Sophos Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Sophos
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 13 June 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
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 541 476 577
Rank change year-on-year -65 +101 +46
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 58 57 186
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.087% 0.19% 0.24%
As % of the Vendors category 0.36% 0.45% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 40 39 173
10th Percentile £26,425 £28,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £28,500 £32,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -6.67% -7.41%
75th Percentile £49,063 £43,250 £43,750
90th Percentile £61,625 £50,000 £52,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -6.67% -21.05%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 16,160 12,679 25,351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 24.24% 42.82% 32.54%
Number of salaries quoted 9,126 6,657 17,447
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £34,871 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +3.26% -8.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.64% +10.00% -13.04%

Sophos
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Sophos relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Sophos job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Sophos
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Sophos.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Sophos

Sophos
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sophos in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Sophos in the UK excluding London

Sophos
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sophos within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 June 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
South East -15 21 £45,000 +24.14% 13
Midlands -16 15 £34,250 -2.14% 1
East of England -12 12 £31,250 - 3
East Midlands -21 8 - - 1
West Midlands -20 7 £34,250 +29.25%
North West +3 6 £29,000 -10.77% 1
North of England -44 6 £29,000 -12.12% 2
Scotland - 3 £32,500 -
South West -57 1 £75,000 +57.89%
Sophos
UK

Sophos
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 15 (25.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (18.97%) SharePoint
3 5 (8.62%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (5.17%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 47 (81.03%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (43.10%) Mimecast
3 15 (25.86%) Azure
4 6 (10.34%) Entra ID
5 3 (5.17%) AWS
5 3 (5.17%) OneDrive
5 3 (5.17%) Power Automate
5 3 (5.17%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 37 (63.79%) Firewall
2 16 (27.59%) VoIP
3 12 (20.69%) Network Security
3 12 (20.69%) WAN
3 12 (20.69%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (18.97%) TCP/IP
5 9 (15.52%) DHCP
5 9 (15.52%) DNS
5 9 (15.52%) LAN
5 9 (15.52%) VLAN
6 6 (10.34%) NAS
6 6 (10.34%) Structured Cabling
6 6 (10.34%) VPN
7 5 (8.62%) Skype
8 4 (6.90%) Broadband
8 4 (6.90%) Remote Desktop
8 4 (6.90%) Wireless
9 1 (1.72%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.90%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.17%) Power BI
General
1 15 (25.86%) Social Skills
2 8 (13.79%) Organisational Skills
2 8 (13.79%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (6.90%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (6.90%) Public Sector
4 3 (5.17%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.72%) Finance
5 1 (1.72%) Legal
Job Titles
1 22 (37.93%) IT Support
2 21 (36.21%) IT Engineer
3 13 (22.41%) IT Support Engineer
3 13 (22.41%) Support Engineer
4 10 (17.24%) 1st Line Support
4 10 (17.24%) Support Technician
5 8 (13.79%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 8 (13.79%) 2nd Line Support
5 8 (13.79%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 8 (13.79%) Field Engineer
5 8 (13.79%) Field Service Engineer
6 7 (12.07%) Architect
6 7 (12.07%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (10.34%) Analyst
7 6 (10.34%) IT Support Technician
7 6 (10.34%) IT Technician
8 5 (8.62%) 1st Line Support Analyst
8 5 (8.62%) Support Analyst
9 3 (5.17%) Applications Support
9 3 (5.17%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (32.76%) Driving Licence
2 9 (15.52%) CCTV
2 9 (15.52%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (13.79%) Web Conferencing
4 3 (5.17%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.72%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 43 (74.14%) Windows
2 28 (48.28%) Windows 10
3 23 (39.66%) Windows Server
4 8 (13.79%) Android
4 8 (13.79%) Apple iOS
5 3 (5.17%) Mac OS
5 3 (5.17%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (46.55%) Customer Service
2 26 (44.83%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (36.21%) ITIL
4 14 (24.14%) Disaster Recovery
5 13 (22.41%) Time Management
6 9 (15.52%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (13.79%) Presales
7 8 (13.79%) Proactive Monitoring
7 8 (13.79%) Project Delivery
7 8 (13.79%) Service Catalogue
8 7 (12.07%) Customer Requirements
8 7 (12.07%) Mathematics
8 7 (12.07%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 6 (10.34%) Collaborative Culture
10 5 (8.62%) Problem Management
11 4 (6.90%) Business Continuity
12 3 (5.17%) Business Intelligence
12 3 (5.17%) CRM
12 3 (5.17%) Data Security
12 3 (5.17%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (20.69%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.72%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (15.52%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (10.34%) DBS Check
2 6 (10.34%) SC Cleared
2 6 (10.34%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.17%) CCNA
3 3 (5.17%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (5.17%) MCDST
3 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.07%) SLA
2 1 (1.72%) GDPR
2 1 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.72%) NIST
System Software
1 23 (39.66%) Active Directory
2 18 (31.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (8.62%) Hyper-V
4 3 (5.17%) BitLocker
4 3 (5.17%) Terminal Services
5 2 (3.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (12.07%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.72%) Autotask
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.72%) SCCM
2 1 (1.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 50 (86.21%) Microsoft
2 24 (41.38%) VMware
3 12 (20.69%) Fortinet
4 11 (18.97%) Barracuda Networks
5 10 (17.24%) Meraki
6 9 (15.52%) Cisco
7 8 (13.79%) Logitech
7 8 (13.79%) N-able
7 8 (13.79%) TOWER Software
7 8 (13.79%) Veeam
8 7 (12.07%) SonicWALL
9 6 (10.34%) Dell
9 6 (10.34%) McAfee
10 3 (5.17%) Adobe
10 3 (5.17%) Aruba
10 3 (5.17%) Synology
10 3 (5.17%) Ubiquiti
11 2 (3.45%) Datto
11 2 (3.45%) Ruckus Wireless
11 2 (3.45%) Zscaler