Symantec Job Trends

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 15 January 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 the Symantec Corporation.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 633 677 669
Rank change year-on-year +44 -8 +256
Permanent jobs citing Symantec 16 34 44
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.027% 0.063% 0.079%
As % of the Vendors category 0.085% 0.17% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 13 21 35
10th Percentile - £30,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £37,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +53.33% -28.57% +10.53%
75th Percentile £88,750 £50,750 £59,500
90th Percentile - £65,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £35,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +61.97% -32.38% +16.67%

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 18,917 19,991 21,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.38% 37.30% 39.34%
Number of salaries quoted 10,706 10,124 16,690
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,000 £38,084
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,860 £57,471 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.50% +4.49% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,750 £50,055 £47,565
% change year-on-year -14.59% +5.23% -4.87%

Symantec
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Symantec job vacancy trend in the UK

Symantec
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Symantec.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Symantec

Symantec
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Symantec over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Symantec in the UK

Symantec
Top 8 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 15 January 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
England +46 16 £57,500 +54.36% 6
London +69 11 £85,000 +102.38% 3
Work from Home +62 6 £87,500 +150.00% 2
UK excluding London +14 5 £57,500 +61.97% 3
South East +27 2 £57,500 +40.24% 1
South West -8 2 - - 1
West Midlands - 1 £27,500 -
Midlands - 1 £27,500 - 1

Symantec
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 4 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (43.75%) AWS
2 5 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (25.00%) OneDrive
4 2 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (6.25%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 6 (37.50%) TCP/IP
2 5 (31.25%) DHCP
2 5 (31.25%) DNS
3 4 (25.00%) LAN
3 4 (25.00%) WAN
4 1 (6.25%) Firewall
4 1 (6.25%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (6.25%) VPN
General
1 10 (62.50%) Finance
2 7 (43.75%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
4 4 (25.00%) Banking
4 4 (25.00%) Wholesale Banking
5 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Infrastructure Support
1 7 (43.75%) Unix Support
2 4 (25.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 4 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
2 4 (25.00%) Linux Specialist
2 4 (25.00%) Linux Support
2 4 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Support Specialist
2 4 (25.00%) Unix Specialist
2 4 (25.00%) Unix Support Specialist
3 3 (18.75%) Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Administrator
4 2 (12.50%) Risk Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) IT Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) IT Support
5 1 (6.25%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (43.75%) Clustering
2 5 (31.25%) Data Centre
3 4 (25.00%) CCTV
3 4 (25.00%) Onboarding
4 2 (12.50%) Insider Threat
5 1 (6.25%) Driving Licence
5 1 (6.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (6.25%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 9 (56.25%) Linux
2 7 (43.75%) Unix
2 7 (43.75%) Windows
3 5 (31.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) ITIL
2 6 (37.50%) Data Protection
3 5 (31.25%) Change Management
3 5 (31.25%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 4 (25.00%) BCP
4 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 4 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 4 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
6 2 (12.50%) DevOps
6 2 (12.50%) Migration
6 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
7 1 (6.25%) Acceptance Criteria
7 1 (6.25%) Problem Management
7 1 (6.25%) Security Operations
7 1 (6.25%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) Python
2 1 (6.25%) SQL
2 1 (6.25%) VB
2 1 (6.25%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) AWS Certification
1 5 (31.25%) Degree
1 5 (31.25%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (43.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (31.25%) Active Directory
2 5 (31.25%) Veritas Cluster Server
3 4 (25.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 6 (37.50%) Ansible
2 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (25.00%) Nagios
2 4 (25.00%) SCCM
3 2 (12.50%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (6.25%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (43.75%) Red Hat
2 7 (43.75%) VMware
3 4 (25.00%) Cisco
3 4 (25.00%) Fortinet
3 4 (25.00%) McAfee
4 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow