The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sophos products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sophos over the 3 months to 19 June 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 East Midlands region.

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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sophos
Rank 135 165 170
Rank change year-on-year
+30 +5
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 24 3 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.762% 0.091% 0.135%
As % of the Vendors category 1.501% 0.206% 0.300%
Number of salaries quoted 13 3 5
Average salary £31,250 £25,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -9.09%
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £35,000 £29,000
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +20.68%
All Vendors
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1599 1454 1665
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 50.79% 43.94% 44.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1371 1229 1439
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £55,600 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Sophos
England

Sophos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Sophos Salary Trend

Sophos
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Sophos across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

East Midlands Sophos Salary Histogram

Sophos
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sophos within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Northamptonshire +9 15 £70,000 +133.33%
Leicestershire - 4 £27,500 -
Lincolnshire - 2 £26,000 -
Derbyshire - 2 £25,750 -
Sophos
England

Sophos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 24 (88.89%) Symantec
2 23 (85.19%) Microsoft
3 21 (77.78%) VMware
4 19 (70.37%) HP
5 17 (62.96%) McAfee
5 17 (62.96%) VMware Infrastructure
6 16 (59.26%) Sage
6 16 (59.26%) CA
6 16 (59.26%) Citrix
7 15 (55.56%) Compaq
7 15 (55.56%) Dell
7 15 (55.56%) Adobe
7 15 (55.56%) IBM
7 15 (55.56%) B2B
7 15 (55.56%) Apple
7 15 (55.56%) Toshiba
7 15 (55.56%) Business Development
7 15 (55.56%) Fujitsu
7 15 (55.56%) Acronis
7 15 (55.56%) Trend Micro
7 15 (55.56%) GFI Software
7 15 (55.56%) AVG
8 9 (33.33%) Windows
9 8 (29.63%) MS Exchange
10 6 (22.22%) Backup Exec
11 5 (18.52%) Retail
11 5 (18.52%) Firewall
11 5 (18.52%) WAN
11 5 (18.52%) VPN
11 5 (18.52%) Active Directory

Sophos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 Development
1 3 (11.11%) HTML
2 2 (7.407%) XML
3 1 (3.704%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 8 (29.63%) MS Exchange
2 5 (18.52%) SharePoint
2 5 (18.52%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (14.81%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (7.407%) Lync
4 2 (7.407%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Office 365
2 2 (7.407%) MS Excel
3 1 (3.704%) MS Visio
3 1 (3.704%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (7.407%) Retail-J
1 2 (7.407%) SAP Retail
Communications & Networking
1 5 (18.52%) Firewall
1 5 (18.52%) WAN
1 5 (18.52%) VPN
2 4 (14.81%) SMTP
2 4 (14.81%) SSL
3 3 (11.11%) SAN
4 2 (7.407%) LAN
4 2 (7.407%) Wireless
4 2 (7.407%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.407%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (18.52%) Retail
2 2 (7.407%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 15 (55.56%) Account Manager
1 15 (55.56%) Sales Executive
1 15 (55.56%) IT Sales Executive
2 3 (11.11%) Systems Administrator
2 3 (11.11%) Administrator
3 2 (7.407%) IT Services Manager
3 2 (7.407%) Service Desk Manager
3 2 (7.407%) Field Engineer
3 2 (7.407%) Applications Support
3 2 (7.407%) Service Manager
3 2 (7.407%) Applications Support Analyst
3 2 (7.407%) Support Analyst
3 2 (7.407%) Analyst
4 1 (3.704%) Consultant
4 1 (3.704%) Field Service Engineer
4 1 (3.704%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (3.704%) Implementation Consultant
4 1 (3.704%) Installations Engineer
4 1 (3.704%) Microsoft Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) EPoS
2 2 (7.407%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.704%) EFT
3 1 (3.704%) Client/Server
3 1 (3.704%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 9 (33.33%) Windows
2 5 (18.52%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (14.81%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (11.11%) Windows XP
5 2 (7.407%) Windows 8
5 2 (7.407%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (3.704%) UNIX
6 1 (3.704%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (55.56%) B2B
1 15 (55.56%) Business Development
2 2 (7.407%) Incident Management
2 2 (7.407%) ITIL
3 1 (3.704%) DNA
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) SQL
2 3 (11.11%) VB
3 2 (7.407%) Java
3 2 (7.407%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (11.11%) MCSE
3 2 (7.407%) Degree
3 2 (7.407%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) SLA
2 2 (7.407%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (62.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (18.52%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.704%) Terminal Server
3 1 (3.704%) Terminal Services
3 1 (3.704%) VMware ESX
3 1 (3.704%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (22.22%) Backup Exec
2 2 (7.407%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 2 (7.407%) SCCM
2 2 (7.407%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (3.704%) WSUS
Vendors
1 24 (88.89%) Symantec
2 23 (85.19%) Microsoft
3 21 (77.78%) VMware
4 19 (70.37%) HP
5 17 (62.96%) McAfee
6 16 (59.26%) Sage
6 16 (59.26%) CA
6 16 (59.26%) Citrix
7 15 (55.56%) Compaq
7 15 (55.56%) Dell
7 15 (55.56%) Adobe
7 15 (55.56%) IBM
7 15 (55.56%) Apple
7 15 (55.56%) Toshiba
7 15 (55.56%) Fujitsu
7 15 (55.56%) Acronis
7 15 (55.56%) Trend Micro
7 15 (55.56%) GFI Software
7 15 (55.56%) AVG
8 2 (7.407%) SAP
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