The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sophos products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the South East 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 South East 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 395 409 401
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -8
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 41 34 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.186% 0.143% 0.088%
As % of the Vendors category 0.362% 0.298% 0.174%
Number of salaries quoted 15 34 11
Average salary £32,500 £29,500 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.16% +3.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,600 £19,650 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £34,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £33,500 £30,500
% change year-on-year
-10.44% +9.83%
All Vendors
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
11313 11419 11486
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 51.38% 48.06% 50.51%
Number of salaries quoted 9290 9727 9701
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East Sophos Salary Trend

Sophos
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Sophos across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Berkshire +24 27 £30,000 -29.41%
Surrey +11 5 £37,500 +12.78%
Oxfordshire -14 3 £52,500 +23.52%
Kent -17 3 £32,500 +25.00%
Buckinghamshire -6 2 £28,250 +28.40%
Sophos
England

Sophos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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.

1 63 (82.89%) Windows
2 52 (68.42%) Microsoft
3 49 (64.47%) HP
3 49 (64.47%) Windows Server 2003
4 48 (63.16%) MS Excel
5 43 (56.58%) McAfee
6 42 (55.26%) SC Cleared
6 42 (55.26%) Security Cleared
7 41 (53.95%) Finance
8 40 (52.63%) Retail
8 40 (52.63%) Software Deployment
9 38 (50.00%) Telecoms
9 38 (50.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 38 (50.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
9 38 (50.00%) Software Distribution
9 38 (50.00%) Fujitsu
10 31 (40.79%) Microsoft Certification
11 28 (36.84%) Windows XP
11 28 (36.84%) MCSE
11 28 (36.84%) SCCM
11 28 (36.84%) MCITP
12 27 (35.53%) MCP
13 23 (30.26%) Cisco
14 22 (28.95%) Active Directory
14 22 (28.95%) Firewall
15 21 (27.63%) DNS
16 20 (26.32%) MS Exchange
17 19 (25.00%) TCP/IP
17 19 (25.00%) Symantec
18 18 (23.68%) DHCP

Sophos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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.

Application Development
1 4 (5.263%) .NET
1 4 (5.263%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 20 (26.32%) MS Exchange
2 10 (13.16%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (11.84%) IIS
3 9 (11.84%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 7 (9.211%) Exchange Server 2003
5 6 (7.895%) SharePoint
6 5 (6.579%) Exchange Server 2007
7 4 (5.263%) Zimbra
7 4 (5.263%) Apache
8 3 (3.947%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (2.632%) Documentum
9 2 (2.632%) SharePoint 2010
10 1 (1.316%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 48 (63.16%) MS Excel
2 10 (13.16%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 22 (28.95%) Firewall
2 21 (27.63%) DNS
3 19 (25.00%) TCP/IP
4 18 (23.68%) DHCP
5 14 (18.42%) SAN
6 13 (17.11%) VoIP
6 13 (17.11%) WAN
7 12 (15.79%) LAN
8 11 (14.47%) VPN
9 10 (13.16%) VLAN
10 7 (9.211%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (6.579%) NAS
11 5 (6.579%) SSL
12 4 (5.263%) S/MIME
12 4 (5.263%) X.400
12 4 (5.263%) Internet
12 4 (5.263%) SMTP
12 4 (5.263%) ADSL
12 4 (5.263%) Broadband
12 4 (5.263%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (13.16%) SQL Server
2 9 (11.84%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (5.263%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (5.263%) SQL Server 2000
3 4 (5.263%) MySQL
4 3 (3.947%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 3 (3.947%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 41 (53.95%) Finance
2 40 (52.63%) Retail
3 38 (50.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.316%) Back Office
4 1 (1.316%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.316%) Military
Job Titles
1 49 (64.47%) Support Engineer
2 39 (51.32%) 2nd Line Support
3 38 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 24 (31.58%) Desktop Engineer
4 24 (31.58%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 24 (31.58%) Desktop Support
5 10 (13.16%) Analyst
5 10 (13.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (10.53%) Network Engineer
7 6 (7.895%) Support Analyst
8 5 (6.579%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 4 (5.263%) Network Support
9 4 (5.263%) Security Engineer
9 4 (5.263%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 4 (5.263%) IT Support
9 4 (5.263%) Network Security Engineer
9 4 (5.263%) 3rd Line Support
9 4 (5.263%) Service Analyst
9 4 (5.263%) Administrator
9 4 (5.263%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.895%) Clustering
2 5 (6.579%) Blackberry
3 3 (3.947%) EqualLogic
4 2 (2.632%) iPhone
4 2 (2.632%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.316%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 63 (82.89%) Windows
2 49 (64.47%) Windows Server 2003
3 28 (36.84%) Windows XP
4 17 (22.37%) Windows Server 2008
5 9 (11.84%) Linux
6 5 (6.579%) UNIX
6 5 (6.579%) Windows 8
6 5 (6.579%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.316%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.316%) SUSE
7 1 (1.316%) Windows Mobile
7 1 (1.316%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (52.63%) Software Deployment
2 38 (50.00%) Software Distribution
3 14 (18.42%) Release Management
4 11 (14.47%) ITIL
5 4 (5.263%) Migration
5 4 (5.263%) Mobile Device Management
6 3 (3.947%) Business Development
6 3 (3.947%) Network Load Balancing
6 3 (3.947%) Project Management
6 3 (3.947%) Network Design
6 3 (3.947%) CRM
7 2 (2.632%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (2.632%) Identity Management
7 2 (2.632%) Incident Management
7 2 (2.632%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (2.632%) Configuration Management
7 2 (2.632%) Load Balancing
7 2 (2.632%) Performance Management
7 2 (2.632%) High Availability
7 2 (2.632%) Agile Project Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.895%) SQL
2 4 (5.263%) C
3 2 (2.632%) T-SQL
3 2 (2.632%) VB
4 1 (1.316%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 42 (55.26%) SC Cleared
1 42 (55.26%) Security Cleared
2 31 (40.79%) Microsoft Certification
3 28 (36.84%) MCSE
3 28 (36.84%) MCITP
4 27 (35.53%) MCP
5 15 (19.74%) DV Cleared
6 6 (7.895%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (7.895%) CCNA
7 4 (5.263%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.316%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (1.316%) Degree
8 1 (1.316%) CISSP
8 1 (1.316%) CCNP
8 1 (1.316%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.895%) SLA
2 1 (1.316%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (1.316%) COBIT
2 1 (1.316%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (1.316%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.316%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 22 (28.95%) Active Directory
2 8 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (7.895%) XenApp
3 6 (7.895%) Terminal Services
3 6 (7.895%) VMware ESX
4 5 (6.579%) Hyper-V
5 4 (5.263%) Postfix
5 4 (5.263%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 1 (1.316%) VMware Server
6 1 (1.316%) XenDesktop
6 1 (1.316%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 38 (50.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 38 (50.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 28 (36.84%) SCCM
3 15 (19.74%) Norton AntiVirus
4 10 (13.16%) Backup Exec
5 7 (9.211%) FortiGate
6 5 (6.579%) SCOM
7 4 (5.263%) SCVMM
7 4 (5.263%) MIMEsweeper
8 3 (3.947%) WSUS
9 2 (2.632%) Unicenter
10 1 (1.316%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 52 (68.42%) Microsoft
2 49 (64.47%) HP
3 43 (56.58%) McAfee
4 38 (50.00%) Fujitsu
5 23 (30.26%) Cisco
6 19 (25.00%) Symantec
7 17 (22.37%) VMware
8 14 (18.42%) Juniper
9 8 (10.53%) Citrix
10 7 (9.211%) Dell
10 7 (9.211%) SolarWinds
11 6 (7.895%) Avaya
12 4 (5.263%) BMC
12 4 (5.263%) CheckPoint
12 4 (5.263%) CommVault
12 4 (5.263%) BT
12 4 (5.263%) M86 Security
12 4 (5.263%) WatchGuard
13 3 (3.947%) Barracuda Networks
13 3 (3.947%) Blue Coat
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