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 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
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 283 291
Rank change year-on-year +29 +8 +80
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 18 14 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.17% 0.16% 0.21%
As % of the Vendors category 0.55% 0.42% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 16 7 22
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £25,575
25th Percentile £34,250 £31,625 £26,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £32,500 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +12.07% -12.12%
75th Percentile £38,750 £34,375 £38,750
90th Percentile £47,500 £41,000 £42,500
England median annual salary £34,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -9.33% - +7.14%

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 3,285 3,306 3,951
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 30.78% 36.88% 38.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,838 1,745 3,117
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £27,650
25th Percentile £32,125 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +12.24% -6.67%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £78,362 £81,250 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +7.48% -6.96%

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 January 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 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
Thames Valley +14 13 £37,500 +15.38% 4
Berkshire - 10 £37,500 - 4
Oxfordshire +10 3 £36,000 +10.77%
Kent - 3 £34,000 -
Hampshire - 1 - - 3
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 4 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (33.33%) Azure
3 3 (16.67%) Mimecast
4 1 (5.56%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (66.67%) Firewall
2 8 (44.44%) Wireless
3 6 (33.33%) DHCP
3 6 (33.33%) DNS
4 4 (22.22%) WAN
5 3 (16.67%) LAN
5 3 (16.67%) TCP/IP
5 3 (16.67%) VPN
6 1 (5.56%) BGP
6 1 (5.56%) EIGRP
6 1 (5.56%) OSPF
6 1 (5.56%) SD-WAN
6 1 (5.56%) Unified Communications
6 1 (5.56%) VLAN
6 1 (5.56%) VXLAN
6 1 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
General
1 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Retail
3 3 (16.67%) Games
4 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Cisco Engineer
2 6 (33.33%) Cisco Field Engineer
2 6 (33.33%) Field Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Field Service Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) 2nd Line Technical Support
4 3 (16.67%) 2nd Line Technical Support Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
4 3 (16.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Junior
4 3 (16.67%) Support Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Technical Support
4 3 (16.67%) Technical Support Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Cabling Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Network Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Data Centre
1 2 (11.11%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.56%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Android
1 3 (16.67%) Apple iOS
1 3 (16.67%) Mac OS
1 3 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (22.22%) Break/Fix
3 4 (22.22%) Presales
3 4 (22.22%) Project Delivery
3 4 (22.22%) Project Planning
3 4 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (22.22%) Risk Analysis
3 4 (22.22%) Service Delivery
4 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (16.67%) DevOps
4 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (5.56%) Customer-Centricity
5 1 (5.56%) Information Security
5 1 (5.56%) Network Virtualisation
5 1 (5.56%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) Bicep
1 3 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) CCIE
1 1 (5.56%) CCNP
1 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (5.56%) HP APS
System Software
1 7 (38.89%) Active Directory
2 4 (22.22%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (16.67%) MaaS360
2 3 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (61.11%) Cisco
2 10 (55.56%) Draytek
3 8 (44.44%) Meraki
3 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
4 4 (22.22%) Aruba
4 4 (22.22%) Fortinet
4 4 (22.22%) HP
4 4 (22.22%) VMware
5 3 (16.67%) Barracuda Networks
5 3 (16.67%) Dell
5 3 (16.67%) McAfee
5 3 (16.67%) Ubiquiti
6 2 (11.11%) Forcepoint
7 1 (5.56%) Asigra
7 1 (5.56%) ConnectWise
7 1 (5.56%) Datto
7 1 (5.56%) Palo Alto
7 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow
7 1 (5.56%) Veeam