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 24 June 2025, 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
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 634 696 784
Rank change year-on-year +62 +88 +166
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 91 204 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.18% 0.14%
As % of the Vendors category 0.38% 0.55% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 59 186 118
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,750 £25,375
25th Percentile £29,500 £29,500 £31,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -21.05% +18.75%
75th Percentile £46,000 £45,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £61,650 £53,750 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% -7.41% +15.71%

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 23,944 37,314 37,436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 42.32% 33.83% 41.25%
Number of salaries quoted 12,753 25,000 22,893
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,522 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.15% -8.96% +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 24 June 2025.

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 24 June 2025. 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 +75 85 £35,000 -6.67% 95
UK excluding London +58 63 £35,000 -6.67% 66
London +126 25 £31,000 -27.06% 31
South East +83 23 £36,250 +3.57% 19
Work from Home +82 16 £32,000 -20.50% 60
North of England +22 14 £33,000 +1.54% 26
Midlands +34 13 £35,000 -6.67% 5
East of England +38 11 - - 5
North West +2 11 £32,500 - 17
East Midlands +51 8 £35,000 -26.32% 2
West Midlands +29 5 £26,500 -29.33% 3
South West +98 3 £47,500 +46.15% 7
Yorkshire +42 3 £55,000 +46.67% 4

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 29 (31.87%) SharePoint
2 21 (23.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.10%) Confluence
3 1 (1.10%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (1.10%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (1.10%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (6.59%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (5.49%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 54 (59.34%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (39.56%) Azure
3 19 (20.88%) Mimecast
4 13 (14.29%) Entra ID
5 6 (6.59%) OneDrive
6 5 (5.49%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (4.40%) Rubrik
8 2 (2.20%) AWS
9 1 (1.10%) GCP
9 1 (1.10%) Google Workspace
9 1 (1.10%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (43.96%) Firewall
2 18 (19.78%) DNS
3 16 (17.58%) VPN
4 15 (16.48%) DHCP
5 14 (15.38%) TCP/IP
6 13 (14.29%) LAN
6 13 (14.29%) WAN
7 11 (12.09%) VoIP
8 9 (9.89%) SAN
9 7 (7.69%) Intrusion Detection
9 7 (7.69%) Network Security
10 6 (6.59%) Unified Communications
11 5 (5.49%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (4.40%) NAS
12 4 (4.40%) VLAN
13 3 (3.30%) Wi-Fi
13 3 (3.30%) Wireless
14 2 (2.20%) SSL
14 2 (2.20%) WLAN
15 1 (1.10%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.40%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (5.49%) JIRA
2 1 (1.10%) Git
2 1 (1.10%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.10%) Maven
2 1 (1.10%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 36 (39.56%) Social Skills
2 16 (17.58%) Marketing
3 7 (7.69%) Finance
4 4 (4.40%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.10%) Advertising
5 1 (1.10%) Back Office
5 1 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.10%) Legal
Job Titles
1 22 (24.18%) IT Support
2 19 (20.88%) IT Engineer
3 17 (18.68%) Support Engineer
4 15 (16.48%) Analyst
5 14 (15.38%) 2nd Line Support
6 13 (14.29%) Business Development Manager
6 13 (14.29%) Business Manager
6 13 (14.29%) Development Manager
7 12 (13.19%) IT Support Engineer
8 9 (9.89%) Technical Engineer
9 8 (8.79%) Service Analyst
9 8 (8.79%) Service Desk Analyst
10 7 (7.69%) Administrator
10 7 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (7.69%) Support Analyst
10 7 (7.69%) Technical Support
10 7 (7.69%) Technical Support Engineer
11 6 (6.59%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
11 6 (6.59%) IT Analyst
11 6 (6.59%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.10%) LDAP
1 1 (1.10%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.69%) Driving Licence
1 7 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 6 (6.59%) CCTV
2 6 (6.59%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.30%) Operational Technology
3 3 (3.30%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (2.20%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.10%) Device Driver
5 1 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.10%) FMCG
5 1 (1.10%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.10%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.10%) Replication
5 1 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 55 (60.44%) Windows
2 34 (37.36%) Windows Server
3 17 (18.68%) Mac OS
4 16 (17.58%) Apple iOS
5 13 (14.29%) Linux
5 13 (14.29%) Windows 10
6 12 (13.19%) Android
7 4 (4.40%) Unix
8 2 (2.20%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (1.10%) CentOS
9 1 (1.10%) Debian
9 1 (1.10%) Ubuntu
9 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (45.05%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (40.66%) Cybersecurity
3 19 (20.88%) ITIL
4 17 (18.68%) Business Development
5 16 (17.58%) Business Enablement
5 16 (17.58%) Technology Enablement
6 11 (12.09%) SIEM
7 10 (10.99%) Agile
7 10 (10.99%) Customer Service
7 10 (10.99%) Disaster Recovery
8 9 (9.89%) Kalman Filter
9 7 (7.69%) Incident Response
9 7 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 7 (7.69%) Presales
10 6 (6.59%) Coaching
10 6 (6.59%) Data Privacy
10 6 (6.59%) Incident Management
10 6 (6.59%) Information Security
10 6 (6.59%) Mobile Device Management
11 5 (5.49%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 14 (15.38%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.30%) SQL
3 1 (1.10%) Python
3 1 (1.10%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.10%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 6 (6.59%) MCP
1 6 (6.59%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (5.49%) CCNA
2 5 (5.49%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (4.40%) CCNP
3 4 (4.40%) MCSA
4 3 (3.30%) A+ Certification
4 3 (3.30%) CISM
4 3 (3.30%) CISSP
4 3 (3.30%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (3.30%) Degree
4 3 (3.30%) MCSE
5 2 (2.20%) CISA
5 2 (2.20%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (2.20%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.10%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.10%) HNC
6 1 (1.10%) HND
6 1 (1.10%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.99%) SLA
2 7 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (6.59%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (6.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (3.30%) NIST
5 2 (2.20%) NCSC
6 1 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 43 (47.25%) Active Directory
2 24 (26.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (16.48%) Hyper-V
4 6 (6.59%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (6.59%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (5.49%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 1 (1.10%) Docker
6 1 (1.10%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (27.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (9.89%) SCCM
3 6 (6.59%) PaperCut
4 5 (5.49%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (5.49%) vCenter Server
4 5 (5.49%) VxRail
5 4 (4.40%) Cisco CUCM
6 3 (3.30%) FortiGate
7 1 (1.10%) Nessus
7 1 (1.10%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (1.10%) Puppet
Vendors
1 66 (72.53%) Microsoft
2 29 (31.87%) VMware
3 18 (19.78%) Cisco
4 16 (17.58%) YouTube
5 10 (10.99%) HP
6 9 (9.89%) Apple
6 9 (9.89%) Veeam
7 8 (8.79%) Datto
7 8 (8.79%) Ubiquiti
8 7 (7.69%) Meraki
8 7 (7.69%) WatchGuard
9 6 (6.59%) ESET
9 6 (6.59%) Zscaler
10 5 (5.49%) Barracuda Networks
10 5 (5.49%) Dell KACE
10 5 (5.49%) ServiceNow
10 5 (5.49%) Splunk
11 4 (4.40%) Dell
12 3 (3.30%) CheckPoint
12 3 (3.30%) Fortinet