The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symantec products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Symantec over the 3 months to 17 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 Reading 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symantec
Rank 108 108 100
Rank change year-on-year
0 -8
Permanent jobs citing Symantec 24 25 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 1.140% 1.107% 0.752%
As % of the Vendors category 1.956% 2.182% 1.437%
Number of salaries quoted 19 25 13
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,950 £26,400 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £63,500 £55,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- -6.25%
All Vendors
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1227 1146 974
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 58.26% 50.73% 52.31%
Number of salaries quoted 998 1001 785
Average salary £43,250 £44,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.70% -2.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Symantec
Berkshire

Symantec
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Symantec Salary Trend

Symantec
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Symantec across the Reading region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Reading Symantec Salary Histogram

Symantec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 43 (82.69%) Windows
2 32 (61.54%) MS Exchange
3 30 (57.69%) Windows Server 2008
4 28 (53.85%) Exchange Server 2007
5 25 (48.08%) Windows Server 2003
6 23 (44.23%) Windows 7
7 22 (42.31%) Blackberry
8 21 (40.38%) Cisco
9 19 (36.54%) Microsoft
9 19 (36.54%) Firewall
9 19 (36.54%) Network Security
10 17 (32.69%) Windows 8
10 17 (32.69%) VMware
10 17 (32.69%) Backup Exec
10 17 (32.69%) Active Directory
11 16 (30.77%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 16 (30.77%) Migration
11 16 (30.77%) iPhone
12 11 (21.15%) Degree
12 11 (21.15%) HP
12 11 (21.15%) DNS
13 10 (19.23%) MS Excel
13 10 (19.23%) Oracle
13 10 (19.23%) SQL Server
13 10 (19.23%) Android
14 9 (17.31%) Data Migration
14 9 (17.31%) Windows XP
14 9 (17.31%) VPN
14 9 (17.31%) Citrix
14 9 (17.31%) NetApp

Symantec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 6 (11.54%) Software Packaging
2 1 (1.923%) .NET
2 1 (1.923%) J2EE
2 1 (1.923%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.923%) COM
2 1 (1.923%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 32 (61.54%) MS Exchange
2 28 (53.85%) Exchange Server 2007
3 16 (30.77%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 6 (11.54%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (11.54%) Exchange Server 2003
5 3 (5.769%) Exchange Server 2000
5 3 (5.769%) Lotus Domino
6 1 (1.923%) Apache
6 1 (1.923%) WebLogic
6 1 (1.923%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (19.23%) MS Excel
2 6 (11.54%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 19 (36.54%) Firewall
1 19 (36.54%) Network Security
2 11 (21.15%) DNS
3 9 (17.31%) Wireless
3 9 (17.31%) VPN
4 8 (15.38%) SAN
5 7 (13.46%) Unified Communications
6 4 (7.692%) LAN
7 3 (5.769%) WLAN
7 3 (5.769%) SSL
7 3 (5.769%) IPsec
7 3 (5.769%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (5.769%) NAS
8 2 (3.846%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (3.846%) Cisco PIX
8 2 (3.846%) TCP/IP
8 2 (3.846%) DHCP
9 1 (1.923%) HTTP
9 1 (1.923%) WAN
9 1 (1.923%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (19.23%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.923%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (1.923%) MySQL
Job Titles
1 14 (26.92%) Administrator
2 13 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 9 (17.31%) Technical Support
3 9 (17.31%) Analyst
4 8 (15.38%) 3rd Line Support
4 8 (15.38%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 7 (13.46%) Desktop Support
5 7 (13.46%) Consultant
5 7 (13.46%) Systems Administrator
5 7 (13.46%) Technical Support Engineer
5 7 (13.46%) Technical Engineer
6 6 (11.54%) Support Analyst
6 6 (11.54%) Desktop Support Administrator
6 6 (11.54%) Desktop Administrator
7 5 (9.615%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
7 5 (9.615%) 3rd Line Technical Support
7 5 (9.615%) Technical Support Analyst
7 5 (9.615%) Technical Analyst
8 3 (5.769%) Senior Technical Consultant
8 3 (5.769%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 22 (42.31%) Blackberry
2 16 (30.77%) iPhone
3 6 (11.54%) SaaS
4 3 (5.769%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.846%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.923%) Clustering
6 1 (1.923%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 43 (82.69%) Windows
2 30 (57.69%) Windows Server 2008
3 25 (48.08%) Windows Server 2003
4 23 (44.23%) Windows 7
5 17 (32.69%) Windows 8
6 10 (19.23%) Android
7 9 (17.31%) Windows XP
8 6 (11.54%) Linux
9 3 (5.769%) Windows 2000
9 3 (5.769%) UNIX
9 3 (5.769%) Solaris
9 3 (5.769%) Windows 2000 Server
10 1 (1.923%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (30.77%) Migration
2 9 (17.31%) Data Migration
3 6 (11.54%) Network Management
4 5 (9.615%) Data Management
5 4 (7.692%) Data Protection
6 3 (5.769%) Business Development
6 3 (5.769%) Load Balancing
6 3 (5.769%) Information Management
6 3 (5.769%) ITIL
7 2 (3.846%) Project Planning
8 1 (1.923%) Web Development
8 1 (1.923%) TOGAF
8 1 (1.923%) PRINCE2
8 1 (1.923%) PRINCE
8 1 (1.923%) MOF
8 1 (1.923%) Project Management
8 1 (1.923%) Disaster Recovery
8 1 (1.923%) Software Architecture
8 1 (1.923%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.692%) SQL
2 3 (5.769%) Shell Script
2 3 (5.769%) Perl
3 1 (1.923%) C
Qualifications
1 11 (21.15%) Degree
2 4 (7.692%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (7.692%) Security Cleared
2 4 (7.692%) NCIE
2 4 (7.692%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (5.769%) CCIE
3 3 (5.769%) NCDA
4 2 (3.846%) MCITP
4 2 (3.846%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.846%) MCSE
5 1 (1.923%) MCP
5 1 (1.923%) CCSP
5 1 (1.923%) CCNP
5 1 (1.923%) CCNA
5 1 (1.923%) CCDP
5 1 (1.923%) MCTS
5 1 (1.923%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.923%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.923%) QA
System Software
1 17 (32.69%) Active Directory
2 8 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (9.615%) VMware ESX
3 5 (9.615%) vSphere
4 3 (5.769%) Hyper-V
4 3 (5.769%) XenApp
4 3 (5.769%) XenServer
4 3 (5.769%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 17 (32.69%) Backup Exec
2 9 (17.31%) NetBackup
3 8 (15.38%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 7 (13.46%) SCCM
4 7 (13.46%) SCOM
5 3 (5.769%) PureDisk
6 2 (3.846%) ServiceCenter
7 1 (1.923%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 21 (40.38%) Cisco
2 19 (36.54%) Microsoft
3 17 (32.69%) VMware
4 11 (21.15%) HP
5 10 (19.23%) Oracle
6 9 (17.31%) Citrix
6 9 (17.31%) NetApp
7 6 (11.54%) Brocade
8 4 (7.692%) EMC
8 4 (7.692%) F5
8 4 (7.692%) CommVault
9 3 (5.769%) Blue Coat
9 3 (5.769%) Veritas
9 3 (5.769%) Apple
9 3 (5.769%) CheckPoint
9 3 (5.769%) Juniper
9 3 (5.769%) Fortinet
9 3 (5.769%) 3PAR
10 2 (3.846%) FalconStor
10 2 (3.846%) ADIC
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