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 18 April 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
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 642 575 681
Rank change year-on-year -67 +106 +168
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 72 61 204
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.083% 0.15% 0.22%
As % of the Vendors category 0.32% 0.37% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 46 45 197
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £29,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -6.67% -15.49%
75th Percentile £61,250 £53,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £69,200 £55,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £40,177 £37,500
% change year-on-year -15.37% +7.14% +5.93%

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 22,648 16,469 35,345
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.13% 39.57% 37.38%
Number of salaries quoted 12,134 10,190 25,286
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £26,700
25th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £92,350 £93,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -10.00%

Sophos
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Sophos job vacancy trend in the UK

Sophos
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Sophos.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Sophos

Sophos
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sophos over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Sophos in the UK

Sophos
Top 13 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 18 April 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
England -53 69 £37,250 +6.43% 21
UK excluding London -57 52 £34,000 -15.37% 16
Work from Home +12 21 £57,500 +76.92% 3
London +6 20 £51,500 +64.80% 6
South East -30 20 £57,500 +64.29% 10
Midlands -34 10 £26,500 -24.29% 3
East of England -26 9 £32,500 -40.91% 4
West Midlands -20 6 £26,500 -20.72%
South West -48 6 £34,000 -50.18%
North West -29 4 £29,000 -45.28%
East Midlands -50 4 - - 3
North of England -65 4 £29,000 -45.28%
Scotland - 3 £32,500 - 1

Sophos
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 20 (27.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (22.22%) SharePoint
3 5 (6.94%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (4.17%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 49 (68.06%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (43.06%) Mimecast
3 27 (37.50%) Azure
4 9 (12.50%) AWS
5 7 (9.72%) Entra ID
6 5 (6.94%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (4.17%) Power Automate
7 3 (4.17%) Power Platform
8 2 (2.78%) IaaS
8 2 (2.78%) Rubrik
9 1 (1.39%) Amazon S3
9 1 (1.39%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (1.39%) Google Workspace
9 1 (1.39%) OneDrive
9 1 (1.39%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (59.72%) Firewall
2 16 (22.22%) Network Security
3 14 (19.44%) VPN
4 13 (18.06%) VoIP
5 12 (16.67%) VLAN
6 11 (15.28%) DNS
6 11 (15.28%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (13.89%) TCP/IP
7 10 (13.89%) WAN
8 8 (11.11%) Cisco ISE
8 8 (11.11%) DHCP
9 6 (8.33%) LAN
9 6 (8.33%) NAS
10 5 (6.94%) Skype
11 4 (5.56%) Broadband
11 4 (5.56%) Cisco Nexus
11 4 (5.56%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (5.56%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (5.56%) Structured Cabling
12 3 (4.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.56%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 16 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 8 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
3 6 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (6.94%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (5.56%) Finance
6 2 (2.78%) Retail
7 1 (1.39%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (26.39%) IT Support
2 16 (22.22%) IT Engineer
2 16 (22.22%) Support Engineer
3 12 (16.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 12 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
3 12 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 12 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
4 10 (13.89%) 1st Line Support
4 10 (13.89%) Field Engineer
5 9 (12.50%) Analyst
6 7 (9.72%) Architect
6 7 (9.72%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (8.33%) Field Service Engineer
7 6 (8.33%) Network Security Specialist
7 6 (8.33%) Network Specialist
7 6 (8.33%) Security Engineer
7 6 (8.33%) Security Specialist
8 5 (6.94%) 1st Line Support Analyst
8 5 (6.94%) Support Analyst
8 5 (6.94%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 21 (29.17%) Driving Licence
2 8 (11.11%) Web Conferencing
3 6 (8.33%) Security Posture
4 5 (6.94%) CCTV
4 5 (6.94%) Data Centre
5 4 (5.56%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (4.17%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.78%) Replication
8 1 (1.39%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 48 (66.67%) Windows
2 22 (30.56%) Windows 10
3 18 (25.00%) Windows Server
4 4 (5.56%) Android
4 4 (5.56%) Apple iOS
5 3 (4.17%) Linux
5 3 (4.17%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (40.28%) Customer Service
2 25 (34.72%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (23.61%) ITIL
4 15 (20.83%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (20.83%) Disaster Recovery
5 14 (19.44%) Incident Response
6 11 (15.28%) SIEM
6 11 (15.28%) Time Management
7 10 (13.89%) Mentoring
7 10 (13.89%) Penetration Testing
8 9 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
9 8 (11.11%) Presales
9 8 (11.11%) Project Delivery
9 8 (11.11%) Security Operations
10 7 (9.72%) Customer Requirements
10 7 (9.72%) Incident Management
10 7 (9.72%) Mathematics
10 7 (9.72%) Security Monitoring
11 5 (6.94%) Problem Management
11 5 (6.94%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 18 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.39%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (13.89%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (12.50%) CCNA
2 9 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (9.72%) CCNP
4 6 (8.33%) DBS Check
4 6 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 6 (8.33%) Security Cleared
5 5 (6.94%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 4 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (4.17%) MCDST
8 2 (2.78%) Degree
8 2 (2.78%) MCSA
8 2 (2.78%) MCSE
9 1 (1.39%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (5.56%) GDPR
1 4 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (5.56%) NIST
2 3 (4.17%) SLA
3 1 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.39%) QA
System Software
1 28 (38.89%) Active Directory
2 21 (29.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.56%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.17%) BitLocker
4 3 (4.17%) Terminal Services
5 2 (2.78%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 2 (2.78%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (8.33%) SCCM
3 5 (6.94%) FortiGate
4 4 (5.56%) QRadar
5 3 (4.17%) VxRail
6 1 (1.39%) Autotask
6 1 (1.39%) Nessus
6 1 (1.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 52 (72.22%) Microsoft
2 27 (37.50%) VMware
3 21 (29.17%) Cisco
4 18 (25.00%) Fortinet
5 11 (15.28%) Barracuda Networks
5 11 (15.28%) Meraki
6 10 (13.89%) Zscaler
7 8 (11.11%) N-able
7 8 (11.11%) ServiceNow
7 8 (11.11%) Veeam
8 7 (9.72%) Dell
9 6 (8.33%) CheckPoint
9 6 (8.33%) McAfee
9 6 (8.33%) Okta
9 6 (8.33%) Splunk
10 5 (6.94%) ConnectWise
10 5 (6.94%) Palo Alto
11 4 (5.56%) Qualys
11 4 (5.56%) SonicWALL
11 4 (5.56%) TOWER Software