Sophos
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Sophos products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Sophos over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 542 643 790
Rank change year-on-year +101 +147 -162
Contract jobs citing Sophos 37 57 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.085% 0.095% 0.079%
As % of the Vendors category 0.20% 0.22% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 45 45
10th Percentile £255 £153 £141
25th Percentile £363 £228 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 £375
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -6.67% -9.09%
75th Percentile £581 £450 £450
90th Percentile £675 £488 £560
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £298 £335
% change year-on-year +38.66% -11.19% +3.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 5
10th Percentile £16.55 - -
25th Percentile £17.00 £16.25 £12.50
Median hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - +5.71% -4.76%
75th Percentile £19.60 £20.00 £18.75
90th Percentile £19.81 £42.50 £19.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.50 £18.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year +2.78% +2.86% -4.76%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,551 25,723 35,349
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.59% 42.90% 39.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,490 17,234 23,476
10th Percentile £263 £270 £288
25th Percentile £402 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £628 £650 £631
90th Percentile £738 £743 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £463
% change year-on-year - +8.11% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,101 707 893
10th Percentile £12.13 £15.25 £11.50
25th Percentile £14.48 £19.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.15 £42.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.88% +102.38% -6.50%
75th Percentile £57.33 £65.00 £45.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £37.50 £18.69
% change year-on-year -42.77% +100.70% -0.48%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Sophos.

Daily rate trend for Sophos in the UK

Sophos
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Sophos over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Sophos in the UK

Sophos
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Sophos.

Hourly rate trend for Sophos in the UK

Sophos
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sophos within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +94 36 £400 +14.29% 26
UK excluding London +69 31 £413 +38.66% 22
North of England +37 16 £400 +79.78% 9
North West +30 15 £400 +79.78% 6
Work from Home +117 10 £625 +85.19% 8
East of England +13 7 £550 +84.87% 6
West Midlands +32 5 £455 +15.19% 1
Midlands +21 5 £455 +187.97% 2
London +90 4 £394 -12.50% 5
South East +24 3 £375 +7.14% 2
South West +22 1 £425 -15.00% 2
Yorkshire +20 1 £375 - 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 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (16.22%) SharePoint
3 3 (8.11%) Exchange Server 2000
3 3 (8.11%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (8.11%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (8.11%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (8.11%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Shopify
2 1 (2.70%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 18 (48.65%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (40.54%) Azure
3 11 (29.73%) Mimecast
4 9 (24.32%) AWS
5 5 (13.51%) Power Platform
6 4 (10.81%) GCP
7 2 (5.41%) BigCommerce
7 2 (5.41%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (5.41%) Entra ID
8 1 (2.70%) Azure Stack
8 1 (2.70%) IaaS
8 1 (2.70%) OCI
8 1 (2.70%) OneDrive
8 1 (2.70%) PaaS
8 1 (2.70%) SaaS
8 1 (2.70%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 9 (24.32%) Firewall
2 5 (13.51%) SMTP
3 4 (10.81%) DNS
4 3 (8.11%) DHCP
4 3 (8.11%) LAN
4 3 (8.11%) VPN
4 3 (8.11%) WAN
5 2 (5.41%) TCP/IP
5 2 (5.41%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (2.70%) 3G
6 1 (2.70%) MPLS
6 1 (2.70%) NetScaler
6 1 (2.70%) SAN
6 1 (2.70%) SD-WAN
6 1 (2.70%) Skype
6 1 (2.70%) SNMP
6 1 (2.70%) SSL
6 1 (2.70%) VoIP
6 1 (2.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.51%) Power BI
2 1 (2.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (16.22%) Hudson
General
1 5 (13.51%) Social Skills
2 2 (5.41%) Advertising
2 2 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (5.41%) Marketing
2 2 (5.41%) Retail
3 1 (2.70%) Back Office
3 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (18.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 7 (18.92%) Lead
2 5 (13.51%) Analyst
2 5 (13.51%) Messaging Engineer
3 4 (10.81%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) Architect
4 3 (8.11%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Desktop Support
5 2 (5.41%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Service Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) SOC Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Support Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Technologist
6 1 (2.70%) IT Support Technician
6 1 (2.70%) Team Leader
6 1 (2.70%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.41%) Security Posture
2 1 (2.70%) Client/Server
2 1 (2.70%) Cyberattack
2 1 (2.70%) LIMS
2 1 (2.70%) NHS
2 1 (2.70%) Operational Technology
2 1 (2.70%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 18 (48.65%) Windows
2 6 (16.22%) Windows Server
3 5 (13.51%) Windows 10
4 4 (10.81%) Apple iOS
4 4 (10.81%) Linux
4 4 (10.81%) Mac OS
5 3 (8.11%) Windows 2000
5 3 (8.11%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (8.11%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (5.41%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (5.41%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.03%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (27.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (18.92%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 6 (16.22%) Mentoring
3 6 (16.22%) SIEM
4 5 (13.51%) Contingency Planning
4 5 (13.51%) Incident Response
4 5 (13.51%) Security Testing
4 5 (13.51%) Threat Detection
5 4 (10.81%) ITIL
5 4 (10.81%) Migration
5 4 (10.81%) Open Source
5 4 (10.81%) Patch Management
6 3 (8.11%) Incident Management
7 2 (5.41%) Asset Management
7 2 (5.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (5.41%) Information Security
7 2 (5.41%) Security Management
7 2 (5.41%) Security Operations
7 2 (5.41%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 9 (24.32%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.41%) Python
3 1 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (16.22%) Security Cleared
2 5 (13.51%) MCP
3 4 (10.81%) Degree
4 3 (8.11%) DV Cleared
5 2 (5.41%) MCSE
5 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (5.41%) MOS
6 1 (2.70%) CCNA
6 1 (2.70%) CCNP
6 1 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.70%) CISSP
6 1 (2.70%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (13.51%) NIST
2 1 (2.70%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (13.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (10.81%) Active Directory
3 2 (5.41%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (2.70%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.70%) Samba
4 1 (2.70%) Terminal Server
4 1 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.70%) vSphere
4 1 (2.70%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (13.51%) MAILsweeper
3 4 (10.81%) SCCM
4 2 (5.41%) FortiGate
5 1 (2.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (2.70%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (40.54%) Microsoft
2 10 (27.03%) Rapid7
3 8 (21.62%) VMware
4 5 (13.51%) Trend Micro
5 4 (10.81%) Aruba
6 3 (8.11%) Cisco
6 3 (8.11%) HP
6 3 (8.11%) IronPort
6 3 (8.11%) SolarWinds
7 2 (5.41%) Adobe
7 2 (5.41%) Apple
7 2 (5.41%) CheckPoint
7 2 (5.41%) Citrix
7 2 (5.41%) Fortinet
7 2 (5.41%) NetApp
7 2 (5.41%) Salesforce
7 2 (5.41%) SAP
7 2 (5.41%) ServiceNow
7 2 (5.41%) Sitecore
7 2 (5.41%) Veeam