Sophos
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 23 October 2024, 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
23 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 709 663 976
Rank change year-on-year -46 +313 -134
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 69 101 190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.091% 0.17% 0.14%
As % of the Vendors category 0.28% 0.41% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 37 97 170
10th Percentile £29,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,500 £37,750
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +12.58% +7.86%
75th Percentile £47,250 £52,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £53,300 £57,500 £72,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £45,000 £35,667
% change year-on-year -22.22% +26.17% +1.90%

All Vendors
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 24,446 24,905 55,942
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.31% 41.89% 39.81%
Number of salaries quoted 12,032 17,966 30,925
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £56,392 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.08% -0.19% +2.73%
75th Percentile £76,000 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,975 £91,250 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%

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 23 October 2024.

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 23 October 2024. 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 -70 61 £34,000 -20.00% 23
UK excluding London -56 58 £35,000 -22.22% 22
Work from Home +14 29 £40,000 -15.79% 16
North of England -40 21 £37,500 -21.05% 2
Midlands -26 12 £35,000 -33.33% 5
London -9 11 £35,250 -11.88% 3
South East -22 11 £32,000 -18.47% 7
North East - 8 £43,750 -
Yorkshire +30 7 £39,500 -1.25%
Scotland -2 7 £40,000 +7.97%
South West 0 6 £30,000 +9.09% 4
East Midlands -24 6 - - 2
West Midlands -31 6 £35,000 - 3
North West -43 6 £32,000 -32.63% 2
Wales +38 1 - - 3

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 (27.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (20.29%) SharePoint
3 7 (10.14%) IIS
4 2 (2.90%) Confluence
5 1 (1.45%) Apache
5 1 (1.45%) nginx
5 1 (1.45%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 17 (24.64%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 62 (89.86%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (62.32%) Azure
3 20 (28.99%) Entra ID
4 11 (15.94%) Mimecast
5 6 (8.70%) AWS
5 6 (8.70%) Azure Logic Apps
5 6 (8.70%) Azure Monitor
5 6 (8.70%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (8.70%) Microsoft Purview
5 6 (8.70%) Power Platform
5 6 (8.70%) PowerApps
6 4 (5.80%) GCP
7 2 (2.90%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (2.90%) WhatsApp
8 1 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.45%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.45%) IaaS
8 1 (1.45%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.45%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 34 (49.28%) Firewall
2 23 (33.33%) DHCP
2 23 (33.33%) DNS
3 18 (26.09%) Wi-Fi
4 17 (24.64%) VPN
5 15 (21.74%) VoIP
6 14 (20.29%) SAN
7 13 (18.84%) LAN
7 13 (18.84%) WAN
8 11 (15.94%) VLAN
9 7 (10.14%) Remote Desktop
9 7 (10.14%) Skype
10 6 (8.70%) Broadband
10 6 (8.70%) iSCSI
10 6 (8.70%) NAS
10 6 (8.70%) Wireless
11 4 (5.80%) Network Security
11 4 (5.80%) TCP/IP
12 3 (4.35%) Internet
13 2 (2.90%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (20.29%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (7.25%) Power BI
2 5 (7.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.80%) JIRA
2 2 (2.90%) Git
3 1 (1.45%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.45%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.45%) Maven
3 1 (1.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 24 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 5 (7.25%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (5.80%) Law
3 4 (5.80%) Marketing
3 4 (5.80%) Retail
3 4 (5.80%) Telecoms
4 3 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.45%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.45%) Finance
5 1 (1.45%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 22 (31.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 18 (26.09%) IT Support
3 15 (21.74%) 2nd Line Support
4 13 (18.84%) Support Engineer
5 11 (15.94%) IT Engineer
5 11 (15.94%) Support Technician
6 8 (11.59%) 2nd Line Support Technician
7 7 (10.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 7 (10.14%) IT Support Engineer
7 7 (10.14%) IT Technician
8 6 (8.70%) Analyst
8 6 (8.70%) Cloud Specialist
8 6 (8.70%) IT Analyst
8 6 (8.70%) IT Support Analyst
8 6 (8.70%) Lead
8 6 (8.70%) Senior
8 6 (8.70%) Support Analyst
9 5 (7.25%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 5 (7.25%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 5 (7.25%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.80%) REST
2 3 (4.35%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.45%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (1.45%) LDAP
3 1 (1.45%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (17.39%) Driving Licence
2 10 (14.49%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (8.70%) Replication
4 5 (7.25%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (4.35%) Clustering
5 3 (4.35%) CMDB
5 3 (4.35%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.90%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.90%) PKI
6 2 (2.90%) Private Cloud
6 2 (2.90%) Smartphone
7 1 (1.45%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.45%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 52 (75.36%) Windows
2 32 (46.38%) Windows Server
3 26 (37.68%) Windows 10
4 20 (28.99%) Windows Server 2019
5 16 (23.19%) Windows Server 2012
6 14 (20.29%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (8.70%) Android
8 5 (7.25%) Apple iOS
9 4 (5.80%) Windows 7
10 2 (2.90%) Linux
10 2 (2.90%) Mac OS
11 1 (1.45%) CentOS
11 1 (1.45%) Debian
11 1 (1.45%) Mac OS X
11 1 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (1.45%) Ubuntu
11 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 22 (31.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 15 (21.74%) ITIL
5 14 (20.29%) Cybersecurity
6 13 (18.84%) Disaster Recovery
7 10 (14.49%) Mentoring
7 10 (14.49%) Project Delivery
8 8 (11.59%) ERP
9 7 (10.14%) Change Management
9 7 (10.14%) Server Management
10 6 (8.70%) Analytics
10 6 (8.70%) API Integration
10 6 (8.70%) E-Discovery
10 6 (8.70%) Information Security
10 6 (8.70%) Kalman Filter
10 6 (8.70%) Log Analytics
10 6 (8.70%) Migration
10 6 (8.70%) Task Automation
11 5 (7.25%) Email Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (18.84%) PowerShell
2 6 (8.70%) Python
2 6 (8.70%) SQL
3 5 (7.25%) Bash
4 1 (1.45%) Bicep
4 1 (1.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (24.64%) Degree
2 15 (21.74%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (8.70%) MCITP
3 6 (8.70%) MCP
3 6 (8.70%) MCSE
3 6 (8.70%) MCTS
3 6 (8.70%) Network+ Certification
4 5 (7.25%) Azure Certification
4 5 (7.25%) CCNA
4 5 (7.25%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (7.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (7.25%) Security Cleared
5 4 (5.80%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.90%) A+ Certification
6 2 (2.90%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (2.90%) MCSA
6 2 (2.90%) Server+ Certification
6 2 (2.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.45%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.49%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (11.59%) SLA
3 7 (10.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 51 (73.91%) Active Directory
2 28 (40.58%) Hyper-V
3 18 (26.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (11.59%) vSphere
5 4 (5.80%) Ceph
5 4 (5.80%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (2.90%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 2 (2.90%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (1.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 27 (39.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (20.29%) SCCM
3 5 (7.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 5 (7.25%) Ansible
3 5 (7.25%) Puppet
4 4 (5.80%) N-central
5 3 (4.35%) Nessus
6 2 (2.90%) Autotask
6 2 (2.90%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (2.90%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (1.45%) Backup Exec
7 1 (1.45%) FortiGate
7 1 (1.45%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (1.45%) SCOM
7 1 (1.45%) SCVMM
7 1 (1.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 58 (84.06%) Microsoft
2 28 (40.58%) VMware
3 22 (31.88%) Cisco
4 15 (21.74%) Veeam
5 13 (18.84%) Citrix
6 10 (14.49%) Draytek
7 9 (13.04%) arcserve
7 9 (13.04%) Fortinet
7 9 (13.04%) Meraki
8 8 (11.59%) HP
8 8 (11.59%) Mitel
9 7 (10.14%) Datto
9 7 (10.14%) Ubiquiti
10 6 (8.70%) Apple
10 6 (8.70%) Aruba
10 6 (8.70%) Juniper
10 6 (8.70%) Palo Alto
11 5 (7.25%) ESET
12 4 (5.80%) Google
12 4 (5.80%) Zerto