Symantec Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Symantec
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring knowledge or experience of Symantec products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Symantec over the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Symantec Corporation.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 50 62
Rank change year-on-year -25 +12 +2
Contract jobs citing Symantec 4 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.57% 1.17% 0.19%
As % of the Vendors category 1.12% 1.89% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile £424 £450 -
25th Percentile £441 £506 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile - - £613
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £450 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -25.00% +4.35% -4.17%

All Vendors
Cheshire

Symantec falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 358 265 291
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 51.22% 61.92% 55.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 165 195
10th Percentile £317 £311 £265
25th Percentile £393 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.15% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £622 £580 £560
90th Percentile £716 £645 £618
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 25 19
10th Percentile £15.50 £19.00 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £24.00 £15.27
Median hourly rate £23.50 £50.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -53.00% +182.17% +10.27%
75th Percentile £40.00 £86.00 £20.69
90th Percentile £86.00 - £29.33
North West median hourly rate £25.94 £32.50 £16.06
% change year-on-year -20.18% +102.37% -45.83%

Symantec
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Symantec relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Symantec job vacancy trend in Cheshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Symantec.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Symantec

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Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Symantec.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Symantec

Symantec
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Symantec within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 15 March 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Warrington +5 4 £450 -
Symantec
North West

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Application Security
1 4 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 4 (100.00%) Migration
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (75.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (25.00%) Auto-Scaling
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Analysis
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 4 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) McAfee
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft