The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sophos products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Bracknell region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sophos over the 3 months to 20 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 Bracknell region.

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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sophos
Rank 52 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 25 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bracknell 4.762% - -
As % of the Vendors category 6.234% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Average salary £30,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,500
% change year-on-year
- -1.63%
All Vendors
Bracknell
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
401 216 209
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bracknell 76.38% 55.53% 57.26%
Number of salaries quoted 224 152 178
Average salary £33,000 £40,000 £40,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.50% -1.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £60,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Sophos
Berkshire

Sophos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell Sophos Salary Trend

Sophos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bracknell 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 38 (95.00%) Windows
1 38 (95.00%) MS Excel
1 38 (95.00%) Microsoft
1 38 (95.00%) HP
1 38 (95.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 38 (95.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 38 (95.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 38 (95.00%) McAfee
1 38 (95.00%) Telecoms
1 38 (95.00%) Finance
1 38 (95.00%) Retail
1 38 (95.00%) Fujitsu
1 38 (95.00%) SC Cleared
1 38 (95.00%) Security Cleared
1 38 (95.00%) Software Deployment
1 38 (95.00%) Software Distribution
2 24 (60.00%) MCP
2 24 (60.00%) SCCM
2 24 (60.00%) MCITP
2 24 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (60.00%) Windows XP
2 24 (60.00%) MCSE
3 14 (35.00%) Release Management
3 14 (35.00%) DV Cleared
4 2 (5.000%) Aruba
4 2 (5.000%) Barracuda Networks
4 2 (5.000%) Business Development
4 2 (5.000%) Blue Coat
4 2 (5.000%) Juniper
4 2 (5.000%) CheckPoint

Sophos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bracknell 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 (95.00%) MS Excel
General
1 38 (95.00%) Telecoms
1 38 (95.00%) Finance
1 38 (95.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 38 (95.00%) Support Engineer
1 38 (95.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 38 (95.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 24 (60.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 24 (60.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 24 (60.00%) Desktop Support
3 2 (5.000%) Development Manager
3 2 (5.000%) Business Development Manager
3 2 (5.000%) Business Manager
Operating Systems
1 38 (95.00%) Windows
1 38 (95.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 24 (60.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (95.00%) Software Deployment
1 38 (95.00%) Software Distribution
2 14 (35.00%) Release Management
3 2 (5.000%) Business Development
Qualifications
1 38 (95.00%) SC Cleared
1 38 (95.00%) Security Cleared
2 24 (60.00%) MCP
2 24 (60.00%) MCSE
2 24 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (60.00%) MCITP
3 14 (35.00%) DV Cleared
Systems Management
1 38 (95.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 38 (95.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 24 (60.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 38 (95.00%) Microsoft
1 38 (95.00%) HP
1 38 (95.00%) McAfee
1 38 (95.00%) Fujitsu
2 2 (5.000%) Barracuda Networks
2 2 (5.000%) Aruba
2 2 (5.000%) Blue Coat
2 2 (5.000%) Juniper
2 2 (5.000%) CheckPoint
Bracknell, Berkshire
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Posted: 17 May 2013