The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sophos products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire 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 Cheshire 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 - 130 110
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 0 1 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire - 0.050% 0.371%
As % of the Vendors category - 0.110% 0.873%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 6
Average salary - £20,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -42.85%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £33,500 £30,500
% change year-on-year
-10.44% +9.83%
All Vendors
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
837 910 687
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 46.47% 45.32% 42.46%
Number of salaries quoted 651 792 577
Average salary £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £48,200 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Sophos
North West

Sophos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Sophos Salary Trend

Sophos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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%) Windows XP
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) Citrix
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (50.00%) SonicWALL
3 2 (50.00%) Draytek
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (50.00%) Linux
3 2 (50.00%) C
3 2 (50.00%) MS Office
3 2 (50.00%) MCP
3 2 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (25.00%) Software Deployment
4 1 (25.00%) Software Distribution
4 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
4 1 (25.00%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (25.00%) QA
4 1 (25.00%) XenApp
4 1 (25.00%) XenDesktop
4 1 (25.00%) VBScript
4 1 (25.00%) VB

Sophos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (25.00%) LAN
2 1 (25.00%) WAN
2 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Support Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Support
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Support Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Help Desk Support
3 1 (25.00%) Help Desk Support Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Specialist
3 1 (25.00%) Help Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (25.00%) Thin Client
2 1 (25.00%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (50.00%) Linux
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Software Deployment
1 1 (25.00%) Software Distribution
1 1 (25.00%) Fault Management
1 1 (25.00%) Compatibility Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C
2 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (25.00%) VBScript
2 1 (25.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (50.00%) MCP
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (25.00%) XenApp
3 1 (25.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) McAfee ePO
1 1 (25.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
1 1 (25.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) Citrix
3 2 (50.00%) SonicWALL
3 2 (50.00%) Draytek
4 1 (25.00%) HP
4 1 (25.00%) McAfee