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 31 December 2025, 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
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 180 124
Rank change year-on-year +35 -56 +101
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 13 1 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.31% 0.028% 0.56%
As % of the Vendors category 1.16% 0.069% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 12
10th Percentile - - £27,475
25th Percentile £25,000 £52,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,500 £55,000 £38,250
Median % change year-on-year -51.82% +43.79% -15.00%
75th Percentile £28,000 £57,500 £54,688
90th Percentile - - £58,625
England median annual salary £36,000 £40,354 £40,000
% change year-on-year -10.79% +0.88% +13.64%

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 1,123 1,453 893
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 27.08% 40.41% 41.94%
Number of salaries quoted 648 567 654
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,150 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £64,738
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £51,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.43% +4.55% -4.35%

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
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 31 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Suffolk - 9 - -
Hertfordshire +17 2 £28,000 -49.09%
Essex - 2 £25,000 - 2
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:

Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
2 2 (15.38%) Google Workspace
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) DHCP
1 2 (15.38%) DNS
1 2 (15.38%) Firewall
1 2 (15.38%) TCP/IP
1 2 (15.38%) WAN
General
1 7 (53.85%) Electronics
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Marketing
2 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (15.38%) 1st Line Support
1 2 (15.38%) 1st Line Technical Support
1 2 (15.38%) Business Development Manager
1 2 (15.38%) Business Manager
1 2 (15.38%) Development Manager
1 2 (15.38%) Service Desk Engineer
1 2 (15.38%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (30.77%) Driving Licence
3 2 (15.38%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
2 2 (15.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Business Enablement
2 7 (53.85%) Inventory Management
2 7 (53.85%) Pricing Strategy
3 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (30.77%) Customer Service
5 2 (15.38%) Business Development
5 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (15.38%) ITIL
5 2 (15.38%) Logistics
5 2 (15.38%) Mathematics
5 2 (15.38%) Technology Enablement
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) CCNA
1 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (15.38%) DBS Check
1 2 (15.38%) MCDST
1 2 (15.38%) MCP
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Jamf Pro
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (15.38%) PaperCut
1 2 (15.38%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) YouTube
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 2 (15.38%) Google
3 2 (15.38%) Meraki