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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sophos products and/or services in IT jobs within the South West 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSophos
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank255250
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching permanent IT job ads35
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.078 %0.121 %
Salaries quoted25
Average minimum salary£24,000£24,000
Average salary£27,750£26,200
% change on same period last year+5.91 %
Average maximum salary£31,500£28,400
UK excluding London average salary£31,162£29,702
% change on same period last year+4.91 %
South West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
South West
Matching permanent IT job ads38414118
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.125 %1.727 %
Salaries quoted32773450
Average minimum salary£32,627£33,513
Average salary£35,506£36,263
% change on same period last year-2.08 %
Average maximum salary£38,385£39,014
UK excluding London average salary£40,138£41,870
% change on same period last year-4.13 %
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

South West 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 South West region.

South 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 South West region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
WiltshireUp+13£27,750+5.91 %
Sophos EnglandSophos
England

Sophos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the South 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.

112 (100.00 %)Windows
211 (91.67 %)MS Exchange
211 (91.67 %)Windows Server 2003
310 (83.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
49 (75.00 %)Firewall
58 (66.67 %)Microsoft Certification
58 (66.67 %)VERITAS
58 (66.67 %)Terminal Services
58 (66.67 %)MCSE
58 (66.67 %)Cisco
66 (50.00 %)Windows XP
66 (50.00 %)MS Excel
66 (50.00 %)WatchGuard
75 (41.67 %)Exchange Server 2003
75 (41.67 %)Microsoft
75 (41.67 %)Citrix
84 (33.33 %)HP
84 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
93 (25.00 %)Symantec
93 (25.00 %)McAfee Security
93 (25.00 %)VPN
93 (25.00 %)UNIX
93 (25.00 %)Dell
93 (25.00 %)LAN
93 (25.00 %)WAN
93 (25.00 %)VLAN
93 (25.00 %)VMware
93 (25.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
102 (16.67 %)VMware ESX
102 (16.67 %)Backup Exec

Sophos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the South 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.

South West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (91.67 %)MS Exchange
25 (41.67 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (8.333 %)Exchange Server 2007
31 (8.333 %)Exchange Server 2000
31 (8.333 %)IIS
31 (8.333 %)SharePoint
South West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (50.00 %)MS Excel
22 (16.67 %)MS Office
South West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (8.333 %)GoldMine
South West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (75.00 %)Firewall
24 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
33 (25.00 %)VPN
33 (25.00 %)LAN
33 (25.00 %)WAN
33 (25.00 %)VLAN
42 (16.67 %)Wireless
42 (16.67 %)DHCP
42 (16.67 %)NetScreen
42 (16.67 %)DNS
51 (8.333 %)SAN
51 (8.333 %)Internet
51 (8.333 %)MPLS
51 (8.333 %)SMTP
51 (8.333 %)Cisco IOS
51 (8.333 %)Cisco PIX
South West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (16.67 %)SQL Server
South West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (33.33 %)Support Engineer
23 (25.00 %)IT Manager
32 (16.67 %)Consultant
32 (16.67 %)IT Consultant
32 (16.67 %)IT Support Engineer
32 (16.67 %)Technical Consultant
32 (16.67 %)Support Consultant
32 (16.67 %)Field Engineer
41 (8.333 %)Infrastructure Engineer
41 (8.333 %)Desktop Support Engineer
41 (8.333 %)Senior Network Engineer
41 (8.333 %)Desktop Engineer
41 (8.333 %)Desktop Support
41 (8.333 %)Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Network Engineer
41 (8.333 %)Helpdesk Analyst
South West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (8.333 %)Client/Server
11 (8.333 %)Thin Client
11 (8.333 %)Clustering
11 (8.333 %)Fat Client
South West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (100.00 %)Windows
211 (91.67 %)Windows Server 2003
310 (83.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
46 (50.00 %)Windows XP
53 (25.00 %)UNIX
62 (16.67 %)Windows Vista
62 (16.67 %)AIX
71 (8.333 %)HPUX
71 (8.333 %)Solaris
71 (8.333 %)VMS
71 (8.333 %)OpenVMS
South West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (16.67 %)Project Management
21 (8.333 %)Security Cleared
South West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (8.333 %)SQL
South West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (66.67 %)MCSE
18 (66.67 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (8.333 %)CCNA
21 (8.333 %)Cisco Certification
South West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (8.333 %)SLA
South West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (66.67 %)Terminal Services
23 (25.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
32 (16.67 %)Active Directory
32 (16.67 %)ISA Server
32 (16.67 %)VMware ESX
32 (16.67 %)Backup Exec
41 (8.333 %)Citrix Presentation Server
South West IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (16.67 %)OpenView
21 (8.333 %)OpenView Configuration Management
21 (8.333 %)Norton AntiVirus
21 (8.333 %)MIMEsweeper
21 (8.333 %)OVSD
South West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (66.67 %)Cisco
18 (66.67 %)VERITAS
26 (50.00 %)WatchGuard
35 (41.67 %)Microsoft
35 (41.67 %)Citrix
44 (33.33 %)HP
53 (25.00 %)Dell
53 (25.00 %)Symantec
53 (25.00 %)McAfee Security
53 (25.00 %)VMware
62 (16.67 %)IBM
71 (8.333 %)CheckPoint
71 (8.333 %)Clearswift
71 (8.333 %)3Com
71 (8.333 %)Intel
71 (8.333 %)Juniper
71 (8.333 %)CommVault
71 (8.333 %)StorageTek
71 (8.333 %)Brocade
71 (8.333 %)Finjan