Hybrid/Remote Symantec Contract Job Trends

Symantec
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 13 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 the Symantec Corporation.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 298 312 380
Rank change year-on-year +14 +68 +126
Contract jobs citing Symantec 20 4 11
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.20% 0.033% 0.062%
As % of the Vendors category 0.40% 0.073% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 3 9
10th Percentile - £540 -
25th Percentile £450 £563 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £305
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +96.72% -39.00%
75th Percentile £588 - £588
90th Percentile £685 - £650
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £500
% change year-on-year - +2.50% -

All Vendors
Work from Home

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 with a remote or hybrid options requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 4,946 5,452 8,024
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 48.57% 44.94% 45.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,090 3,270 5,106
10th Percentile £325 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.24% - -3.58%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £723 £721
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 100 188
10th Percentile £15.00 £18.36 £17.10
25th Percentile £19.66 £24.01 £26.19
Median hourly rate £30.00 £41.00 £56.68
Median % change year-on-year -26.83% -27.66% -1.43%
75th Percentile £63.75 £67.14 £73.13
90th Percentile £67.50 £86.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £29.39 £44.50
% change year-on-year -18.33% -33.97% +73.08%

Symantec
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Symantec and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Symantec job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Symantec
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Symantec.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Symantec

Symantec
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Symantec over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Symantec daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Symantec
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Symantec.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Symantec

Symantec
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 1 (5.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (5.00%) Exchange Server 2013
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.00%) AWS
2 1 (5.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (15.00%) HTTP
2 3 (15.00%) SSL
3 2 (10.00%) DHCP
3 2 (10.00%) DNS
3 2 (10.00%) Firewall
3 2 (10.00%) Network Security
4 1 (5.00%) NAS
4 1 (5.00%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (5.00%) SAN
4 1 (5.00%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (5.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Git
1 1 (5.00%) Subversion
General
1 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Finance
3 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Administrator
2 2 (10.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (10.00%) Security Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Linux Administrator
3 1 (5.00%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Specialist
3 1 (5.00%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Server Specialist
3 1 (5.00%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Technical Business Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) Middleware
1 3 (15.00%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.00%) ASIC
2 1 (5.00%) FPGA
2 1 (5.00%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 13 (65.00%) Windows
2 8 (40.00%) Windows 10
3 5 (25.00%) Linux
4 4 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (20.00%) Solaris
4 4 (20.00%) Unix
5 2 (10.00%) Windows Server
6 1 (5.00%) Mac OS
6 1 (5.00%) VMS
6 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (5.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (45.00%) Migration
3 8 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 6 (30.00%) Cloud Security
4 6 (30.00%) Security Operations
4 6 (30.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 5 (25.00%) Application Security
6 4 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
6 4 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
7 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (15.00%) Incident Management
7 3 (15.00%) Kalman Filter
7 3 (15.00%) Security Patching
7 3 (15.00%) Software Deployment
7 3 (15.00%) Web Filtering
8 2 (10.00%) Patch Management
8 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (5.00%) Performance Optimisation
9 1 (5.00%) Server Building
9 1 (5.00%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 7 (35.00%) Python
2 4 (20.00%) Bash
2 4 (20.00%) PowerShell
3 3 (15.00%) Java
4 1 (5.00%) Perl
Qualifications
1 8 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) CCNA
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.00%) MCSA
2 1 (5.00%) MCSE
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) GDPR
1 1 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (10.00%) vSphere
3 1 (5.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (5.00%) ProxySG
3 1 (5.00%) Terminal Services
3 1 (5.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (30.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 6 (30.00%) SCCM
2 4 (20.00%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
3 1 (5.00%) Ansible
3 1 (5.00%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (5.00%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (5.00%) Red Hat Satellite
3 1 (5.00%) SELinux
Vendors
1 8 (40.00%) VMware
2 7 (35.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (30.00%) McAfee
4 4 (20.00%) Blue Coat
5 3 (15.00%) Altiris
5 3 (15.00%) Citrix
5 3 (15.00%) Ivanti
5 3 (15.00%) Qualys
5 3 (15.00%) Tanium
5 3 (15.00%) Tenable
6 2 (10.00%) Fortinet
7 1 (5.00%) Broadcom
7 1 (5.00%) Cisco
7 1 (5.00%) Netskope
7 1 (5.00%) Red Hat
7 1 (5.00%) SolarWinds
7 1 (5.00%) Veeam
7 1 (5.00%) Veritas