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 27 May 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
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 391 417 513
Rank change year-on-year +26 +96 +84
Permanent jobs citing Sophos 22 14 53
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.12% 0.096% 0.16%
As % of the Vendors category 0.37% 0.20% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 15 9 53
10th Percentile £35,050 £25,400 £31,250
25th Percentile £49,750 £29,500 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £32,500 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year +76.92% -19.75% -14.74%
75th Percentile £61,250 £34,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £39,500 £62,000
UK median annual salary £40,500 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +15.71% -6.67% -21.05%

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 5,876 6,920 13,241
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 30.83% 47.67% 40.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3,894 3,684 9,814
10th Percentile £31,325 £30,000 £31,579
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -7.60%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £87,500
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% +10.00% -13.04%

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 27 May 2026.

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 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 12 (54.55%) Azure
1 12 (54.55%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (50.00%) Mimecast
3 5 (22.73%) AWS
4 3 (13.64%) Power Automate
4 3 (13.64%) Power Platform
5 2 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (9.09%) Datadog
5 2 (9.09%) Entra ID
5 2 (9.09%) IaaS
5 2 (9.09%) PaaS
6 1 (4.55%) Amazon S3
6 1 (4.55%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 17 (77.27%) Firewall
2 9 (40.91%) Network Security
2 9 (40.91%) VPN
3 6 (27.27%) DNS
4 4 (18.18%) Cisco ISE
4 4 (18.18%) Cisco Nexus
4 4 (18.18%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (18.18%) VLAN
5 3 (13.64%) DHCP
5 3 (13.64%) NAS
5 3 (13.64%) VoIP
5 3 (13.64%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (9.09%) SAN
6 2 (9.09%) SD-WAN
6 2 (9.09%) WAN
6 2 (9.09%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) Power BI
General
1 6 (27.27%) Presentation Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Legal
4 2 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Architect
1 6 (27.27%) IT Engineer
1 6 (27.27%) IT Support
1 6 (27.27%) IT Support Engineer
1 6 (27.27%) Solutions Architect
1 6 (27.27%) Support Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Network Security Specialist
2 4 (18.18%) Network Specialist
2 4 (18.18%) Security Specialist
3 3 (13.64%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (13.64%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Senior
4 2 (9.09%) Cloud Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Security Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Security Solutions Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Cloud Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Driving Licence
1 6 (27.27%) Web Conferencing
2 4 (18.18%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (13.64%) Replication
4 2 (9.09%) Cloud Native
4 2 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (9.09%) Onboarding
4 2 (9.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Windows
1 4 (18.18%) Windows Server
2 3 (13.64%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Disaster Recovery
1 10 (45.45%) Incident Response
2 9 (40.91%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (40.91%) Security Monitoring
3 7 (31.82%) Penetration Testing
3 7 (31.82%) SIEM
3 7 (31.82%) Vulnerability Management
4 6 (27.27%) Business Continuity
4 6 (27.27%) Customer Requirements
4 6 (27.27%) Presales
4 6 (27.27%) Project Delivery
4 6 (27.27%) Threat Detection
4 6 (27.27%) Time Management
5 4 (18.18%) Customer Service
5 4 (18.18%) Ethical Hacking
5 4 (18.18%) Security Architecture
5 4 (18.18%) Security Operations
5 4 (18.18%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 4 (18.18%) Zero Trust
6 3 (13.64%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) CCNA
1 4 (18.18%) CCNP
1 4 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (13.64%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) GDPR
1 4 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (18.18%) NIST
2 3 (13.64%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (13.64%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (45.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (13.64%) Active Directory
2 3 (13.64%) BitLocker
2 3 (13.64%) Terminal Services
3 2 (9.09%) vSphere
4 1 (4.55%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) Single Sign-On
1 2 (9.09%) WhatsUp Gold
2 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 13 (59.09%) Fortinet
3 10 (45.45%) Cisco
3 10 (45.45%) VMware
4 9 (40.91%) Barracuda Networks
5 6 (27.27%) N-able
5 6 (27.27%) Zscaler
6 4 (18.18%) CheckPoint
6 4 (18.18%) Okta
6 4 (18.18%) Splunk
7 3 (13.64%) Palo Alto
7 3 (13.64%) Veeam
8 2 (9.09%) Broadcom
8 2 (9.09%) EMC
8 2 (9.09%) Meraki
8 2 (9.09%) Ubiquiti
9 1 (4.55%) Google