Sophos Job Trends in the East of England

Sophos
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England requiring knowledge or experience of Sophos products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Sophos over the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Sophos PLC.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 170 190
Rank change year-on-year +16 +20 +51
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 11 1 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.21% 0.035% 0.42%
As % of the Vendors category 0.89% 0.078% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 22
10th Percentile £26,500 - -
25th Percentile £26,875 £52,500 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £55,000 £40,750
Median % change year-on-year -49.09% +34.97% -18.91%
75th Percentile £29,500 £57,500 £45,250
90th Percentile £48,750 - £56,250
England median annual salary £34,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -9.33% - -10.71%

All Vendors
East of England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,238 1,284 2,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 23.83% 44.77% 37.92%
Number of salaries quoted 643 694 1,607
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,075 £25,363
25th Percentile £30,750 £36,250 £29,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,160 £53,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.91% +17.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,206 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -13.04%

Sophos
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Sophos relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Sophos job vacancy trend in the East of England

Sophos
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Sophos.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Sophos

Sophos
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sophos in the East of England over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Sophos in the East of England

Sophos
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sophos within the East of England region over the 6 months to 14 March 2026. 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
Suffolk - 5 - -
Hertfordshire -2 2 £28,000 -49.09% 3
Essex - 2 £27,000 - 1
Bedfordshire - 1 £65,000 - 1
Norfolk - 1 £30,000 - 1
Sophos
England

Sophos
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Azure
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
2 2 (18.18%) Google Workspace
3 1 (9.09%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) Firewall
2 3 (27.27%) DHCP
2 3 (27.27%) DNS
2 3 (27.27%) WAN
3 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
4 1 (9.09%) LAN
4 1 (9.09%) VLAN
4 1 (9.09%) VoIP
4 1 (9.09%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (45.45%) Electronics
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) IT Support
2 2 (18.18%) 1st Line Support
2 2 (18.18%) Service Desk Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) IT Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (36.36%) Driving Licence
3 1 (9.09%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Windows 10
3 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Business Enablement
1 5 (45.45%) Inventory Management
1 5 (45.45%) Pricing Strategy
1 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (36.36%) Customer Service
3 2 (18.18%) ITIL
3 2 (18.18%) Logistics
3 2 (18.18%) Mathematics
4 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (9.09%) Data Security
4 1 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (9.09%) Identity Management
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Network Segmentation
4 1 (9.09%) Online Security
4 1 (9.09%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) CCNA
1 2 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (18.18%) DBS Check
1 2 (18.18%) MCDST
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.09%) Hyper-V
2 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Jamf Pro
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (18.18%) PaperCut
1 2 (18.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 5 (45.45%) YouTube
3 2 (18.18%) Google
3 2 (18.18%) Meraki
4 1 (9.09%) Cisco
4 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
4 1 (9.09%) Palo Alto
4 1 (9.09%) VMware