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 22 February 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
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 260 302
Rank change year-on-year -5 +42 +92
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 11 16 32
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.095% 0.20% 0.25%
As % of the Vendors category 0.33% 0.53% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 9 10 32
10th Percentile - £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,750 £32,000 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £33,750 £29,250
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +15.38% -11.36%
75th Percentile £38,750 £48,125 £38,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £50,000 £42,500
England median annual salary £34,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -9.33% - +3.16%

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 3,369 3,029 4,876
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 29.09% 37.92% 38.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,920 1,641 3,845
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,375 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,164 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.07% +15.79% -7.50%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,525 £82,250 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +12.75% -11.30%

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 22 February 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 22 February 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 +3 6 £37,500 +15.38% 11
Berkshire - 4 £37,500 - 1
Hampshire - 4 £33,500 - 2
Oxfordshire +8 2 £60,000 +65.52% 9
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 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Mimecast
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) Firewall
2 3 (27.27%) Broadband
2 3 (27.27%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (27.27%) VoIP
3 1 (9.09%) BGP
3 1 (9.09%) EIGRP
3 1 (9.09%) OSPF
3 1 (9.09%) SD-WAN
3 1 (9.09%) Unified Communications
3 1 (9.09%) VLAN
3 1 (9.09%) VXLAN
3 1 (9.09%) WAN
3 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (9.09%) Wireless
General
1 4 (36.36%) Retail
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Cisco Engineer
1 4 (36.36%) Cisco Field Engineer
1 4 (36.36%) Field Engineer
1 4 (36.36%) Field Service Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (27.27%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) IT Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) IT Support
2 3 (27.27%) IT Support Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (9.09%) Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Presales Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Security Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Driving Licence
2 2 (18.18%) Web Conferencing
3 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
3 1 (9.09%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
1 3 (27.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (36.36%) Service Delivery
3 3 (27.27%) Collaborative Culture
3 3 (27.27%) Customer Service
3 3 (27.27%) Mathematics
4 2 (18.18%) Presales
4 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
5 1 (9.09%) Commercial Awareness
5 1 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (9.09%) Customer-Centricity
5 1 (9.09%) Information Security
5 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
5 1 (9.09%) Network Virtualisation
5 1 (9.09%) Time Management
5 1 (9.09%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) CCIE
1 1 (9.09%) CCNP
1 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Cisco
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 4 (36.36%) Draytek
2 4 (36.36%) Meraki
2 4 (36.36%) Veeam
3 2 (18.18%) Barracuda Networks
3 2 (18.18%) Fortinet
3 2 (18.18%) N-able
4 1 (9.09%) Asigra
4 1 (9.09%) Datto
4 1 (9.09%) Palo Alto
4 1 (9.09%) VMware