Sophos Job Trends

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 14 January 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
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 572 639 636
Rank change year-on-year +67 -3 +225
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 81 60 85
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.11% 0.15%
As % of the Vendors category 0.43% 0.30% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 59 35 82
10th Percentile £29,270 £31,250 £25,575
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,000 £30,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - +7.38%
75th Percentile £38,750 £53,375 £51,250
90th Percentile £48,750 £67,700 £55,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,000 £48,250 £38,250
% change year-on-year -25.39% +26.14% +8.05%

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 18,903 19,941 21,917
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.51% 37.26% 39.36%
Number of salaries quoted 10,702 10,075 16,773
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £57,001 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,750 £50,000 £47,657
% change year-on-year -14.50% +4.92% -4.69%

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 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 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 +86 78 £34,000 -12.66% 17
UK excluding London +76 64 £36,000 -25.39% 16
South East +46 22 £37,500 +17.19% 8
South West +28 20 £34,000 -50.72% 1
London +58 19 £29,270 -9.94% 5
East of England +36 12 £26,500 -51.82% 2
Work from Home +56 11 £36,000 -10.00% 11
North of England +5 8 £41,500 -19.02% 2
North West +19 6 - - 1
West Midlands +18 2 £33,000 -18.22% 2
Midlands +13 2 £33,000 -5.71% 2
Yorkshire -10 2 £41,500 -17.00%

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 29 (35.80%) SharePoint
2 22 (27.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (4.94%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (7.41%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 46 (56.79%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (39.51%) Azure
3 16 (19.75%) Mimecast
4 6 (7.41%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (6.17%) Entra ID
6 4 (4.94%) Google Workspace
7 3 (3.70%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (2.47%) IaaS
8 2 (2.47%) Rubrik
8 2 (2.47%) SaaS
8 2 (2.47%) SecurityScorecard
9 1 (1.23%) Amazon S3
9 1 (1.23%) AWS
9 1 (1.23%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 38 (46.91%) Firewall
2 20 (24.69%) DHCP
2 20 (24.69%) DNS
3 16 (19.75%) VPN
4 14 (17.28%) WAN
5 13 (16.05%) Wireless
6 11 (13.58%) LAN
7 10 (12.35%) VoIP
8 9 (11.11%) TCP/IP
9 8 (9.88%) VLAN
10 7 (8.64%) Cisco IOS
11 5 (6.17%) Cisco ISE
12 4 (4.94%) IPsec
13 3 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
14 2 (2.47%) Cisco Nexus
14 2 (2.47%) Intrusion Detection
14 2 (2.47%) Network Security
15 1 (1.23%) Remote Desktop
15 1 (1.23%) SD-WAN
15 1 (1.23%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (14.81%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.94%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (2.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (4.94%) JIRA
General
1 28 (34.57%) Social Skills
2 11 (13.58%) Electronics
3 10 (12.35%) Finance
4 7 (8.64%) Public Sector
5 6 (7.41%) Manufacturing
6 5 (6.17%) Marketing
6 5 (6.17%) Retail
7 4 (4.94%) Games
7 4 (4.94%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.47%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (28.40%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 19 (23.46%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 17 (20.99%) Support Engineer
4 15 (18.52%) Technical Engineer
5 14 (17.28%) 2nd Line Support
5 14 (17.28%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 14 (17.28%) Field Engineer
6 10 (12.35%) 3rd Line Support
7 9 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
8 8 (9.88%) 1st Line Support
8 8 (9.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 8 (9.88%) Cisco Field Engineer
8 8 (9.88%) IT Support
8 8 (9.88%) Technical Support
9 7 (8.64%) Analyst
9 7 (8.64%) IT Engineer
9 7 (8.64%) IT Support Engineer
9 7 (8.64%) Service Analyst
9 7 (8.64%) Service Desk Analyst
10 6 (7.41%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 23 (28.40%) Driving Licence
2 7 (8.64%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (7.41%) CCTV
4 4 (4.94%) Clustering
4 4 (4.94%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.47%) FMCG
5 2 (2.47%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.47%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.23%) Replication
6 1 (1.23%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.23%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 48 (59.26%) Windows
2 12 (14.81%) Windows Server
3 11 (13.58%) Android
4 10 (12.35%) Mac OS
5 9 (11.11%) Windows 10
6 6 (7.41%) Linux
7 5 (6.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (32.10%) Customer Service
2 25 (30.86%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (23.46%) Mentoring
4 15 (18.52%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (12.35%) Coaching
6 8 (9.88%) Business Enablement
6 8 (9.88%) Service Delivery
6 8 (9.88%) Workflow
7 7 (8.64%) Agile
7 7 (8.64%) Inventory Management
7 7 (8.64%) ITIL
7 7 (8.64%) Migration
7 7 (8.64%) Pricing Strategy
7 7 (8.64%) Time Management
8 6 (7.41%) Biometrics
8 6 (7.41%) Creative Thinking
8 6 (7.41%) Customer Engagement
8 6 (7.41%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (7.41%) Incident Management
8 6 (7.41%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 12 (14.81%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.94%) Bicep
3 2 (2.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (18.52%) BPSS Clearance
2 6 (7.41%) Degree
3 5 (6.17%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (6.17%) MCP
3 5 (6.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (4.94%) ACMT
4 4 (4.94%) CCNA
4 4 (4.94%) DBS Check
4 4 (4.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 3 (3.70%) CCNP
5 3 (3.70%) MCSA
5 3 (3.70%) MCSE
6 2 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.47%) MCDST
7 1 (1.23%) CCIE
7 1 (1.23%) HP APS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.94%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.47%) Accessibility
System Software
1 26 (32.10%) Active Directory
2 16 (19.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (9.88%) Hyper-V
4 4 (4.94%) Docker
4 4 (4.94%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (4.94%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (2.47%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 2 (2.47%) pfSense
5 2 (2.47%) Squid
Systems Management
1 23 (28.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (18.52%) SCCM
3 8 (9.88%) PaperCut
4 4 (4.94%) Autotask
4 4 (4.94%) Kubernetes
4 4 (4.94%) MaaS360
4 4 (4.94%) vCenter Server
5 3 (3.70%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (2.47%) Cisco CUCM
6 2 (2.47%) VxRail
6 2 (2.47%) WSUS
7 1 (1.23%) Nessus
Vendors
1 54 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 22 (27.16%) Cisco
3 19 (23.46%) VMware
4 16 (19.75%) ConnectWise
5 12 (14.81%) Draytek
5 12 (14.81%) Meraki
6 8 (9.88%) Fortinet
6 8 (9.88%) YouTube
7 7 (8.64%) Dell
7 7 (8.64%) ServiceNow
8 6 (7.41%) Dell KACE
8 6 (7.41%) HP
8 6 (7.41%) Okta
9 5 (6.17%) Apple
9 5 (6.17%) Aruba
9 5 (6.17%) Barracuda Networks
9 5 (6.17%) LogicMonitor
9 5 (6.17%) Ubiquiti
9 5 (6.17%) Veeam
9 5 (6.17%) Zscaler