The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sophos products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Cirencester 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 Cirencester 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 - - -
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cirencester - - -
As % of the Vendors category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £33,500 £30,500
% change year-on-year
-10.44% +9.83%
All Vendors
Cirencester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
57 85 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cirencester 55.34% 59.03% 27.36%
Number of salaries quoted 52 84 29
Average salary £36,500 £35,000 £30,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.28% +14.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £28,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £38,500 £40,250 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Sophos
Gloucestershire

Sophos
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cirencester 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 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) MCSA
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Symantec
1 1 (100.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Backup Exec
1 1 (100.00%) MCITP
1 1 (100.00%) WSUS
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere

Sophos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cirencester 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 (100.00%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Server Support
1 1 (100.00%) Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Server Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Server Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) MCSA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (100.00%) Backup Exec
1 1 (100.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) Symantec
1 1 (100.00%) VMware