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 6 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
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 245 293 261
Rank change year-on-year +48 -32 +138
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 27 12 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.28% 0.11% 0.23%
As % of the Vendors category 0.80% 0.32% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 26 5 17
10th Percentile £30,125 - £24,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,750 £32,000 £29,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.84% +8.47% -13.24%
75th Percentile £38,750 £33,750 £42,500
90th Percentile £45,375 - £46,500
England median annual salary £36,000 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -6.25% +12.99%

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 3,356 3,744 3,168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 34.20% 35.62% 43.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,890 1,984 2,428
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,250 £28,290
25th Percentile £31,906 £40,000 £37,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,375 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,303 £82,500 £75,000
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 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 6 December 2025.

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 6 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
Thames Valley +35 20 £37,500 +15.38% 2
Berkshire - 12 £37,500 - 2
Oxfordshire +28 8 £36,000 +10.77%
Kent - 5 £34,000 - 1
Surrey - 1 £38,000 -
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 7 (25.93%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 14 (51.85%) Azure
2 13 (48.15%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (18.52%) Mimecast
4 3 (11.11%) Entra ID
5 2 (7.41%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (55.56%) Firewall
2 11 (40.74%) DHCP
2 11 (40.74%) DNS
3 9 (33.33%) Wireless
4 8 (29.63%) WAN
5 7 (25.93%) LAN
5 7 (25.93%) TCP/IP
6 5 (18.52%) VPN
7 2 (7.41%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (3.70%) BGP
8 1 (3.70%) EIGRP
8 1 (3.70%) OSPF
8 1 (3.70%) SAN
8 1 (3.70%) SD-WAN
8 1 (3.70%) VLAN
8 1 (3.70%) VoIP
8 1 (3.70%) VXLAN
General
1 13 (48.15%) Social Skills
2 5 (18.52%) Games
3 4 (14.81%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (33.33%) Cisco Engineer
2 8 (29.63%) Cisco Field Engineer
2 8 (29.63%) Field Engineer
3 7 (25.93%) 2nd Line Support
4 6 (22.22%) Support Engineer
5 5 (18.52%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 5 (18.52%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 5 (18.52%) 2nd Line Technical Support
5 5 (18.52%) 2nd Line Technical Support Engineer
5 5 (18.52%) 3rd Line Support
5 5 (18.52%) Field Service Engineer
5 5 (18.52%) Junior
5 5 (18.52%) Technical Engineer
5 5 (18.52%) Technical Support
5 5 (18.52%) Technical Support Engineer
6 4 (14.81%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 3 (11.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 3 (11.11%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
7 3 (11.11%) Analyst
7 3 (11.11%) Cabling Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Driving Licence
2 2 (7.41%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.70%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 9 (33.33%) Windows
2 6 (22.22%) Apple iOS
2 6 (22.22%) Mac OS
3 5 (18.52%) Android
4 1 (3.70%) Linux
4 1 (3.70%) Unix
4 1 (3.70%) Windows Server
4 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 8 (29.63%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (18.52%) DevOps
4 5 (18.52%) Infrastructure as Code
4 5 (18.52%) Service Delivery
5 4 (14.81%) Break/Fix
5 4 (14.81%) Presales
5 4 (14.81%) Project Delivery
5 4 (14.81%) Project Planning
5 4 (14.81%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (14.81%) Risk Analysis
6 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (3.70%) Agile
7 1 (3.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (3.70%) IT Strategy
7 1 (3.70%) Knowledge Transfer
7 1 (3.70%) Network Virtualisation
7 1 (3.70%) Virtual Environments
7 1 (3.70%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) Bicep
1 5 (18.52%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (7.41%) MCP
2 1 (3.70%) CCIE
2 1 (3.70%) CCNP
2 1 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.70%) HP APS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 7 (25.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (14.81%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (7.41%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 13 (48.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (22.22%) SCCM
3 5 (18.52%) MaaS360
4 1 (3.70%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 15 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 14 (51.85%) Cisco
3 12 (44.44%) Draytek
4 9 (33.33%) Meraki
5 8 (29.63%) VMware
6 7 (25.93%) HP
7 5 (18.52%) Barracuda Networks
7 5 (18.52%) Dell
7 5 (18.52%) McAfee
7 5 (18.52%) Ubiquiti
8 4 (14.81%) Aruba
8 4 (14.81%) Fortinet
9 3 (11.11%) Forcepoint
10 2 (7.41%) Datto
10 2 (7.41%) WatchGuard
11 1 (3.70%) Apple
11 1 (3.70%) ConnectWise
11 1 (3.70%) Palo Alto
11 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow