The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sophos products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Sutton Coldfield 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 Sutton Coldfield 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 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sutton Coldfield 3.226% - -
As % of the Vendors category 6.250% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £27,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £33,500 £30,500
% change year-on-year
-10.44% +9.83%
All Vendors
Sutton Coldfield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
32 2 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sutton Coldfield 51.61% 40.00% 37.93%
Number of salaries quoted 31 2 11
Average salary £27,000 £19,000 £53,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+42.10% -64.15%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £19,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £29,400 £70,000 £35,800
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Sophos
West Midlands

Sophos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sutton Coldfield 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 Sutton Coldfield region.

Sutton Coldfield Sophos Salary Trend

Sophos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sutton Coldfield 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 5 (100.00%) VMware
1 5 (100.00%) Retail
2 4 (80.00%) EPoS
3 3 (60.00%) LAN
3 3 (60.00%) WAN
3 3 (60.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (60.00%) MS Office
3 3 (60.00%) ITIL
3 3 (60.00%) Windows
3 3 (60.00%) Windows XP
3 3 (60.00%) MS Exchange
3 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (60.00%) BlackBerry Internet Service
3 3 (60.00%) VMware ESX
3 3 (60.00%) Firewall
3 3 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (60.00%) Windows 7
3 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (40.00%) Back Office
4 2 (40.00%) PCI DSS
4 2 (40.00%) Degree
4 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (40.00%) ADSL
4 2 (40.00%) ARCserve
4 2 (40.00%) McAfee
4 2 (40.00%) SQL
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft

Sophos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sutton Coldfield 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 3 (60.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (60.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) LAN
1 3 (60.00%) WAN
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (100.00%) Retail
2 2 (40.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Support Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Help Desk Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Applications Support
2 2 (40.00%) Applications Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) EPoS
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Windows XP
1 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (60.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) VMware ESX
1 3 (60.00%) BlackBerry Internet Service
1 3 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) McAfee
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft