Hybrid/Remote Sophos Job Trends

Sophos
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 28 October 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
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 395 450 438
Rank change year-on-year +55 -12 +273
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 18 27 53
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.11% 0.14% 0.24%
As % of the Vendors category 0.22% 0.37% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 15 16 50
10th Percentile £28,600 £30,375 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £38,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £43,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.76% -8.95% +20.12%
75th Percentile £37,000 £52,500 £57,188
90th Percentile £49,700 £53,375 £57,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% -11.76% +13.33%

All Vendors
Work from Home

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 with a remote or hybrid options requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,197 7,260 9,133
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 50.63% 36.35% 40.52%
Number of salaries quoted 3,667 4,334 7,474
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £34,560
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,050
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.45% -2.69%

Sophos
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Sophos and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Sophos job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Sophos
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Sophos.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Sophos

Sophos
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Sophos over the 6 months to 28 October 2025.

Sophos salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Sophos
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (55.56%) Azure
3 5 (27.78%) Mimecast
4 4 (22.22%) Entra ID
5 2 (11.11%) Google Workspace
6 1 (5.56%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (55.56%) DNS
2 9 (50.00%) Wireless
3 8 (44.44%) DHCP
3 8 (44.44%) Firewall
3 8 (44.44%) WAN
4 7 (38.89%) LAN
5 5 (27.78%) VoIP
5 5 (27.78%) VPN
6 2 (11.11%) Unified Communications
6 2 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (11.11%) WLAN
7 1 (5.56%) BGP
7 1 (5.56%) EIGRP
7 1 (5.56%) OSPF
7 1 (5.56%) SD-WAN
7 1 (5.56%) Softphone
7 1 (5.56%) TCP/IP
7 1 (5.56%) VLAN
7 1 (5.56%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) 3rd Line Support
2 5 (27.78%) Junior
3 4 (22.22%) IT Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) IT Support
3 4 (22.22%) Technical Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
4 3 (16.67%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) 2nd/3rd Line Technical Support
4 3 (16.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) 3rd Line Technical Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) 3rd Line Technical Support
4 3 (16.67%) IT Manager
4 3 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Support Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Technical Support
4 3 (16.67%) Technical Support Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (11.11%) IT Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (11.11%) Service Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.56%) CCTV
2 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.56%) Device Driver
2 1 (5.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (88.89%) Windows
2 7 (38.89%) Windows Server
3 5 (27.78%) Android
3 5 (27.78%) Apple iOS
3 5 (27.78%) Mac OS
4 3 (16.67%) Windows 10
5 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (27.78%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (27.78%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (22.22%) Data Privacy
4 2 (11.11%) Business Strategy
4 2 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (11.11%) Customer Service
4 2 (11.11%) Email Filtering
4 2 (11.11%) Incident Response
4 2 (11.11%) ITIL
4 2 (11.11%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (11.11%) Storage Management
4 2 (11.11%) Web Filtering
5 1 (5.56%) Agile
5 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Maintenance
5 1 (5.56%) IT Strategy
5 1 (5.56%) Network Virtualisation
5 1 (5.56%) Service Delivery
5 1 (5.56%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (11.11%) MCSE
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.56%) CCIE
2 1 (5.56%) CCNP
2 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (11.11%) NCSC
1 2 (11.11%) NIST
System Software
1 15 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 6 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (27.78%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (16.67%) PaperCut
3 2 (11.11%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 9 (50.00%) Ubiquiti
3 6 (33.33%) Cisco
3 6 (33.33%) HP
3 6 (33.33%) VMware
4 5 (27.78%) Barracuda Networks
4 5 (27.78%) Dell
5 4 (22.22%) ConnectWise
5 4 (22.22%) Datto
5 4 (22.22%) ESET
5 4 (22.22%) Veeam
6 2 (11.11%) arcserve
6 2 (11.11%) Forcepoint
6 2 (11.11%) Google
7 1 (5.56%) Aruba
7 1 (5.56%) Palo Alto
7 1 (5.56%) WatchGuard