The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Chester requiring knowledge or experience of McAfee products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited McAfee over the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, 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 McAfee (formerly Intel Security).
|
|
6 months to
15 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
16 |
13 |
10 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-3 |
-3 |
- |
| Contract jobs citing McAfee |
8 |
4 |
2 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Chester |
6.61% |
6.06% |
4.55% |
| As % of the Vendors category |
10.39% |
8.16% |
6.90% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
4 |
4 |
1 |
| 10th Percentile |
£431 |
£516 |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£459 |
£522 |
£513 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£500 |
£550 |
£525 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-9.09% |
+4.76% |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£525 |
£556 |
£538 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
£568 |
- |
| Cheshire median daily rate |
£450 |
£550 |
£525 |
| % change year-on-year |
-18.18% |
+4.76% |
-12.50% |
McAfee 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 Chester.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services |
77 |
49 |
29 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester |
63.64% |
74.24% |
65.91% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
37 |
24 |
3 |
| 10th Percentile |
£174 |
£425 |
£515 |
| 25th Percentile |
£413 |
£502 |
£519 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£575 |
£550 |
£525 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+4.55% |
+4.76% |
+50.00% |
| 75th Percentile |
£638 |
£591 |
£559 |
| 90th Percentile |
£688 |
£663 |
£572 |
| Cheshire median daily rate |
£470 |
£513 |
£525 |
| % change year-on-year |
-8.39% |
-2.38% |
+16.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
8 |
10 |
11 |
| 10th Percentile |
£17.05 |
£15.53 |
£17.14 |
| 25th Percentile |
£21.06 |
£16.00 |
£20.43 |
| Median hourly rate |
£25.00 |
£22.00 |
£35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+13.64% |
-37.14% |
+117.80% |
| 75th Percentile |
£49.56 |
£32.30 |
£36.13 |
| 90th Percentile |
£80.58 |
£86.00 |
£40.00 |
| Cheshire median hourly rate |
£21.00 |
£23.05 |
£34.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
-8.87% |
-32.22% |
+142.86% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Chester
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing McAfee relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester.
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Daily Rate Trend in Chester
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing McAfee.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Chester
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing McAfee.
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester 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:
