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 5 June 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
5 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 492 551 459
Rank change year-on-year +59 -92 +147
Contract jobs citing McAfee 30 35 230
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.082% 0.41%
As % of the Vendors category 0.22% 0.19% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 21 137
10th Percentile £199 £144 £413
25th Percentile £210 £175 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £320 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -41.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £557 £500 £638
90th Percentile £600 £538 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £274 £175 £525
% change year-on-year +56.67% -66.67% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 15
10th Percentile - - £28.90
25th Percentile - - £48.75
Median hourly rate - - £55.32
75th Percentile - - £62.00
90th Percentile - - £63.23
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £57.56
% change year-on-year - - +6.59%

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 13,837 18,132 24,189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.73% 42.26% 43.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,514 11,300 16,135
10th Percentile £280 £263 £268
25th Percentile £404 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.94% -1.90% -
75th Percentile £613 £626 £640
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £484 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.20% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 614 1,131 639
10th Percentile £14.84 £12.13 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £14.48 £18.97
Median hourly rate £26.39 £22.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.27% -47.06% +97.67%
75th Percentile £55.87 £57.50 £64.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £74.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £21.46 £37.50
% change year-on-year +4.85% -42.77% +92.31%

McAfee
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for McAfee in the UK

McAfee
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for McAfee in the UK

McAfee
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing McAfee over the 6 months to 5 June 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 12 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 5 June 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 +58 27 £274 -40.40% 39
UK excluding London +50 20 £274 +56.67% 27
London +33 8 £576 +15.25% 18
East of England +31 7 £220 +4.76% 3
South West +40 5 £220 -10.20% 1
South East +41 3 £550 +15.79% 15
Wales - 2 £300 -
North West - 2 £600 -
North of England - 2 £600 -
Work from Home +35 1 £537 +30.98% 8
West Midlands +12 1 £300 -6.25% 3
Midlands +2 1 £300 -6.25% 4

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 (43.33%) SharePoint
2 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (6.67%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 11 (36.67%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (10.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 17 (56.67%) Azure
2 5 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.67%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (6.67%) Google Workspace
4 1 (3.33%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 15 (50.00%) VPN
2 7 (23.33%) DNS
3 6 (20.00%) Firewall
3 6 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (13.33%) BGP
4 4 (13.33%) Cisco IOS
4 4 (13.33%) Network Security
4 4 (13.33%) OSPF
5 3 (10.00%) DMZ
5 3 (10.00%) DWDM
5 3 (10.00%) Internet
5 3 (10.00%) IPsec
5 3 (10.00%) L2TP
5 3 (10.00%) MPLS
5 3 (10.00%) Multicast
5 3 (10.00%) SSL
5 3 (10.00%) WAN
5 3 (10.00%) Wireless
6 2 (6.67%) DHCP
7 1 (3.33%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 2 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 16 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (23.33%) Public Sector
3 6 (20.00%) Finance
4 3 (10.00%) Banking
4 3 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.67%) Electronics
5 2 (6.67%) Manufacturing
5 2 (6.67%) Marketing
5 2 (6.67%) Publishing
5 2 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (43.33%) Support Engineer
2 9 (30.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 9 (30.00%) Desktop Support
2 9 (30.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 4 (13.33%) Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (13.33%) Network Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Cisco Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Implementation Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Network Implementation Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Support Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 2 (6.67%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Azure Architect
5 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365 Architect
5 2 (6.67%) Wintel Architect
5 2 (6.67%) Wintel Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 11 (36.67%) iPad
1 11 (36.67%) iPhone
1 11 (36.67%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (6.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 22 (73.33%) Windows
2 17 (56.67%) Windows 10
3 4 (13.33%) Windows Server
4 3 (10.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (6.67%) Android
5 2 (6.67%) Apple iOS
5 2 (6.67%) Mac OS
5 2 (6.67%) Mac OS X
5 2 (6.67%) Windows 8
5 2 (6.67%) Windows XP
6 1 (3.33%) CatOS
6 1 (3.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (46.67%) Customer Service
2 13 (43.33%) ITIL
2 13 (43.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 12 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (36.67%) Antivirus Management
4 11 (36.67%) Inventory Management
4 11 (36.67%) Time Management
5 5 (16.67%) Project Delivery
6 4 (13.33%) Decision-Making
6 4 (13.33%) Incident Response
6 4 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (10.00%) Analytics
7 3 (10.00%) Architecture Roadmap
7 3 (10.00%) B2B
7 3 (10.00%) Mobile Device Management
7 3 (10.00%) Network Monitoring
7 3 (10.00%) Process Improvement
7 3 (10.00%) Product Management
7 3 (10.00%) Roadmaps
7 3 (10.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 4 (13.33%) SQL
3 3 (10.00%) Perl
3 3 (10.00%) Python
4 2 (6.67%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (6.67%) VB
4 2 (6.67%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 17 (56.67%) Security Cleared
2 11 (36.67%) ITIL Certification
2 11 (36.67%) SC Cleared
3 5 (16.67%) Degree
4 4 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (10.00%) CCIE
5 3 (10.00%) CCNP
5 3 (10.00%) DV Cleared
5 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (6.67%) MCP
6 2 (6.67%) MCSA
6 2 (6.67%) MCSE
7 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (3.33%) CCNA
7 1 (3.33%) CCSA
7 1 (3.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (6.67%) NCSC
2 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 19 (63.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (16.67%) BitLocker
3 3 (10.00%) Firmware
3 3 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (10.00%) vSphere
4 2 (6.67%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (6.67%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (6.67%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (6.67%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 15 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (33.33%) SCCM
3 3 (10.00%) Ansible
4 2 (6.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (6.67%) McAfee ePO
4 2 (6.67%) Norton AntiVirus
4 2 (6.67%) SCOM
4 2 (6.67%) vCenter Server
5 1 (3.33%) logstash
5 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 20 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (23.33%) Cisco
2 7 (23.33%) HP
2 7 (23.33%) Symantec
3 5 (16.67%) VMware
4 4 (13.33%) SolarWinds
5 3 (10.00%) Apple
5 3 (10.00%) Arista
5 3 (10.00%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (10.00%) Fortinet
5 3 (10.00%) MobileIron
5 3 (10.00%) Splunk
6 2 (6.67%) Autodesk
6 2 (6.67%) Canon
6 2 (6.67%) ConnectWise
6 2 (6.67%) ESET
6 2 (6.67%) Sage
6 2 (6.67%) Sophos
6 2 (6.67%) Spiceworks
6 2 (6.67%) Xerox