Symantec Contracts in the UK excluding London

Symantec
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 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 3 May 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 the Symantec Corporation.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 303 351 414
Rank change year-on-year +48 +63 +7
Contract jobs citing Symantec 31 43 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.21% 0.17%
As % of the Vendors category 0.50% 0.49% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 40 34
10th Percentile £413 £396 £413
25th Percentile £516 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £600
90th Percentile £600 £775 -
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £545
% change year-on-year -8.33% +10.09% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.25
Median hourly rate - - £18.50
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £18.50
% change year-on-year - - -71.97%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,231 8,804 10,608
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 48.77% 42.53% 44.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,960 5,308 7,304
10th Percentile £215 £205 £205
25th Percentile £368 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.53%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £690 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £515 £525
% change year-on-year - -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 948 476
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.80 £14.31
25th Percentile £16.95 £14.16 £17.72
Median hourly rate £24.18 £21.46 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.67% -44.26% +106.05%
75th Percentile £58.09 £59.13 £63.00
90th Percentile £74.50 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £26.33 £22.00 £43.50
% change year-on-year +19.67% -49.43% +105.65%

Symantec
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Symantec as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Symantec in the UK excluding London

Symantec
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Symantec in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Symantec in the UK excluding London

Symantec
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Symantec in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Symantec in the UK excluding London

Symantec
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Symantec in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Symantec in the UK excluding London

Symantec
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 Symantec within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 May 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 East +29 14 £575 -4.96% 3
North West +12 5 £425 -26.09%
North of England +10 5 £425 -26.09%
South West - 5 £425 - 2
Scotland +13 4 £496 -5.52% 3
East of England +37 2 - - 6
West Midlands +9 1 £550 -26.67% 2
Midlands +8 1 £550 -18.52% 3
Symantec
UK

Symantec
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (32.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (6.45%) CMS
2 2 (6.45%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.45%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (35.48%) AWS
2 8 (25.81%) GCP
2 8 (25.81%) IaaS
2 8 (25.81%) OpenShift
2 8 (25.81%) PaaS
3 7 (22.58%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (19.35%) Azure
5 2 (6.45%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (3.23%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 17 (54.84%) DNS
2 11 (35.48%) Firewall
3 10 (32.26%) DHCP
3 10 (32.26%) SMTP
4 9 (29.03%) VPN
5 4 (12.90%) WLAN
6 3 (9.68%) HTTP
6 3 (9.68%) LAN
6 3 (9.68%) Network Security
6 3 (9.68%) SAN
6 3 (9.68%) VSAN
7 2 (6.45%) FTP
7 2 (6.45%) SSL
8 1 (3.23%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (3.23%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 1 (3.23%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 1 (3.23%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (3.23%) WAN
8 1 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (3.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (25.81%) Amazon RDS
1 8 (25.81%) Big Data
1 8 (25.81%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (6.45%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.23%) RDBMS
3 1 (3.23%) Relational Database
3 1 (3.23%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Git
2 2 (6.45%) JIRA
2 2 (6.45%) Subversion
General
1 8 (25.81%) Public Sector
2 6 (19.35%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (16.13%) Social Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Finance
4 2 (6.45%) Publishing
5 1 (3.23%) Banking
5 1 (3.23%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (35.48%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 10 (32.26%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
2 10 (32.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 8 (25.81%) 3rd Line Support
3 8 (25.81%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 8 (25.81%) Support Engineer
4 7 (22.58%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
4 7 (22.58%) Infrastructure Support
4 7 (22.58%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 5 (16.13%) Administrator
6 3 (9.68%) Architect
6 3 (9.68%) Developer
6 3 (9.68%) Industrial Engineer
6 3 (9.68%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 3 (9.68%) Python Developer
6 3 (9.68%) Technical Architect
7 2 (6.45%) Azure Architect
7 2 (6.45%) Linux Engineer
7 2 (6.45%) Microsoft 365 Architect
7 2 (6.45%) Wintel Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) FastAPI
1 2 (6.45%) LDAP
1 2 (6.45%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 11 (35.48%) Clustering
2 8 (25.81%) Data Centre
2 8 (25.81%) PKI
3 3 (9.68%) Onboarding
4 2 (6.45%) Cyberattack
4 2 (6.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (6.45%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (6.45%) Management Information System
4 2 (6.45%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (6.45%) Security Posture
5 1 (3.23%) Client/Server
5 1 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.23%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 26 (83.87%) Windows
2 19 (61.29%) Linux
2 19 (61.29%) Windows Server
3 8 (25.81%) Windows Server 2019
4 6 (19.35%) Mac OS
4 6 (19.35%) Windows 10
4 6 (19.35%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (6.45%) Android
5 2 (6.45%) Apple iOS
5 2 (6.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (6.45%) Solaris
5 2 (6.45%) Unix
5 2 (6.45%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (35.48%) DevOps
2 10 (32.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 9 (29.03%) Software Deployment
4 8 (25.81%) Artificial Intelligence
4 8 (25.81%) Machine Learning
5 7 (22.58%) Data Loss Prevention
6 6 (19.35%) ITIL
6 6 (19.35%) Migration
7 5 (16.13%) Agile
7 5 (16.13%) Roadmaps
7 5 (16.13%) Task Automation
8 4 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (12.90%) Project Delivery
8 4 (12.90%) Project Management
9 3 (9.68%) Asset Management
9 3 (9.68%) Business Continuity
9 3 (9.68%) Data Management
9 3 (9.68%) Test Automation
9 3 (9.68%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (51.61%) PowerShell
2 5 (16.13%) Python
3 2 (6.45%) Bash
3 2 (6.45%) Perl
3 2 (6.45%) VB
3 2 (6.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 18 (58.06%) Security Cleared
2 10 (32.26%) Degree
3 8 (25.81%) DV Cleared
3 8 (25.81%) SC Cleared
4 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (6.45%) MCP
5 2 (6.45%) MCSA
5 2 (6.45%) MCSE
6 1 (3.23%) CCNP
6 1 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) GDPR
1 2 (6.45%) NCSC
1 2 (6.45%) QA
System Software
1 16 (51.61%) Active Directory
2 12 (38.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (35.48%) Docker
3 11 (35.48%) Hyper-V
4 10 (32.26%) BitLocker
4 10 (32.26%) Microsoft App-V
4 10 (32.26%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (25.81%) Terminal Services
6 5 (16.13%) vSphere
7 2 (6.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (45.16%) vCenter Server
2 11 (35.48%) Kubernetes
3 10 (32.26%) Ansible
4 8 (25.81%) Nagios
4 8 (25.81%) Puppet
4 8 (25.81%) vMotion
5 6 (19.35%) Norton AntiVirus
5 6 (19.35%) SCCM
6 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (9.68%) Backup Exec
7 3 (9.68%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (9.68%) McAfee ePO
7 3 (9.68%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 3 (9.68%) Terraform
7 3 (9.68%) WSUS
8 2 (6.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (6.45%) Podman
8 2 (6.45%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (6.45%) RSA Archer
8 2 (6.45%) SELinux
Vendors
1 21 (67.74%) Microsoft
2 18 (58.06%) VMware
3 8 (25.81%) Citrix
3 8 (25.81%) Google
3 8 (25.81%) HP
4 6 (19.35%) Cisco
5 5 (16.13%) McAfee
5 5 (16.13%) Splunk
6 4 (12.90%) Juniper
6 4 (12.90%) SolarWinds
7 3 (9.68%) FireEye
7 3 (9.68%) Netskope
7 3 (9.68%) Oracle
7 3 (9.68%) Proofpoint
7 3 (9.68%) Veeam
8 2 (6.45%) IronPort
8 2 (6.45%) NETGEAR
8 2 (6.45%) Red Hat
8 2 (6.45%) TP-LINK
8 2 (6.45%) Veritas