Sophos Job Trends in England

Sophos
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 1 January 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
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 517 622 593
Rank change year-on-year +105 -29 +265
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 83 54 73
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.16% 0.11% 0.16%
As % of the Vendors category 0.50% 0.29% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 63 33 70
10th Percentile £29,270 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,000 £29,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £40,354 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.79% +0.88% +13.64%
75th Percentile £42,750 £53,750 £51,250
90th Percentile £48,750 £68,600 £55,250
UK median annual salary £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.67%

All Vendors
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 16,463 18,528 18,324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 31.65% 37.37% 40.41%
Number of salaries quoted 9,761 9,676 14,225
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £41,844 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.43% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -4.35%

Sophos
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Sophos job vacancy trend in England

Sophos
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Sophos.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Sophos

Sophos
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sophos in England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Sophos in England

Sophos
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sophos within the England region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
South East +38 23 £36,750 +14.84% 9
South West +24 21 £34,000 -50.72% 1
London +36 19 £29,270 -15.16% 9
East of England +35 13 £26,500 -51.82%
North of England +23 10 £41,500 -20.95% 3
North West +26 6 - - 1
Yorkshire -1 4 £41,500 -17.00%
West Midlands +15 2 £33,000 -18.22% 4
Midlands +12 2 £33,000 -5.71% 4
Sophos
UK

Sophos
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 31 (37.35%) SharePoint
2 22 (26.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (6.02%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (7.23%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 47 (56.63%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (43.37%) Azure
3 16 (19.28%) Mimecast
4 6 (7.23%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (6.02%) Entra ID
6 4 (4.82%) Google Workspace
6 4 (4.82%) SaaS
7 3 (3.61%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (2.41%) IaaS
8 2 (2.41%) Rubrik
8 2 (2.41%) SecurityScorecard
9 1 (1.20%) Amazon S3
9 1 (1.20%) AWS
9 1 (1.20%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 41 (49.40%) Firewall
2 24 (28.92%) DHCP
2 24 (28.92%) DNS
3 15 (18.07%) VPN
4 14 (16.87%) WAN
4 14 (16.87%) Wireless
5 11 (13.25%) LAN
5 11 (13.25%) VLAN
5 11 (13.25%) VoIP
6 10 (12.05%) TCP/IP
7 8 (9.64%) Cisco IOS
8 5 (6.02%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (6.02%) IPsec
8 5 (6.02%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (2.41%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (2.41%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (2.41%) Network Security
10 1 (1.20%) BGP
10 1 (1.20%) EIGRP
10 1 (1.20%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (13.25%) SQL Server
2 5 (6.02%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 4 (4.82%) JIRA
General
1 30 (36.14%) Social Skills
2 11 (13.25%) Electronics
3 10 (12.05%) Finance
4 8 (9.64%) Manufacturing
5 7 (8.43%) Public Sector
6 6 (7.23%) Marketing
7 5 (6.02%) Games
7 5 (6.02%) Retail
8 4 (4.82%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.20%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (28.92%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 21 (25.30%) Support Engineer
3 19 (22.89%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 16 (19.28%) Technical Engineer
5 15 (18.07%) 2nd Line Support
5 15 (18.07%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 14 (16.87%) Field Engineer
7 11 (13.25%) IT Support
8 10 (12.05%) 3rd Line Support
8 10 (12.05%) IT Engineer
8 10 (12.05%) IT Support Engineer
9 9 (10.84%) Cisco Engineer
9 9 (10.84%) Technical Support
10 8 (9.64%) 1st Line Support
10 8 (9.64%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 8 (9.64%) Cisco Field Engineer
11 7 (8.43%) 2nd Line Technical Support
11 7 (8.43%) 2nd Line Technical Support Engineer
11 7 (8.43%) Analyst
11 7 (8.43%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 23 (27.71%) Driving Licence
2 7 (8.43%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (7.23%) CCTV
4 5 (6.02%) Clustering
5 4 (4.82%) Data Centre
5 4 (4.82%) FMCG
5 4 (4.82%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.41%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (1.20%) Replication
7 1 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 48 (57.83%) Windows
2 14 (16.87%) Windows Server
3 11 (13.25%) Android
3 11 (13.25%) Mac OS
4 9 (10.84%) Windows 10
5 7 (8.43%) Linux
6 5 (6.02%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (31.33%) Customer Service
2 24 (28.92%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (25.30%) Mentoring
4 15 (18.07%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (13.25%) Coaching
6 10 (12.05%) Migration
7 9 (10.84%) Business Enablement
8 8 (9.64%) ITIL
8 8 (9.64%) Project Delivery
8 8 (9.64%) Service Delivery
9 7 (8.43%) Disaster Recovery
9 7 (8.43%) Inventory Management
9 7 (8.43%) Pricing Strategy
9 7 (8.43%) Time Management
10 6 (7.23%) Agile
10 6 (7.23%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (7.23%) Creative Thinking
10 6 (7.23%) Customer Engagement
10 6 (7.23%) Incident Management
10 6 (7.23%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 16 (19.28%) PowerShell
2 5 (6.02%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 15 (18.07%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (6.02%) ACMT
2 5 (6.02%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (6.02%) MCP
2 5 (6.02%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (6.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 4 (4.82%) CCNA
3 4 (4.82%) Degree
4 3 (3.61%) CCNP
4 3 (3.61%) MCSA
4 3 (3.61%) MCSE
5 2 (2.41%) DBS Check
5 2 (2.41%) MCDST
6 1 (1.20%) CCIE
6 1 (1.20%) HP APS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.02%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 29 (34.94%) Active Directory
2 17 (20.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (10.84%) Hyper-V
4 5 (6.02%) Docker
4 5 (6.02%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (4.82%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (2.41%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (2.41%) pfSense
6 2 (2.41%) Squid
Systems Management
1 27 (32.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (19.28%) SCCM
3 8 (9.64%) PaperCut
4 5 (6.02%) Autotask
4 5 (6.02%) Kubernetes
4 5 (6.02%) MaaS360
4 5 (6.02%) vCenter Server
5 3 (3.61%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (2.41%) Cisco CUCM
6 2 (2.41%) VxRail
6 2 (2.41%) WSUS
7 1 (1.20%) Nessus
Vendors
1 55 (66.27%) Microsoft
2 23 (27.71%) Cisco
3 20 (24.10%) VMware
4 16 (19.28%) ConnectWise
5 12 (14.46%) Draytek
5 12 (14.46%) Meraki
6 9 (10.84%) YouTube
7 8 (9.64%) Fortinet
8 7 (8.43%) Dell
8 7 (8.43%) ServiceNow
9 6 (7.23%) Apple
9 6 (7.23%) Dell KACE
9 6 (7.23%) HP
9 6 (7.23%) Okta
9 6 (7.23%) Veeam
10 5 (6.02%) Barracuda Networks
10 5 (6.02%) LogicMonitor
10 5 (6.02%) McAfee
10 5 (6.02%) Oracle
10 5 (6.02%) Zscaler