McAfee Contract Job Trends in the North West

McAfee
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 22 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
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 116 135
Rank change year-on-year -2 +19 +20
Contract jobs citing McAfee 29 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 1.16% 0.19% 0.19%
As % of the Vendors category 2.29% 0.39% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 4
10th Percentile £443 £516 £398
25th Percentile - £522 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £421
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +30.72% -1.69%
75th Percentile £525 £556 £463
90th Percentile - £568 £508
England median daily rate £450 £525 £490
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.14% -10.91%

All Vendors
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,264 1,013 1,219
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 50.56% 47.40% 46.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 819 560 806
10th Percentile £220 £303 £248
25th Percentile £360 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £500 £511
Median % change year-on-year -7.25% -2.20% +6.51%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 45 85
10th Percentile £16.59 £16.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.67 £24.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +66.27%
75th Percentile £55.42 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £73.52 £79.35 £58.00
England median hourly rate £23.63 £30.45 £45.88
% change year-on-year -22.40% -33.63% +76.46%

McAfee
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

McAfee job vacancy trend in the North West

McAfee
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing McAfee.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing McAfee

McAfee
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing McAfee.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing McAfee

McAfee
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing McAfee within the North West region over the 6 months to 22 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
Cheshire -2 14 £450 -18.18% 1
Merseyside - 14 - -
Manchester - 1 - -
McAfee
England

McAfee
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 5 (17.24%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 19 (65.52%) BIG-IP
1 19 (65.52%) DNS
1 19 (65.52%) TCP/IP
2 18 (62.07%) HTTP
2 18 (62.07%) SSL
2 18 (62.07%) Wireshark
3 13 (44.83%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 13 (44.83%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 6 (20.69%) DMZ
5 1 (3.45%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (3.45%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (3.45%) Firewall
5 1 (3.45%) Internet
5 1 (3.45%) LAN
5 1 (3.45%) MPLS
5 1 (3.45%) Network Security
5 1 (3.45%) SD-WAN
5 1 (3.45%) WAN
Development Applications
1 18 (62.07%) Fiddler
General
1 13 (44.83%) Banking
1 13 (44.83%) Investment Banking
2 1 (3.45%) Finance
2 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (75.86%) Network Engineer
2 15 (51.72%) Web Engineer
3 9 (31.03%) Blue Coat Engineer
3 9 (31.03%) IP Network Engineer
4 8 (27.59%) Junior
4 8 (27.59%) Junior Network Engineer
5 5 (17.24%) Administrator
6 4 (13.79%) Automation Engineer
6 4 (13.79%) Python Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Architect
7 1 (3.45%) Network Architect
7 1 (3.45%) Senior
7 1 (3.45%) Senior Architect
7 1 (3.45%) Senior Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 13 (44.83%) Management Information System
2 11 (37.93%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.24%) Windows
1 5 (17.24%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (79.31%) Load Balancing
2 15 (51.72%) Data Loss Prevention
3 14 (48.28%) Malware Detection/Protection
4 12 (41.38%) Migration
5 5 (17.24%) Application Security
5 5 (17.24%) Cloud Security
5 5 (17.24%) Network Segmentation
5 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (17.24%) Security Operations
5 5 (17.24%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 5 (17.24%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (13.79%) Incident Response
6 4 (13.79%) Project Delivery
7 1 (3.45%) Data Protection
7 1 (3.45%) High Availability
7 1 (3.45%) Performance Optimisation
7 1 (3.45%) Platform Engineering
7 1 (3.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (3.45%) Tech Ops
7 1 (3.45%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 11 (37.93%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (20.69%) SC Cleared
1 6 (20.69%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.45%) CCIE
2 1 (3.45%) CCNP
2 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 9 (31.03%) Firmware
1 9 (31.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (17.24%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (37.93%) Ansible
2 5 (17.24%) Norton AntiVirus
2 5 (17.24%) SCCM
Vendors
1 23 (79.31%) Blue Coat
1 23 (79.31%) F5
2 18 (62.07%) VMware
3 13 (44.83%) NetApp
4 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
5 5 (17.24%) Symantec
6 1 (3.45%) Cisco
6 1 (3.45%) Meraki
6 1 (3.45%) Palo Alto