Backup Exec Job Trends in England

Symantec Backup Exec
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Backup Exec skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 613 720 710
Rank change year-on-year +107 -10 +325
Permanent jobs citing Backup Exec 18 31 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.042% 0.045% 0.063%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.37% 0.48% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 18 24 30
10th Percentile £45,125 - £30,850
25th Percentile £46,250 £30,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £35,500 £48,625
Median % change year-on-year +33.80% -26.99% +38.93%
75th Percentile £48,750 £57,500 £67,375
90th Percentile £57,000 £60,000 £75,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £35,000 £48,625
% change year-on-year +35.71% -28.02% +38.93%

All Systems Management Skills
England

Backup Exec falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,842 6,438 8,357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.27% 9.42% 15.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,920 4,115 6,764
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £40,563 £48,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,465 £65,351
Median % change year-on-year -4.53% +0.17% -6.64%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £102,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -3.70%

Backup Exec
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Backup Exec as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Backup Exec in England

Backup Exec
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Backup Exec.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Backup Exec

Backup Exec
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Backup Exec within the England region over the 6 months to 15 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England - 15 £47,500 -
South West +64 2 £57,000 +90.00%
London +82 1 £55,000 +52.78% 1
Backup Exec
UK

Backup Exec
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (88.89%) Azure
1 16 (88.89%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.56%) Asana
2 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
2 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) SAN
2 1 (5.56%) DHCP
2 1 (5.56%) DNS
2 1 (5.56%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (5.56%) Firewall
2 1 (5.56%) iSCSI
2 1 (5.56%) LAN
2 1 (5.56%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.56%) WAN
2 1 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (11.11%) Finance
1 2 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (94.44%) Support Engineer
2 15 (83.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 15 (83.33%) 3rd Line Support
2 15 (83.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 15 (83.33%) Azure Engineer
3 7 (38.89%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (38.89%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
3 7 (38.89%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (38.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (38.89%) Infrastructure Support
3 7 (38.89%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Clustering
2 1 (5.56%) CCTV
2 1 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 16 (88.89%) Windows Server
3 15 (83.33%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (11.11%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (94.44%) ITIL
2 15 (83.33%) Patch Management
2 15 (83.33%) Task Automation
3 7 (38.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
6 1 (5.56%) API Integration
6 1 (5.56%) Customer Service
6 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (5.56%) Data Protection
6 1 (5.56%) ITSM
6 1 (5.56%) Network Load Balancing
6 1 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (5.56%) Process Improvement
6 1 (5.56%) Strategic Planning
6 1 (5.56%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 16 (88.89%) PowerShell
2 2 (11.11%) SQL
3 1 (5.56%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) MCITP
2 1 (5.56%) MCSA
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (88.89%) Hyper-V
3 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
4 1 (5.56%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (5.56%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) NetBackup
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 18 (100.00%) VMware
2 15 (83.33%) Veeam
3 2 (11.11%) Hitachi
3 2 (11.11%) IBM
3 2 (11.11%) NetApp
3 2 (11.11%) Oracle
3 2 (11.11%) Snow
3 2 (11.11%) Veritas
4 1 (5.56%) Cisco
4 1 (5.56%) Datto
4 1 (5.56%) EMC
4 1 (5.56%) Salesforce