Symantec Jobs

Symantec
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Symantec products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Symantec over the 6 months leading up to 19 July 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 the Symantec Corporation.

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 699 823 769
Rank change year-on-year +124 -54 +368
Permanent jobs citing Symantec 29 70 112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.048% 0.070% 0.13%
As % of the Vendors category 0.11% 0.21% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 13 56 45
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £30,140
25th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £40,000 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year +43.75% -5.33% -15.50%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £61,450 £66,875 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £37,000 £42,250
% change year-on-year +55.41% -12.43% -6.11%

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 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 25,798 33,887 33,991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 42.70% 34.04% 40.50%
Number of salaries quoted 14,051 22,152 22,300
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,300 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.61% -8.00% +5.26%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Symantec in the UK

Symantec
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Symantec over the 6 months to 19 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Symantec in the UK

Symantec
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Symantec within the UK over the 6 months to 19 July 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 +73 22 £57,500 +53.33% 17
London +83 13 £37,500 -16.67% 13
UK excluding London +93 10 £57,500 +55.41% 6
Work from Home +65 6 £48,375 -7.86% 3
South East +64 6 £57,500 -2.54% 3
North of England +30 2 £59,750 +11.16% 2
North West +5 2 £59,750 +11.16% 1
Midlands +69 1 £26,500 -49.52%
South West +67 1 - -
West Midlands +53 1 £26,500 -49.52%
Scotland - 1 £54,000 - 1

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 10 (34.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (6.90%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.45%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (3.45%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (3.45%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (48.28%) AWS
1 14 (48.28%) Azure
2 12 (41.38%) GCP
3 6 (20.69%) OpenShift
4 5 (17.24%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (13.79%) SaaS
6 3 (10.34%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (3.45%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (51.72%) Firewall
2 10 (34.48%) Network Security
3 8 (27.59%) DNS
4 7 (24.14%) DHCP
5 6 (20.69%) Remote Desktop
5 6 (20.69%) SMTP
6 4 (13.79%) HTTP
6 4 (13.79%) HTTPS
6 4 (13.79%) SSL
6 4 (13.79%) VLAN
7 3 (10.34%) TCP/IP
8 2 (6.90%) LAN
8 2 (6.90%) WAN
9 1 (3.45%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 1 (3.45%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 1 (3.45%) NetScaler
9 1 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.69%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 13 (44.83%) Marketing
2 12 (41.38%) Social Skills
3 11 (37.93%) Finance
3 11 (37.93%) Law
4 10 (34.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (31.03%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (10.34%) Legal
7 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 10 (34.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (31.03%) Support Engineer
3 6 (20.69%) Account Director
3 6 (20.69%) Infrastructure Support
3 6 (20.69%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) Senior
4 5 (17.24%) Web Engineer
5 4 (13.79%) Lead
5 4 (13.79%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (13.79%) Web Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (10.34%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 3 (10.34%) Data Engineer
6 3 (10.34%) Data Protection Engineer
6 3 (10.34%) Data Protection Manager
6 3 (10.34%) IT Engineer
6 3 (10.34%) IT Security Manager
6 3 (10.34%) Senior Data Engineer
6 3 (10.34%) Senior IT Engineer
6 3 (10.34%) Senior IT Manager
6 3 (10.34%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (13.79%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (31.03%) Clustering
1 9 (31.03%) PKI
1 9 (31.03%) Security Posture
2 6 (20.69%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (10.34%) Cloud Security Posture
3 3 (10.34%) Management Information System
3 3 (10.34%) Virtual Team
4 2 (6.90%) Data Centre
4 2 (6.90%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (37.93%) Windows
2 10 (34.48%) Windows Server
3 9 (31.03%) Linux
4 3 (10.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (6.90%) Mac OS
5 2 (6.90%) Unix
6 1 (3.45%) Android
6 1 (3.45%) Apple iOS
6 1 (3.45%) Windows 10
6 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (34.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 9 (31.03%) Change Management
3 8 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (24.14%) ITIL
4 7 (24.14%) Mentoring
4 7 (24.14%) Task Automation
5 6 (20.69%) Application Virtualisation
5 6 (20.69%) Business Development
5 6 (20.69%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (20.69%) Disk Encryption
5 6 (20.69%) High Availability
5 6 (20.69%) Incident Management
5 6 (20.69%) Product Management
5 6 (20.69%) Project Delivery
5 6 (20.69%) RBAC
5 6 (20.69%) Security Architecture
6 5 (17.24%) Migration
7 4 (13.79%) Process Management
7 4 (13.79%) Risk Management
7 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (24.14%) PowerShell
1 7 (24.14%) Python
2 3 (10.34%) Shell Script
3 1 (3.45%) VB
3 1 (3.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 7 (24.14%) Security Cleared
2 6 (20.69%) DV Cleared
3 4 (13.79%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (13.79%) Degree
4 3 (10.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 3 (10.34%) AWS Certification
4 3 (10.34%) CCSK
4 3 (10.34%) CCSP
4 3 (10.34%) CISSP
4 3 (10.34%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (3.45%) CCNP
5 1 (3.45%) MCP
5 1 (3.45%) MCSA
5 1 (3.45%) MCSE
5 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) SLA
2 1 (3.45%) NCSC
System Software
1 12 (41.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (37.93%) Active Directory
3 8 (27.59%) Hyper-V
4 7 (24.14%) BitLocker
4 7 (24.14%) Microsoft App-V
5 6 (20.69%) Docker
5 6 (20.69%) Terminal Services
5 6 (20.69%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (20.69%) vSphere
6 4 (13.79%) ProxySG
7 3 (10.34%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 2 (6.90%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (6.90%) XenApp
8 2 (6.90%) XenDesktop
9 1 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (44.83%) Ansible
2 6 (20.69%) Kubernetes
2 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (20.69%) Nagios
2 6 (20.69%) Puppet
2 6 (20.69%) vCenter Server
2 6 (20.69%) vMotion
3 3 (10.34%) CASB
3 3 (10.34%) SCCM
4 2 (6.90%) Norton AntiVirus
5 1 (3.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (3.45%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 12 (41.38%) VMware
2 10 (34.48%) Microsoft
3 8 (27.59%) Citrix
3 8 (27.59%) Google
3 8 (27.59%) HP
3 8 (27.59%) Zscaler
4 6 (20.69%) Carbon Black
5 5 (17.24%) Blue Coat
6 4 (13.79%) Broadcom
6 4 (13.79%) Netskope
7 3 (10.34%) Cisco
7 3 (10.34%) Red Hat
7 3 (10.34%) Veritas
8 2 (6.90%) Dell
9 1 (3.45%) Fortinet
9 1 (3.45%) Infoblox
9 1 (3.45%) Juniper
9 1 (3.45%) McAfee
9 1 (3.45%) Sophos
9 1 (3.45%) Veeam