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 17 September 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
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 252 328 295
Rank change year-on-year +76 -33 +120
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 33 8 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.37% 0.062% 0.20%
As % of the Vendors category 0.90% 0.18% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 32 3 18
10th Percentile £28,250 - £22,500
25th Percentile £32,000 - £25,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £32,000 £39,250
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -18.47% -0.63%
75th Percentile £39,875 £34,750 £43,438
90th Percentile £47,075 £36,400 £47,875
England median annual salary £35,000 £34,000 £40,500
% change year-on-year +2.94% -16.05% +11.18%

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 3,656 4,557 3,583
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 40.76% 35.32% 40.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,880 2,272 2,598
10th Percentile £27,336 £30,005 £28,290
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -3.85% +1.27%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%

Sophos
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Sophos as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Sophos 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 +22 26 £36,000 - 3
Oxfordshire +37 14 £36,000 -
Berkshire - 11 £37,500 - 2
Kent - 5 £34,000 - 1
Surrey - 2 £44,000 - 1
Buckinghamshire - 1 - - 1
Sophos
England

Sophos
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (39.39%) SharePoint
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 22 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (60.61%) Azure
3 9 (27.27%) Entra ID
4 5 (15.15%) Mimecast
5 2 (6.06%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 18 (54.55%) Firewall
2 13 (39.39%) DHCP
2 13 (39.39%) DNS
3 11 (33.33%) TCP/IP
4 10 (30.30%) LAN
4 10 (30.30%) WAN
5 9 (27.27%) Wireless
6 6 (18.18%) VPN
7 5 (15.15%) SAN
8 2 (6.06%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (6.06%) VoIP
9 1 (3.03%) NAS
9 1 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
General
1 16 (48.48%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.15%) Games
3 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 10 (30.30%) 2nd Line Support
3 7 (21.21%) Technical Engineer
3 7 (21.21%) Technical Support
3 7 (21.21%) Technical Support Engineer
4 6 (18.18%) Analyst
4 6 (18.18%) Cisco Engineer
4 6 (18.18%) IT Engineer
5 5 (15.15%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 5 (15.15%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 5 (15.15%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 5 (15.15%) 2nd Line Technical Support
5 5 (15.15%) 2nd Line Technical Support Engineer
5 5 (15.15%) 3rd Line Support
5 5 (15.15%) Cisco Field Engineer
5 5 (15.15%) Field Engineer
5 5 (15.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (15.15%) Junior
5 5 (15.15%) Support Analyst
6 4 (12.12%) Cisco Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.03%) CCTV
2 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.03%) Operational Technology
2 1 (3.03%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (3.03%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 19 (57.58%) Windows
2 11 (33.33%) Mac OS
3 9 (27.27%) Apple iOS
4 8 (24.24%) Windows Server
5 5 (15.15%) Android
6 4 (12.12%) Linux
6 4 (12.12%) Unix
7 1 (3.03%) Windows 10
7 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (42.42%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (24.24%) Mentoring
3 7 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (15.15%) DevOps
4 5 (15.15%) Infrastructure as Code
4 5 (15.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (15.15%) ITIL
4 5 (15.15%) Project Delivery
5 4 (12.12%) Agile
5 4 (12.12%) Break/Fix
5 4 (12.12%) Information Security
5 4 (12.12%) Knowledge Transfer
5 4 (12.12%) Presales
5 4 (12.12%) Project Planning
5 4 (12.12%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (12.12%) Risk Analysis
6 2 (6.06%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (6.06%) CRM
6 2 (6.06%) Service Delivery
6 2 (6.06%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.15%) Bicep
1 5 (15.15%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (15.15%) MCP
2 1 (3.03%) Degree
2 1 (3.03%) HNC
2 1 (3.03%) HND
2 1 (3.03%) HP APS
2 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (12.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 4 (12.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 17 (51.52%) Active Directory
2 14 (42.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (21.21%) Hyper-V
4 4 (12.12%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (6.06%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (57.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (27.27%) SCCM
3 5 (15.15%) MaaS360
4 2 (6.06%) vCenter Server
5 1 (3.03%) FortiGate
5 1 (3.03%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 25 (75.76%) Microsoft
2 15 (45.45%) VMware
3 10 (30.30%) Cisco
4 9 (27.27%) Draytek
5 8 (24.24%) HP
6 7 (21.21%) Ubiquiti
7 6 (18.18%) Dell
7 6 (18.18%) Meraki
8 5 (15.15%) Apple
8 5 (15.15%) Barracuda Networks
8 5 (15.15%) Datto
8 5 (15.15%) McAfee
8 5 (15.15%) WatchGuard
9 4 (12.12%) Aruba
9 4 (12.12%) Fortinet
10 3 (9.09%) Forcepoint
11 2 (6.06%) Veeam
12 1 (3.03%) ConnectWise
12 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow