McAfee Contracts

McAfee
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 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 McAfee (formerly Intel Security).

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 485 541 452
Rank change year-on-year +56 -89 +179
Contract jobs citing McAfee 35 41 273
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.094% 0.46%
As % of the Vendors category 0.25% 0.22% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 20 174
10th Percentile £210 £143 £408
25th Percentile £250 £144 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £238 £550
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -56.82% +15.79%
75th Percentile £585 £508 £650
90th Percentile £600 £538 £668
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £175 £506
% change year-on-year +114.29% -65.43% -2.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 16
10th Percentile - - £30.90
25th Percentile - - £48.19
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £54.34
Median % change year-on-year - +10.43% +29.02%
75th Percentile - - £62.00
90th Percentile - - £63.23
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £60.00 £55.32
% change year-on-year - +8.46% +24.31%

All Vendors
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 13,893 18,473 25,523
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.46% 42.41% 42.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,711 11,449 17,111
10th Percentile £288 £263 £273
25th Percentile £406 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £517 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.39% -1.52% -
75th Percentile £619 £628 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 1,101 689
10th Percentile £14.84 £12.13 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.61 £14.48 £19.06
Median hourly rate £26.45 £22.30 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +18.61% -49.03% +108.14%
75th Percentile £56.00 £57.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £75.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.18 £21.46 £38.50
% change year-on-year +12.67% -44.26% +106.79%

McAfee
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing McAfee as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for McAfee in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing McAfee.

Daily rate trend for McAfee in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing McAfee over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for McAfee in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing McAfee.

Hourly rate trend for McAfee in the UK

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Top 9 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 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
England +66 34 £450 +16.88% 22
UK excluding London +59 23 £375 +114.29% 15
London +36 10 £585 +15.56% 7
South West +53 9 £298 +21.43% 1
East of England +34 7 £220 +4.76% 1
South East +48 5 £550 +254.84% 7
North West - 2 £600 -
North of England - 2 £600 -
Work from Home +38 1 £537 +67.81% 11

McAfee
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 13 (37.14%) SharePoint
2 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (5.71%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (8.57%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 16 (45.71%) Azure
2 9 (25.71%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.71%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.86%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (2.86%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.86%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 15 (42.86%) VPN
2 6 (17.14%) BGP
2 6 (17.14%) OSPF
3 5 (14.29%) DNS
3 5 (14.29%) Network Security
4 4 (11.43%) Cisco IOS
4 4 (11.43%) Firewall
4 4 (11.43%) SSL
5 3 (8.57%) DMZ
5 3 (8.57%) DWDM
5 3 (8.57%) EIGRP
5 3 (8.57%) Internet
5 3 (8.57%) IPsec
5 3 (8.57%) L2TP
5 3 (8.57%) MPLS
5 3 (8.57%) Multicast
5 3 (8.57%) WAN
5 3 (8.57%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (8.57%) Wireless
6 2 (5.71%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 2 (5.71%) JIRA
General
1 15 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 9 (25.71%) Public Sector
3 5 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (11.43%) Finance
5 3 (8.57%) Banking
5 3 (8.57%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (8.57%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (5.71%) Publishing
7 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 11 (31.43%) Support Engineer
2 7 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 7 (20.00%) Desktop Support
2 7 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 6 (17.14%) Network Engineer
4 5 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Administrator
5 3 (8.57%) Cisco Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Implementation Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Network Implementation Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Azure Architect
6 2 (5.71%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Microsoft 365 Architect
6 2 (5.71%) Technical Architect
6 2 (5.71%) Wintel Architect
6 2 (5.71%) Wintel Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.57%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 11 (31.43%) iPad
1 11 (31.43%) iPhone
1 11 (31.43%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (11.43%) Onboarding
3 3 (8.57%) Security Posture
4 2 (5.71%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (5.71%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.86%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (2.86%) PKI
5 1 (2.86%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 23 (65.71%) Windows
2 16 (45.71%) Windows 10
3 10 (28.57%) Windows Server
4 4 (11.43%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (11.43%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (8.57%) Linux
6 2 (5.71%) Android
6 2 (5.71%) Apple iOS
6 2 (5.71%) Mac OS
7 1 (2.86%) CatOS
7 1 (2.86%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (45.71%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (37.14%) Customer Service
2 13 (37.14%) ITIL
2 13 (37.14%) Root Cause Analysis
3 11 (31.43%) Antivirus Management
3 11 (31.43%) Inventory Management
3 11 (31.43%) Time Management
4 7 (20.00%) Migration
5 6 (17.14%) Task Automation
6 5 (14.29%) Decision-Making
6 5 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (14.29%) Project Delivery
6 5 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
7 4 (11.43%) Application Security
7 4 (11.43%) Cloud Security
7 4 (11.43%) Incident Response
7 4 (11.43%) Process Improvement
7 4 (11.43%) Project Management
7 4 (11.43%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
8 3 (8.57%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 10 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 3 (8.57%) Perl
2 3 (8.57%) Python
3 2 (5.71%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (5.71%) SQL
3 2 (5.71%) VB
3 2 (5.71%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 24 (68.57%) Security Cleared
2 14 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 11 (31.43%) ITIL Certification
4 6 (17.14%) DV Cleared
5 5 (14.29%) Degree
6 4 (11.43%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (8.57%) CCIE
7 3 (8.57%) CCNP
7 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (5.71%) MCP
8 2 (5.71%) MCSA
8 2 (5.71%) MCSE
9 1 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (2.86%) CCNA
9 1 (2.86%) CCSA
9 1 (2.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (5.71%) NCSC
2 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 19 (54.29%) Active Directory
2 5 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.71%) BitLocker
3 2 (5.71%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (5.71%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (5.71%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (5.71%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (5.71%) vSphere
4 1 (2.86%) NFS
Systems Management
1 16 (45.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (31.43%) SCCM
3 5 (14.29%) McAfee ePO
4 4 (11.43%) Norton AntiVirus
4 4 (11.43%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 3 (8.57%) Ansible
6 2 (5.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (5.71%) FortiGate
6 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (5.71%) SCOM
6 2 (5.71%) vCenter Server
7 1 (2.86%) logstash
7 1 (2.86%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (68.57%) Microsoft
2 9 (25.71%) Cisco
2 9 (25.71%) Symantec
3 5 (14.29%) Fortinet
3 5 (14.29%) VMware
4 3 (8.57%) Arista
4 3 (8.57%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (8.57%) HP
4 3 (8.57%) Juniper
4 3 (8.57%) Splunk
5 2 (5.71%) EMC
5 2 (5.71%) SolarWinds
5 2 (5.71%) Trend Micro
6 1 (2.86%) Blue Coat
6 1 (2.86%) Canon
6 1 (2.86%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.86%) LogRhythm
6 1 (2.86%) NetApp