McAfee
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of McAfee products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited McAfee over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within McAfee (formerly Intel Security).

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 556 456 624
Rank change year-on-year -100 +168 -73
Contract jobs citing McAfee 42 276 228
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.097% 0.46% 0.26%
As % of the Vendors category 0.23% 1.08% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 175 137
10th Percentile £143 £409 £309
25th Percentile £144 £483 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -56.82% +15.79% +12.43%
75th Percentile £508 £650 £600
90th Percentile £538 £665 £693
UK excluding London median daily rate £175 £500 £523
% change year-on-year -65.00% -4.31% +22.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 17 8
10th Percentile - £33.28 £12.50
25th Percentile - £49.68 £15.21
Median hourly rate £60.00 £55.32 £42.11
Median % change year-on-year +8.46% +31.36% +183.30%
75th Percentile - £62.00 £47.82
90th Percentile - £68.33 £49.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £57.56 £44.50
% change year-on-year +4.24% +29.35% +154.29%

All Vendors
UK

McAfee is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,438 25,649 35,406
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.58% 42.89% 39.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,419 17,207 23,532
10th Percentile £263 £270 £290
25th Percentile £403 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £627 £650 £631
90th Percentile £738 £743 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £463
% change year-on-year - +8.11% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,097 699 889
10th Percentile £12.08 £15.25 £11.50
25th Percentile £14.48 £19.06 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £43.75 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.71% +108.33% -6.67%
75th Percentile £56.49 £65.00 £46.12
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.75 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £38.50 £18.69
% change year-on-year -44.26% +105.96% -0.44%

McAfee
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing McAfee as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for McAfee in the UK

McAfee
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing McAfee.

Daily rate trend for McAfee in the UK

McAfee
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing McAfee over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for McAfee in the UK

McAfee
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing McAfee.

Hourly rate trend for McAfee in the UK

McAfee
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing McAfee within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London -41 28 £175 -65.00% 9
England -76 25 £385 -30.00% 15
Scotland +39 16 £144 -72.59% 1
London -3 12 £506 -15.63% 7
West Midlands +32 4 £320 -
Work from Home +29 4 £320 -46.67% 1
Midlands +22 4 £320 +102.53% 2
East of England +11 3 £210 -50.59% 1
South East -14 3 £155 -65.56% 4
South West -15 2 £245 -57.39% 1

McAfee
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 4 (9.52%) SharePoint
2 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (4.76%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (4.76%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (2.38%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (14.29%) Azure
1 6 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (7.14%) AWS
3 2 (4.76%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (4.76%) Mimecast
3 2 (4.76%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (26.19%) VPN
2 9 (21.43%) Firewall
3 4 (9.52%) Network Security
3 4 (9.52%) SD-WAN
3 4 (9.52%) WAN
4 3 (7.14%) BGP
4 3 (7.14%) Cisco IOS
4 3 (7.14%) DHCP
4 3 (7.14%) DNS
4 3 (7.14%) LAN
4 3 (7.14%) OSPF
5 2 (4.76%) DKIM
5 2 (4.76%) DMARC
5 2 (4.76%) DMZ
5 2 (4.76%) EIGRP
5 2 (4.76%) HTTP
5 2 (4.76%) Internet
6 1 (2.38%) NetScaler
6 1 (2.38%) VSAN
6 1 (2.38%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (30.95%) Social Skills
2 9 (21.43%) Public Sector
3 3 (7.14%) Banking
4 2 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Finance
5 1 (2.38%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (16.67%) Consultant
2 6 (14.29%) Support Officer
3 4 (9.52%) Analyst
3 4 (9.52%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 4 (9.52%) IT Support
3 4 (9.52%) Network Engineer
3 4 (9.52%) Security Consultant
3 4 (9.52%) Senior
3 4 (9.52%) Support Engineer
4 3 (7.14%) Desktop Engineer
4 3 (7.14%) Desktop Support
4 3 (7.14%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 3 (7.14%) Firewall Engineer
4 3 (7.14%) Network Security Engineer
4 3 (7.14%) Security Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) Messaging Consultant
5 2 (4.76%) Security Analyst
5 2 (4.76%) Service Analyst
5 2 (4.76%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) PKI
2 4 (9.52%) Data Centre
3 3 (7.14%) iPad
3 3 (7.14%) iPhone
3 3 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (4.76%) Clustering
4 2 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.38%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.38%) Replication
5 1 (2.38%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (2.38%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 22 (52.38%) Windows
2 7 (16.67%) Windows 10
3 3 (7.14%) Windows Server
4 2 (4.76%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (2.38%) CentOS
5 1 (2.38%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (2.38%) Linux
5 1 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.38%) Windows 7
5 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 6 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (14.29%) Migration
4 5 (11.90%) Antivirus Management
4 5 (11.90%) Change Management
4 5 (11.90%) Project Delivery
5 4 (9.52%) Data Loss Prevention
5 4 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (9.52%) ITIL
6 3 (7.14%) Agile
6 3 (7.14%) High Availability
6 3 (7.14%) Incident Management
6 3 (7.14%) Information Security
6 3 (7.14%) Kalman Filter
6 3 (7.14%) Problem Management
6 3 (7.14%) Project Management
6 3 (7.14%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (7.14%) SIEM
6 3 (7.14%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.76%) Python
3 1 (2.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (45.24%) Security Cleared
2 11 (26.19%) SC Cleared
3 10 (23.81%) DV Cleared
4 5 (11.90%) CCNP
4 5 (11.90%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (9.52%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (4.76%) Degree
8 1 (2.38%) CCNA
8 1 (2.38%) CCSE
8 1 (2.38%) CCSP
8 1 (2.38%) CISM
8 1 (2.38%) CISSP
8 1 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.76%) SLA
2 1 (2.38%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (2.38%) GLBA
2 1 (2.38%) ISAE 3402
2 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (2.38%) NIST
2 1 (2.38%) QA
2 1 (2.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 8 (19.05%) BitLocker
3 4 (9.52%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (4.76%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 2 (4.76%) Hyper-V
5 2 (4.76%) vSphere
6 1 (2.38%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (2.38%) XenApp
6 1 (2.38%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 7 (16.67%) McAfee ePO
2 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (9.52%) SCCM
2 4 (9.52%) vCenter Server
3 2 (4.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (2.38%) Ansible
4 1 (2.38%) CASB
4 1 (2.38%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.38%) QRadar
4 1 (2.38%) SysTrack
4 1 (2.38%) vRealize
Vendors
1 19 (45.24%) Microsoft
2 7 (16.67%) Cisco
3 6 (14.29%) VMware
4 5 (11.90%) Symantec
5 4 (9.52%) HP
6 3 (7.14%) Blue Coat
6 3 (7.14%) CheckPoint
6 3 (7.14%) Citrix
6 3 (7.14%) Juniper
7 2 (4.76%) MobileIron
7 2 (4.76%) SolarWinds
7 2 (4.76%) Veritas
7 2 (4.76%) Zscaler
8 1 (2.38%) AlgoSec
8 1 (2.38%) Arista
8 1 (2.38%) F5
8 1 (2.38%) Lotus
8 1 (2.38%) Netskope
8 1 (2.38%) Palo Alto
8 1 (2.38%) Red Hat