Availability
6 4 (7.692%) WAN Optimisation
6 4 (7.692%) CRM
6 4 (7.692%) Service Delivery
7 3 (5.769%) Network Design
7 3 (5.769%) Project Planning
8 2 (3.846%) Build Automation
8 2 (3.846%) Software Deployment
8 2 (3.846%) Change Control
8 2 (3.846%) Technical Architecture
8 2 (3.846%) PRINCE2
8 2 (3.846%) Asset Management
8 2 (3.846%) Disaster Recovery
9 1 (1.923%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (15.38%) SQL
2 7 (13.46%) PowerShell
3 5 (9.615%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (11.54%) ITIL Certification
1 6 (11.54%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (11.54%) CCIE
2 4 (7.692%) Degree
2 4 (7.692%) CCNP
2 4 (7.692%) CCDP
3 3 (5.769%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.846%) MCSE
4 2 (3.846%) CCSP
5 1 (1.923%) MCP
5 1 (1.923%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.923%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.846%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 28 (53.85%) Active Directory
2 22 (42.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (17.31%) Hyper-V
4 5 (9.615%) NFS
4 5 (9.615%) XenApp
5 3 (5.769%) VMware ESX
6 2 (3.846%) IAG
6 2 (3.846%) XenDesktop
6 2 (3.846%) vSphere
6 2 (3.846%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 2 (3.846%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (1.923%) MetaFrame
7 1 (1.923%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (25.00%) Backup Exec
2 9 (17.31%) MIMEsweeper
3 8 (15.38%) SCCM
4 7 (13.46%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 6 (11.54%) WSUS
6 5 (9.615%) NetBackup
6 5 (9.615%) Norton AntiVirus
7 4 (7.692%) SCOM
8 1 (1.923%) MAILsweeper
8 1 (1.923%) Nagios
Vendors
1 28 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 23 (44.23%) VMware
3 21 (40.38%) Cisco
4 18 (34.62%) Juniper
5 15 (28.85%) CheckPoint
5 15 (28.85%) McAfee
5 15 (28.85%) Blue Coat
6 13 (25.00%) Citrix
7 9 (17.31%) Websense
7 9 (17.31%) Fujitsu
7 9 (17.31%) IronPort
8 8 (15.38%) HP
9 7 (13.46%) Brocade
9 7 (13.46%) Dell
10 6 (11.54%) F5
10 6 (11.54%) Fortinet
10 6 (11.54%) NetApp
10 6 (11.54%) Red Hat
11 4 (7.692%) Exinda
11 4 (7.692%) WatchGuard
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