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 7 August 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
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 773 658 770
Rank change year-on-year -115 +112 -29
Permanent jobs citing Symantec 14 24 60
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.013% 0.048% 0.072%
As % of the Vendors category 0.053% 0.12% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 11 11 49
10th Percentile £26,250 £36,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £53,625 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +53.33% -25.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £97,500 - £65,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £57,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year -17.39% +59.72% -24.21%

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 26,503 20,863 27,583
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.25% 42.06% 33.04%
Number of salaries quoted 16,205 11,537 17,212
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,000 £90,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%

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 7 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Symantec in the UK

Symantec
Top 5 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 7 August 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 -94 14 £47,500 -17.39% 6
South East -24 7 £47,500 -17.39% 1
London -32 7 £72,500 +93.33% 5
UK excluding London -84 7 £47,500 -17.39% 2
Work from Home -20 3 £48,750 +13.04% 3

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 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (21.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (35.71%) Azure
3 3 (21.43%) Mimecast
4 2 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (50.00%) Firewall
1 7 (50.00%) LAN
1 7 (50.00%) WAN
2 5 (35.71%) VLAN
2 5 (35.71%) VPN
3 4 (28.57%) Network Security
4 3 (21.43%) Wireless
5 2 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (14.29%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (14.29%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (14.29%) Ethernet
5 2 (14.29%) HTTP
5 2 (14.29%) HTTPS
5 2 (14.29%) OSPF
5 2 (14.29%) SSL
5 2 (14.29%) TACACS
5 2 (14.29%) TCP/IP
General
1 8 (57.14%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Banking
3 3 (21.43%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (14.29%) Law
4 2 (14.29%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Lead
1 5 (35.71%) Support Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Desktop Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Desktop Support
2 3 (21.43%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Team Leader
2 3 (21.43%) Technical Leader
2 3 (21.43%) Technical Team Leader
3 2 (14.29%) Information Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Information Security Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) IT Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) IT Support
3 2 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Security Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Senior
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) CMDB
2 2 (14.29%) Cyber Security Posture
2 2 (14.29%) Driving Licence
2 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (14.29%) Industry 4.0
2 2 (14.29%) Operational Technology
2 2 (14.29%) PKI
2 2 (14.29%) Replication
2 2 (14.29%) SCADA
2 2 (14.29%) Security Posture
2 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (57.14%) Windows
2 5 (35.71%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (35.71%) Change Management
2 5 (35.71%) Process Improvement
2 5 (35.71%) Project Delivery
2 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (28.57%) Incident Response
3 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (21.43%) Antivirus Management
4 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (21.43%) CRM
4 3 (21.43%) Presales
4 3 (21.43%) Service Delivery
4 3 (21.43%) Service Management
4 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
4 3 (21.43%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 2 (14.29%) ITIL
5 2 (14.29%) Load Balancing
5 2 (14.29%) Migration
5 2 (14.29%) Process Management
5 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 2 (14.29%) Python
2 2 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) MCSA
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (14.29%) Azure Certification
2 2 (14.29%) CCNP
2 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (14.29%) CTC Cleared
2 2 (14.29%) HNC
2 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (14.29%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 4 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (21.43%) Hyper-V
3 3 (21.43%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (14.29%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (28.57%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
3 3 (21.43%) Norton AntiVirus
3 3 (21.43%) vCenter Server
4 2 (14.29%) Ansible
4 2 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
1 8 (57.14%) VMware
2 5 (35.71%) Veeam
3 3 (21.43%) Apple
3 3 (21.43%) Bloomberg
3 3 (21.43%) ServiceNow
3 3 (21.43%) Sophos
3 3 (21.43%) Tenable
3 3 (21.43%) Ubiquiti
4 2 (14.29%) Blue Coat
4 2 (14.29%) Broadcom
4 2 (14.29%) CA Agile Central
4 2 (14.29%) Cisco
4 2 (14.29%) Dell
4 2 (14.29%) Intel
4 2 (14.29%) LogRhythm
4 2 (14.29%) Netskope
4 2 (14.29%) Palo Alto
4 2 (14.29%) Rapid7
4 2 (14.29%) Zscaler