The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symantec products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Symantec over the 3 months to 17 June 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 South Wales 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symantec
Rank 81 91 74
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -17
Permanent jobs citing Symantec 9 1 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 0.816% 0.102% 1.194%
As % of the Vendors category 1.667% 0.225% 3.150%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 12
Average salary £29,000 £30,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.33% -4.76%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- -6.25%
All Vendors
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
540 445 381
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 48.96% 45.22% 37.91%
Number of salaries quoted 484 396 347
Average salary £40,000 £34,375 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.36% -0.36%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,739 £25,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,175 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Symantec
Wales

Symantec
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 17 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bridgend - 3 £28,500 -
Cardiff - 3 £29,000 - 1
Caerphilly - 2 £29,000 -
Symantec
Wales

Symantec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 11 (84.62%) NetBackup
2 10 (76.92%) Windows
3 9 (69.23%) MS Exchange
3 9 (69.23%) Active Directory
3 9 (69.23%) Backup Exec
3 9 (69.23%) VMware
4 8 (61.54%) SAN
5 7 (53.85%) TCP/IP
5 7 (53.85%) DNS
5 7 (53.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (53.85%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
6 6 (46.15%) Norton AntiVirus
7 5 (38.46%) Exchange Server 2003
7 5 (38.46%) HP
7 5 (38.46%) DHCP
7 5 (38.46%) Cisco
8 4 (30.77%) Citrix
8 4 (30.77%) Veritas
8 4 (30.77%) Terminal Services
8 4 (30.77%) LAN
8 4 (30.77%) WAN
8 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
8 4 (30.77%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (30.77%) Remedy
8 4 (30.77%) PowerShell
8 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
8 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
8 4 (30.77%) Hyper-V
8 4 (30.77%) Exchange Server 2010

Symantec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 (15.38%) COM
1 2 (15.38%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 9 (69.23%) MS Exchange
2 5 (38.46%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (30.77%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (23.08%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (61.54%) SAN
2 7 (53.85%) TCP/IP
2 7 (53.85%) DNS
3 5 (38.46%) DHCP
4 4 (30.77%) LAN
4 4 (30.77%) WAN
5 2 (15.38%) Firewall
5 2 (15.38%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (23.08%) Advertising
2 2 (15.38%) Local Government
2 2 (15.38%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Support Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Backup Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Windows Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) 3rd Line Support
3 2 (15.38%) Administrator
3 2 (15.38%) Network Administrator
4 1 (7.692%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Wintel Support
4 1 (7.692%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Wintel Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Technical Support Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Wintel Support Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Blackberry
1 3 (23.08%) Clustering
2 2 (15.38%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 10 (76.92%) Windows
2 7 (53.85%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (15.38%) Windows 7
3 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (7.692%) UNIX
4 1 (7.692%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (15.38%) Information Management
3 1 (7.692%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) PowerShell
2 3 (23.08%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
1 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 3 (23.08%) DV Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) MCP
2 3 (23.08%) MCSE
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (7.692%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (69.23%) Active Directory
2 7 (53.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (30.77%) Hyper-V
3 4 (30.77%) Terminal Services
4 3 (23.08%) XenApp
4 3 (23.08%) VMware ESX
4 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (23.08%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 2 (15.38%) Terminal Server
5 2 (15.38%) ISA Server
6 1 (7.692%) MetaFrame
6 1 (7.692%) XenServer
6 1 (7.692%) XenDesktop
6 1 (7.692%) vSphere
6 1 (7.692%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 11 (84.62%) NetBackup
2 9 (69.23%) Backup Exec
3 6 (46.15%) Norton AntiVirus
4 3 (23.08%) ARCserve
4 3 (23.08%) WSUS
5 1 (7.692%) HP Data Protector
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) VMware
2 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
3 5 (38.46%) HP
3 5 (38.46%) Cisco
4 4 (30.77%) Citrix
4 4 (30.77%) Veritas
4 4 (30.77%) Remedy
5 3 (23.08%) McAfee
5 3 (23.08%) Sophos
5 3 (23.08%) NetApp
5 3 (23.08%) Dell
5 3 (23.08%) EMC
6 1 (7.692%) Oracle
6 1 (7.692%) 3Com
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
The successful applicant will have a clear and experienced understanding of Netbackup and Backup Exec... The skills needed as part of the initial requirements will include the following...
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Salary: £27000 - £32000 per annum + 20% bonus + benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013