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 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 678 771 787
Rank change year-on-year +93 +16 +297
Permanent jobs citing McAfee 34 107 188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.062% 0.11% 0.19%
As % of the Vendors category 0.16% 0.30% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 16 63 152
10th Percentile - £29,290 £29,400
25th Percentile £39,000 £31,250 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.13% - -21.57%
75th Percentile £53,750 £64,375 £57,813
90th Percentile £57,500 £90,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,250 £39,000 £35,400
% change year-on-year +31.41% +10.17% -11.50%

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 20,610 36,256 42,369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.41% 36.61% 41.86%
Number of salaries quoted 11,805 24,865 24,278
10th Percentile £26,312 £26,700 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £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 £70,600 £68,750 £75,000
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 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for McAfee in the UK

McAfee
Top 12 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 14 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
UK excluding London +132 33 £51,250 +31.41% 22
England +89 32 £48,750 +21.88% 28
South East +76 17 £52,500 +50.00% 9
Work from Home +105 11 £50,000 -11.11% 17
Midlands +65 11 £39,000 -2.50% 4
West Midlands +62 11 £39,000 - 2
Scotland +116 2 £52,500 +82.29% 9
North of England +52 2 £53,000 +32.50%
North West +6 2 £53,000 +32.50%
London +99 1 - - 17
South West +90 1 - -
East of England - 1 £55,000 -

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 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (8.82%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.94%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (14.71%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.88%) Azure
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.94%) AWS
2 1 (2.94%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 14 (41.18%) Firewall
2 7 (20.59%) BGP
2 7 (20.59%) Cisco ASA
2 7 (20.59%) DMVPN
2 7 (20.59%) EIGRP
2 7 (20.59%) Network Security
2 7 (20.59%) OSPF
3 6 (17.65%) LAN
3 6 (17.65%) TCP/IP
3 6 (17.65%) WAN
4 5 (14.71%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (5.88%) DNS
5 2 (5.88%) IP Telephony
5 2 (5.88%) NAS
5 2 (5.88%) SAN
5 2 (5.88%) SNMP
6 1 (2.94%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) JIRA
1 1 (2.94%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 11 (32.35%) Social Skills
2 6 (17.65%) Aviation
2 6 (17.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (5.88%) Military
4 1 (2.94%) Advertising
4 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Law
4 1 (2.94%) Publishing
4 1 (2.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (23.53%) Lead
1 8 (23.53%) Support Engineer
2 7 (20.59%) Analyst
3 6 (17.65%) Technical Engineer
3 6 (17.65%) Technical Support
3 6 (17.65%) Technical Support Engineer
4 5 (14.71%) Network Engineer
4 5 (14.71%) Support Analyst
5 4 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (8.82%) IT Engineer
6 3 (8.82%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Design Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Infrastructure Support
7 2 (5.88%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) IT Support
7 2 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Network Design Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Network Specialist
7 2 (5.88%) SOC Analyst
7 2 (5.88%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 8 (23.53%) Data Centre
2 7 (20.59%) Management Information System
3 6 (17.65%) Robotics
4 2 (5.88%) Blackberry
4 2 (5.88%) Cyberattack
4 2 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.94%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.94%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 24 (70.59%) Windows
2 7 (20.59%) Android
2 7 (20.59%) Apple iOS
3 4 (11.76%) Windows 10
3 4 (11.76%) Windows Server
4 3 (8.82%) Linux
5 1 (2.94%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
1 14 (41.18%) SIEM
2 9 (26.47%) Computer Science
2 9 (26.47%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (20.59%) Incident Response
4 7 (20.59%) Information Security
5 6 (17.65%) Artificial Intelligence
5 6 (17.65%) Change Management
5 6 (17.65%) Cloud Security
5 6 (17.65%) Impact Assessments
5 6 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (17.65%) Proactive Monitoring
5 6 (17.65%) Problem Management
5 6 (17.65%) Process Improvement
5 6 (17.65%) Software Engineering
5 6 (17.65%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 5 (14.71%) Incident Management
6 5 (14.71%) ITSM
6 5 (14.71%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.76%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.88%) SQL
3 1 (2.94%) VB
3 1 (2.94%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 19 (55.88%) Security Cleared
2 17 (50.00%) Degree
3 15 (44.12%) SC Cleared
4 8 (23.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (20.59%) DV Cleared
6 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (5.88%) CASP
7 2 (5.88%) CISSP
7 2 (5.88%) HND
7 2 (5.88%) MCP
7 2 (5.88%) MCSA
8 1 (2.94%) CCNA
8 1 (2.94%) CCNP
8 1 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (2.94%) CISM
8 1 (2.94%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (2.94%) GIAC
8 1 (2.94%) Master's Degree
8 1 (2.94%) MCSE
8 1 (2.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (20.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (17.65%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (17.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 6 (17.65%) SLA
3 2 (5.88%) NCSC
4 1 (2.94%) GDPR
4 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (2.94%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (35.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (17.65%) Active Directory
2 6 (17.65%) BitLocker
2 6 (17.65%) Firmware
3 3 (8.82%) vSphere
4 1 (2.94%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 1 (2.94%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (2.94%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.94%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (20.59%) FortiGate
1 7 (20.59%) QRadar
2 6 (17.65%) ArcSight ESM
2 6 (17.65%) SCCM
3 1 (2.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (2.94%) Dell DRAC
3 1 (2.94%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (2.94%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.94%) vCenter Server
3 1 (2.94%) vRealize
3 1 (2.94%) VxRail
3 1 (2.94%) WSUS
Vendors
1 16 (47.06%) Cisco
2 15 (44.12%) Juniper
3 13 (38.24%) Microsoft
4 12 (35.29%) VMware
5 9 (26.47%) Splunk
6 7 (20.59%) Dell
6 7 (20.59%) Fortinet
7 6 (17.65%) ArcSight
7 6 (17.65%) LogLogic
8 5 (14.71%) Apple
8 5 (14.71%) HP
8 5 (14.71%) MobileIron
8 5 (14.71%) Remedy
9 3 (8.82%) Darktrace
10 2 (5.88%) NetApp
10 2 (5.88%) Veeam
11 1 (2.94%) IBM
11 1 (2.94%) Red Hat
11 1 (2.94%) SolarWinds
11 1 (2.94%) Tripwire