Sophos
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 6 months to 27 April 2024 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.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 694 847 875
Rank change year-on-year +153 +28 -172
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 203 123 367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.12% 0.24%
As % of the Vendors category 0.56% 0.28% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 196 114 318
10th Percentile £26,750 £24,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,500 £31,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £44,375 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.49% -1.39% +15.38%
75th Percentile £46,250 £61,500 £65,188
90th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £35,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year +5.63% -1.39% -5.26%

All Vendors
UK

Sophos is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 36,515 43,852 60,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.25% 41.90% 38.94%
Number of salaries quoted 25,094 24,954 33,291
10th Percentile £26,700 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +4.40%

Sophos
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Sophos as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Sophos in the UK

Sophos
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Sophos.

Salary trend for Sophos in the UK

Sophos
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sophos over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Sophos in the UK

Sophos
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sophos within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +112 182 £37,500 +5.63% 22
England +172 180 £37,500 -14.29% 26
Work from Home +105 58 £42,500 -5.56% 8
Midlands +30 56 £37,500 +7.14% 2
West Midlands +57 49 £37,500 +15.38% 1
North of England +69 36 £32,500 -4.27% 9
South East +45 34 £29,500 -19.73% 2
East of England +29 21 £42,500 -22.73% 6
London +112 18 £48,750 -25.00% 5
North West +21 18 £32,500 +8.33% 6
South West +8 15 £32,500 +35.42% 2
Scotland -53 11 £55,000 -
Yorkshire +94 10 £37,500 - 2
Wales - 9 £40,500 - 1
North East - 8 £33,750 - 1
East Midlands -23 7 £47,500 - 1

Sophos
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 61 (30.05%) SharePoint
2 59 (29.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.97%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.49%) IIS
Applications
1 46 (22.66%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (8.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.99%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.99%) Shopify
2 1 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.49%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 159 (78.33%) Microsoft 365
2 116 (57.14%) Azure
3 43 (21.18%) Mimecast
4 41 (20.20%) Entra ID
5 26 (12.81%) Power Platform
6 16 (7.88%) AWS
6 16 (7.88%) OneDrive
7 8 (3.94%) Azure Sentinel
8 7 (3.45%) Google Workspace
9 6 (2.96%) IaaS
10 5 (2.46%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (2.46%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.46%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (2.46%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.97%) Rubrik
12 3 (1.48%) GCP
12 3 (1.48%) SaaS
13 2 (0.99%) Amazon S3
13 2 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 93 (45.81%) Firewall
2 50 (24.63%) DHCP
3 48 (23.65%) DNS
4 47 (23.15%) VPN
5 31 (15.27%) TCP/IP
6 30 (14.78%) LAN
6 30 (14.78%) VoIP
7 27 (13.30%) SAN
8 25 (12.32%) WAN
9 19 (9.36%) VLAN
9 19 (9.36%) Wireless
10 17 (8.37%) Intranet
11 15 (7.39%) Wi-Fi
12 14 (6.90%) WLAN
13 8 (3.94%) NAS
14 7 (3.45%) Internet
14 7 (3.45%) Unified Communications
15 6 (2.96%) Network Security
15 6 (2.96%) SMTP
16 5 (2.46%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (11.82%) SQL Server
2 21 (10.34%) Power BI
3 8 (3.94%) MariaDB
3 8 (3.94%) MySQL
4 4 (1.97%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.49%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (0.99%) Hudson
General
1 86 (42.36%) Social Skills
2 44 (21.67%) Finance
3 12 (5.91%) Back Office
4 11 (5.42%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (4.93%) Law
5 10 (4.93%) Telecoms
6 9 (4.43%) Manufacturing
7 8 (3.94%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (2.96%) Retail
9 5 (2.46%) Games
10 4 (1.97%) Legal
10 4 (1.97%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.48%) Marketing
11 3 (1.48%) Social Housing
12 2 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.49%) Advertising
13 1 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 69 (33.99%) Support Engineer
2 58 (28.57%) IT Engineer
2 58 (28.57%) IT Support
3 49 (24.14%) IT Support Engineer
4 34 (16.75%) IT Manager
5 30 (14.78%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 29 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 28 (13.79%) 2nd Line Support
8 24 (11.82%) 3rd Line Support
9 21 (10.34%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 21 (10.34%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 20 (9.85%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 20 (9.85%) Senior
11 16 (7.88%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (5.91%) Analyst
12 12 (5.91%) Infrastructure Support
12 12 (5.91%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 11 (5.42%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
13 11 (5.42%) Systems Engineer
14 7 (3.45%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.99%) LAMP
1 2 (0.99%) V-Ray
2 1 (0.49%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.39%) Driving Licence
2 12 (5.91%) Replication
3 5 (2.46%) Cyber Security Posture
3 5 (2.46%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.46%) Security Posture
3 5 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.97%) Clustering
4 4 (1.97%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (1.48%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.48%) Housing Association
5 3 (1.48%) Private Cloud
6 2 (0.99%) NHS
6 2 (0.99%) PKI
6 2 (0.99%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.49%) CCTV
7 1 (0.49%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.49%) iPhone
7 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Licensing
7 1 (0.49%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.49%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 130 (64.04%) Windows
2 104 (51.23%) Windows Server
3 48 (23.65%) Windows 10
4 43 (21.18%) Windows Server 2016
4 43 (21.18%) Windows Server 2019
5 21 (10.34%) Windows Server 2012
6 15 (7.39%) Linux
7 10 (4.93%) Windows Server 2008
8 7 (3.45%) Mac OS
9 6 (2.96%) Android
10 4 (1.97%) Apple iOS
10 4 (1.97%) Unix
11 2 (0.99%) AIX
11 2 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.99%) VMS
11 2 (0.99%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.99%) Windows 8
12 1 (0.49%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (37.93%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (30.54%) Customer Service
2 62 (30.54%) ITIL
3 42 (20.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 39 (19.21%) Cybersecurity
5 37 (18.23%) Line Management
6 22 (10.84%) Service Delivery
7 20 (9.85%) Business Intelligence
8 17 (8.37%) Data Governance
8 17 (8.37%) Digital Strategy
8 17 (8.37%) Information Governance
9 16 (7.88%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 15 (7.39%) Mentoring
11 14 (6.90%) Antivirus Management
11 14 (6.90%) Kalman Filter
11 14 (6.90%) Project Delivery
12 13 (6.40%) Migration
13 12 (5.91%) ERP
13 12 (5.91%) Root Cause Analysis
14 11 (5.42%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (13.30%) PowerShell
2 9 (4.43%) SQL
3 2 (0.99%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (0.99%) Python
Qualifications
1 32 (15.76%) Degree
2 15 (7.39%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (5.42%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (5.42%) Network+ Certification
4 10 (4.93%) CompTIA Security+
5 9 (4.43%) CCNA
5 9 (4.43%) MCP
5 9 (4.43%) MCSE
5 9 (4.43%) Security Cleared
6 8 (3.94%) SC Cleared
7 7 (3.45%) A+ Certification
7 7 (3.45%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (2.96%) MCITP
9 5 (2.46%) MCSA
10 3 (1.48%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.48%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.99%) CCNP
11 2 (0.99%) CISSP
11 2 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.99%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (16.75%) SLA
2 28 (13.79%) Cyber Essentials
3 23 (11.33%) GDPR
4 5 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.48%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.99%) GRC
6 2 (0.99%) JSP 440
6 2 (0.99%) NIST
6 2 (0.99%) NIST 800
System Software
1 109 (53.69%) Active Directory
2 55 (27.09%) Hyper-V
3 53 (26.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.94%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (2.46%) vSphere
6 4 (1.97%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 3 (1.48%) Terminal Services
7 3 (1.48%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.99%) Docker
8 2 (0.99%) pfSense
8 2 (0.99%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.49%) Firmware
9 1 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 63 (31.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (8.87%) WSUS
3 15 (7.39%) SCCM
4 9 (4.43%) vCenter Server
5 4 (1.97%) Autotask
5 4 (1.97%) Failover Clustering
5 4 (1.97%) FortiGate
5 4 (1.97%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (1.48%) Backup Exec
6 3 (1.48%) SmoothWall
7 2 (0.99%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.49%) MAILsweeper
8 1 (0.49%) MobiControl
8 1 (0.49%) Nessus
Vendors
1 160 (78.82%) Microsoft
2 71 (34.98%) VMware
3 56 (27.59%) Veeam
4 37 (18.23%) Cisco
5 26 (12.81%) Datto
6 24 (11.82%) HP
6 24 (11.82%) Meraki
7 23 (11.33%) Apple
8 22 (10.84%) Acronis
9 20 (9.85%) Aruba
9 20 (9.85%) Citrix
10 16 (7.88%) ConnectWise
11 15 (7.39%) Barracuda Networks
12 11 (5.42%) Draytek
12 11 (5.42%) Sage
12 11 (5.42%) SonicWALL
13 10 (4.93%) WatchGuard
14 8 (3.94%) EMC
14 8 (3.94%) ESET
14 8 (3.94%) Ubiquiti