Sophos Contracts in Wales

Sophos
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 15 May 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Sophos 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 2.41% - -
As % of the Vendors category 5.43% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £256 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - -
75th Percentile £344 - -
90th Percentile £350 - -
UK median daily rate £300 £500 £370
% change year-on-year -40.00% +35.14% -1.33%

All Vendors
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 129 143 279
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 44.33% 38.96% 45.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 96 207
10th Percentile £185 £199 £189
25th Percentile £247 £406 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £511 £500
Median % change year-on-year -26.54% +2.10% +11.11%
75th Percentile £462 £555 £574
90th Percentile £539 £625 £625
UK median daily rate £513 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 12 5
10th Percentile £14.11 £11.02 £14.75
25th Percentile £16.00 £13.56 £15.50
Median hourly rate £21.76 £39.50 £18.06
Median % change year-on-year -44.92% +118.72% -16.49%
75th Percentile £32.25 £86.45 £48.75
90th Percentile £41.25 £87.80 £49.50
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £22.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +15.91% -48.24% +97.67%

Sophos
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Sophos in Wales

Sophos
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Sophos in Wales

Sophos
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Sophos in Wales over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Sophos in Wales

Sophos
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Sophos in Wales

Sophos
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sophos within the Wales region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
South Wales - 7 £300 - 5
Sophos
UK

Sophos
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) Firewall
2 2 (28.57%) Network Security
3 1 (14.29%) LAN
3 1 (14.29%) VPN
3 1 (14.29%) WAN
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Network Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Firewall Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
3 1 (14.29%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) 2nd/3rd Line Technical Support
3 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Technical Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Technical Support
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Support
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (28.57%) Problem Management
3 1 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco