Sophos
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Sophos products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Sophos over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Sophos PLC.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 648 906 839
Rank change year-on-year +258 -67 -255
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 93 170 264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.14% 0.21%
As % of the Vendors category 0.42% 0.33% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 90 160 236
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,700 £24,375
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -6.25%
75th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £35,533 £36,500
% change year-on-year +12.57% -2.65% -0.68%

All Vendors
UK

Sophos is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 22,290 50,949 50,259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 41.87% 41.11% 39.19%
Number of salaries quoted 16,314 29,704 33,320
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,384
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,934 £95,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +4.40%

Sophos
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Sophos as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Sophos in the UK

Sophos
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Sophos.

Salary trend for Sophos in the UK

Sophos
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sophos over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Sophos in the UK

Sophos
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sophos within the UK over the 6 months to 4 December 2023. 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
England +276 91 £40,000 +12.99% 60
UK excluding London +192 66 £40,000 +12.57% 52
Work from Home +213 46 £47,500 +19.43% 21
North of England +154 28 £47,500 +35.71% 15
London +249 26 £40,000 +1.15% 9
North West +107 22 £47,500 +26.67% 8
South East +144 17 £29,500 -13.24% 15
East of England +118 11 £39,000 +11.43% 8
Yorkshire +94 6 £36,250 +9.02% 7
Midlands +115 5 £53,750 +58.09% 8
East Midlands +40 4 £53,750 +33.54% 4
South West +78 3 £31,500 -12.52% 6
West Midlands +126 1 - - 4
Scotland +53 1 £37,048 -2.51% 2
Wales +8 1 £35,000 -22.22%

Sophos
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 19 (20.43%) IIS
2 10 (10.75%) MS Exchange
3 8 (8.60%) SharePoint
4 3 (3.23%) Apache
4 3 (3.23%) OpenStack
5 2 (2.15%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (1.08%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 17 (18.28%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 72 (77.42%) Microsoft 365
2 62 (66.67%) Azure
3 30 (32.26%) Mimecast
4 18 (19.35%) AWS
5 13 (13.98%) Entra ID
6 4 (4.30%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (3.23%) Google Workspace
7 3 (3.23%) IaaS
7 3 (3.23%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.08%) PaaS
8 1 (1.08%) Rubrik
8 1 (1.08%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 50 (53.76%) Firewall
2 44 (47.31%) DHCP
3 43 (46.24%) DNS
4 23 (24.73%) VLAN
4 23 (24.73%) VPN
5 22 (23.66%) LAN
6 21 (22.58%) TCP/IP
6 21 (22.58%) WAN
7 17 (18.28%) Wireless
8 13 (13.98%) Remote Desktop
8 13 (13.98%) Structured Cabling
9 10 (10.75%) VoIP
10 8 (8.60%) Internet
11 7 (7.53%) SAN
12 4 (4.30%) Network Security
13 3 (3.23%) SNMP
13 3 (3.23%) VXLAN
14 2 (2.15%) OpenVPN
14 2 (2.15%) SD-WAN
14 2 (2.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (20.43%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.23%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (3.23%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.15%) JIRA
General
1 21 (22.58%) Social Skills
2 11 (11.83%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (6.45%) Banking
4 5 (5.38%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (5.38%) Finance
4 5 (5.38%) Private Banking
5 4 (4.30%) Law
5 4 (4.30%) Legal
5 4 (4.30%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.15%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.08%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.08%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 33 (35.48%) Support Engineer
2 28 (30.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 19 (20.43%) Analyst
4 17 (18.28%) IT Engineer
5 14 (15.05%) IT Support
6 13 (13.98%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 13 (13.98%) 2nd Line Support
7 12 (12.90%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 10 (10.75%) 1st Line Engineer
8 10 (10.75%) 1st Line Support
8 10 (10.75%) IT Support Engineer
9 9 (9.68%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
9 9 (9.68%) 1st Line Support Analyst
9 9 (9.68%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 9 (9.68%) Senior
9 9 (9.68%) Service Analyst
9 9 (9.68%) Service Desk Analyst
9 9 (9.68%) Service Desk Engineer
9 9 (9.68%) Service Desk Support
9 9 (9.68%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.30%) LDAP
2 3 (3.23%) FHIR
2 3 (3.23%) XML
3 1 (1.08%) ADSI
3 1 (1.08%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.98%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (7.53%) Onboarding
3 6 (6.45%) Driving Licence
3 6 (6.45%) Replication
4 4 (4.30%) PKI
5 3 (3.23%) NHS
6 2 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.08%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.08%) Derivative
7 1 (1.08%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.08%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 82 (88.17%) Windows
2 52 (55.91%) Windows 10
3 50 (53.76%) Windows Server
4 24 (25.81%) Windows Server 2019
5 22 (23.66%) Windows Server 2012
6 15 (16.13%) Windows Server 2008
7 9 (9.68%) Windows 8
8 8 (8.60%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (3.23%) Windows 7
10 2 (2.15%) Android
10 2 (2.15%) Linux
11 1 (1.08%) Mac OS
11 1 (1.08%) Mac OS X
11 1 (1.08%) Ubuntu
11 1 (1.08%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (31.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 23 (24.73%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (23.66%) ITIL
4 14 (15.05%) Knowledge Transfer
4 14 (15.05%) Mentoring
4 14 (15.05%) Network Design
5 12 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (11.83%) Time Management
7 10 (10.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (10.75%) Customer Service
7 10 (10.75%) Server Management
8 8 (8.60%) CRM
8 8 (8.60%) Project Management
9 7 (7.53%) Disaster Recovery
9 7 (7.53%) Line Management
9 7 (7.53%) Network Monitoring
10 6 (6.45%) Business Continuity
10 6 (6.45%) Mobile Device Management
10 6 (6.45%) Project Delivery
11 5 (5.38%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.53%) SQL
2 6 (6.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (23.66%) Degree
2 11 (11.83%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (9.68%) MCITP
4 4 (4.30%) DV Cleared
4 4 (4.30%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.30%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.15%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.08%) CCNA
6 1 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.08%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.08%) MCSA
6 1 (1.08%) MCSE
6 1 (1.08%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (1.08%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (17.20%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (10.75%) SLA
3 9 (9.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (6.45%) GDPR
5 4 (4.30%) RMADS
6 3 (3.23%) DICOM
6 3 (3.23%) HL7
7 1 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 78 (83.87%) Active Directory
2 47 (50.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (27.96%) Hyper-V
4 20 (21.51%) vSphere
5 10 (10.75%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (6.45%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (3.23%) Ceph
7 3 (3.23%) KVM
8 2 (2.15%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 20 (21.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (18.28%) Nessus
3 9 (9.68%) SCCM
4 7 (7.53%) FortiGate
5 4 (4.30%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (3.23%) Kubernetes
7 2 (2.15%) WSUS
8 1 (1.08%) Autotask
8 1 (1.08%) Icinga
8 1 (1.08%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (1.08%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (1.08%) VxRail
Vendors
1 62 (66.67%) VMware
2 55 (59.14%) Microsoft
3 25 (26.88%) Cisco
4 22 (23.66%) Aruba
5 21 (22.58%) N-able
6 20 (21.51%) SolarWinds
7 19 (20.43%) Meraki
8 13 (13.98%) arcserve
8 13 (13.98%) SonicWALL
9 11 (11.83%) Veeam
10 10 (10.75%) Fortinet
10 10 (10.75%) HP
11 9 (9.68%) ConnectWise
12 7 (7.53%) Citrix
13 6 (6.45%) Barracuda Networks
14 5 (5.38%) WatchGuard
15 4 (4.30%) AlienVault
15 4 (4.30%) Dell
16 3 (3.23%) Juniper
16 3 (3.23%) Red Hat