The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symantec products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Symantec over the 3 months to 21 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 West Midlands 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symantec
Rank 166 108 145
Rank change year-on-year
-58 +37
Permanent jobs citing Symantec 37 74 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.739% 1.639% 0.661%
As % of the Vendors category 1.457% 3.410% 1.352%
Number of salaries quoted 35 51 21
Average salary £41,250 £33,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.13% -33.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £57,500 £61,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- -6.25%
All Vendors
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2539 2170 1997
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 50.68% 48.07% 48.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2068 1811 1647
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £61,200 £60,000
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Symantec Salary Trend

Symantec
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Symantec across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 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
Birmingham -27 14 £38,000 +13.43%
Coventry - 9 £37,500 -
Warwickshire +3 8 £45,000 +80.00%
Solihull -24 7 £35,500 -
Wolverhampton - 4 £43,750 -
Worcestershire - 4 £43,750 -
Staffordshire - 2 - -
Shropshire - 1 £45,000 -
Symantec
England

Symantec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 54 (85.71%) Windows
2 49 (77.78%) VMware
3 40 (63.49%) Microsoft
4 30 (47.62%) SAN
5 28 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
5 28 (44.44%) MS Exchange
6 27 (42.86%) Linux
6 27 (42.86%) Hyper-V
7 26 (41.27%) MS Excel
7 26 (41.27%) Citrix
8 25 (39.68%) Norton AntiVirus
9 24 (38.10%) VMware Infrastructure
10 23 (36.51%) NetApp
11 22 (34.92%) Windows Server 2008
12 21 (33.33%) Active Directory
12 21 (33.33%) MCSE
12 21 (33.33%) ITIL
12 21 (33.33%) NetBackup
12 21 (33.33%) Backup Exec
13 20 (31.75%) vSphere
14 19 (30.16%) MCITP
14 19 (30.16%) Cisco
15 18 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
16 17 (26.98%) SQL Server
17 16 (25.40%) ARCserve
18 14 (22.22%) Veritas
18 14 (22.22%) McAfee
18 14 (22.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
19 13 (20.63%) WSUS
20 11 (17.46%) SQL

Symantec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 3 (4.762%) EDI
2 2 (3.175%) Application Packaging
2 2 (3.175%) COM
Application Platforms
1 28 (44.44%) MS Exchange
2 11 (17.46%) Exchange Server 2003
3 10 (15.87%) Exchange Server 2007
3 10 (15.87%) Exchange Server 2010
4 5 (7.937%) Lotus Notes
4 5 (7.937%) Lotus Domino
4 5 (7.937%) Exchange Server 2000
5 4 (6.349%) SharePoint
6 2 (3.175%) Lync
6 2 (3.175%) IIS
6 2 (3.175%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 26 (41.27%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.587%) CATIA
2 1 (1.587%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 30 (47.62%) SAN
2 11 (17.46%) iSCSI
3 8 (12.70%) Fibre Channel
4 7 (11.11%) IP Telephony
5 6 (9.524%) Unified Communications
6 5 (7.937%) DNS
6 5 (7.937%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (6.349%) DHCP
7 4 (6.349%) Firewall
8 3 (4.762%) NAS
9 2 (3.175%) Cisco PIX
9 2 (3.175%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (3.175%) TCP/IP
9 2 (3.175%) LAN
9 2 (3.175%) VoIP
9 2 (3.175%) WAN
10 1 (1.587%) Internet
10 1 (1.587%) VLAN
10 1 (1.587%) Wireshark
10 1 (1.587%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (26.98%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.175%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (3.175%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (3.175%) DB2
2 2 (3.175%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 1 (1.587%) MSI
1 1 (1.587%) InstallShield
1 1 (1.587%) AdminStudio
General
1 4 (6.349%) Automotive
1 4 (6.349%) Retail
2 2 (3.175%) Telecoms
2 2 (3.175%) Finance
2 2 (3.175%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 20 (31.75%) Analyst
2 12 (19.05%) Consultant
3 11 (17.46%) Technical Consultant
4 10 (15.87%) Technical Analyst
5 9 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
5 9 (14.29%) Senior Technical Analyst
6 7 (11.11%) Technical Specialist
7 6 (9.524%) Team Leader
8 5 (7.937%) 3rd Line Support
8 5 (7.937%) Systems Administrator
8 5 (7.937%) Systems Engineer
8 5 (7.937%) Systems Analyst
9 4 (6.349%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 4 (6.349%) Senior Consultant
9 4 (6.349%) Support Engineer
9 4 (6.349%) Support Team Leader
9 4 (6.349%) Senior Technical Consultant
10 3 (4.762%) Senior Systems Administrator
10 3 (4.762%) Administrator
10 3 (4.762%) Wintel Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.70%) Replication
2 4 (6.349%) Blackberry
3 2 (3.175%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.587%) Clustering
4 1 (1.587%) CLARiiON
4 1 (1.587%) Symmetrix DMX
4 1 (1.587%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 54 (85.71%) Windows
2 27 (42.86%) Linux
3 22 (34.92%) Windows Server 2008
4 18 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
5 9 (14.29%) UNIX
6 8 (12.70%) HPUX
6 8 (12.70%) Solaris
7 6 (9.524%) Windows 7
7 6 (9.524%) SUSE
8 4 (6.349%) Windows Vista
9 3 (4.762%) Windows XP
10 2 (3.175%) Windows XP Embedded
10 2 (3.175%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (3.175%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (33.33%) ITIL
2 10 (15.87%) Project Management
3 9 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 6 (9.524%) Data Management
5 5 (7.937%) Business Development
6 3 (4.762%) PRINCE2
6 3 (4.762%) Change Control
6 3 (4.762%) Problem Management
7 2 (3.175%) Incident Management
7 2 (3.175%) TOGAF
7 2 (3.175%) Time Management
7 2 (3.175%) Build Automation
7 2 (3.175%) Software Deployment
7 2 (3.175%) Configuration Management
7 2 (3.175%) Business Continuity
8 1 (1.587%) Migration
8 1 (1.587%) MOF
8 1 (1.587%) CAD
8 1 (1.587%) Data Security
8 1 (1.587%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (17.46%) SQL
2 8 (12.70%) VBScript
3 5 (7.937%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.587%) C
4 1 (1.587%) VB
Qualifications
1 28 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
2 21 (33.33%) MCSE
3 19 (30.16%) MCITP
4 14 (22.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 11 (17.46%) MCSA
6 9 (14.29%) MCP
7 8 (12.70%) CCNA
7 8 (12.70%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (11.11%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
9 6 (9.524%) NCIE
9 6 (9.524%) A+ Certification
9 6 (9.524%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (7.937%) NCDA
10 5 (7.937%) MCTS
11 3 (4.762%) VCP5
11 3 (4.762%) VCP4
12 2 (3.175%) CCAA
12 2 (3.175%) CCNP
12 2 (3.175%) Citrix Certification
13 1 (1.587%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (17.46%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (42.86%) Hyper-V
2 24 (38.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (33.33%) Active Directory
4 20 (31.75%) vSphere
5 11 (17.46%) XenApp
6 10 (15.87%) VMware ESX
7 9 (14.29%) XenServer
8 8 (12.70%) XenDesktop
9 4 (6.349%) IAG
10 2 (3.175%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 2 (3.175%) UAG
10 2 (3.175%) Forefront TMG
11 1 (1.587%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (1.587%) ISA Server
11 1 (1.587%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 25 (39.68%) Norton AntiVirus
2 21 (33.33%) NetBackup
2 21 (33.33%) Backup Exec
3 16 (25.40%) ARCserve
4 13 (20.63%) WSUS
5 9 (14.29%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
6 8 (12.70%) Tivoli
6 8 (12.70%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 6 (9.524%) SCCM
7 6 (9.524%) SCOM
8 5 (7.937%) Zenoss
8 5 (7.937%) WhatsUp Gold
9 2 (3.175%) Cacti
9 2 (3.175%) MOM
10 1 (1.587%) MAILsweeper
10 1 (1.587%) Nagios
10 1 (1.587%) HP Data Protector
Vendors
1 49 (77.78%) VMware
2 40 (63.49%) Microsoft
3 26 (41.27%) Citrix
4 23 (36.51%) NetApp
5 19 (30.16%) Cisco
6 14 (22.22%) Veritas
6 14 (22.22%) McAfee
7 9 (14.29%) HP
8 8 (12.70%) Sun
9 7 (11.11%) CommVault
10 5 (7.937%) Sophos
10 5 (7.937%) EMC
10 5 (7.937%) Lotus
11 4 (6.349%) Oracle
11 4 (6.349%) Red Hat
12 3 (4.762%) SolarWinds
13 2 (3.175%) CheckPoint
13 2 (3.175%) Remedy
13 2 (3.175%) Dell
13 2 (3.175%) IBM
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
MS Exchange Server 2003/2007/2010, especially Exchange 2010), Anti-virus solutions (e.g. McAfee, Symantec,Trend), Active Directory, Backup solutions (e.g. Veritas, ARCServe), Virtualisation technologies (e...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 32,000 - 39,000
Posted: 20 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
SCCM and SCOM 2007... office365. App-V... VmWare. Citrix. Windows 7 and Windows 8 Deployment... TOGAF... Key Words: App-V, Lync, 365, Microsoft, Infrastructure, Technical Architect, Windows 2003 /...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £60K basic + 5K Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
SCCM and SCOM 2007... office365. App-V... Windows 7... Microsoft Methodology - MOF and MSA. TOGAF... Key Words: Microsoft, Infrastructure, Technical Architect, Windows 2003 / 2008, Active Directory, SCCM, SCOM,...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £65K basic + 5K Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
West Midlands
Netbackup... (HP-UX, SUN Solaris, Linux & Windows). Good understanding of Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and LTO technologies... Key Words: Senior Technical Analyst, Netbackup, HP-UX, SUN Solaris, Linux & Windows.
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum + Oncall + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Virtualisation experience using VMWare. Knowledge of Tivoli products. Experience with Storage products - preferably IBM. Experience of Symantec Products... Security Cleared is highly desirable although ability to become so...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £70K basic + Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
West Midlands
As a specialist in Symantec NetBackup the Solutions Architect will be working on a large client account to provide solutions design for refresh and upgrade implementations... Candidates must...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: Excellent Salary Package
Posted: 15 May 2013