Hybrid/Remote Sophos Contract Job Trends

Sophos
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 13 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
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 310 313 374
Rank change year-on-year +3 +61 +154
Contract jobs citing Sophos 8 3 17
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.079% 0.025% 0.096%
As % of the Vendors category 0.16% 0.055% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 17
10th Percentile £287 - £319
25th Percentile £345 £325 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £350 £375
Median % change year-on-year +53.57% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £544 £381 £525
90th Percentile £561 £385 £715
UK median daily rate £538 £473 £388
% change year-on-year +13.76% +21.94% +10.71%

All Vendors
Work from Home

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 with a remote or hybrid options requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 4,946 5,452 8,024
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 48.57% 44.94% 45.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,090 3,270 5,106
10th Percentile £325 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.24% - -3.58%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £723 £721
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 100 188
10th Percentile £15.00 £18.36 £17.10
25th Percentile £19.66 £24.01 £26.19
Median hourly rate £30.00 £41.00 £56.68
Median % change year-on-year -26.83% -27.66% -1.43%
75th Percentile £63.75 £67.14 £73.13
90th Percentile £67.50 £86.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £29.39 £44.50
% change year-on-year -18.33% -33.97% +73.08%

Sophos
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Sophos and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Sophos job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Sophos
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Sophos.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Sophos

Sophos
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Sophos over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Sophos daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Sophos
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Sophos.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Sophos

Sophos
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 8 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (87.50%) Azure
3 5 (62.50%) AWS
4 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) DHCP
1 5 (62.50%) DNS
1 5 (62.50%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) LAN
2 1 (12.50%) WAN
General
1 1 (12.50%) German Language
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) IT Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) IT Security Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Operations Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd/3rd Line Technical Support
3 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Technical Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Technical Support
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Management Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Support
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Mac OS
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Security Operations
2 5 (62.50%) Analytics
2 5 (62.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (62.50%) Data Security
2 5 (62.50%) Information Security
2 5 (62.50%) Patch Management
2 5 (62.50%) Security Architecture
2 5 (62.50%) SIEM
2 5 (62.50%) Threat Detection
2 5 (62.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (12.50%) Runbook
3 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (62.50%) SCCM
2 5 (62.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Qualys
2 1 (12.50%) Splunk
2 1 (12.50%) Varonis