The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sophos products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sophos over the 3 months to 24 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 Berkshire region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Sophos PLC.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sophos
Rank 193 211 -
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 26 11 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.499% 0.179% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.868% 0.366% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 11 0
Average salary £30,000 £42,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-29.41% -
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £33,500 £30,500
% change year-on-year
-10.44% +9.83%
All Vendors
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2996 3009 2668
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 57.50% 48.84% 51.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2340 2538 2178
Average salary £42,500 £44,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.40% -2.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Sophos
South East

Sophos
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Sophos across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Berkshire Sophos Jobs Demand Trend

Sophos
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Sophos across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Sophos Salary Trend

Sophos
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sophos within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Bracknell - 24 £30,500 -
Slough - 1 £28,500 -
Sophos
South East

Sophos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Sophos 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 Sophos.

1 39 (90.70%) Microsoft
1 39 (90.70%) HP
2 38 (88.37%) McAfee
2 38 (88.37%) Telecoms
2 38 (88.37%) Finance
2 38 (88.37%) Retail
2 38 (88.37%) Windows
2 38 (88.37%) MS Excel
2 38 (88.37%) Windows Server 2003
2 38 (88.37%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 38 (88.37%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 38 (88.37%) Fujitsu
2 38 (88.37%) SC Cleared
2 38 (88.37%) Security Cleared
2 38 (88.37%) Software Deployment
2 38 (88.37%) Software Distribution
3 23 (53.49%) SCCM
3 23 (53.49%) MCITP
3 23 (53.49%) Microsoft Certification
3 23 (53.49%) Windows XP
3 23 (53.49%) MCSE
3 23 (53.49%) MCP
4 15 (34.88%) Release Management
4 15 (34.88%) DV Cleared
5 4 (9.302%) CheckPoint
6 3 (6.977%) Blue Coat
6 3 (6.977%) Juniper
6 3 (6.977%) Business Development
6 3 (6.977%) Aruba
6 3 (6.977%) Barracuda Networks

Sophos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Sophos 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 Sophos. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 38 (88.37%) MS Excel
General
1 38 (88.37%) Telecoms
1 38 (88.37%) Finance
1 38 (88.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 39 (90.70%) 2nd Line Support
2 38 (88.37%) Support Engineer
2 38 (88.37%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 23 (53.49%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 23 (53.49%) Desktop Engineer
3 23 (53.49%) Desktop Support
4 3 (6.977%) Development Manager
4 3 (6.977%) Business Manager
4 3 (6.977%) Business Development Manager
5 1 (2.326%) Account Manager
Operating Systems
1 38 (88.37%) Windows
1 38 (88.37%) Windows Server 2003
2 23 (53.49%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (88.37%) Software Deployment
1 38 (88.37%) Software Distribution
2 15 (34.88%) Release Management
3 3 (6.977%) Business Development
4 1 (2.326%) Migration
Qualifications
1 38 (88.37%) SC Cleared
1 38 (88.37%) Security Cleared
2 23 (53.49%) MCITP
2 23 (53.49%) Microsoft Certification
2 23 (53.49%) MCSE
2 23 (53.49%) MCP
3 15 (34.88%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 1 (2.326%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 38 (88.37%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 38 (88.37%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 23 (53.49%) SCCM
3 1 (2.326%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 39 (90.70%) Microsoft
1 39 (90.70%) HP
2 38 (88.37%) McAfee
2 38 (88.37%) Fujitsu
3 4 (9.302%) CheckPoint
4 3 (6.977%) Blue Coat
4 3 (6.977%) Juniper
4 3 (6.977%) Aruba
4 3 (6.977%) Barracuda Networks
5 1 (2.326%) Hitachi
5 1 (2.326%) Apple
5 1 (2.326%) Symantec
5 1 (2.326%) Cisco
5 1 (2.326%) Dell
5 1 (2.326%) Citrix
5 1 (2.326%) Adobe
5 1 (2.326%) VMware
5 1 (2.326%) Toshiba