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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sophos products and/or services in IT jobs within the North East region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sophos over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSophos
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank87-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads20
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.413 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted20
Average minimum salary£24,000-
Average salary£25,000-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£26,000-
UK excluding London average salary£31,741£34,044
% change on same period last year-6.76 %
North East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
North East
Matching permanent IT job ads484700
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.256 %0.287 %
Salaries quoted348552
Average minimum salary£30,301£32,794
Average salary£35,101£38,102
% change on same period last year-7.87 %
Average maximum salary£39,901£43,411
UK excluding London average salary£39,792£42,049
% change on same period last year-5.36 %
Sophos EnglandSophos
England

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Sophos PLC.

Sophos
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Sophos across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

North East Sophos Demand Trend

Sophos
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Sophos across the North East region.

North East Sophos Salary Trend

Sophos
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Sophos across the North East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

North East Sophos Salary Histogram

Sophos
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sophos within the North East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
DurhamNew entry-1£25,000-
Tyne and WearNew entry-1£25,000-
Sophos EnglandSophos
England

Sophos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the North East 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.

16 (100.00 %)Windows
16 (100.00 %)Windows 2000
16 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
16 (100.00 %)DHCP
16 (100.00 %)DNS
16 (100.00 %)Microsoft
16 (100.00 %)Active Directory
16 (100.00 %)Symantec
16 (100.00 %)Norton AntiVirus
16 (100.00 %)Backup Exec
16 (100.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
25 (83.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
25 (83.33 %)CMS
25 (83.33 %)VPN
25 (83.33 %)Firewall
25 (83.33 %)Blackberry
25 (83.33 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
25 (83.33 %)Clearswift
33 (50.00 %)Terminal Server
33 (50.00 %)Release Management
42 (33.33 %)Degree
42 (33.33 %)Insurance
42 (33.33 %)Finance
42 (33.33 %)Microsoft Certification
42 (33.33 %)PRINCE2 Certification
42 (33.33 %)ITIL Certification
42 (33.33 %)ITIL
42 (33.33 %)PRINCE2
42 (33.33 %)MCSE
51 (16.67 %)Client/Server

Sophos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the North East 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.

North East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
16 (100.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
25 (83.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
25 (83.33 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
25 (83.33 %)CMS
North East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (100.00 %)DHCP
16 (100.00 %)DNS
25 (83.33 %)Firewall
25 (83.33 %)VPN
31 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
North East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (33.33 %)Finance
12 (33.33 %)Insurance
21 (16.67 %)Pensions
North East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (83.33 %)Infrastructure Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Systems Support Analyst
21 (16.67 %)Analyst
21 (16.67 %)Systems Analyst
21 (16.67 %)Systems Support
21 (16.67 %)Support Analyst
North East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (83.33 %)Blackberry
21 (16.67 %)Client/Server
North East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (100.00 %)Windows
16 (100.00 %)Windows 2000
21 (16.67 %)VMS
21 (16.67 %)UNIX
North East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (50.00 %)Release Management
22 (33.33 %)ITIL
22 (33.33 %)PRINCE2
North East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (33.33 %)MCSE
12 (33.33 %)Microsoft Certification
12 (33.33 %)PRINCE2 Certification
12 (33.33 %)ITIL Certification
12 (33.33 %)Degree
North East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (100.00 %)Active Directory
16 (100.00 %)Backup Exec
23 (50.00 %)Terminal Server
North East IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (100.00 %)Norton AntiVirus
North East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (100.00 %)Microsoft
16 (100.00 %)Symantec
25 (83.33 %)Clearswift
31 (16.67 %)Citrix
31 (16.67 %)Cisco
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