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 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 627 691 867
Rank change year-on-year +64 +176 -18
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 65 205 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.21% 0.12%
As % of the Vendors category 0.34% 0.56% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 45 198 113
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,750 £24,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £50,000 £46,125 £62,000
90th Percentile £58,925 £55,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,750
% change year-on-year -6.67% +4.90% -0.69%

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 19,209 36,496 43,265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.91% 37.06% 41.63%
Number of salaries quoted 11,748 25,167 24,673
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,834 £68,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +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 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Sophos in the UK

Sophos
Top 12 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 1 May 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 +54 61 £35,000 -6.67% 58
UK excluding London +67 42 £35,000 -6.67% 45
London +114 22 £30,000 -38.46% 19
South East +89 14 £35,000 +18.64% 17
Midlands +39 13 £35,000 -6.67% 4
Work from Home +147 11 £32,500 -23.53% 33
North of England +57 9 £53,000 +63.08% 10
North West +22 9 £53,000 +63.08% 7
East Midlands +51 8 £35,000 -26.32% 1
West Midlands +6 5 £33,427 -10.86% 2
South West +95 4 £57,500 +76.92% 5
East of England +39 3 £55,000 +29.41% 8

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 22 (33.85%) SharePoint
2 14 (21.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.08%) Confluence
4 1 (1.54%) Apache
4 1 (1.54%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (1.54%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (1.54%) IIS
4 1 (1.54%) nginx
Applications
1 8 (12.31%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (7.69%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 38 (58.46%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (43.08%) Azure
3 21 (32.31%) Mimecast
4 5 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (6.15%) OneDrive
6 3 (4.62%) Entra ID
6 3 (4.62%) GCP
7 2 (3.08%) AWS
8 1 (1.54%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.54%) IaaS
8 1 (1.54%) OpenShift
8 1 (1.54%) PaaS
8 1 (1.54%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.54%) Rubrik
8 1 (1.54%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (40.00%) Firewall
2 19 (29.23%) DNS
3 18 (27.69%) DHCP
4 15 (23.08%) VPN
5 9 (13.85%) VoIP
6 8 (12.31%) LAN
6 8 (12.31%) TCP/IP
6 8 (12.31%) WAN
7 6 (9.23%) VLAN
8 5 (7.69%) Network Security
8 5 (7.69%) Remote Desktop
8 5 (7.69%) SAN
9 4 (6.15%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (4.62%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (4.62%) Reverse Proxy
10 3 (4.62%) SD-WAN
11 2 (3.08%) 4G
11 2 (3.08%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (3.08%) SSL
12 1 (1.54%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.54%) Power BI
1 1 (1.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.62%) JIRA
2 2 (3.08%) Git
3 1 (1.54%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.54%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.54%) Maven
3 1 (1.54%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 23 (35.38%) Social Skills
2 7 (10.77%) Finance
3 5 (7.69%) Marketing
4 2 (3.08%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.08%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.08%) Retail
5 1 (1.54%) Advertising
5 1 (1.54%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.54%) Back Office
5 1 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.54%) Legal
Job Titles
1 17 (26.15%) IT Support
2 13 (20.00%) Analyst
3 11 (16.92%) IT Engineer
3 11 (16.92%) Support Engineer
4 9 (13.85%) IT Analyst
5 8 (12.31%) 2nd Line Support
6 7 (10.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (10.77%) Service Analyst
6 7 (10.77%) Service Desk Analyst
7 6 (9.23%) Administrator
7 6 (9.23%) Technical Engineer
8 5 (7.69%) Help Desk Administrator
8 5 (7.69%) Help Desk Engineer
8 5 (7.69%) Help Desk Support
8 5 (7.69%) Help Desk Support Engineer
8 5 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
8 5 (7.69%) Network Administrator
8 5 (7.69%) Support Analyst
8 5 (7.69%) Technical Support
8 5 (7.69%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.54%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (1.54%) LDAP
1 1 (1.54%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.77%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.69%) CCTV
3 4 (6.15%) Driving Licence
4 3 (4.62%) Data Centre
4 3 (4.62%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (3.08%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (3.08%) Operational Technology
5 2 (3.08%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.54%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.54%) CSOC
6 1 (1.54%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.54%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (1.54%) IVR
6 1 (1.54%) Replication
6 1 (1.54%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 39 (60.00%) Windows
2 22 (33.85%) Windows Server
3 14 (21.54%) Android
4 13 (20.00%) Apple iOS
4 13 (20.00%) Mac OS
5 11 (16.92%) Windows 10
6 4 (6.15%) Linux
7 1 (1.54%) CentOS
7 1 (1.54%) Debian
7 1 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.54%) Ubuntu
7 1 (1.54%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.54%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (32.31%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (23.08%) ITIL
3 11 (16.92%) Customer Service
4 7 (10.77%) Agile
4 7 (10.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 7 (10.77%) Presales
4 7 (10.77%) Project Delivery
5 6 (9.23%) Business Development
5 6 (9.23%) Coaching
5 6 (9.23%) Incident Management
5 6 (9.23%) Incident Response
5 6 (9.23%) Information Security
5 6 (9.23%) Kalman Filter
5 6 (9.23%) Mentoring
5 6 (9.23%) SIEM
6 5 (7.69%) Business Enablement
6 5 (7.69%) Creative Thinking
6 5 (7.69%) Mobile Device Management
6 5 (7.69%) Technology Enablement
Programming Languages
1 9 (13.85%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.08%) Python
3 1 (1.54%) Bash
3 1 (1.54%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.54%) SQL
3 1 (1.54%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 7 (10.77%) Degree
2 5 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (6.15%) CISM
3 4 (6.15%) CISSP
4 3 (4.62%) A+ Certification
4 3 (4.62%) CISA
4 3 (4.62%) MCSA
4 3 (4.62%) Security Cleared
5 2 (3.08%) Azure Certification
5 2 (3.08%) CCNA
5 2 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (3.08%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (3.08%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (1.54%) CCNP
6 1 (1.54%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.54%) HNC
6 1 (1.54%) HND
6 1 (1.54%) MCP
6 1 (1.54%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.69%) SLA
2 3 (4.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.08%) NIST
4 1 (1.54%) GDPR
4 1 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 31 (47.69%) Active Directory
2 18 (27.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (15.38%) Hyper-V
4 6 (9.23%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (9.23%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.54%) Docker
5 1 (1.54%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 1 (1.54%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (26.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (7.69%) PaperCut
2 5 (7.69%) SCCM
2 5 (7.69%) vCenter Server
3 4 (6.15%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (4.62%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.54%) Ansible
5 1 (1.54%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (1.54%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.54%) Nessus
5 1 (1.54%) Norton AntiVirus
5 1 (1.54%) Puppet
5 1 (1.54%) VxRail
Vendors
1 53 (81.54%) Microsoft
2 25 (38.46%) VMware
3 12 (18.46%) Cisco
3 12 (18.46%) Meraki
4 8 (12.31%) HP
4 8 (12.31%) Veeam
5 6 (9.23%) Apple
6 5 (7.69%) Barracuda Networks
6 5 (7.69%) Dell KACE
6 5 (7.69%) ServiceNow
6 5 (7.69%) Ubiquiti
6 5 (7.69%) YouTube
7 4 (6.15%) N-able
8 3 (4.62%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (4.62%) Dell
8 3 (4.62%) Fortinet
8 3 (4.62%) Google
8 3 (4.62%) Palo Alto
8 3 (4.62%) Synology
9 2 (3.08%) TP-LINK