The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sophos products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the North West 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 North West 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 243 249 227
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -22
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 3 2 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.041% 0.027% 0.043%
As % of the Vendors category 0.090% 0.057% 0.084%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 3
Average salary £37,500 £20,000 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+87.50% -31.03%
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £35,000 £29,000
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +20.68%
All Vendors
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3319 3498 3551
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 45.38% 47.79% 50.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2774 3016 3119
Average salary £37,500 £37,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.35% -3.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Sophos Salary Trend

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 North West 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
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Job
Vacancies
Manchester - 3 £37,500 -
Sophos
England

Sophos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 10 (100.00%) Windows
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (80.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 8 (80.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (70.00%) VMware
3 7 (70.00%) SCCM
3 7 (70.00%) SAN
4 6 (60.00%) Cisco
5 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
5 5 (50.00%) MOM
5 5 (50.00%) ITIL
5 5 (50.00%) MS Excel
5 5 (50.00%) Windows XP
5 5 (50.00%) MS Exchange
5 5 (50.00%) Windows 7
6 4 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (40.00%) Finance
6 4 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (40.00%) Citrix
7 3 (30.00%) SCOM
7 3 (30.00%) NetApp
7 3 (30.00%) SLA
7 3 (30.00%) Linux
7 3 (30.00%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (30.00%) PowerShell
7 3 (30.00%) Hyper-V
8 2 (20.00%) XenApp
8 2 (20.00%) vSphere
8 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
8 2 (20.00%) Firewall

Sophos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 5 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 4 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (20.00%) IIS
4 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 5 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (70.00%) SAN
2 2 (20.00%) Firewall
2 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (20.00%) VPN
2 2 (20.00%) DNS
3 1 (10.00%) Internet
3 1 (10.00%) LAN
3 1 (10.00%) VoIP
3 1 (10.00%) WAN
3 1 (10.00%) DHCP
3 1 (10.00%) Wireless
3 1 (10.00%) NAS
General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Retail
2 1 (10.00%) Local Government
2 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Platform Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Specialist
4 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Support
4 1 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support
4 1 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (10.00%) Fat Client
1 1 (10.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (10.00%) Thin Client
1 1 (10.00%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (80.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 8 (80.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (50.00%) Windows XP
3 5 (50.00%) Windows 7
4 3 (30.00%) Linux
5 2 (20.00%) Windows Vista
6 1 (10.00%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) ITIL
2 3 (30.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Change Management
3 1 (10.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (10.00%) Compatibility Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (10.00%) Software Deployment
3 1 (10.00%) Software Distribution
3 1 (10.00%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (10.00%) C
2 1 (10.00%) VBScript
2 1 (10.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) MCP
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (10.00%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) SLA
2 1 (10.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (30.00%) Hyper-V
4 2 (20.00%) XenApp
4 2 (20.00%) vSphere
4 2 (20.00%) XenDesktop
5 1 (10.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 1 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (10.00%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 7 (70.00%) SCCM
2 5 (50.00%) MOM
3 3 (30.00%) SCOM
4 2 (20.00%) SolarWinds Orion
4 2 (20.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (10.00%) Backup Exec
5 1 (10.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 1 (10.00%) WSUS
5 1 (10.00%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (70.00%) VMware
3 6 (60.00%) Cisco
4 4 (40.00%) Citrix
5 3 (30.00%) NetApp
6 2 (20.00%) SolarWinds
6 2 (20.00%) HP
7 1 (10.00%) Fujitsu
7 1 (10.00%) SonicWALL
7 1 (10.00%) Draytek
7 1 (10.00%) IBM
7 1 (10.00%) McAfee
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