Symantec Contract Job Trends

Symantec
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 September 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
1 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 518 536 613
Rank change year-on-year +18 +77 +74
Contract jobs citing Symantec 36 46 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.12% 0.099%
As % of the Vendors category 0.23% 0.27% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 35 37
10th Percentile £369 £430 £300
25th Percentile £504 £534 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +26.32% -
75th Percentile £588 £608 £538
90th Percentile £600 £775 £571
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £605 £469
% change year-on-year -4.96% +29.07% +4.17%
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 excluding London median hourly rate - - £18.50
% change year-on-year - - -69.17%

All Vendors
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,442 16,982 22,478
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.16% 43.99% 44.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,452 10,386 14,623
10th Percentile £275 £286 £263
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.38%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £730 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 796 740 649
10th Percentile £14.69 £13.69 £15.21
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.62 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.28% -31.76% +85.43%
75th Percentile £43.75 £62.51 £64.50
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £74.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.35 £27.50 £39.80
% change year-on-year -22.38% -30.90% +99.00%

Symantec
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Symantec in the UK

Symantec
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Symantec.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Symantec

Symantec
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Symantec over the 6 months to 1 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Symantec in the UK

Symantec
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Symantec.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Symantec

Symantec
Top 11 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 September 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 0 26 £575 -4.17% 8
UK excluding London -11 22 £575 -4.96% 6
Work from Home +32 13 £550 -2.22% 4
South East +18 12 £575 -4.96% 6
London +24 9 £525 -7.08% 4
Scotland - 5 £496 -
North West -4 3 - -
North of England -9 3 - -
East of England -3 1 - -
West Midlands -12 1 £550 -26.67%
Midlands -19 1 £550 -18.52%

Symantec
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 12 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.78%) CMS
2 1 (2.78%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (2.78%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (41.67%) AWS
2 9 (25.00%) GCP
2 9 (25.00%) IaaS
2 9 (25.00%) OpenShift
2 9 (25.00%) PaaS
3 4 (11.11%) Azure
3 4 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (5.56%) Google Workspace
5 1 (2.78%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.78%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 14 (38.89%) DNS
2 13 (36.11%) DHCP
2 13 (36.11%) Firewall
3 10 (27.78%) SMTP
3 10 (27.78%) VPN
4 9 (25.00%) Network Security
5 4 (11.11%) HTTP
5 4 (11.11%) SAN
5 4 (11.11%) SSL
5 4 (11.11%) TCP/IP
6 3 (8.33%) LAN
6 3 (8.33%) WLAN
7 1 (2.78%) FTP
7 1 (2.78%) NAS
7 1 (2.78%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (25.00%) Amazon RDS
1 9 (25.00%) Big Data
1 9 (25.00%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (5.56%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.78%) RDBMS
3 1 (2.78%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.78%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 3 (8.33%) Git
2 1 (2.78%) MSI
2 1 (2.78%) Subversion
General
1 9 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 7 (19.44%) Social Skills
3 6 (16.67%) Finance
4 3 (8.33%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Electronics
5 2 (5.56%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.56%) Marketing
6 1 (2.78%) Banking
6 1 (2.78%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (30.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 11 (30.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 10 (27.78%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
2 10 (27.78%) Support Engineer
3 8 (22.22%) 3rd Line Support
3 8 (22.22%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 7 (19.44%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
4 7 (19.44%) Infrastructure Support
4 7 (19.44%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Consultant
5 4 (11.11%) CyberArk Consultant
6 3 (8.33%) Developer
6 3 (8.33%) Industrial Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Python Developer
6 3 (8.33%) Security Consultant
6 3 (8.33%) Security Engineer
7 2 (5.56%) Desktop Engineer
7 2 (5.56%) Desktop Support
7 2 (5.56%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 2 (5.56%) Presales Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) FastAPI
1 2 (5.56%) pytest
2 1 (2.78%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.00%) Clustering
1 9 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 9 (25.00%) PKI
2 2 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.78%) ASIC
3 1 (2.78%) Cyberattack
3 1 (2.78%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (2.78%) FPGA
3 1 (2.78%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (2.78%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.78%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (66.67%) Windows
2 17 (47.22%) Linux
3 13 (36.11%) Windows Server
4 8 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (16.67%) Windows 10
6 4 (11.11%) Mac OS
7 3 (8.33%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (8.33%) Windows XP
8 2 (5.56%) Mac OS X
8 2 (5.56%) Windows 8
9 1 (2.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (2.78%) Solaris
9 1 (2.78%) Unix
9 1 (2.78%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (36.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (33.33%) DevOps
2 12 (33.33%) Software Deployment
3 9 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 9 (25.00%) Machine Learning
4 7 (19.44%) Data Loss Prevention
4 7 (19.44%) ITIL
5 5 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (13.89%) Roadmaps
6 4 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
6 4 (11.11%) Project Delivery
7 3 (8.33%) Agile
7 3 (8.33%) Asset Management
7 3 (8.33%) Business Continuity
7 3 (8.33%) Data Management
7 3 (8.33%) Incident Management
7 3 (8.33%) Migration
7 3 (8.33%) Proactive Maintenance
7 3 (8.33%) Service Management
7 3 (8.33%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 10 (27.78%) PowerShell
2 6 (16.67%) Python
3 2 (5.56%) Java
3 2 (5.56%) SQL
4 1 (2.78%) Bash
4 1 (2.78%) Perl
Qualifications
1 12 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 9 (25.00%) Degree
3 8 (22.22%) DV Cleared
4 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (8.33%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.78%) CCNA
6 1 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.78%) MCSA
6 1 (2.78%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.78%) GDPR
1 1 (2.78%) QA
System Software
1 18 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 12 (33.33%) Docker
3 11 (30.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (27.78%) Hyper-V
4 10 (27.78%) Terminal Services
4 10 (27.78%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (25.00%) BitLocker
5 9 (25.00%) Microsoft App-V
6 4 (11.11%) vSphere
7 2 (5.56%) XenApp
8 1 (2.78%) ProxySG
8 1 (2.78%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (33.33%) Kubernetes
1 12 (33.33%) vCenter Server
2 10 (27.78%) Ansible
3 9 (25.00%) Nagios
3 9 (25.00%) Puppet
3 9 (25.00%) vMotion
4 3 (8.33%) Backup Exec
4 3 (8.33%) Terraform
5 2 (5.56%) McAfee ePO
5 2 (5.56%) Norton AntiVirus
5 2 (5.56%) Podman
5 2 (5.56%) RSA Archer
5 2 (5.56%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
6 1 (2.78%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (2.78%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (2.78%) SCCM
6 1 (2.78%) SELinux
Vendors
1 21 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 18 (50.00%) VMware
3 13 (36.11%) Citrix
4 11 (30.56%) Cisco
4 11 (30.56%) Google
4 11 (30.56%) HP
5 8 (22.22%) Splunk
6 6 (16.67%) CrowdStrike
7 5 (13.89%) Blue Coat
8 4 (11.11%) Broadcom
8 4 (11.11%) CyberArk
8 4 (11.11%) Veeam
9 3 (8.33%) Adobe
9 3 (8.33%) Autodesk
9 3 (8.33%) McAfee
9 3 (8.33%) Netskope
9 3 (8.33%) Oracle
9 3 (8.33%) Proofpoint
9 3 (8.33%) ServiceNow
9 3 (8.33%) SolarWinds