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 23 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
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 373 356 375
Rank change year-on-year -17 +19 +51
Contract jobs citing McAfee 9 22 40
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.062% 0.15% 0.22%
As % of the Vendors category 0.13% 0.33% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 26
10th Percentile £416 £463 £381
25th Percentile £456 £510 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £530 £490
Median % change year-on-year +1.42% +8.16% -10.91%
75th Percentile £609 £540 £800
90th Percentile £613 £551 -
England median daily rate £450 £525 £480
% change year-on-year -14.29% +9.38% -12.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £69.50
25th Percentile - - £70.63
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
75th Percentile - - £77.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £48.72 - £65.98
% change year-on-year - - +28.24%

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 6,793 6,591 7,569
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 47.15% 44.15% 40.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,423 4,113 5,199
10th Percentile £340 £313 £300
25th Percentile £424 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £761
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 69 105
10th Percentile £17.69 £19.66 £16.91
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.80 £24.25
Median hourly rate £25.47 £34.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.17% -8.00% +45.86%
75th Percentile £41.94 £63.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £66.00 £83.10 £86.40
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.52 £45.94
% change year-on-year -23.00% -33.57% +74.25%

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

McAfee
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

McAfee
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing McAfee in London over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for McAfee in London

McAfee
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

McAfee
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 23 December 2025. 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 - 3 £500 -
Central London -2 2 £575 +10.58% 1
McAfee
England

McAfee
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (11.11%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) SSL
2 3 (33.33%) DNS
3 2 (22.22%) DMZ
3 2 (22.22%) Network Security
4 1 (11.11%) BIG-IP
4 1 (11.11%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 1 (11.11%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 1 (11.11%) HTTP
4 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Network Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Security Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Security Architect
3 1 (11.11%) SOC Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Web Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
1 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
1 1 (11.11%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) SIEM
1 4 (44.44%) SOAR
2 3 (33.33%) AI
2 3 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 2 (22.22%) Business Strategy
3 2 (22.22%) Change Management
3 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (22.22%) Design Patterns
3 2 (22.22%) Load Balancing
3 2 (22.22%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
3 2 (22.22%) Security Monitoring
3 2 (22.22%) Security Operations
3 2 (22.22%) Technology Roadmap
3 2 (22.22%) UEBA
4 1 (11.11%) Generative AI
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) Security Patching
4 1 (11.11%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) ProxySG
2 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) McAfee ePO
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
1 1 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Blue Coat
1 4 (44.44%) F5
1 4 (44.44%) Trend Micro
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) VMware
3 2 (22.22%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (22.22%) CyberArk
3 2 (22.22%) Darktrace
3 2 (22.22%) ExtraHop
3 2 (22.22%) FireEye
3 2 (22.22%) Fortinet
3 2 (22.22%) LogRhythm
3 2 (22.22%) Palo Alto
3 2 (22.22%) Radware
3 2 (22.22%) Symantec
4 1 (11.11%) Canon
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco
4 1 (11.11%) NetApp