Symantec Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Symantec
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 220 154 182
Rank change year-on-year -66 +28 +39
Contract jobs citing Symantec 5 8 4
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.088% 0.24% 0.082%
As % of the Vendors category 0.20% 0.48% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 4
10th Percentile £428 £450 £381
25th Percentile - £506 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £600 £506
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +18.52% -15.63%
75th Percentile - - £622
90th Percentile £492 - £639
England median daily rate £508 £525 £600
% change year-on-year -3.33% -12.50% +20.00%

All Vendors
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,516 1,666 2,172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 44.46% 50.98% 44.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,624 1,055 1,319
10th Percentile £259 £231 £246
25th Percentile £385 £363 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% -2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £580 £575 £575
90th Percentile £675 £650 £653
England median daily rate £501 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.67% +1.94% -4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 72 208
10th Percentile £15.43 £19.20 £10.95
25th Percentile £20.44 £24.18 £12.53
Median hourly rate £30.49 £32.50 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.18% +103.13% -45.39%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £25.25
90th Percentile £74.26 £86.00 £46.18
England median hourly rate £25.00 £30.40 £25.00
% change year-on-year -17.76% +21.60% -28.57%

Symantec
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Symantec job vacancy trend in the North of England

Symantec
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Symantec.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Symantec

Symantec
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Symantec.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Symantec

Symantec
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Symantec within the North of England 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
North West -29 5 £450 -25.00% 1
Symantec
England

Symantec
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) BGP
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) LAN
1 1 (20.00%) OSPF
1 1 (20.00%) SSL
1 1 (20.00%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Application Security
2 4 (80.00%) Cloud Security
2 4 (80.00%) Migration
2 4 (80.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 4 (80.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (60.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (20.00%) Auto-Scaling
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Threat Analysis
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) CCNA
2 1 (20.00%) CCNP
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 4 (80.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) McAfee
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Aruba
2 1 (20.00%) Broadcom
2 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Netskope
2 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto