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 Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sophos over the 3 months to 24 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 Yorkshire region.

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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sophos
Rank 65 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 6 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 0.839% - -
As % of the Vendors category 1.875% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Average salary £21,250 - -
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £33,500 £30,500
% change year-on-year
-10.44% +9.83%
All Vendors
South Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
320 421 381
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 44.76% 45.12% 45.57%
Number of salaries quoted 281 354 297
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £22,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,700 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Sophos
Yorkshire

Sophos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire Sophos Salary Trend

Sophos
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Sophos across the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Sheffield - 4 £21,250 -
Rotherham - 2 - -
Sophos
Yorkshire

Sophos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 17 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (88.24%) Windows Server 2003
3 14 (82.35%) Windows XP
3 14 (82.35%) Microsoft
4 12 (70.59%) MS Exchange
4 12 (70.59%) MS Office
5 10 (58.82%) Windows 2000 Server
6 9 (52.94%) Active Directory
7 8 (47.06%) VMware
7 8 (47.06%) SmartSuite
7 8 (47.06%) McAfee
7 8 (47.06%) Exchange Server 2003
7 8 (47.06%) LAN
7 8 (47.06%) WAN
7 8 (47.06%) OS/400
7 8 (47.06%) Lotus
7 8 (47.06%) Windows 2000
7 8 (47.06%) Lotus Notes
7 8 (47.06%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (29.41%) Windows 7
8 5 (29.41%) VMware Infrastructure
8 5 (29.41%) MS Excel
9 4 (23.53%) Citrix
9 4 (23.53%) Advertising
9 4 (23.53%) Exchange Server 2007
10 3 (17.65%) Windows Vista
10 3 (17.65%) SQL Server 2008
10 3 (17.65%) Exchange Server 2010
10 3 (17.65%) Hyper-V
10 3 (17.65%) IAG

Sophos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 12 (70.59%) MS Exchange
2 8 (47.06%) Exchange Server 2003
2 8 (47.06%) Lotus Notes
3 4 (23.53%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (17.65%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (17.65%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 12 (70.59%) MS Office
2 8 (47.06%) SmartSuite
3 5 (29.41%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.882%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 8 (47.06%) LAN
1 8 (47.06%) WAN
2 3 (17.65%) Firewall
3 2 (11.76%) DHCP
3 2 (11.76%) DNS
4 1 (5.882%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (17.65%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (17.65%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (23.53%) Advertising
2 2 (11.76%) Marketing
3 1 (5.882%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Analyst
1 9 (52.94%) Support Analyst
2 8 (47.06%) Technical Support
2 8 (47.06%) Technical Support Analyst
2 8 (47.06%) Technical Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) IT Support
4 3 (17.65%) Server Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) Server Support Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) Server Support
4 3 (17.65%) 1st Line Support
4 3 (17.65%) Support Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Windows Server Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Server Technician
5 2 (11.76%) Windows Support Engineer
6 1 (5.882%) Wintel Engineer
6 1 (5.882%) Wintel Server Engineer
6 1 (5.882%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 1 (5.882%) Wintel Support Engineer
6 1 (5.882%) Support Manager
6 1 (5.882%) IT Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Client/Server
2 2 (11.76%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 17 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (88.24%) Windows Server 2003
3 14 (82.35%) Windows XP
4 10 (58.82%) Windows 2000 Server
5 8 (47.06%) OS/400
5 8 (47.06%) Windows 2000
5 8 (47.06%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (29.41%) Windows 7
7 3 (17.65%) Windows Vista
7 3 (17.65%) Mac OS X
8 2 (11.76%) Windows NT
8 2 (11.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (5.882%) Data Analysis
2 1 (5.882%) CRM
2 1 (5.882%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) SQL
2 2 (11.76%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) MCDST
1 3 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (17.65%) CCNA
1 3 (17.65%) MCSE
1 3 (17.65%) MCSA
1 3 (17.65%) MCP
2 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 9 (52.94%) Active Directory
2 5 (29.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (17.65%) Hyper-V
3 3 (17.65%) IAG
4 2 (11.76%) VMware ESX
5 1 (5.882%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) Norton AntiVirus
2 2 (11.76%) MOM
2 2 (11.76%) HP SIM
2 2 (11.76%) SCCM
2 2 (11.76%) SCOM
3 1 (5.882%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 14 (82.35%) Microsoft
2 8 (47.06%) VMware
2 8 (47.06%) McAfee
2 8 (47.06%) Lotus
3 4 (23.53%) Citrix
4 3 (17.65%) Symantec
4 3 (17.65%) Apple
5 2 (11.76%) HP
6 1 (5.882%) Mitel