The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symantec products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland 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 Scotland 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 139 130 129
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -1
Permanent jobs citing Symantec 18 24 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.575% 0.698% 0.785%
As % of the Vendors category 1.141% 1.451% 1.716%
Number of salaries quoted 9 8 24
Average salary £30,000 £38,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.07% +2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,981 £28,400 £20,150
10% offered a salary of more than £47,800 £58,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- -6.25%
All Vendors
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1578 1654 1573
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 50.42% 48.10% 45.75%
Number of salaries quoted 976 1165 1171
Average salary £40,000 £38,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.89% -3.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Symantec
UK

Symantec
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Symantec Salary Trend

Symantec
Salary Histogram

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 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
Edinburgh -5 5 £47,500 -26.92%
Aberdeen 0 4 £30,000 -14.28%
West Lothian -5 4 - -
Glasgow -19 4 £24,500 -38.75%
Argyll and Bute - 1 - -
Symantec
UK

Symantec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 24 (61.54%) Windows
2 21 (53.85%) Microsoft
3 19 (48.72%) Degree
4 18 (46.15%) VMware
5 16 (41.03%) SQL Server
6 15 (38.46%) SAN
7 14 (35.90%) Finance
8 13 (33.33%) UNIX
9 12 (30.77%) MS Exchange
9 12 (30.77%) Windows Server 2008
10 11 (28.21%) Backup Exec
11 10 (25.64%) Oracle
11 10 (25.64%) Cisco
11 10 (25.64%) EMC
11 10 (25.64%) NetBackup
12 9 (23.08%) Citrix
12 9 (23.08%) ITIL
12 9 (23.08%) Linux
12 9 (23.08%) Telecoms
13 8 (20.51%) WAN
13 8 (20.51%) IBM
13 8 (20.51%) Active Directory
13 8 (20.51%) VMware Infrastructure
14 7 (17.95%) Windows 7
14 7 (17.95%) vSphere
14 7 (17.95%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (17.95%) NetApp
14 7 (17.95%) Windows Server 2003
14 7 (17.95%) Tivoli
14 7 (17.95%) Perl

Symantec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 2 (5.128%) XML
2 1 (2.564%) Application Packaging
2 1 (2.564%) ATL
Application Platforms
1 12 (30.77%) MS Exchange
2 4 (10.26%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (10.26%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (5.128%) IIS
5 1 (2.564%) Lotus Notes
5 1 (2.564%) SharePoint
5 1 (2.564%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 6 (15.38%) MS Excel
2 5 (12.82%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 15 (38.46%) SAN
2 8 (20.51%) WAN
3 7 (17.95%) Firewall
4 6 (15.38%) TCP/IP
5 5 (12.82%) VPN
5 5 (12.82%) DNS
5 5 (12.82%) VoIP
5 5 (12.82%) NAS
6 4 (10.26%) DHCP
6 4 (10.26%) Broadband
7 2 (5.128%) FTP
7 2 (5.128%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (2.564%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (41.03%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.128%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.564%) Data Mining
General
1 14 (35.90%) Finance
2 9 (23.08%) Telecoms
3 3 (7.692%) Back Office
3 3 (7.692%) Banking
4 2 (5.128%) Retail
5 1 (2.564%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 12 (30.77%) Analyst
2 5 (12.82%) Infrastructure Manager
2 5 (12.82%) Technical Leader
2 5 (12.82%) IT Infrastructure Manager
3 3 (7.692%) Storage Analyst
3 3 (7.692%) Support Analyst
3 3 (7.692%) IT Operations Manager
3 3 (7.692%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (7.692%) Operations Manager
4 2 (5.128%) Network Support Engineer
4 2 (5.128%) Network Engineer
4 2 (5.128%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 2 (5.128%) Support Engineer
4 2 (5.128%) IT Support
4 2 (5.128%) Network Support
4 2 (5.128%) Junior
5 1 (2.564%) Citrix Engineer
5 1 (2.564%) Information Security Analyst
5 1 (2.564%) Wintel Support
5 1 (2.564%) Senior Storage Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.82%) Management Information System
1 5 (12.82%) Replication
1 5 (12.82%) Symmetrix
1 5 (12.82%) Symmetrix DMX
2 4 (10.26%) Firmware
3 3 (7.692%) CLARiiON
4 2 (5.128%) Clustering
5 1 (2.564%) Mathematics
5 1 (2.564%) Celerra
5 1 (2.564%) IBM Mainframe
5 1 (2.564%) iPhone
5 1 (2.564%) Blackberry
5 1 (2.564%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 24 (61.54%) Windows
2 13 (33.33%) UNIX
3 12 (30.77%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (23.08%) Linux
5 7 (17.95%) Windows 7
5 7 (17.95%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (12.82%) Solaris
7 4 (10.26%) Windows XP
8 1 (2.564%) Windows 8
8 1 (2.564%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (2.564%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (23.08%) ITIL
2 7 (17.95%) Service Delivery
3 6 (15.38%) Information Security
4 5 (12.82%) Incident Management
4 5 (12.82%) Operations Management
4 5 (12.82%) Change Management
4 5 (12.82%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (10.26%) Project Management
5 4 (10.26%) Risk Management
5 4 (10.26%) Data Protection
5 4 (10.26%) Customer Engagement
5 4 (10.26%) Capacity Planning
5 4 (10.26%) Analytics
5 4 (10.26%) Infrastructure Management
6 3 (7.692%) Service Management
7 2 (5.128%) Demand Management
8 1 (2.564%) Software Deployment
8 1 (2.564%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (2.564%) Migration
8 1 (2.564%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.95%) Perl
2 6 (15.38%) SQL
3 4 (10.26%) Python
3 4 (10.26%) C-shell
3 4 (10.26%) Bash shell
4 2 (5.128%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.564%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.564%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (48.72%) Degree
2 7 (17.95%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (10.26%) CISM
3 4 (10.26%) CISMP
3 4 (10.26%) CISSP
4 3 (7.692%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (7.692%) CCNA
4 3 (7.692%) MCSE
4 3 (7.692%) Security Cleared
5 2 (5.128%) MCSA
5 2 (5.128%) MCP
5 2 (5.128%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (5.128%) CNE
5 2 (5.128%) Novell Certification
6 1 (2.564%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (2.564%) CCENT
6 1 (2.564%) HND
6 1 (2.564%) CCA
6 1 (2.564%) CCEE
6 1 (2.564%) CCAA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (10.26%) QA
1 4 (10.26%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.564%) SLA
2 1 (2.564%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (20.51%) Active Directory
1 8 (20.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (17.95%) vSphere
3 4 (10.26%) Oracle RMAN
4 3 (7.692%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (7.692%) XenApp
5 2 (5.128%) XenDesktop
5 2 (5.128%) Hyper-V
5 2 (5.128%) ProxySG
6 1 (2.564%) Xen
6 1 (2.564%) VMware Server
6 1 (2.564%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (2.564%) Terminal Server
6 1 (2.564%) Terminal Services
6 1 (2.564%) ISA Server
6 1 (2.564%) VMware ESX
6 1 (2.564%) SRDF
6 1 (2.564%) NFS
6 1 (2.564%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 11 (28.21%) Backup Exec
2 10 (25.64%) NetBackup
3 7 (17.95%) Tivoli
4 6 (15.38%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 3 (7.692%) SCOM
5 3 (7.692%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 3 (7.692%) Legato
5 3 (7.692%) WSUS
5 3 (7.692%) EMC NetWorker
6 2 (5.128%) SCCM
7 1 (2.564%) WebInspect
7 1 (2.564%) MOM
Vendors
1 21 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 18 (46.15%) VMware
3 10 (25.64%) Oracle
3 10 (25.64%) Cisco
3 10 (25.64%) EMC
4 9 (23.08%) Citrix
5 8 (20.51%) IBM
6 7 (17.95%) NetApp
7 6 (15.38%) StorageTek
7 6 (15.38%) Brocade
8 4 (10.26%) NetIQ
8 4 (10.26%) Sun
9 3 (7.692%) HP
10 2 (5.128%) Veritas
10 2 (5.128%) Axway
10 2 (5.128%) Fujitsu
10 2 (5.128%) Altiris
10 2 (5.128%) Blue Coat
10 2 (5.128%) CheckPoint
11 1 (2.564%) Qualys
Edinburgh, Midlothian
You will have excellent working knowledge of Microsoft, Citrix and VMWare and will ideally hold Microsoft certifications, although these aren't essential... Any experience of Symantec Backup Exec...
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
You will have excellent working knowledge of Microsoft, Citrix and VMWare and will ideally hold Microsoft certifications, although these aren't essential... Any experience of Symantec Backup Exec...
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
Key Responsibilities: ** Manage all Support incidents and maintain ownership of all outstanding support incidents on a daily basis ** Responsible for innovation and Leading the Service Desk team ** Initial...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £25000 - £33000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Key Responsibilities: ** Manage all Support incidents and maintain ownership of all outstanding support incidents on a daily basis ** Responsible for innovation and Leading the Service Desk team ** Initial...
Cathcart Associates Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £33000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Windows Server 2008R2 / Windows Server 2003... Experience in the following technologies is highly desirable; Microsoft SQL Server 2008 App Sense Performance, Application and Environment Manager, EMC CLARiiON / NetApp,...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: offer competitive package
Posted: 14 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Experience in the following technologies is highly desirable; Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Citrix Technologies (including Xen Desktop 5.6, Xen Aapp v5/6, EdgSight, Zone Data Collector, Web...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: offer competitive package
Posted: 14 May 2013
Livingston, West Lothian
Working knowledge of batch scheduling tools such as Controlm or equivalent. * Working knowledge of backup tools such as Symantec Netbackup... We offer free Sky+HD, multiroom, broadband and...
Sky
Salary: Excellent Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
My client, a highly regarded financial services organisation in Edinburgh, is seeking an Information Security Analyst to join their growing team. The job falls under the Security Events...
Salary: £ Highly Competitive Plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013