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 28 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 the Symantec Corporation.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 677 832 846
Rank change year-on-year +155 +14 +250
Permanent jobs citing Symantec 34 78 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.062% 0.076% 0.12%
As % of the Vendors category 0.16% 0.21% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 15 65 51
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,750 -
25th Percentile £43,750 £36,250 £29,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +38.89% -28.00%
75th Percentile £61,875 £59,000 £49,594
90th Percentile £65,000 £77,000 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +53.33% +7.14% -25.53%

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 21,623 36,459 40,842
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 39.54% 35.69% 41.71%
Number of salaries quoted 11,663 24,885 23,701
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £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 £88,750 £87,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,306 £45,828 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.41% -8.34% +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 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Symantec in the UK

Symantec
Top 12 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 28 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 +114 27 £57,500 +27.78% 19
UK excluding London +161 14 £57,500 +53.33% 11
London +109 14 £65,000 +44.44% 10
Work from Home +104 9 £65,000 +18.18% 3
South East +84 6 £57,500 -2.54% 6
North of England +45 6 - - 1
Yorkshire - 5 - - 1
South West +100 1 - - 3
West Midlands +59 1 £26,500 -49.52%
Midlands +54 1 £26,500 -49.52% 1
North West 0 1 - -
Scotland - 1 £54,000 -

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 (29.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (5.88%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.94%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (2.94%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (2.94%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (14.71%) SPSS
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 15 (44.12%) AWS
2 14 (41.18%) Azure
3 12 (35.29%) GCP
4 6 (17.65%) OpenShift
5 5 (14.71%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (11.76%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (2.94%) OneDrive
8 1 (2.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (32.35%) Firewall
2 8 (23.53%) DNS
3 7 (20.59%) DHCP
3 7 (20.59%) Network Security
4 6 (17.65%) Remote Desktop
4 6 (17.65%) SMTP
5 4 (11.76%) TCP/IP
6 3 (8.82%) SAN
6 3 (8.82%) Unified Communications
7 2 (5.88%) LAN
7 2 (5.88%) WAN
8 1 (2.94%) HTTP
8 1 (2.94%) HTTPS
8 1 (2.94%) SSL
8 1 (2.94%) VLAN
8 1 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.65%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (14.71%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) JIRA
General
1 17 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 15 (44.12%) Finance
2 15 (44.12%) Marketing
3 9 (26.47%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (26.47%) Influencing Skills
4 8 (23.53%) Law
5 7 (20.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (8.82%) Legal
7 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 9 (26.47%) Support Engineer
2 7 (20.59%) Analyst
2 7 (20.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (17.65%) Account Director
3 6 (17.65%) Infrastructure Support
3 6 (17.65%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 6 (17.65%) Senior
4 5 (14.71%) Market Analyst
5 3 (8.82%) Data Protection Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Data Protection Manager
5 3 (8.82%) IT Security Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) IT Security Manager
5 3 (8.82%) Linux Specialist
5 3 (8.82%) Linux Support
5 3 (8.82%) Security Manager
5 3 (8.82%) Senior IT Manager
5 3 (8.82%) Senior Linux Support
5 3 (8.82%) Senior Security Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Senior Unix Support
5 3 (8.82%) Unix Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 13 (38.24%) Clustering
2 9 (26.47%) PKI
2 9 (26.47%) Security Posture
3 6 (17.65%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (11.76%) Data Centre
4 4 (11.76%) Management Information System
5 3 (8.82%) Cloud Security Posture
5 3 (8.82%) Replication
5 3 (8.82%) Virtual Team
6 2 (5.88%) Onboarding
7 1 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (38.24%) Linux
2 11 (32.35%) Windows
3 10 (29.41%) Windows Server
4 7 (20.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (17.65%) Unix
6 2 (5.88%) Mac OS
7 1 (2.94%) Android
7 1 (2.94%) Apple iOS
7 1 (2.94%) Windows 10
7 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (32.35%) Business Development
1 11 (32.35%) ITIL
2 9 (26.47%) Change Management
3 8 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (20.59%) Disaster Recovery
4 7 (20.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 7 (20.59%) Task Automation
5 6 (17.65%) Application Virtualisation
5 6 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (17.65%) Decision-Making
5 6 (17.65%) Disk Encryption
5 6 (17.65%) High Availability
5 6 (17.65%) Incident Management
5 6 (17.65%) Product Management
5 6 (17.65%) RBAC
5 6 (17.65%) Security Architecture
6 5 (14.71%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (14.71%) Competitor Analysis
6 5 (14.71%) Data Analysis
6 5 (14.71%) Market Research
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.59%) PowerShell
2 5 (14.71%) Python
3 4 (11.76%) Shell Script
4 1 (2.94%) VB
4 1 (2.94%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 9 (26.47%) Degree
2 7 (20.59%) Security Cleared
3 6 (17.65%) DV Cleared
4 4 (11.76%) AWS Certification
4 4 (11.76%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (8.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (8.82%) CCSK
5 3 (8.82%) CCSP
5 3 (8.82%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (8.82%) CISSP
6 1 (2.94%) MCP
6 1 (2.94%) MCSA
6 1 (2.94%) MCSE
6 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (26.47%) SLA
2 1 (2.94%) NCSC
System Software
1 16 (47.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (32.35%) Active Directory
3 8 (23.53%) Hyper-V
4 7 (20.59%) BitLocker
4 7 (20.59%) Microsoft App-V
5 6 (17.65%) Docker
5 6 (17.65%) Terminal Services
5 6 (17.65%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (17.65%) vSphere
6 4 (11.76%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 2 (5.88%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (5.88%) XenApp
7 2 (5.88%) XenDesktop
8 1 (2.94%) ProxySG
8 1 (2.94%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (41.18%) Ansible
2 9 (26.47%) Puppet
3 6 (17.65%) Kubernetes
3 6 (17.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (17.65%) Nagios
3 6 (17.65%) vCenter Server
3 6 (17.65%) vMotion
4 3 (8.82%) CASB
4 3 (8.82%) Progress Chef
4 3 (8.82%) SCCM
5 2 (5.88%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (2.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 21 (61.76%) VMware
2 10 (29.41%) Microsoft
3 8 (23.53%) Citrix
3 8 (23.53%) Google
3 8 (23.53%) HP
4 7 (20.59%) Red Hat
5 6 (17.65%) Broadcom
5 6 (17.65%) Carbon Black
6 5 (14.71%) Cisco
7 4 (11.76%) Veritas
7 4 (11.76%) Zscaler
8 3 (8.82%) EMC
8 3 (8.82%) Remedy
8 3 (8.82%) SaltStack
9 2 (5.88%) Dell
10 1 (2.94%) Blue Coat
10 1 (2.94%) McAfee
10 1 (2.94%) Netskope
10 1 (2.94%) Sophos
10 1 (2.94%) Veeam