The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sophos products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sophos over the 3 months to 21 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 Coventry region.

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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sophos
Rank 64 - 52
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 2 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 0.327% - 0.265%
As % of the Vendors category 0.604% - 0.435%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
Average salary £27,000 - £20,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £33,500 £30,500
% change year-on-year
-10.44% +9.83%
All Vendors
Coventry
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
331 168 230
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 54.08% 47.06% 61.01%
Number of salaries quoted 293 145 219
Average salary £37,500 £36,250 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.44% -23.68%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £24,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Sophos
West Midlands

Sophos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry Sophos Salary Trend

Sophos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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%) McAfee
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (60.00%) Backup Exec
2 3 (60.00%) Norton AntiVirus
2 3 (60.00%) Tivoli
2 3 (60.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 3 (60.00%) ARCserve
2 3 (60.00%) Symantec
2 3 (60.00%) VBScript
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Linux
2 3 (60.00%) Lotus Notes
2 3 (60.00%) Lotus Domino
2 3 (60.00%) MCSE
2 3 (60.00%) MCSA
2 3 (60.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) CCNA
2 3 (60.00%) Citrix
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (60.00%) SAN
2 3 (60.00%) NetApp
2 3 (60.00%) Lotus
2 3 (60.00%) MCITP
2 3 (60.00%) WSUS
2 3 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (60.00%) PowerShell

Sophos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 3 (60.00%) Lotus Notes
1 3 (60.00%) Lotus Domino
1 3 (60.00%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (40.00%) Retail
1 2 (40.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Support Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Applications Support
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Applications Support Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Technical Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Support Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (40.00%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) VBScript
1 3 (60.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) MCSE
1 3 (60.00%) MCSA
1 3 (60.00%) CCNA
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (60.00%) MCITP
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (60.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (60.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Backup Exec
1 3 (60.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 3 (60.00%) Tivoli
1 3 (60.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 3 (60.00%) ARCserve
1 3 (60.00%) WSUS
1 3 (60.00%) Zenoss
1 3 (60.00%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) McAfee
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (60.00%) Symantec
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Citrix
2 3 (60.00%) NetApp
2 3 (60.00%) Lotus