The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sophos products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sophos over the 3 months to 22 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 Birmingham region.

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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sophos
Rank 108 89 -
Rank change year-on-year
-19 -
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 4 11 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.237% 0.736% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.407% 1.521% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 11 0
Average salary £22,500 £33,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-32.83% -
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £33,500 £30,500
% change year-on-year
-10.44% +9.83%
All Vendors
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
982 723 712
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 58.11% 48.39% 54.35%
Number of salaries quoted 804 620 602
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £26,250
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Sophos
West Midlands

Sophos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Sophos Salary Trend

Sophos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (50.00%) iPad
3 2 (50.00%) Software Distribution
3 2 (50.00%) Blackberry
3 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (50.00%) MS Office
3 2 (50.00%) iPhone
3 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
3 2 (50.00%) Windows XP
3 2 (50.00%) LAN
3 2 (50.00%) WAN
3 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (50.00%) SLA
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) IP Telephony
3 2 (50.00%) assyst
3 2 (50.00%) Fault Management
3 2 (50.00%) SCCM
4 1 (25.00%) Time Management
4 1 (25.00%) Android
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (25.00%) 3G
4 1 (25.00%) Wireless
4 1 (25.00%) Service Management
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Phone
4 1 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management

Sophos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Office
1 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) LAN
1 2 (50.00%) WAN
1 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (50.00%) IP Telephony
2 1 (25.00%) 3G
2 1 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) IT Support
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Service Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) iPad
1 2 (50.00%) Blackberry
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (50.00%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (50.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (25.00%) Android
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Phone
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Phone 7
4 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Software Distribution
2 2 (50.00%) Fault Management
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) MobileIron