Backup Exec Jobs

Symantec Backup Exec
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Backup Exec skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Backup Exec over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 676 847 947
Rank change year-on-year +171 +100 +189
Permanent jobs citing Backup Exec 8 38 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.015% 0.039% 0.038%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.16% 0.38% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 8 35 29
10th Percentile £28,850 £30,200 £23,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £38,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £56,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -46.43% +49.33% -
75th Percentile £33,438 £57,500 £52,125
90th Percentile £45,625 £63,000 £58,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £57,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -47.37% +52.00% +3.45%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,972 9,994 15,281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.53% 10.16% 14.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3,338 7,234 9,375
10th Percentile £37,250 £32,500 £35,400
25th Percentile £48,842 £45,000 £48,091
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,212 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.35% -11.11% -3.57%
75th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £100,525 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

Backup Exec
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Backup Exec in the UK

Backup Exec
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Backup Exec.

Salary trend for Backup Exec in the UK

Backup Exec
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Backup Exec over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Backup Exec in the UK

Backup Exec
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Backup Exec within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +162 8 £30,000 -46.43% 6
UK excluding London +189 7 £30,000 -47.37% 6
North of England +84 4 £30,000 -50.00% 1
Work from Home +179 3 £30,000 -50.00% 2
South West +105 3 £30,000 -47.37% 1
Yorkshire +69 3 £30,000 -50.00%
London +95 1 £39,500 -9.71%
North West - 1 £30,000 - 1

Backup Exec
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 7 (87.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (50.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (12.50%) Azure
3 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) LAN
1 4 (50.00%) VPN
1 4 (50.00%) WAN
2 3 (37.50%) Firewall
2 3 (37.50%) SAN
3 2 (25.00%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (12.50%) DHCP
4 1 (12.50%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) BusinessObjects
General
1 2 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Consultant
1 3 (37.50%) IT Consultant
1 3 (37.50%) IT Support
1 3 (37.50%) Support Consultant
1 3 (37.50%) Technical Consultant
1 3 (37.50%) Technical Support
1 3 (37.50%) Technical Support Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Service Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Services Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) IT Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Driving Licence
1 2 (25.00%) Replication
2 1 (12.50%) Clustering
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Android
2 2 (25.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (12.50%) AIX
3 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) ITIL
2 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (25.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
2 2 (25.00%) Ticket Management
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (12.50%) Data Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Patch Management
3 1 (12.50%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) CCA
1 2 (25.00%) Citrix Certification
1 2 (25.00%) MCP
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (25.00%) Hyper-V
3 2 (25.00%) XenApp
3 2 (25.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (50.00%) SCCM
2 2 (25.00%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
3 1 (12.50%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (100.00%) Veritas
2 3 (37.50%) VMware
3 2 (25.00%) Citrix
3 2 (25.00%) Dell
3 2 (25.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (25.00%) N-able
3 2 (25.00%) Symantec
3 2 (25.00%) Veeam
4 1 (12.50%) Hitachi
4 1 (12.50%) IBM
4 1 (12.50%) NetApp
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle
4 1 (12.50%) SAP
4 1 (12.50%) Snow
4 1 (12.50%) Ubiquiti