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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symantec products and/or services in IT jobs across the UK 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSymantec
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank437514
Rank change on same period last yearUp+77
Matching permanent IT job ads626624
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.337 %0.260 %
As % of the category below0.788 %0.588 %
Salaries quoted533473
Average minimum salary£33,472£36,551
Average salary£36,155£39,223
% change on same period last year-7.82 %
Average maximum salary£38,838£41,895
UK excluding London average salary£33,930£37,600
% change on same period last year-9.75 %
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads79475106062
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled42.79 %44.21 %
Salaries quoted6492081567
Average minimum salary£40,438£42,204
Average salary£44,154£46,011
% change on same period last year-4.03 %
Average maximum salary£47,870£49,817
UK excluding London average salary£39,913£41,942
% change on same period last year-4.83 %

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

Symantec
Demand Trend

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

Symantec Demand Trend

Symantec
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Symantec within the UK.

Symantec Salary Trend

Symantec
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Symantec over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 within the UK.

Symantec Salary Histogram

Symantec
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Symantec within the UK over the 3 months to 20 August 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
EnglandUp+83587£35,833-7.57 %
LondonUp+54245£39,809-3.84 %
South EastUp+38149£36,129-9.92 %
City of LondonUp+3376£42,450-11.43 %
North WestDown-346£26,356-24.26 %
SurreyUp+2344£32,135-17.69 %
BerkshireUp+4944£43,597+6.79 %
East of EnglandUp+3936£36,375+6.98 %
South WestDown-533£32,800+9.56 %
ManchesterUp+3631£23,768-38.44 %
YorkshireUp+1826£24,828-31.03 %
West MidlandsUp+1526£31,650+18.98 %
ScotlandUp+3821£36,250-0.13 %
GloucestershireDown-1721£33,238+35.66 %
West YorkshireUp+2820£25,521-30.39 %
HampshireUp+819£41,281+15.87 %
LeedsUp+3016£25,094-31.56 %
HertfordshireUp+1815£35,800+8.48 %
MidlandsUp+3215£65,000+23.80 %
HerefordshireNew entry-14£33,196-
OxfordshireUp+713£30,071-10.67 %
CheltenhamUp+313£41,154+55.29 %
CambridgeDown-612£40,000+21.21 %
BirminghamDown-1112£29,682+19.02 %
GlasgowNew entry-12£36,550-
CambridgeshireDown-112£40,000+6.19 %
BuckinghamshireUp+2211£29,136-33.12 %
SloughUp+1111£55,000+111.53 %
Hemel HempsteadNew entry-11£33,659-
GuildfordUp+259£29,071+35.21 %

Symantec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1938 (66.90 %)Windows
2631 (45.01 %)Windows Server 2003
3614 (43.79 %)Active Directory
4583 (41.58 %)MS Exchange
5579 (41.30 %)Microsoft
6445 (31.74 %)Exchange Server 2003
7364 (25.96 %)HP
8361 (25.75 %)Backup Exec
9341 (24.32 %)VMware
10340 (24.25 %)Norton AntiVirus
11325 (23.18 %)SAN
12317 (22.61 %)Citrix
13305 (21.75 %)MS Excel
14302 (21.54 %)Cisco
15291 (20.76 %)TCP/IP
16286 (20.40 %)Microsoft Certification
17278 (19.83 %)Windows XP
18256 (18.26 %)Firewall
19248 (17.69 %)Windows 2000 Server
20238 (16.98 %)MCSE
21228 (16.26 %)DNS
22225 (16.05 %)VERITAS
23208 (14.84 %)SQL Server
24203 (14.48 %)SQL
25201 (14.34 %)DHCP
26194 (13.84 %)MS Office
27182 (12.98 %)NetBackup
28179 (12.77 %)VMware Infrastructure
29171 (12.20 %)WAN
30161 (11.48 %)Linux

Symantec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
124 (1.712 %).NET
217 (1.213 %)ASP
316 (1.141 %)XML
49 (0.642 %)J2EE
49 (0.642 %)WebSphere
58 (0.571 %)COM+
65 (0.357 %)XSLT
65 (0.357 %)SOAP
65 (0.357 %)WebServices
74 (0.285 %).NET Framework
74 (0.285 %)ODBC
74 (0.285 %)HTML
83 (0.214 %)Application Packaging
83 (0.214 %)MAPI
92 (0.143 %)Middleware
92 (0.143 %)EDI
92 (0.143 %)SAP Basis
101 (0.071 %)WMI
101 (0.071 %)CSS
101 (0.071 %)LAMP
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1583 (41.58 %)MS Exchange
2445 (31.74 %)Exchange Server 2003
3142 (10.13 %)IIS
4133 (9.486 %)Exchange Server 2000
5132 (9.415 %)SharePoint
6115 (8.203 %)Exchange Server 2007
794 (6.705 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
857 (4.066 %)Lotus Notes
938 (2.710 %)Apache
1032 (2.282 %)Lotus Domino
1129 (2.068 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1225 (1.783 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1315 (1.070 %)Tomcat
1411 (0.785 %)Live Communications Server
159 (0.642 %)WorkSite
168 (0.571 %)SharePoint Portal Server
168 (0.571 %)WebLogic
177 (0.499 %)NetWeaver
186 (0.428 %)MindAlign
186 (0.428 %)Office Communications Server
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1305 (21.75 %)MS Excel
2194 (13.84 %)MS Office
39 (0.642 %)MS Visio
45 (0.357 %)MS PowerPoint
54 (0.285 %)Acrobat
63 (0.214 %)AutoCAD
72 (0.143 %)Photoshop
72 (0.143 %)Adobe Illustrator
81 (0.071 %)CA Clarity
81 (0.071 %)S-PLUS
81 (0.071 %)FrameMaker
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
113 (0.927 %)Microsoft CRM
210 (0.713 %)GoldMine
38 (0.571 %)Applix TM1
38 (0.571 %)e-Work
45 (0.357 %)Navision
53 (0.214 %)Remedy ITSM
62 (0.143 %)Line 50
71 (0.071 %)Summit
71 (0.071 %)Great Plains
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1325 (23.18 %)SAN
2291 (20.76 %)TCP/IP
3256 (18.26 %)Firewall
4228 (16.26 %)DNS
5201 (14.34 %)DHCP
6171 (12.20 %)WAN
7158 (11.27 %)VPN
8145 (10.34 %)LAN
954 (3.852 %)VoIP
1053 (3.780 %)Cisco PIX
1152 (3.709 %)Internet
1240 (2.853 %)NetScreen
1332 (2.282 %)Wireless
1428 (1.997 %)VLAN
1428 (1.997 %)Network Security
1525 (1.783 %)SSL
1621 (1.498 %)Intranet
1720 (1.427 %)ADSL
1819 (1.355 %)FTP
1819 (1.355 %)Intrusion Detection
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1208 (14.84 %)SQL Server
260 (4.280 %)SQL Server 2005
355 (3.923 %)SQL Server 2000
415 (1.070 %)MySQL
510 (0.713 %)BusinessObjects
68 (0.571 %)Oracle OLAP
68 (0.571 %)Datawarehouse
68 (0.571 %)OLAP
76 (0.428 %)DB2
84 (0.285 %)Crystal Reports
84 (0.285 %)MS Access
84 (0.285 %)PostgreSQL
84 (0.285 %)Oracle 10g
93 (0.214 %)SQL Server 7
93 (0.214 %)FileMaker
93 (0.214 %)Oracle 9i
101 (0.071 %)RDBMS
101 (0.071 %)dBASE
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
120 (1.427 %)VSS/SourceSafe
218 (1.284 %)InstallShield
34 (0.285 %)Visual Studio
43 (0.214 %)Subversion
51 (0.071 %)MSI
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1156 (11.13 %)Finance
280 (5.706 %)Pensions
364 (4.565 %)Health
457 (4.066 %)Law
539 (2.782 %)Banking
635 (2.496 %)Retail
635 (2.496 %)Legal
733 (2.354 %)Insurance
824 (1.712 %)Investment Banking
824 (1.712 %)Marketing
921 (1.498 %)Government
1020 (1.427 %)Back Office
1118 (1.284 %)Education
1217 (1.213 %)Telecoms
1316 (1.141 %)Financial Institution
1413 (0.927 %)Games
1511 (0.785 %)Advertising
168 (0.571 %)Publishing
168 (0.571 %)Manufacturing
175 (0.357 %)Construction
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1259 (18.47 %)Analyst
2211 (15.05 %)Consultant
3181 (12.91 %)Administrator
4141 (10.06 %)Support Engineer
5132 (9.415 %)Support Analyst
6105 (7.489 %)Systems Administrator
778 (5.563 %)3rd Line Support
875 (5.350 %)Technical Consultant
953 (3.780 %)2nd Line Support
953 (3.780 %)Desktop Support
1051 (3.638 %)Storage Consultant
1150 (3.566 %)Server Support
1150 (3.566 %)Senior Analyst
1249 (3.495 %)Architect
1347 (3.352 %)Network Engineer
1445 (3.210 %)Systems Engineer
1445 (3.210 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1540 (2.853 %)Sales Consultant
1639 (2.782 %)Exchange Engineer
1738 (2.710 %)Presales Consultant
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1156 (11.13 %)Blackberry
281 (5.777 %)Clustering
340 (2.853 %)Replication
435 (2.496 %)CLARiiON
523 (1.641 %)Client/Server
612 (0.856 %)PDA
612 (0.856 %)Computer Science
710 (0.713 %)German Language
710 (0.713 %)Fat Client
710 (0.713 %)Thin Client
89 (0.642 %)EPoS
97 (0.499 %)EMC Centera
106 (0.428 %)Firmware
106 (0.428 %)Symmetrix
106 (0.428 %)AS400
113 (0.214 %)Data Protection Act
122 (0.143 %)Celerra
122 (0.143 %)E-Learning
122 (0.143 %)Tandem
122 (0.143 %)Smartphone
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1938 (66.90 %)Windows
2631 (45.01 %)Windows Server 2003
3278 (19.83 %)Windows XP
4248 (17.69 %)Windows 2000 Server
5161 (11.48 %)Linux
6143 (10.20 %)Windows 2000
7133 (9.486 %)Windows Vista
8127 (9.058 %)UNIX
997 (6.919 %)Solaris
1040 (2.853 %)Red Hat Linux
1138 (2.710 %)Windows Server 2008
1224 (1.712 %)AIX
1322 (1.569 %)HPUX
1419 (1.355 %)Windows NT
1518 (1.284 %)Debian
1616 (1.141 %)OpenBSD
1713 (0.927 %)Ubuntu
1713 (0.927 %)MVS
189 (0.642 %)Mac OS X
189 (0.642 %)zOS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1134 (9.558 %)ITIL
253 (3.780 %)Disaster Recovery
349 (3.495 %)Security Cleared
437 (2.639 %)Service Delivery
534 (2.425 %)Data Management
628 (1.997 %)Business Development
726 (1.854 %)Configuration Management
825 (1.783 %)Migration
922 (1.569 %)Information Security
922 (1.569 %)Problem Management
1020 (1.427 %)Performance Management
1119 (1.355 %)Risk Assessment
1119 (1.355 %)Data Security
1119 (1.355 %)Quality Management
1218 (1.284 %)CRM
1317 (1.213 %)SC Cleared
1416 (1.141 %)Project Management
1416 (1.141 %)Load Balancing
1416 (1.141 %)Network Design
1515 (1.070 %)Service Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1203 (14.48 %)SQL
240 (2.853 %)C
337 (2.639 %)VBScript
436 (2.568 %)Perl
528 (1.997 %)VB
617 (1.213 %)PHP
716 (1.141 %)Java
716 (1.141 %)Korn
813 (0.927 %)JCL
912 (0.856 %)Python
109 (0.642 %)REXX
118 (0.571 %)Shell Script
118 (0.571 %)VBA
118 (0.571 %)C#
127 (0.499 %)C++
127 (0.499 %)VC++
135 (0.357 %)VB.NET
144 (0.285 %)LotusScript
151 (0.071 %)Transact-SQL
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1286 (20.40 %)Microsoft Certification
2238 (16.98 %)MCSE
384 (5.991 %)Cisco Certification
480 (5.706 %)CCNA
563 (4.494 %)MCP
660 (4.280 %)Degree
748 (3.424 %)MCSA
825 (1.783 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
921 (1.498 %)MCDST
921 (1.498 %)Citrix Certification
1018 (1.284 %)CISSP
1018 (1.284 %)ITIL Certification
1116 (1.141 %)CCA
129 (0.642 %)HP ASE
129 (0.642 %)HP MASE
134 (0.285 %)VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
134 (0.285 %)ISEB
143 (0.214 %)MCDBA
143 (0.214 %)CCEA
143 (0.214 %)Novell Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
125 (1.783 %)SLA
213 (0.927 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
36 (0.428 %)ISO17799
43 (0.214 %)ISO27001
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1614 (43.79 %)Active Directory
2361 (25.75 %)Backup Exec
3182 (12.98 %)NetBackup
4179 (12.77 %)VMware Infrastructure
592 (6.562 %)ISA Server
661 (4.351 %)Citrix Presentation Server
760 (4.280 %)Terminal Services
847 (3.352 %)Terminal Server
945 (3.210 %)VMware ESX
1023 (1.641 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1110 (0.713 %)VMware Workstation
1110 (0.713 %)VMware Server
129 (0.642 %)RACF
136 (0.428 %)Oracle RAC
144 (0.285 %)MailMarshal
144 (0.285 %)MetaFrame
153 (0.214 %)NFS
153 (0.214 %)Samba
153 (0.214 %)VMware GSX
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1340 (24.25 %)Norton AntiVirus
275 (5.350 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
369 (4.922 %)MOM
445 (3.210 %)Legato
536 (2.568 %)EMC NetWorker
629 (2.068 %)WSUS
725 (1.783 %)ARCserve
824 (1.712 %)Tivoli
919 (1.355 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
919 (1.355 %)CONTROL-M
1018 (1.284 %)MAILsweeper
1116 (1.141 %)OpenView
1213 (0.927 %)Nessus
1310 (0.713 %)SCOM
1310 (0.713 %)MIMEsweeper
148 (0.571 %)Unicenter
148 (0.571 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
156 (0.428 %)BMC Performance Manager
156 (0.428 %)HP Data Protector
165 (0.357 %)ZENworks
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1579 (41.30 %)Microsoft
2364 (25.96 %)HP
3341 (24.32 %)VMware
4317 (22.61 %)Citrix
5302 (21.54 %)Cisco
6225 (16.05 %)VERITAS
7136 (9.700 %)McAfee Security
8131 (9.344 %)IBM
9119 (8.488 %)EMC
1077 (5.492 %)NetApp
1170 (4.993 %)Oracle
1170 (4.993 %)CheckPoint
1261 (4.351 %)Lotus
1359 (4.208 %)Dell
1456 (3.994 %)Sophos
1555 (3.923 %)Sun
1649 (3.495 %)Red Hat
1739 (2.782 %)CommVault
1830 (2.140 %)Altiris
1928 (1.997 %)Juniper