The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sophos products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sophos over the 3 months to 21 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sophos
Rank 199 206 201
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -5
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 14 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.252% 0.038% 0.040%
As % of the Vendors category 0.536% 0.084% 0.082%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 2
Average salary £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.56% -0.83%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £33,500 £30,500
% change year-on-year
-10.44% +9.83%
All Vendors
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2610 2389 2432
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 47.06% 45.75% 48.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2067 1885 2033
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Sophos Salary Trend

Sophos
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Sophos across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
South Yorkshire - 6 £21,250 -
West Yorkshire -5 4 £27,750 -6.72%
North Yorkshire - 4 - -
Sophos
England

Sophos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 30 (88.24%) Windows
2 24 (70.59%) Microsoft
2 24 (70.59%) Windows Server 2003
3 20 (58.82%) VMware
4 19 (55.88%) MS Exchange
5 18 (52.94%) Windows XP
6 17 (50.00%) MS Excel
6 17 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 16 (47.06%) MS Office
7 16 (47.06%) Active Directory
8 12 (35.29%) McAfee
9 11 (32.35%) LAN
9 11 (32.35%) WAN
10 10 (29.41%) Symantec
10 10 (29.41%) SAN
10 10 (29.41%) Windows 2000 Server
11 9 (26.47%) VMware Infrastructure
11 9 (26.47%) Windows 7
11 9 (26.47%) HP
12 8 (23.53%) Lotus
12 8 (23.53%) SmartSuite
12 8 (23.53%) OS/400
12 8 (23.53%) Windows 2000
12 8 (23.53%) Lotus Notes
12 8 (23.53%) Hyper-V
12 8 (23.53%) Exchange Server 2003
12 8 (23.53%) Backup Exec
13 7 (20.59%) Citrix
13 7 (20.59%) Firewall
14 6 (17.65%) Cisco

Sophos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 19 (55.88%) MS Exchange
2 8 (23.53%) Lotus Notes
2 8 (23.53%) Exchange Server 2003
3 6 (17.65%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (11.76%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (8.824%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 17 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 16 (47.06%) MS Office
3 8 (23.53%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 1 (2.941%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 11 (32.35%) LAN
1 11 (32.35%) WAN
2 10 (29.41%) SAN
3 7 (20.59%) Firewall
4 4 (11.76%) Wireless
4 4 (11.76%) VoIP
4 4 (11.76%) NAS
5 3 (8.824%) SSL
5 3 (8.824%) TCP/IP
5 3 (8.824%) VPN
6 2 (5.882%) DNS
6 2 (5.882%) DHCP
7 1 (2.941%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.65%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.824%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (8.824%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 6 (17.65%) Finance
2 5 (14.71%) Manufacturing
3 4 (11.76%) Advertising
4 2 (5.882%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (26.47%) Analyst
1 9 (26.47%) Support Analyst
2 8 (23.53%) Technical Support
2 8 (23.53%) Technical Support Analyst
2 8 (23.53%) Technical Analyst
3 7 (20.59%) Administrator
3 7 (20.59%) Systems Administrator
4 6 (17.65%) 1st Line Support
5 5 (14.71%) Support Engineer
6 4 (11.76%) IT Administrator
6 4 (11.76%) Business Manager
6 4 (11.76%) IT Support
7 3 (8.824%) Server Engineer
7 3 (8.824%) Server Support Engineer
7 3 (8.824%) Server Support
7 3 (8.824%) Systems Support
7 3 (8.824%) 2nd Line Support
8 2 (5.882%) Windows Server Engineer
8 2 (5.882%) Server Technician
8 2 (5.882%) Windows Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.824%) Client/Server
1 3 (8.824%) Blackberry
2 2 (5.882%) CCTV
3 1 (2.941%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 30 (88.24%) Windows
2 24 (70.59%) Windows Server 2003
3 18 (52.94%) Windows XP
4 17 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 10 (29.41%) Windows 2000 Server
6 9 (26.47%) Windows 7
7 8 (23.53%) OS/400
7 8 (23.53%) Windows 2000
8 3 (8.824%) Windows Vista
8 3 (8.824%) Mac OS X
9 2 (5.882%) Windows NT
9 2 (5.882%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (17.65%) Root Cause Analysis
2 5 (14.71%) ITIL
2 5 (14.71%) ERP
3 4 (11.76%) Contact Management
3 4 (11.76%) CAD
3 4 (11.76%) Project Management
3 4 (11.76%) Business Development
4 3 (8.824%) Time Management
5 2 (5.882%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (2.941%) Information Security
6 1 (2.941%) Data Analysis
6 1 (2.941%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.76%) VBA
2 3 (8.824%) SQL
3 2 (5.882%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (8.824%) MCDST
2 3 (8.824%) MCP
2 3 (8.824%) MCSE
2 3 (8.824%) MCSA
2 3 (8.824%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (8.824%) CCNA
3 2 (5.882%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.882%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.71%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (47.06%) Active Directory
2 9 (26.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (23.53%) Hyper-V
4 4 (11.76%) Terminal Services
5 3 (8.824%) IAG
6 2 (5.882%) VMware ESX
7 1 (2.941%) XenApp
7 1 (2.941%) ProxySG
7 1 (2.941%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 8 (23.53%) Backup Exec
2 4 (11.76%) Splunk
3 3 (8.824%) Norton AntiVirus
4 2 (5.882%) MOM
4 2 (5.882%) HP SIM
4 2 (5.882%) SCCM
4 2 (5.882%) SCOM
Vendors
1 24 (70.59%) Microsoft
2 20 (58.82%) VMware
3 12 (35.29%) McAfee
4 10 (29.41%) Symantec
5 9 (26.47%) HP
6 8 (23.53%) Lotus
7 7 (20.59%) Citrix
8 6 (17.65%) Cisco
9 4 (11.76%) Websense
9 4 (11.76%) SolidWorks
9 4 (11.76%) Veeam
9 4 (11.76%) Kaspersky
10 3 (8.824%) WatchGuard
10 3 (8.824%) Apple
11 1 (2.941%) F5
11 1 (2.941%) Mitel
11 1 (2.941%) Blue Coat
11 1 (2.941%) Avaya
11 1 (2.941%) Nortel
11 1 (2.941%) Nokia