McAfee Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

McAfee
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 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
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 339 306 338
Rank change year-on-year -33 +32 -1
Contract jobs citing McAfee 55 41 66
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.30% 0.28% 0.34%
As % of the Vendors category 0.65% 0.61% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 24 20
10th Percentile £213 £378 £133
25th Percentile £273 £450 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £525 £481
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +9.09% +6.94%
75th Percentile £488 £556 £593
90th Percentile £525 £614 £620
UK median daily rate £450 £520 £490
% change year-on-year -13.46% +6.12% -10.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 14
10th Percentile £47.87 - £60.75
25th Percentile £52.40 - -
Median hourly rate £64.36 - £65.98
75th Percentile £76.90 - -
90th Percentile £81.76 - £76.25
UK median hourly rate £64.36 - £65.98
% change year-on-year - - +43.11%

All Vendors
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,481 6,724 9,091
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 46.45% 46.09% 46.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,524 4,008 5,743
10th Percentile £220 £215 £208
25th Percentile £375 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 651 354 521
10th Percentile £14.75 £15.22 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.50 £16.94 £17.75
Median hourly rate £21.50 £25.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% -45.86% +102.88%
75th Percentile £44.63 £59.41 £62.50
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £74.37
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -13.36% -40.06% +76.99%

McAfee
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

McAfee job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

McAfee
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing McAfee

McAfee
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing McAfee in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for McAfee in the UK excluding London

McAfee
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing McAfee

McAfee
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing McAfee in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for McAfee in the UK excluding London

McAfee
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 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
North of England -17 34 £450 -18.18% 2
North West +6 31 £450 -18.18% 2
Midlands - 17 £134 - 2
West Midlands - 14 - - 1
South West -4 11 £450 - 2
South East -24 5 £274 -47.90% 4
East of England -19 3 £225 +12.50% 4
Wales - 3 £295 - 1
East Midlands - 3 £134 - 1
Yorkshire - 3 £538 -
Scotland - 1 - -
McAfee
UK

McAfee
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 5 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (12.73%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (21.82%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (16.36%) Azure
3 2 (3.64%) AWS
3 2 (3.64%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 22 (40.00%) DNS
2 21 (38.18%) BIG-IP
2 21 (38.18%) SSL
2 21 (38.18%) TCP/IP
3 20 (36.36%) HTTP
3 20 (36.36%) Wireshark
4 14 (25.45%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 14 (25.45%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 9 (16.36%) VPN
6 6 (10.91%) DMZ
6 6 (10.91%) Firewall
7 3 (5.45%) LAN
7 3 (5.45%) Network Security
7 3 (5.45%) PuTTY
7 3 (5.45%) SSH
7 3 (5.45%) Telnet
7 3 (5.45%) WAN
8 2 (3.64%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (3.64%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (3.64%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.82%) MariaDB
1 1 (1.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (36.36%) Fiddler
2 1 (1.82%) JIRA
General
1 14 (25.45%) Banking
1 14 (25.45%) Investment Banking
2 12 (21.82%) Social Skills
3 7 (12.73%) Finance
3 7 (12.73%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.82%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.82%) Military
4 1 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (50.91%) Network Engineer
2 17 (30.91%) Web Engineer
3 10 (18.18%) Blue Coat Engineer
3 10 (18.18%) IP Network Engineer
4 9 (16.36%) Desktop Support
4 9 (16.36%) Junior
4 9 (16.36%) Junior Network Engineer
5 7 (12.73%) Administrator
5 7 (12.73%) Support Engineer
6 6 (10.91%) Desktop Engineer
6 6 (10.91%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 5 (9.09%) Analyst
7 5 (9.09%) Support Analyst
8 4 (7.27%) Automation Engineer
8 4 (7.27%) Python Engineer
9 3 (5.45%) Desktop Analyst
9 3 (5.45%) Desktop Support Analyst
10 2 (3.64%) Architect
10 2 (3.64%) Break Fix Engineer
11 1 (1.82%) Senior Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.82%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (25.45%) Management Information System
2 13 (23.64%) Onboarding
3 5 (9.09%) iPad
3 5 (9.09%) iPhone
3 5 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (5.45%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (5.45%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.82%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.82%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (1.82%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.82%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 23 (41.82%) Windows
2 17 (30.91%) Windows 10
3 6 (10.91%) Linux
4 4 (7.27%) Windows 8
4 4 (7.27%) Windows Server
5 3 (5.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (5.45%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (47.27%) Load Balancing
2 17 (30.91%) Data Loss Prevention
3 16 (29.09%) Malware Detection/Protection
4 14 (25.45%) Migration
5 11 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (18.18%) ITIL
7 9 (16.36%) Application Security
7 9 (16.36%) Cloud Security
7 9 (16.36%) Vulnerability Management
8 8 (14.55%) Customer Service
9 7 (12.73%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
10 6 (10.91%) Antivirus Management
10 6 (10.91%) Inventory Management
11 5 (9.09%) Incident Response
11 5 (9.09%) Network Segmentation
11 5 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
11 5 (9.09%) Security Operations
11 5 (9.09%) Time Management
12 4 (7.27%) Project Delivery
12 4 (7.27%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 12 (21.82%) Python
2 2 (3.64%) SQL
3 1 (1.82%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (30.91%) Security Cleared
2 15 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.09%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (5.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (3.64%) CCNP
5 2 (3.64%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (3.64%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.82%) CCIE
6 1 (1.82%) CISM
6 1 (1.82%) CISSP
6 1 (1.82%) MCSE
6 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.82%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.64%) SLA
2 1 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.82%) JSP 440
System Software
1 17 (30.91%) Active Directory
2 15 (27.27%) Firmware
3 11 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (10.91%) VMware NSX
5 5 (9.09%) BitLocker
6 1 (1.82%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (27.27%) SCCM
2 12 (21.82%) Ansible
3 8 (14.55%) Norton AntiVirus
4 5 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (3.64%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 2 (3.64%) WSUS
6 1 (1.82%) Backup Exec
6 1 (1.82%) Check_MK
6 1 (1.82%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.82%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (1.82%) Nagios
6 1 (1.82%) Nessus
6 1 (1.82%) SCOM
6 1 (1.82%) vCenter Server
6 1 (1.82%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 27 (49.09%) F5
2 26 (47.27%) Blue Coat
2 26 (47.27%) Microsoft
3 23 (41.82%) VMware
4 14 (25.45%) NetApp
5 10 (18.18%) Cisco
6 8 (14.55%) Symantec
7 5 (9.09%) Starlink
8 3 (5.45%) Citrix
8 3 (5.45%) Dell
8 3 (5.45%) Draytek
8 3 (5.45%) Fortinet
9 2 (3.64%) Apple
9 2 (3.64%) Google
9 2 (3.64%) HP
9 2 (3.64%) MobileIron
9 2 (3.64%) Palo Alto
10 1 (1.82%) Meraki
10 1 (1.82%) Splunk
10 1 (1.82%) Tenable