Sophos Contract Job Trends in Central London

Sophos
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring knowledge or experience of Sophos products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Sophos over the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Sophos PLC.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Sophos 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.049% - -
As % of the Vendors category 0.10% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £450 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £550 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £538 £350 £250
% change year-on-year +53.57% +40.00% -52.38%

All Vendors
Central London

Sophos falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 986 1,011 1,149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 48.62% 43.48% 42.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 701 644 834
10th Percentile £325 £313 £290
25th Percentile £413 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £669 £657 £675
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
London median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 7
10th Percentile £18.96 £18.50 £15.10
25th Percentile £20.08 £33.07 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.47 £57.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.70% +202.63% -7.32%
75th Percentile £41.80 £112.00 £34.88
90th Percentile £46.94 £137.50 £60.25
London median hourly rate £25.74 £34.75 £37.50
% change year-on-year -25.94% -7.33% +45.86%

Sophos
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Sophos relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Sophos job vacancy trend in Central London

Sophos
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Sophos.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Sophos

Sophos
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Sophos.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Sophos

Sophos
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sophos within the Central London region over the 6 months to 26 December 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London - 1 £500 - 1
Sophos
London

Sophos
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Operations Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management