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 11 May 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
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 614 574 665
Rank change year-on-year -40 +91 +135
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 69 66 176
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.086% 0.17% 0.21%
As % of the Vendors category 0.34% 0.42% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 46 48 173
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £35,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.71% -6.67% -16.67%
75th Percentile £61,250 £49,063 £43,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £55,750 £53,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% -16.67%

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 20,474 15,704 30,997
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.44% 40.03% 36.83%
Number of salaries quoted 11,545 9,536 22,691
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,000 £35,924
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -12.28%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,886 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -13.04%

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 11 May 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 11 May 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 -12 21 £45,000 +28.57% 11
London -20 20 £51,500 +68.85% 8
East of England -7 12 £31,250 -43.18% 1
Midlands -38 11 £26,500 -24.29% 1
West Midlands -23 6 £26,500 -20.72%
East Midlands -31 5 - - 1
North West -14 4 £29,000 -45.28% 1
North of England -55 4 £29,000 -45.28% 1
South West -51 1 £75,000 +57.89%
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 16 (23.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (18.84%) SharePoint
3 5 (7.25%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 50 (72.46%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (42.03%) Mimecast
3 24 (34.78%) Azure
4 10 (14.49%) AWS
5 6 (8.70%) Entra ID
6 4 (5.80%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (4.35%) OneDrive
7 3 (4.35%) Power Automate
7 3 (4.35%) Power Platform
8 2 (2.90%) Rubrik
9 1 (1.45%) Amazon S3
9 1 (1.45%) Google Workspace
9 1 (1.45%) IaaS
9 1 (1.45%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (57.97%) Firewall
2 16 (23.19%) Network Security
2 16 (23.19%) VoIP
2 16 (23.19%) VPN
3 11 (15.94%) DNS
3 11 (15.94%) VLAN
4 10 (14.49%) WAN
4 10 (14.49%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (11.59%) DHCP
5 8 (11.59%) TCP/IP
6 7 (10.14%) LAN
7 6 (8.70%) Cisco ISE
7 6 (8.70%) NAS
8 5 (7.25%) Skype
9 4 (5.80%) Broadband
9 4 (5.80%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (5.80%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (5.80%) Remote Desktop
9 4 (5.80%) Structured Cabling
9 4 (5.80%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.25%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.90%) JIRA
General
1 12 (17.39%) Social Skills
2 8 (11.59%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (5.80%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (5.80%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (5.80%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.35%) Finance
4 3 (4.35%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.45%) Legal
Job Titles
1 19 (27.54%) IT Support
2 18 (26.09%) IT Engineer
3 12 (17.39%) IT Support Engineer
3 12 (17.39%) Support Engineer
4 10 (14.49%) 1st Line Support
5 8 (11.59%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 8 (11.59%) 2nd Line Support
5 8 (11.59%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 8 (11.59%) Analyst
5 8 (11.59%) Support Technician
6 7 (10.14%) Architect
6 7 (10.14%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (8.70%) Network Security Specialist
7 6 (8.70%) Network Specialist
7 6 (8.70%) Security Engineer
7 6 (8.70%) Security Specialist
8 5 (7.25%) 1st Line Support Analyst
8 5 (7.25%) Field Engineer
8 5 (7.25%) Field Service Engineer
8 5 (7.25%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 17 (24.64%) Driving Licence
2 8 (11.59%) Web Conferencing
3 7 (10.14%) CCTV
3 7 (10.14%) Security Posture
3 7 (10.14%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (5.80%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (4.35%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.90%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.90%) Replication
7 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (1.45%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 49 (71.01%) Windows
2 25 (36.23%) Windows 10
3 24 (34.78%) Windows Server
4 5 (7.25%) Android
4 5 (7.25%) Apple iOS
5 4 (5.80%) Linux
6 3 (4.35%) Mac OS
6 3 (4.35%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (2.90%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (36.23%) Customer Service
2 22 (31.88%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (26.09%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (26.09%) ITIL
4 17 (24.64%) Disaster Recovery
5 15 (21.74%) Incident Response
6 13 (18.84%) SIEM
7 12 (17.39%) Penetration Testing
8 11 (15.94%) Time Management
9 10 (14.49%) Vulnerability Management
10 9 (13.04%) Security Operations
11 8 (11.59%) Presales
11 8 (11.59%) Project Delivery
12 7 (10.14%) Customer Requirements
12 7 (10.14%) Mathematics
12 7 (10.14%) Mentoring
12 7 (10.14%) Security Monitoring
13 6 (8.70%) Collaborative Culture
13 6 (8.70%) Incident Management
14 5 (7.25%) Service Catalogue
Programming Languages
1 20 (28.99%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (14.49%) CCNA
1 10 (14.49%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (11.59%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (8.70%) CCNP
3 6 (8.70%) DBS Check
3 6 (8.70%) SC Cleared
3 6 (8.70%) Security Cleared
4 3 (4.35%) MCDST
4 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 1 (1.45%) Degree
5 1 (1.45%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.14%) SLA
2 4 (5.80%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (5.80%) GDPR
2 4 (5.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (5.80%) NIST
3 1 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.45%) QA
System Software
1 26 (37.68%) Active Directory
2 19 (27.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (7.25%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.35%) BitLocker
4 3 (4.35%) Terminal Services
4 3 (4.35%) vSphere
5 2 (2.90%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 6 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (7.25%) FortiGate
2 5 (7.25%) QRadar
3 4 (5.80%) SCCM
4 3 (4.35%) VxRail
5 1 (1.45%) Autotask
5 1 (1.45%) Terraform
5 1 (1.45%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 53 (76.81%) Microsoft
2 26 (37.68%) VMware
3 18 (26.09%) Fortinet
4 17 (24.64%) Cisco
5 11 (15.94%) Barracuda Networks
6 10 (14.49%) Meraki
6 10 (14.49%) Veeam
7 8 (11.59%) N-able
7 8 (11.59%) ServiceNow
8 7 (10.14%) Dell
9 6 (8.70%) CheckPoint
9 6 (8.70%) McAfee
9 6 (8.70%) Splunk
9 6 (8.70%) Zscaler
10 5 (7.25%) Logitech
10 5 (7.25%) Qualys
10 5 (7.25%) TOWER Software
11 4 (5.80%) Okta
11 4 (5.80%) Palo Alto
11 4 (5.80%) SonicWALL