McAfee
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 1 May 2025, 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 661 788 797
Rank change year-on-year +127 +9 +256
Permanent jobs citing McAfee 31 108 192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.060% 0.11% 0.18%
As % of the Vendors category 0.16% 0.30% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 15 65 157
10th Percentile £39,000 £29,353 £29,400
25th Percentile £43,750 £31,250 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% +6.25% -20.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £64,300 £89,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £39,000 £35,200
% change year-on-year +34.62% +10.80% -12.00%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 19,209 36,496 43,265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.91% 37.06% 41.63%
Number of salaries quoted 11,748 25,167 24,673
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,834 £68,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +5.26%

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing McAfee.

Salary trend for McAfee in the UK

McAfee
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for McAfee in the UK

McAfee
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +123 31 £52,500 +31.25% 22
UK excluding London +155 30 £52,500 +34.62% 15
South East +86 16 £52,500 +50.00% 7
Midlands +84 9 £39,000 -2.50% 6
West Midlands +56 9 £39,000 - 3
Work from Home +176 8 £52,500 -14.29% 11
South West +92 2 £69,000 +98.26% 1
North of England +84 2 £53,000 +32.50%
North West +31 2 £53,000 +32.50%
East of England - 2 £55,000 - 1
London +95 1 - - 7

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 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.23%) Apache
2 1 (3.23%) Confluence
2 1 (3.23%) nginx
2 1 (3.23%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.23%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.45%) Azure
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.23%) AWS
2 1 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (3.23%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 14 (45.16%) Firewall
2 8 (25.81%) BGP
2 8 (25.81%) Cisco ASA
2 8 (25.81%) DMVPN
2 8 (25.81%) EIGRP
2 8 (25.81%) OSPF
3 6 (19.35%) LAN
3 6 (19.35%) Network Security
3 6 (19.35%) WAN
4 5 (16.13%) TCP/IP
5 3 (9.68%) DNS
5 3 (9.68%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (6.45%) VSAN
7 1 (3.23%) IP Telephony
7 1 (3.23%) NAS
7 1 (3.23%) SAN
7 1 (3.23%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (6.45%) JIRA
2 1 (3.23%) Bitbucket
2 1 (3.23%) Git
2 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 10 (32.26%) Social Skills
2 6 (19.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (16.13%) Aviation
4 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Advertising
5 1 (3.23%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.23%) Law
5 1 (3.23%) Publishing
5 1 (3.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (22.58%) Support Engineer
2 6 (19.35%) Lead
2 6 (19.35%) Network Engineer
2 6 (19.35%) Technical Engineer
2 6 (19.35%) Technical Support
2 6 (19.35%) Technical Support Engineer
3 5 (16.13%) Analyst
4 4 (12.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Support Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Design Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Development Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Development Specialist
6 2 (6.45%) IT Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Network Design Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Network Specialist
6 2 (6.45%) SOC Analyst
7 1 (3.23%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
7 1 (3.23%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Analyst
7 1 (3.23%) Wintel Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (3.23%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 9 (29.03%) Data Centre
2 6 (19.35%) Management Information System
3 5 (16.13%) Robotics
4 2 (6.45%) Cyberattack
4 2 (6.45%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (3.23%) Blackberry
5 1 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.23%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 19 (61.29%) Windows
2 6 (19.35%) Android
2 6 (19.35%) Apple iOS
3 4 (12.90%) Linux
4 3 (9.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (9.68%) Windows Server
5 2 (6.45%) Windows 10
6 1 (3.23%) Mac OS
6 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (45.16%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (41.94%) SIEM
3 8 (25.81%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (22.58%) Computer Science
4 7 (22.58%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (22.58%) Information Security
5 6 (19.35%) Impact Assessments
5 6 (19.35%) Incident Response
5 6 (19.35%) Proactive Monitoring
6 5 (16.13%) Artificial Intelligence
6 5 (16.13%) Change Management
6 5 (16.13%) Cloud Security
6 5 (16.13%) Problem Management
6 5 (16.13%) Process Improvement
6 5 (16.13%) Software Engineering
6 5 (16.13%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 4 (12.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (12.90%) Network Design
8 3 (9.68%) Data Loss Prevention
8 3 (9.68%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.90%) PowerShell
2 3 (9.68%) SQL
3 1 (3.23%) Bash
3 1 (3.23%) Python
3 1 (3.23%) VB
3 1 (3.23%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 17 (54.84%) Security Cleared
2 15 (48.39%) Degree
3 14 (45.16%) SC Cleared
4 7 (22.58%) DV Cleared
5 6 (19.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (9.68%) MCP
7 3 (9.68%) MCSA
8 2 (6.45%) CASP
8 2 (6.45%) CCNA
8 2 (6.45%) CCNP
8 2 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (6.45%) CISSP
8 2 (6.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (3.23%) CEH
9 1 (3.23%) CISM
9 1 (3.23%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (3.23%) GIAC
9 1 (3.23%) HND
9 1 (3.23%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (19.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (19.35%) SLA
2 5 (16.13%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (16.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (6.45%) NCSC
4 1 (3.23%) GDPR
4 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (3.23%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (32.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (16.13%) Firmware
3 4 (12.90%) Active Directory
3 4 (12.90%) BitLocker
4 2 (6.45%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 2 (6.45%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (6.45%) VMware NSX
4 2 (6.45%) vSphere
5 1 (3.23%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (3.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (25.81%) FortiGate
2 6 (19.35%) QRadar
3 5 (16.13%) ArcSight ESM
4 4 (12.90%) SCCM
5 2 (6.45%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (6.45%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (6.45%) vCenter Server
5 2 (6.45%) vRealize
5 2 (6.45%) VxRail
5 2 (6.45%) WSUS
6 1 (3.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (3.23%) Ansible
6 1 (3.23%) Kubernetes
6 1 (3.23%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (48.39%) Cisco
2 14 (45.16%) Juniper
3 10 (32.26%) VMware
4 9 (29.03%) Microsoft
5 8 (25.81%) Dell
5 8 (25.81%) Fortinet
6 6 (19.35%) Splunk
7 5 (16.13%) ArcSight
7 5 (16.13%) LogLogic
8 3 (9.68%) Apple
8 3 (9.68%) Darktrace
8 3 (9.68%) HP
8 3 (9.68%) MobileIron
8 3 (9.68%) Red Hat
8 3 (9.68%) Remedy
9 2 (6.45%) EMC
9 2 (6.45%) Isilon
9 2 (6.45%) SolarWinds
10 1 (3.23%) CrowdStrike
10 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow