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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sophos products and/or services in IT jobs within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sophos over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSophos
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank121128
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching permanent IT job ads22
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.175 %0.146 %
Salaries quoted22
Average minimum salary£21,000£19,500
Average salary£23,500£20,500
% change on same period last year+14.63 %
Average maximum salary£26,000£21,500
UK excluding London average salary£31,162£29,702
% change on same period last year+4.91 %
Birmingham IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
Birmingham
Matching permanent IT job ads11451369
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.634 %0.574 %
Salaries quoted10251175
Average minimum salary£36,356£37,864
Average salary£40,243£42,091
% change on same period last year-4.39 %
Average maximum salary£44,130£46,318
UK excluding London average salary£40,138£41,870
% change on same period last year-4.13 %
Sophos West MidlandsSophos
West Midlands

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Sophos PLC.

Sophos
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Sophos across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Birmingham Sophos Demand Trend

Sophos
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham Sophos Salary Trend

Sophos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

16 (85.71 %)Windows
16 (85.71 %)MS Exchange
16 (85.71 %)Windows Server 2003
25 (71.43 %)Microsoft
34 (57.14 %)Active Directory
34 (57.14 %)Windows 2000
34 (57.14 %)MCP
34 (57.14 %)Microsoft Certification
34 (57.14 %)Exchange Server 2000
34 (57.14 %)Exchange Server 2003
43 (42.86 %)MS Excel
43 (42.86 %)SLA
43 (42.86 %)SMTP
52 (28.57 %)TCP/IP
52 (28.57 %)LAN
52 (28.57 %)WAN
52 (28.57 %)Cisco
52 (28.57 %)VERITAS
52 (28.57 %)MAILsweeper
52 (28.57 %)Firewall
52 (28.57 %)Telecoms
52 (28.57 %)Health
52 (28.57 %)WatchGuard
52 (28.57 %)Pensions
52 (28.57 %)Windows XP
52 (28.57 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (14.29 %)Citrix Presentation Server
61 (14.29 %)Fat Client
61 (14.29 %)VMware Infrastructure
61 (14.29 %)Windows Vista

Sophos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Birmingham IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (85.71 %)MS Exchange
24 (57.14 %)Exchange Server 2000
24 (57.14 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (14.29 %)Lotus Domino
Birmingham IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (42.86 %)MS Excel
21 (14.29 %)MS Office
Birmingham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (42.86 %)SMTP
22 (28.57 %)TCP/IP
22 (28.57 %)LAN
22 (28.57 %)WAN
22 (28.57 %)Firewall
31 (14.29 %)Wireless
31 (14.29 %)VPN
Birmingham IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (28.57 %)Telecoms
12 (28.57 %)Health
12 (28.57 %)Pensions
Birmingham IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (42.86 %)Technical Specialist
13 (42.86 %)Messaging Specialist
22 (28.57 %)Exchange Specialist
22 (28.57 %)Technical Support
31 (14.29 %)Support Specialist
31 (14.29 %)Field Engineer
31 (14.29 %)Technical Support Analyst
31 (14.29 %)Technical Analyst
31 (14.29 %)Technical Support Specialist
31 (14.29 %)Analyst
31 (14.29 %)Support Analyst
31 (14.29 %)Senior Technical Specialist
31 (14.29 %)Senior Technical Support
Birmingham IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (14.29 %)Thin Client
11 (14.29 %)Fat Client
Birmingham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (85.71 %)Windows
16 (85.71 %)Windows Server 2003
24 (57.14 %)Windows 2000
32 (28.57 %)Windows XP
32 (28.57 %)Windows 2000 Server
41 (14.29 %)Windows NT
41 (14.29 %)Windows Vista
Birmingham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (14.29 %)CRM
Birmingham IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (57.14 %)MCP
14 (57.14 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (14.29 %)MCSE
21 (14.29 %)MCSA
Birmingham IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (42.86 %)SLA
Birmingham IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (57.14 %)Active Directory
21 (14.29 %)Terminal Services
21 (14.29 %)Citrix Presentation Server
21 (14.29 %)VMware Infrastructure
Birmingham IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (28.57 %)MAILsweeper
Birmingham IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (71.43 %)Microsoft
22 (28.57 %)VERITAS
22 (28.57 %)Cisco
22 (28.57 %)WatchGuard
31 (14.29 %)Lotus
31 (14.29 %)VMware
31 (14.29 %)Citrix