The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sophos products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Warwickshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sophos over the 3 months to 23 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 Warwickshire region.

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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sophos
Rank 72 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warwickshire 0.257% - -
As % of the Vendors category 0.590% - -
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
Warwickshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
339 350 223
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warwickshire 43.63% 44.36% 36.50%
Number of salaries quoted 289 303 215
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £57,500
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 Warwickshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Rugby - 2 £27,000 -
Sophos
West Midlands

Sophos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Warwickshire 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 4 (100.00%) VMware
1 4 (100.00%) McAfee
2 2 (50.00%) Norton AntiVirus
2 2 (50.00%) Back Office
2 2 (50.00%) Backup Exec
2 2 (50.00%) Retail
2 2 (50.00%) MCITP
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) WSUS
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 2 (50.00%) Zenoss
2 2 (50.00%) WhatsUp Gold
2 2 (50.00%) vSphere
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) VBScript
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (50.00%) Lotus Notes
2 2 (50.00%) Lotus Domino
2 2 (50.00%) MCSE
2 2 (50.00%) MCSA
2 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) CCNA
2 2 (50.00%) Citrix

Sophos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Warwickshire 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 2 (50.00%) Lotus Notes
1 2 (50.00%) Lotus Domino
1 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (50.00%) Back Office
1 2 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Support Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Applications Support
2 2 (50.00%) Applications Support Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Server Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (50.00%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
1 2 (50.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) MCITP
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) MCSE
1 2 (50.00%) MCSA
1 2 (50.00%) CCNA
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (50.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 2 (50.00%) Backup Exec
1 2 (50.00%) WSUS
1 2 (50.00%) Zenoss
1 2 (50.00%) WhatsUp Gold
1 2 (50.00%) Tivoli
1 2 (50.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 2 (50.00%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
1 4 (100.00%) McAfee
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Citrix
2 2 (50.00%) NetApp
2 2 (50.00%) Lotus
2 2 (50.00%) Symantec