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 3 May 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 705 872 873
Rank change year-on-year +167 +1 -169
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 201 121 363
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.12% 0.23%
As % of the Vendors category 0.55% 0.28% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 194 112 314
10th Percentile £26,750 £24,363 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,500 £31,250 £31,011
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -2.70% +18.59%
75th Percentile £45,563 £62,438 £65,250
90th Percentile £54,775 £67,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £36,750 £36,750
% change year-on-year +2.04% - -2.65%

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 36,672 43,426 60,934
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.19% 41.84% 38.93%
Number of salaries quoted 25,141 24,776 33,270
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 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +3.26%

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 3 May 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 3 May 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 +115 181 £37,500 +2.04% 26
England +146 178 £37,500 -16.67% 25
Work from Home +105 58 £42,500 -5.56% 10
Midlands +35 56 £37,500 - 3
West Midlands +48 49 £37,500 +15.38% 1
North of England +69 35 £32,500 -8.19% 6
South East +26 34 £29,500 -19.73% 2
East of England +31 20 £42,500 -21.30% 8
North West +17 19 £32,500 +8.33% 4
London +99 17 £47,500 -26.92% 1
South West -12 16 £32,500 +35.42% 6
Scotland -53 11 £55,000 -
Wales - 9 £40,500 - 2
Yorkshire +79 8 £37,500 -3.23% 1
North East - 8 £33,750 - 1
East Midlands -14 7 £47,500 - 2

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 (30.35%) SharePoint
2 56 (27.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.50%) IIS
Applications
1 43 (21.39%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (8.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.00%) Shopify
2 1 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.50%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 157 (78.11%) Microsoft 365
2 113 (56.22%) Azure
3 40 (19.90%) Mimecast
4 38 (18.91%) Entra ID
5 26 (12.94%) Power Platform
6 16 (7.96%) AWS
6 16 (7.96%) OneDrive
7 8 (3.98%) Azure Sentinel
8 7 (3.48%) Google Workspace
9 5 (2.49%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (2.49%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (2.49%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (2.49%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (2.49%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.99%) IaaS
11 3 (1.49%) GCP
11 3 (1.49%) Rubrik
11 3 (1.49%) SaaS
12 2 (1.00%) OCI
12 2 (1.00%) OpenDNS
Communications & Networking
1 91 (45.27%) Firewall
2 48 (23.88%) DHCP
3 46 (22.89%) DNS
4 44 (21.89%) VPN
5 31 (15.42%) VoIP
6 30 (14.93%) LAN
7 29 (14.43%) TCP/IP
8 26 (12.94%) SAN
9 25 (12.44%) WAN
10 20 (9.95%) Wireless
11 17 (8.46%) Intranet
12 16 (7.96%) VLAN
12 16 (7.96%) Wi-Fi
13 14 (6.97%) WLAN
14 8 (3.98%) Internet
14 8 (3.98%) NAS
15 7 (3.48%) Unified Communications
16 6 (2.99%) Network Security
16 6 (2.99%) Remote Desktop
16 6 (2.99%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (11.44%) SQL Server
2 21 (10.45%) Power BI
3 8 (3.98%) MariaDB
3 8 (3.98%) MySQL
4 4 (1.99%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.50%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (1.00%) Hudson
General
1 86 (42.79%) Social Skills
2 44 (21.89%) Finance
3 12 (5.97%) Back Office
3 12 (5.97%) Documentation Skills
4 11 (5.47%) Telecoms
5 9 (4.48%) Law
5 9 (4.48%) Manufacturing
6 8 (3.98%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (2.99%) Retail
8 5 (2.49%) Games
9 4 (1.99%) Legal
9 4 (1.99%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.49%) Marketing
10 3 (1.49%) Social Housing
11 2 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.50%) Advertising
12 1 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 69 (34.33%) Support Engineer
2 59 (29.35%) IT Engineer
2 59 (29.35%) IT Support
3 50 (24.88%) IT Support Engineer
4 34 (16.92%) IT Manager
5 31 (15.42%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 30 (14.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 27 (13.43%) 2nd Line Support
8 25 (12.44%) 3rd Line Support
9 21 (10.45%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 20 (9.95%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 20 (9.95%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 19 (9.45%) Senior
12 16 (7.96%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
13 12 (5.97%) Infrastructure Support
13 12 (5.97%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 11 (5.47%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
14 11 (5.47%) Analyst
14 11 (5.47%) Systems Engineer
15 7 (3.48%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.00%) LAMP
1 2 (1.00%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.46%) Driving Licence
2 12 (5.97%) Replication
3 5 (2.49%) Cyber Security Posture
3 5 (2.49%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.49%) Security Posture
4 4 (1.99%) Clustering
4 4 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.99%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (1.49%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.49%) Housing Association
5 3 (1.49%) Private Cloud
6 2 (1.00%) NHS
6 2 (1.00%) PKI
6 2 (1.00%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.50%) CCTV
7 1 (0.50%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.50%) iPhone
7 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Licensing
7 1 (0.50%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.50%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 128 (63.68%) Windows
2 102 (50.75%) Windows Server
3 46 (22.89%) Windows 10
4 43 (21.39%) Windows Server 2016
5 42 (20.90%) Windows Server 2019
6 21 (10.45%) Windows Server 2012
7 15 (7.46%) Linux
8 7 (3.48%) Mac OS
8 7 (3.48%) Windows Server 2008
9 6 (2.99%) Android
10 4 (1.99%) Apple iOS
10 4 (1.99%) Unix
11 2 (1.00%) AIX
11 2 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (1.00%) VMS
11 2 (1.00%) Windows 7
11 2 (1.00%) Windows 8
12 1 (0.50%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (38.31%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (30.85%) ITIL
3 60 (29.85%) Customer Service
4 43 (21.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 38 (18.91%) Cybersecurity
5 38 (18.91%) Line Management
6 21 (10.45%) Service Delivery
7 20 (9.95%) Business Intelligence
8 17 (8.46%) Data Governance
8 17 (8.46%) Digital Strategy
8 17 (8.46%) Information Governance
8 17 (8.46%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 15 (7.46%) Mentoring
10 14 (6.97%) Antivirus Management
11 13 (6.47%) Kalman Filter
11 13 (6.47%) Migration
12 12 (5.97%) ERP
12 12 (5.97%) Project Delivery
12 12 (5.97%) Root Cause Analysis
13 11 (5.47%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 26 (12.94%) PowerShell
2 8 (3.98%) SQL
3 2 (1.00%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (1.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 32 (15.92%) Degree
2 15 (7.46%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (5.97%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (5.47%) Network+ Certification
5 10 (4.98%) CCNA
5 10 (4.98%) CompTIA Security+
6 9 (4.48%) MCP
6 9 (4.48%) MCSE
6 9 (4.48%) Security Cleared
7 8 (3.98%) SC Cleared
8 7 (3.48%) A+ Certification
8 7 (3.48%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (2.99%) MCITP
10 5 (2.49%) MCSA
11 3 (1.49%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.49%) DBS Check
12 2 (1.00%) CCNP
12 2 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (1.00%) HP APS
12 2 (1.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (16.92%) SLA
2 28 (13.93%) Cyber Essentials
3 23 (11.44%) GDPR
4 5 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.49%) ISO 9001
6 2 (1.00%) GRC
6 2 (1.00%) JSP 440
6 2 (1.00%) NIST
6 2 (1.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 107 (53.23%) Active Directory
2 54 (26.87%) Hyper-V
3 50 (24.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.98%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (2.49%) vSphere
6 4 (1.99%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 3 (1.49%) Terminal Services
7 3 (1.49%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (1.00%) Docker
8 2 (1.00%) pfSense
8 2 (1.00%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.50%) Firmware
9 1 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 61 (30.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (8.96%) WSUS
3 15 (7.46%) SCCM
4 9 (4.48%) vCenter Server
5 4 (1.99%) Autotask
5 4 (1.99%) Failover Clustering
5 4 (1.99%) FortiGate
5 4 (1.99%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (1.49%) Backup Exec
6 3 (1.49%) SmoothWall
7 2 (1.00%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.50%) MAILsweeper
8 1 (0.50%) MobiControl
8 1 (0.50%) Nessus
Vendors
1 157 (78.11%) Microsoft
2 68 (33.83%) VMware
3 55 (27.36%) Veeam
4 36 (17.91%) Cisco
5 26 (12.94%) HP
6 25 (12.44%) Datto
7 23 (11.44%) Apple
8 22 (10.95%) Acronis
8 22 (10.95%) Meraki
9 19 (9.45%) Aruba
9 19 (9.45%) Citrix
10 17 (8.46%) ConnectWise
11 15 (7.46%) Barracuda Networks
12 12 (5.97%) Draytek
13 11 (5.47%) Sage
13 11 (5.47%) SonicWALL
14 9 (4.48%) ESET
14 9 (4.48%) Ubiquiti
15 8 (3.98%) EMC
15 8 (3.98%) Palo Alto