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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 Cambridge 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSophos
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank103-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads220
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.989 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted220
Average minimum salary£35,136-
Average salary£35,568-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£36,000-
UK excluding London average salary£31,696£28,835
% change on same period last year+9.92 %
Cambridge IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads736765
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.426 %0.329 %
Salaries quoted618612
Average minimum salary£34,069£33,431
Average salary£36,781£35,994
% change on same period last year+2.18 %
Average maximum salary£39,494£38,557
UK excluding London average salary£40,460£41,836
% change on same period last year-3.28 %
Sophos CambridgeshireSophos
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Sophos Salary Trend

Sophos
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Sophos across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Cambridge Sophos Salary Histogram

Sophos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

138 (100.00 %)Windows
138 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
231 (81.58 %)Windows XP
320 (52.63 %)Nessus
320 (52.63 %)Tripwire
320 (52.63 %)Intrusion Detection
320 (52.63 %)Debian
320 (52.63 %)OpenBSD
320 (52.63 %)VMware ESX
320 (52.63 %)Ubuntu
320 (52.63 %)Korn
320 (52.63 %)Red Hat Linux
320 (52.63 %)Symantec
320 (52.63 %)Red Hat
320 (52.63 %)SSL
320 (52.63 %)Active Directory
320 (52.63 %)Apache
320 (52.63 %)Tomcat
320 (52.63 %)Python
320 (52.63 %)Solaris
320 (52.63 %)Linux
320 (52.63 %)C
320 (52.63 %)Perl
320 (52.63 %)UNIX
418 (47.37 %)MCSE
418 (47.37 %)Microsoft Certification
418 (47.37 %)VERITAS
517 (44.74 %)Terminal Services
517 (44.74 %)Firewall
616 (42.11 %)Microsoft

Sophos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
120 (52.63 %)Apache
120 (52.63 %)Tomcat
216 (42.11 %)MS Exchange
35 (13.16 %)Exchange Server 2003
Cambridge IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
114 (36.84 %)MS Excel
Cambridge IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
120 (52.63 %)SSL
120 (52.63 %)Intrusion Detection
217 (44.74 %)Firewall
312 (31.58 %)LAN
411 (28.95 %)TCP/IP
59 (23.68 %)WAN
66 (15.79 %)VLAN
Cambridge IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
123 (60.53 %)Analyst
123 (60.53 %)Support Analyst
123 (60.53 %)Senior Analyst
123 (60.53 %)Senior Support Analyst
220 (52.63 %)Administrator
37 (18.42 %)Technical Consultant
37 (18.42 %)Consultant
46 (15.79 %)Support Specialist
46 (15.79 %)Technical Specialist
54 (10.53 %)Technical Support Specialist
54 (10.53 %)Senior Technical Support
54 (10.53 %)Senior Technical Specialist
54 (10.53 %)Technical Support
61 (2.632 %)Systems Support
61 (2.632 %)IT Consultant
61 (2.632 %)IT Manager
Cambridge IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (2.632 %)Blackberry
Cambridge IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
138 (100.00 %)Windows
138 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
231 (81.58 %)Windows XP
320 (52.63 %)UNIX
320 (52.63 %)Solaris
320 (52.63 %)Linux
320 (52.63 %)Debian
320 (52.63 %)OpenBSD
320 (52.63 %)Ubuntu
320 (52.63 %)Red Hat Linux
411 (28.95 %)Windows 2000 Server
Cambridge IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (2.632 %)ITIL
Cambridge IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
120 (52.63 %)C
120 (52.63 %)Perl
120 (52.63 %)Python
120 (52.63 %)Korn
Cambridge IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
118 (47.37 %)MCSE
118 (47.37 %)Microsoft Certification
26 (15.79 %)MCP
35 (13.16 %)MCSA
41 (2.632 %)ITIL Certification
Cambridge IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.632 %)SLA
Cambridge IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
120 (52.63 %)Active Directory
120 (52.63 %)VMware ESX
217 (44.74 %)Terminal Services
37 (18.42 %)Backup Exec
Cambridge IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
120 (52.63 %)Nessus
Cambridge IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
120 (52.63 %)Red Hat
120 (52.63 %)Symantec
120 (52.63 %)Tripwire
218 (47.37 %)VERITAS
316 (42.11 %)Microsoft
411 (28.95 %)Cisco
411 (28.95 %)WatchGuard