The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sophos products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Croydon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sophos over the 3 months to 17 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 Croydon region.

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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sophos
Rank 33 - 38
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 1 0 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 0.350% - 1.060%
As % of the Vendors category 0.800% - 1.840%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
Average salary £32,500 - £18,350
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £33,500 £30,500
% change year-on-year
-10.44% +9.83%
All Vendors
Croydon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
125 157 163
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 43.71% 45.91% 57.60%
Number of salaries quoted 111 145 154
Average salary £45,000 £39,000 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -6.02%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £75,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Sophos
London

Sophos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon Sophos Salary Trend

Sophos
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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
1 4 (100.00%) Symantec
1 4 (100.00%) Norton AntiVirus
2 3 (75.00%) MS Office
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 2000
2 3 (75.00%) Windows XP
2 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (75.00%) VPN
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) MCDST
2 3 (75.00%) MCITP
2 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (25.00%) Veritas

Sophos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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 (75.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) VPN
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Service Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Server Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Server Support Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Server Support
2 1 (25.00%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) Support Specialist
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 2000
2 3 (75.00%) Windows XP
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) MCDST
1 3 (75.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Symantec
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Veritas