Sophos Job Trends in the North West

Sophos
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 30 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
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 174 201 168
Rank change year-on-year +27 -33 +121
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 7 6 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.11% 0.12% 0.36%
As % of the Vendors category 0.42% 0.32% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 13
10th Percentile - - £30,650
25th Percentile £29,500 £51,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £53,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -39.62% +11.58% +40.74%
75th Percentile £34,500 £53,750 £51,250
90th Percentile - £54,500 -
England median annual salary £36,000 £40,354 £40,000
% change year-on-year -10.79% +0.88% +13.64%

All Vendors
North West

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 North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,669 1,876 1,306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 27.08% 36.08% 33.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,032 933 1,095
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% - -
75th Percentile £62,625 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
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 North West

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

Sophos job vacancy trend in the North West

Sophos
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Sophos.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Sophos

Sophos
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sophos within the North West region over the 6 months to 30 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
Merseyside - 6 - -
Cumbria - 1 £32,000 -
Sophos
England

Sophos
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 6 (85.71%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (85.71%) Azure
2 6 (85.71%) Cloud Computing
2 6 (85.71%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) VoIP
1 1 (14.29%) Wireless
General
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Analyst
1 6 (85.71%) IT Analyst
1 6 (85.71%) Service Analyst
1 6 (85.71%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
2 1 (14.29%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) 2nd/3rd Line Technical Support
2 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Technical Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Technical Support
2 1 (14.29%) IT Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) IT Support
2 1 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Support
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) Windows 10
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Agile
1 6 (85.71%) Coaching
1 6 (85.71%) Creative Thinking
1 6 (85.71%) Customer Service
1 6 (85.71%) Incident Management
1 6 (85.71%) Mentoring
1 6 (85.71%) Workflow
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (14.29%) Data Privacy
2 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (85.71%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (85.71%) ServiceNow
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco
3 1 (14.29%) ConnectWise
3 1 (14.29%) Datto
3 1 (14.29%) ESET
3 1 (14.29%) Ubiquiti
3 1 (14.29%) Veeam