McAfee Job Trends in England

McAfee
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of McAfee products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited McAfee over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within McAfee (formerly Intel Security).

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 624 601 757
Rank change year-on-year -23 +156 -12
Permanent jobs citing McAfee 58 32 79
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.072% 0.082% 0.094%
As % of the Vendors category 0.28% 0.20% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 37 14 56
10th Percentile £36,250 - £29,290
25th Percentile £44,500 £39,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +21.88% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £53,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £57,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £48,750 £40,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +21.88% -

All Vendors
England

McAfee falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 20,439 15,660 31,008
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.40% 40.06% 36.83%
Number of salaries quoted 11,518 9,475 22,694
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,754 £35,924
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -12.28%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -13.04%

McAfee
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing McAfee relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

McAfee job vacancy trend in England

McAfee
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing McAfee.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing McAfee

McAfee
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing McAfee in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for McAfee in England

McAfee
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing McAfee within the England region over the 6 months to 12 May 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -16 20 £26,500 -32.05%
Midlands -22 20 £26,500 -32.05%
South East -11 15 £67,500 +28.57% 2
London -2 9 £57,500 - 1
South West -40 7 £37,500 - 1
East of England -10 6 £62,500 +13.64%
North West -6 1 £47,500 -10.38%
North of England -35 1 £47,500 -10.38% 1
McAfee
UK

McAfee
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 13 (22.41%) SharePoint
2 7 (12.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (8.62%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (18.97%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (6.90%) AWS
2 4 (6.90%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 22 (37.93%) Firewall
2 19 (32.76%) DNS
3 17 (29.31%) LAN
3 17 (29.31%) WAN
4 7 (12.07%) SAN
5 5 (8.62%) Skype
6 4 (6.90%) DHCP
6 4 (6.90%) TCP/IP
6 4 (6.90%) VSAN
7 3 (5.17%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.72%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (13.79%) JIRA
2 3 (5.17%) Git
2 3 (5.17%) Subversion
General
1 14 (24.14%) Social Skills
2 4 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (1.72%) Banking
3 1 (1.72%) Finance
3 1 (1.72%) Law
3 1 (1.72%) Legal
3 1 (1.72%) Public Sector
3 1 (1.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 27 (46.55%) Support Engineer
2 14 (24.14%) Technical Engineer
2 14 (24.14%) Technical Support
2 14 (24.14%) Technical Support Engineer
3 11 (18.97%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 8 (13.79%) Applications Architect
4 8 (13.79%) Architect
4 8 (13.79%) Security Architect
5 7 (12.07%) 3rd Line Support
5 7 (12.07%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 6 (10.34%) 1st Line Support
6 6 (10.34%) Desktop Support
6 6 (10.34%) Wintel Engineer
7 5 (8.62%) 1st Line Support Analyst
7 5 (8.62%) Analyst
7 5 (8.62%) Desktop Engineer
7 5 (8.62%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 5 (8.62%) Linux Engineer
7 5 (8.62%) Linux Support Engineer
7 5 (8.62%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (15.52%) LDAP
2 8 (13.79%) Regular Expression
2 8 (13.79%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (24.14%) Data Centre
2 7 (12.07%) PKI
3 5 (8.62%) Algorithms
3 5 (8.62%) CMDB
3 5 (8.62%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 53 (91.38%) Windows
2 31 (53.45%) Windows Server
3 18 (31.03%) Linux
3 18 (31.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (22.41%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (17.24%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (10.34%) Windows 10
6 6 (10.34%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (10.34%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (5.17%) CentOS
7 3 (5.17%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (50.00%) SIEM
2 21 (36.21%) ITIL
3 20 (34.48%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (24.14%) Proactive Monitoring
5 12 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (15.52%) Antivirus Management
6 9 (15.52%) ITSM
6 9 (15.52%) Service Management
7 8 (13.79%) Application Security
7 8 (13.79%) Architectural Design
7 8 (13.79%) Pattern Matching
7 8 (13.79%) Platform Engineering
7 8 (13.79%) Resource Management
7 8 (13.79%) Server Management
7 8 (13.79%) Service Delivery
7 8 (13.79%) Validation
8 7 (12.07%) Change Management
8 7 (12.07%) Customer Service
9 6 (10.34%) Incident Management
10 5 (8.62%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (24.14%) SQL
2 4 (6.90%) PowerShell
3 3 (5.17%) Bash
3 3 (5.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 32 (55.17%) Security Cleared
2 25 (43.10%) DV Cleared
3 15 (25.86%) Degree
4 10 (17.24%) SC Cleared
5 3 (5.17%) ISTQB
5 3 (5.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (24.14%) SLA
2 5 (8.62%) PMO
System Software
1 44 (75.86%) Active Directory
2 31 (53.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (25.86%) vSphere
4 10 (17.24%) Hyper-V
5 6 (10.34%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (5.17%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 18 (31.03%) SCCM
2 13 (22.41%) SCOM
3 7 (12.07%) WSUS
4 5 (8.62%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 4 (6.90%) McAfee ePO
5 4 (6.90%) SCVMM
5 4 (6.90%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 47 (81.03%) VMware
2 26 (44.83%) Dell
3 17 (29.31%) Cisco
3 17 (29.31%) Juniper
4 12 (20.69%) Red Hat
5 9 (15.52%) Microsoft
6 6 (10.34%) Citrix
6 6 (10.34%) HP
6 6 (10.34%) IBM
6 6 (10.34%) Sophos
7 5 (8.62%) Adobe
7 5 (8.62%) CrowdStrike
7 5 (8.62%) Tenable
7 5 (8.62%) Zscaler
8 4 (6.90%) SolarWinds