Sophos Jobs in England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Sophos products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Sophos over the 3 months to 25 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

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

Sophos UK / England
Location	3 months to 25 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	760	696	788
Rank change year-on-year	-64	+92
Permanent jobs citing Sophos	103	219	173
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in England	0.12%	0.24%	0.17%
As % of the Vendors category	0.28%	0.55%	0.36%
Number of salaries quoted	95	105	137
Median salary	£42,500	£38,750	£35,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+9.67%	+10.71%
90% offered a salary of more than	£25,000	£25,000	£23,800
10% offered a salary of more than	£70,000	£50,000	£44,000
UK excluding London median salary	£35,000	£37,500	£33,250
% change year-on-year	-6.66%	+12.78%

Sophos is in the vendor products and services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all vendor product and service related skills in permanent job vacancies advertised in England.

Vendor Product & Service Skills England
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for skills associated with vendor products and/or services	36949	40162	48578
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England	44.62%	44.05%	46.81%
Number of salaries quoted	29449	33103	39652
Median salary	£47,500	£47,500	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than	£29,000	£28,500	£27,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£75,000	£70,000	£72,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£42,500	£41,674
% change year-on-year	-	+1.98%

Sophos
Job Vacancy Trend in England

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in England citing Sophos as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Vendors category.

Sophos
Salary Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Sophos in England.

Sophos
Salary Histogram in England

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Sophos in England over the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

Sophos
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sophos within the England region over the 3 months to 25 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
London	+29	47	£43,860	+10.33%	3
South East	-42	23	£32,500	-18.75%	4
Yorkshire	+19	13	£37,500	-16.66%
North West	-47	7	£42,500	-15.00%	2
West Midlands	+4	5	£50,000	+14.28%	2
East of England	+3	3	£25,000	-28.57%	1
East Midlands	+26	2	£45,000	+63.63%	1
South West	-3	2	£24,500	-10.90%	2
North East	+14	1	£44,000	+10.00%
Sophos UK

Sophos
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England

For the 6 months to 25 June 2017, IT jobs citing Sophos also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the England region with a requirement for Sophos.

1	169 (78.97%)	Windows
2	128 (59.81%)	Active Directory
3	116 (54.21%)	Microsoft
4	110 (51.40%)	Firewall
5	105 (49.07%)	VMware
6	90 (42.06%)	Windows Server 2008
7	85 (39.72%)	Cisco
7	85 (39.72%)	Windows Server
8	83 (38.79%)	VMware Infrastructure
9	77 (35.98%)	MS Exchange
10	73 (34.11%)	DNS
11	64 (29.91%)	Microsoft Office
12	62 (28.97%)	Symantec
12	62 (28.97%)	Backup Exec
13	61 (28.50%)	Office 365

14	60 (28.04%)	Windows Server 2012
15	58 (27.10%)	Hyper-V
16	57 (26.64%)	HP
16	57 (26.64%)	DHCP
17	54 (25.23%)	Windows 7
18	49 (22.90%)	ITIL
19	48 (22.43%)	Linux
20	47 (21.96%)	VPN
20	47 (21.96%)	Citrix
20	47 (21.96%)	SAN
21	43 (20.09%)	TCP/IP
22	42 (19.63%)	SQL
22	42 (19.63%)	Apple
22	42 (19.63%)	Exchange Server 2010
23	35 (16.36%)	Windows 10

Sophos
Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	77 (35.98%)	MS Exchange
2	42 (19.63%)	Exchange Server 2010
3	22 (10.28%)	Exchange Server 2013
4	17 (7.94%)	Exchange Server 2007
5	14 (6.54%)	Exchange Server 2003
6	11 (5.14%)	Confluence
6	11 (5.14%)	IIS
7	10 (4.67%)	Skype for Business
8	9 (4.21%)	SAS
9	8 (3.74%)	SharePoint
10	7 (3.27%)	Elasticsearch
11	6 (2.80%)	Apache
11	6 (2.80%)	CMS
12	5 (2.34%)	IBM Domino
13	3 (1.40%)	Apache Spark
13	3 (1.40%)	Blackberry Enterprise Server
13	3 (1.40%)	SharePoint 2013
13	3 (1.40%)	Tomcat
14	2 (0.93%)	IBM Notes
15	1 (0.47%)	WordPress

Applications
1	64 (29.91%)	Microsoft Office
2	6 (2.80%)	MS Visio
3	5 (2.34%)	SOLIDWORKS
4	3 (1.40%)	Microsoft Excel
5	1 (0.47%)	Acrobat
5	1 (0.47%)	Microsoft PowerPoint

Business Applications
1	2 (0.93%)	Dynamics NAV
2	1 (0.47%)	Dynamics AX
2	1 (0.47%)	Salesforce.com CRM
2	1 (0.47%)	Sentinel

Cloud Services
1	61 (28.50%)	Office 365
2	35 (16.36%)	Microsoft Azure
3	19 (8.88%)	Amazon AWS
4	17 (7.94%)	Mimecast
5	12 (5.61%)	G Suite
6	10 (4.67%)	Azure Active Directory
7	7 (3.27%)	Cloud Computing
8	3 (1.40%)	SaaS
9	2 (0.93%)	Slack
9	2 (0.93%)	Trello
10	1 (0.47%)	Adobe Creative Cloud
10	1 (0.47%)	IaaS
10	1 (0.47%)	Sumo Logic
10	1 (0.47%)	Virtual Private Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	110 (51.40%)	Firewall
2	73 (34.11%)	DNS
3	57 (26.64%)	DHCP
4	47 (21.96%)	SAN
4	47 (21.96%)	VPN
5	43 (20.09%)	TCP/IP
6	25 (11.68%)	WAN
7	24 (11.21%)	LAN
8	23 (10.75%)	VLAN
9	21 (9.81%)	Internet
9	21 (9.81%)	Network Security
9	21 (9.81%)	Wireless
10	17 (7.94%)	Remote Desktop
11	16 (7.48%)	iSCSI
11	16 (7.48%)	MPLS
12	14 (6.54%)	Cisco ASA
13	13 (6.07%)	IPsec
14	12 (5.61%)	BGP
14	12 (5.61%)	DMZ
14	12 (5.61%)	OSPF

Database & Business Intelligence
1	35 (16.36%)	SQL Server
2	12 (5.61%)	Amazon RDS
3	7 (3.27%)	MySQL
4	6 (2.80%)	SQL Server 2008
5	3 (1.40%)	Big Data
5	3 (1.40%)	Hadoop
5	3 (1.40%)	SQL Server 2005
6	2 (0.93%)	SQL Server 2014
7	1 (0.47%)	BusinessObjects
7	1 (0.47%)	Relational Database
7	1 (0.47%)	SQL Server 2012

Development Applications
1	12 (5.61%)	Metasploit
2	7 (3.27%)	JIRA
3	2 (0.93%)	Jenkins
4	1 (0.47%)	Team Foundation Server

General
1	14 (6.54%)	Finance
2	13 (6.07%)	Telecoms
3	6 (2.80%)	Manufacturing
4	4 (1.87%)	Law
4	4 (1.87%)	Legal
4	4 (1.87%)	Marketing
5	2 (0.93%)	Mandarin Language
6	1 (0.47%)	Brand Awareness

Job Titles
1	63 (29.44%)	Analyst
2	42 (19.63%)	Support Engineer
3	33 (15.42%)	IT Support
4	30 (14.02%)	3rd Line Support
4	30 (14.02%)	Security Analyst
5	29 (13.55%)	3rd Line Engineer
6	24 (11.21%)	3rd Line Support Engineer
7	22 (10.28%)	Infrastructure Engineer
7	22 (10.28%)	IT Analyst
8	20 (9.35%)	Support Analyst
8	20 (9.35%)	Systems Engineer
9	17 (7.94%)	IT Engineer
10	16 (7.48%)	Windows Engineer
11	14 (6.54%)	Network Analyst
11	14 (6.54%)	Network Security Analyst
12	13 (6.07%)	IT Manager
12	13 (6.07%)	Operations Engineer
13	12 (5.61%)	2nd Line Support
13	12 (5.61%)	2nd/3rd Line Support
13	12 (5.61%)	Administrator

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	10 (4.67%)	Web Services
2	7 (3.27%)	Elastic Stack
2	7 (3.27%)	Regular Expression
2	7 (3.27%)	XML
3	5 (2.34%)	CGI
4	3 (1.40%)	PCRE
5	1 (0.47%)	.NET
5	1 (0.47%)	802.1X

Miscellaneous
1	23 (10.75%)	Management Information System
2	12 (5.61%)	iPad
3	10 (4.67%)	BYOD
3	10 (4.67%)	Clustering
3	10 (4.67%)	Fat Client
3	10 (4.67%)	Thin Client
4	9 (4.21%)	Computer Science
4	9 (4.21%)	Data Centre
4	9 (4.21%)	Replication
5	8 (3.74%)	Data Protection Act
5	8 (3.74%)	NHS
5	8 (3.74%)	Security Operations Centre
6	7 (3.27%)	Smartphone
7	6 (2.80%)	Analytical Skills
7	6 (2.80%)	CCTV
7	6 (2.80%)	Driving Licence
7	6 (2.80%)	IVR
8	5 (2.34%)	AS400
8	5 (2.34%)	Virtual Team
9	4 (1.87%)	RSA SecurID

Operating Systems
1	169 (78.97%)	Windows
2	90 (42.06%)	Windows Server 2008
3	85 (39.72%)	Windows Server
4	60 (28.04%)	Windows Server 2012
5	54 (25.23%)	Windows 7
6	48 (22.43%)	Linux
7	35 (16.36%)	Windows 10
8	27 (12.62%)	Windows Server 2003
9	25 (11.68%)	Windows 8
10	22 (10.28%)	Apple iOS
11	18 (8.41%)	Android
12	17 (7.94%)	Windows XP
13	16 (7.48%)	Mac OS X
14	12 (5.61%)	Kali Linux
14	12 (5.61%)	Windows Vista
15	10 (4.67%)	Unix
16	7 (3.27%)	Ubuntu
17	6 (2.80%)	Mac OS
18	5 (2.34%)	SUSE
18	5 (2.34%)	Windows 2000 Server

Processes & Methodologies
1	49 (22.90%)	ITIL
2	27 (12.62%)	SIEM
3	26 (12.15%)	Information Security
4	25 (11.68%)	Disaster Recovery
5	23 (10.75%)	Presales
6	22 (10.28%)	Risk Management
7	19 (8.88%)	Business Continuity
7	19 (8.88%)	Desktop Virtualisation
7	19 (8.88%)	Kalman Filter
8	17 (7.94%)	Web Filtering
9	16 (7.48%)	Service Management
10	15 (7.01%)	Analytics
10	15 (7.01%)	IT Strategy
11	14 (6.54%)	ITSM
11	14 (6.54%)	Problem Management
12	13 (6.07%)	Capacity Planning
12	13 (6.07%)	Migration
12	13 (6.07%)	Network Management
12	13 (6.07%)	Open Source
13	12 (5.61%)	Data Protection

Programming Languages
1	42 (19.63%)	SQL
2	20 (9.35%)	Python
3	18 (8.41%)	PowerShell
4	10 (4.67%)	Java
5	9 (4.21%)	Bash Shell
6	7 (3.27%)	Ruby
7	6 (2.80%)	C
8	5 (2.34%)	C++
9	3 (1.40%)	C#
9	3 (1.40%)	Perl
10	2 (0.93%)	PHP
11	1 (0.47%)	T-SQL
11	1 (0.47%)	VB
11	1 (0.47%)	VB.NET

Qualifications
1	29 (13.55%)	CEH
2	25 (11.68%)	Degree
3	24 (11.21%)	Microsoft Certification
4	18 (8.41%)	CISM
4	18 (8.41%)	Computer Science Degree
5	17 (7.94%)	CompTIA Security+
5	17 (7.94%)	Security+ Certification
6	13 (6.07%)	Cisco Certification
6	13 (6.07%)	CISSP
6	13 (6.07%)	GIAC
7	12 (5.61%)	GSEC
8	9 (4.21%)	CCNA
9	8 (3.74%)	CASP
9	8 (3.74%)	MCSE
9	8 (3.74%)	SSCP
10	7 (3.27%)	ITIL Certification
11	6 (2.80%)	MCSA
12	5 (2.34%)	CREST Certified
12	5 (2.34%)	MCITP
12	5 (2.34%)	Security Cleared

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	25 (11.68%)	PCI DSS
2	23 (10.75%)	ISO/IEC 27001
3	10 (4.67%)	Cyber Essentials
4	8 (3.74%)	SLA
5	7 (3.27%)	QA
6	5 (2.34%)	ISO 22301
7	4 (1.87%)	Cyber Essentials PLUS
8	2 (0.93%)	GDPR
9	1 (0.47%)	Data Quality
9	1 (0.47%)	GPG13
9	1 (0.47%)	SSAE 16

System Software
1	128 (59.81%)	Active Directory
2	83 (38.79%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	58 (27.10%)	Hyper-V
4	26 (12.15%)	vSphere
5	24 (11.21%)	XenApp
6	20 (9.35%)	VMware ESXi
7	19 (8.88%)	Snort
8	16 (7.48%)	XenDesktop
9	12 (5.61%)	Terminal Services
10	10 (4.67%)	Microsoft App-V
11	7 (3.27%)	Virtual Servers
12	5 (2.34%)	VMware Workstation
13	4 (1.87%)	KVM
14	3 (1.40%)	HDFS
14	3 (1.40%)	ISA Server
15	2 (0.93%)	Forefront TMG
15	2 (0.93%)	Virtual Machines
15	2 (0.93%)	XenServer
16	1 (0.47%)	VirtualBox
16	1 (0.47%)	Xen

Systems Management
1	62 (28.97%)	Backup Exec
2	33 (15.42%)	Norton AntiVirus
3	27 (12.62%)	WSUS
4	22 (10.28%)	SCCM
5	21 (9.81%)	Nessus
6	12 (5.61%)	EnCase
6	12 (5.61%)	Nexpose
6	12 (5.61%)	Nmap
7	9 (4.21%)	Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7	9 (4.21%)	SmoothWall
8	8 (3.74%)	logstash
9	7 (3.27%)	AirWatch
9	7 (3.27%)	Kibana
9	7 (3.27%)	QRadar
10	6 (2.80%)	FortiGate
11	5 (2.34%)	CSIRT
11	5 (2.34%)	vCenter Server
12	4 (1.87%)	RSA enVision
13	3 (1.40%)	Fluentd
13	3 (1.40%)	Symantec Enterprise Vault

Vendors
1	116 (54.21%)	Microsoft
2	105 (49.07%)	VMware
3	85 (39.72%)	Cisco
4	62 (28.97%)	Symantec
5	57 (26.64%)	HP
6	47 (21.96%)	Citrix
7	42 (19.63%)	Apple
8	33 (15.42%)	CheckPoint
9	30 (14.02%)	Dell
9	30 (14.02%)	McAfee
10	27 (12.62%)	LogRhythm
10	27 (12.62%)	Palo Alto
10	27 (12.62%)	Veeam
11	22 (10.28%)	Avaya
12	20 (9.35%)	AlienVault
12	20 (9.35%)	Qualys
13	16 (7.48%)	Splunk
14	15 (7.01%)	SonicWALL
15	12 (5.61%)	AppSense
15	12 (5.61%)	CyberArk