The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sophos products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire 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 134 125 129
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +4
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 1 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.049% 0.103% 0.097%
As % of the Vendors category 0.105% 0.219% 0.196%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 2
Average salary £37,500 £22,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+70.45% -35.29%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £33,500 £30,500
% change year-on-year
-10.44% +9.83%
All Vendors
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
952 912 1020
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 46.62% 46.82% 49.30%
Number of salaries quoted 841 792 885
Average salary £40,000 £36,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,550 £23,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
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 Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Aylesbury - 1 £37,500 -
Sophos
South East

Sophos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) MS Exchange
2 4 (80.00%) Norton AntiVirus
2 4 (80.00%) Symantec
2 4 (80.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (80.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (60.00%) WatchGuard
3 3 (60.00%) Firewall
3 3 (60.00%) Windows XP
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (60.00%) MS Office
3 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
4 2 (40.00%) SLA
4 2 (40.00%) ITIL
4 2 (40.00%) MCP
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (40.00%) Windows 8
4 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
5 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (20.00%) XenApp
5 1 (20.00%) XenDesktop
5 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
5 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (20.00%) Draytek
5 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (20.00%) McAfee
5 1 (20.00%) VMware

Sophos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Application Platforms
1 4 (80.00%) MS Exchange
1 4 (80.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
1 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (20.00%) VoIP
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) DHCP
2 1 (20.00%) VPN
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Support Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Support
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Support Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) 1st Line Support
2 2 (40.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) IT Support
2 2 (40.00%) 1st Line Support Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Help Desk Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Help Desk Support
3 1 (20.00%) Help Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (60.00%) Windows XP
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (40.00%) Windows 8
5 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
5 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
1 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) MCP
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) MCSE
2 1 (20.00%) CCNA
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) XenApp
2 1 (20.00%) XenDesktop
2 1 (20.00%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Symantec
2 3 (60.00%) WatchGuard
3 1 (20.00%) Draytek
3 1 (20.00%) McAfee
3 1 (20.00%) VMware
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Citrix