Sophos Job Trends in the South East

Sophos
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 23 September 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
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 322 266 331
Rank change year-on-year -56 +65 -43
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 24 32 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.13% 0.36% 0.056%
As % of the Vendors category 0.55% 0.89% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 22 31 2
10th Percentile £26,450 £28,250 -
25th Percentile £34,500 £32,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £36,000 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +12.50% -18.47%
75th Percentile £58,750 £41,000 -
90th Percentile £61,250 £47,500 -
England median annual salary £41,000 £36,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year +13.89% +7.46% -17.28%

All Vendors
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 4,403 3,614 4,485
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 23.43% 40.61% 35.65%
Number of salaries quoted 3,037 1,856 2,163
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,500 £31,025
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £69,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,200 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -4.35%

Sophos
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Sophos job vacancy trend in the South East

Sophos
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Sophos.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Sophos

Sophos
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sophos in the South East over the 6 months to 23 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Sophos in the South East

Sophos
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sophos within the South East region over the 6 months to 23 September 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
Surrey -29 8 £36,750 -16.48% 3
Hampshire - 7 £47,500 - 1
Thames Valley -20 5 £26,500 -27.89% 17
Berkshire +6 3 £26,500 -29.33%
Buckinghamshire 0 2 - -
Kent -23 1 £45,000 +32.35% 1
Sophos
England

Sophos
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 12 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 22 (91.67%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (33.33%) Azure
3 6 (25.00%) Mimecast
4 2 (8.33%) Power Automate
4 2 (8.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (41.67%) Firewall
2 8 (33.33%) DHCP
2 8 (33.33%) DNS
3 6 (25.00%) VLAN
3 6 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (16.67%) LAN
4 4 (16.67%) VPN
4 4 (16.67%) WAN
5 3 (12.50%) NGFW
5 3 (12.50%) Wireless
6 2 (8.33%) NAS
6 2 (8.33%) Network Security
6 2 (8.33%) VoIP
7 1 (4.17%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Power BI
2 1 (4.17%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (45.83%) IT Support
2 9 (37.50%) Support Technician
3 6 (25.00%) IT Support Technician
3 6 (25.00%) IT Technician
4 5 (20.83%) IT Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Support Engineer
5 4 (16.67%) IT Manager
6 3 (12.50%) Architect
6 3 (12.50%) ICT Support
6 3 (12.50%) ICT Support Technician
6 3 (12.50%) ICT Technician
6 3 (12.50%) IT Technical Manager
6 3 (12.50%) Lead
6 3 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (12.50%) Team Leader
6 3 (12.50%) Technical Leader
6 3 (12.50%) Technical Manager
6 3 (12.50%) Technical Team Leader
7 2 (8.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 3 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 3 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (12.50%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 21 (87.50%) Windows
2 13 (54.17%) Windows 10
2 13 (54.17%) Windows Server
3 8 (33.33%) Linux
4 3 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (41.67%) ITIL
2 8 (33.33%) Service Management
3 6 (25.00%) Presales
3 6 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 6 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 5 (20.83%) Asset Management
4 5 (20.83%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (20.83%) Inventory Control
4 5 (20.83%) Inventory Management
4 5 (20.83%) ITSM
4 5 (20.83%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 5 (20.83%) User Experience
5 4 (16.67%) Time Management
6 3 (12.50%) Change Management
6 3 (12.50%) CRM
6 3 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
6 3 (12.50%) Decision-Making
6 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 8 (33.33%) A+ Certification
2 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (8.33%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.83%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 7 (29.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (20.83%) vSphere
4 4 (16.67%) Hyper-V
5 3 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (8.33%) BitLocker
6 2 (8.33%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (12.50%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 23 (95.83%) Microsoft
2 15 (62.50%) VMware
3 11 (45.83%) Cisco
4 8 (33.33%) Meraki
5 6 (25.00%) Fortinet
6 5 (20.83%) Barracuda Networks
7 3 (12.50%) N-able
7 3 (12.50%) Palo Alto
7 3 (12.50%) Symantec
7 3 (12.50%) Ubiquiti
7 3 (12.50%) WatchGuard
8 1 (4.17%) Citrix
8 1 (4.17%) Veeam