McAfee Contract Job Trends in London

McAfee
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 29 April 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 McAfee (formerly Intel Security).

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 415 338 382
Rank change year-on-year -77 +44 0
Contract jobs citing McAfee 6 10 12
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.034% 0.080% 0.068%
As % of the Vendors category 0.079% 0.18% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 6
10th Percentile £485 £449 £450
25th Percentile £538 £559 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £585 £506
Median % change year-on-year -1.71% +15.56% -15.63%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £536
90th Percentile £665 - £569
England median daily rate £438 £450 £385
% change year-on-year -2.78% +16.88% -30.00%

All Vendors
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 7,607 5,699 7,185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 43.08% 45.37% 40.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,030 3,746 4,927
10th Percentile £350 £325 £300
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £653 £660
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 93 137
10th Percentile £18.41 £15.97 £13.86
25th Percentile £22.41 £22.27 £17.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +22.41% +21.85% -22.60%
75th Percentile £50.00 £51.25 £36.00
90th Percentile £69.25 £67.00 £62.25
England median hourly rate £30.49 £27.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +10.87% +22.22% -43.75%

McAfee
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

McAfee job vacancy trend in London

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Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing McAfee.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing McAfee

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing McAfee in London over the 6 months to 29 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for McAfee in London

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Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing McAfee.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing McAfee

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing McAfee within the London region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
South London -17 2 £550 -8.33%
Central London - 2 £575 -
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Network Security
2 2 (33.33%) DMZ
2 2 (33.33%) DNS
2 2 (33.33%) SSL
3 1 (16.67%) BGP
3 1 (16.67%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 1 (16.67%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (16.67%) Firewall
3 1 (16.67%) GLBP
3 1 (16.67%) HSRP
3 1 (16.67%) Internet
3 1 (16.67%) Junos
3 1 (16.67%) Multicast
3 1 (16.67%) NetScaler
3 1 (16.67%) OSPF
3 1 (16.67%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Security Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) SOC Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Business Strategy
1 2 (33.33%) Change Management
1 2 (33.33%) Design Patterns
1 2 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 2 (33.33%) SIEM
1 2 (33.33%) SOAR
1 2 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
1 2 (33.33%) UEBA
2 1 (16.67%) AI
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (16.67%) Generative AI
2 1 (16.67%) Load Balancing
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Problem Management
2 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) F5
2 2 (33.33%) Blue Coat
2 2 (33.33%) CyberArk
2 2 (33.33%) LogRhythm
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Radware
2 2 (33.33%) Symantec
2 2 (33.33%) Trend Micro
3 1 (16.67%) Arista
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco
3 1 (16.67%) Citrix
3 1 (16.67%) Juniper
3 1 (16.67%) SevOne