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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 608 686 673
Rank change year-on-year +78 -13 +349
Permanent jobs citing Backup Exec 17 29 29
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.040% 0.047% 0.058%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.38% 0.46% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 17 22 26
10th Percentile £44,750 - £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £30,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £33,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -30.00% +35.71%
75th Percentile £48,750 £43,563 £73,750
90th Percentile £52,050 £59,750 £76,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £33,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year +42.86% -30.00% +35.71%

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 4,433 6,256 7,654
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.37% 10.09% 15.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,884 3,797 6,272
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £35,410
25th Percentile £40,000 £48,925 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,250 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +3.85% -3.89%
75th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% -3.70%

Backup Exec
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Backup Exec relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Backup Exec job vacancy trend 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 22 October 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 +22 15 £47,500 +13.10%
London +46 1 £55,000 +52.78% 1
South West +40 1 £57,000 +90.00%
Backup Exec
UK

Backup Exec
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 17 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (94.12%) Azure
1 16 (94.12%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.88%) Asana
2 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
2 1 (5.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) SAN
2 1 (5.88%) DHCP
2 1 (5.88%) DNS
2 1 (5.88%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (5.88%) Firewall
2 1 (5.88%) iSCSI
2 1 (5.88%) LAN
2 1 (5.88%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.88%) WAN
2 1 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (5.88%) Finance
1 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (94.12%) Support Engineer
2 15 (88.24%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 15 (88.24%) 3rd Line Support
2 15 (88.24%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 15 (88.24%) Azure Engineer
3 7 (41.18%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (41.18%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
3 7 (41.18%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (41.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (41.18%) Infrastructure Support
3 7 (41.18%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Clustering
2 1 (5.88%) CCTV
2 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (100.00%) Windows
2 16 (94.12%) Windows Server
3 15 (88.24%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (5.88%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (94.12%) ITIL
2 15 (88.24%) Patch Management
2 15 (88.24%) Task Automation
3 7 (41.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (5.88%) API Integration
5 1 (5.88%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (5.88%) Customer Service
5 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (5.88%) Data Protection
5 1 (5.88%) ITSM
5 1 (5.88%) Network Load Balancing
5 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (5.88%) Process Improvement
5 1 (5.88%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (5.88%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 16 (94.12%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.88%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (5.88%) MCITP
1 1 (5.88%) MCSA
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (94.12%) Hyper-V
3 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
4 1 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (5.88%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 17 (100.00%) VMware
2 15 (88.24%) Veeam
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco
3 1 (5.88%) Datto
3 1 (5.88%) EMC
3 1 (5.88%) Hitachi
3 1 (5.88%) IBM
3 1 (5.88%) NetApp
3 1 (5.88%) Oracle
3 1 (5.88%) Salesforce
3 1 (5.88%) Snow
3 1 (5.88%) Veritas