McAfee
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of McAfee products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited McAfee over the 6 months to 25 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within McAfee (formerly Intel Security).

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 541 458 618
Rank change year-on-year -83 +160 -56
Contract jobs citing McAfee 35 237 240
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.082% 0.42% 0.27%
As % of the Vendors category 0.19% 0.97% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 143 145
10th Percentile £144 £413 £313
25th Percentile £159 £475 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £245 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -55.45% +15.79% +13.10%
75th Percentile £494 £638 £613
90th Percentile £538 £650 £695
UK excluding London median daily rate £175 £525 £518
% change year-on-year -66.67% +1.45% +21.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 16 15
10th Percentile - £30.90 £24.57
25th Percentile - £48.19 £43.22
Median hourly rate - £54.34 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year - +0.62% +38.73%
75th Percentile - £62.00 £56.00
90th Percentile - £63.23 £57.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £55.32 £54.00
% change year-on-year - +2.44% -10.52%

All Vendors
UK

McAfee is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,088 24,389 35,189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.41% 43.24% 40.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,272 16,300 23,472
10th Percentile £263 £271 £300
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £638
90th Percentile £738 £740 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,125 656 876
10th Percentile £12.13 £15.00 £12.22
25th Percentile £14.48 £18.74 £15.25
Median hourly rate £22.00 £42.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.24% +97.67% +2.38%
75th Percentile £57.33 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £37.50 £19.05
% change year-on-year -42.77% +96.90% +4.24%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing McAfee.

Daily rate trend for McAfee in the UK

McAfee
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing McAfee over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for McAfee in the UK

McAfee
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing McAfee.

Hourly rate trend for McAfee in the UK

McAfee
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing McAfee within the UK over the 6 months to 25 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -75 25 £450 -18.18% 19
UK excluding London -39 22 £175 -66.67% 11
London +7 12 £506 -15.63% 8
Scotland +33 10 £144 -72.59%
South East -14 4 £325 -27.78% 7
Work from Home +36 3 £320 -46.67% 1
Midlands +33 3 £320 +102.53% 1
West Midlands +13 3 £320 - 1
East of England +3 3 £210 -50.59%
South West -21 2 £245 -54.42% 2

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 4 (11.43%) SharePoint
2 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (5.71%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (5.71%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (2.86%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.00%) Azure
2 4 (11.43%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.71%) AWS
3 2 (5.71%) GCP
3 2 (5.71%) Mimecast
4 1 (2.86%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (31.43%) VPN
2 10 (28.57%) Firewall
3 6 (17.14%) Network Security
4 5 (14.29%) WAN
5 4 (11.43%) BGP
5 4 (11.43%) EIGRP
5 4 (11.43%) OSPF
5 4 (11.43%) SD-WAN
6 3 (8.57%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (8.57%) LAN
7 2 (5.71%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (5.71%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (5.71%) DKIM
7 2 (5.71%) DMARC
7 2 (5.71%) DMVPN
7 2 (5.71%) DMZ
7 2 (5.71%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 2 (5.71%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 2 (5.71%) Internet
7 2 (5.71%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 2 (5.71%) JIRA
General
1 10 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 9 (25.71%) Public Sector
3 3 (8.57%) Banking
4 1 (2.86%) Finance
4 1 (2.86%) Investment Banking
4 1 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (22.86%) Consultant
2 6 (17.14%) Security Consultant
2 6 (17.14%) Support Officer
3 4 (11.43%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 4 (11.43%) IT Support
3 4 (11.43%) Support Engineer
4 3 (8.57%) Analyst
4 3 (8.57%) Desktop Engineer
4 3 (8.57%) Desktop Support
4 3 (8.57%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 3 (8.57%) Network Engineer
4 3 (8.57%) Network Security Engineer
4 3 (8.57%) Security Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Firewall Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Messaging Consultant
5 2 (5.71%) Network Consultant
5 2 (5.71%) Network Security Consultant
5 2 (5.71%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
5 2 (5.71%) Security Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.57%) iPad
1 3 (8.57%) iPhone
1 3 (8.57%) PKI
1 3 (8.57%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (5.71%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.86%) Replication
3 1 (2.86%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (2.86%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (2.86%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 17 (48.57%) Windows
2 4 (11.43%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.86%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (17.14%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (17.14%) ITIL
1 6 (17.14%) Migration
1 6 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (14.29%) Agile
2 5 (14.29%) Antivirus Management
3 4 (11.43%) Change Management
3 4 (11.43%) Customer Service
3 4 (11.43%) Data Loss Prevention
4 3 (8.57%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (8.57%) Information Security
4 3 (8.57%) Inventory Management
4 3 (8.57%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (8.57%) SIEM
4 3 (8.57%) Time Management
4 3 (8.57%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (5.71%) Data Protection
5 2 (5.71%) High Availability
5 2 (5.71%) Test Automation
5 2 (5.71%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.57%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.71%) Python
3 1 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (31.43%) Security Cleared
2 7 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 6 (17.14%) CCNP
3 6 (17.14%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (14.29%) DV Cleared
5 4 (11.43%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (8.57%) CCNA
7 2 (5.71%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (2.86%) CCSE
8 1 (2.86%) CCSP
8 1 (2.86%) CISM
8 1 (2.86%) CISSP
8 1 (2.86%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.86%) GLBA
1 1 (2.86%) ISAE 3402
1 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (2.86%) NIST
1 1 (2.86%) QA
1 1 (2.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (2.86%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 7 (20.00%) BitLocker
2 2 (5.71%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
3 1 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (11.43%) McAfee ePO
2 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (8.57%) SCCM
3 2 (5.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (2.86%) Ansible
4 1 (2.86%) CASB
4 1 (2.86%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.86%) QRadar
4 1 (2.86%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 11 (31.43%) Microsoft
2 8 (22.86%) Cisco
3 4 (11.43%) Blue Coat
3 4 (11.43%) CheckPoint
3 4 (11.43%) Juniper
3 4 (11.43%) Zscaler
4 3 (8.57%) F5
5 2 (5.71%) Aruba
5 2 (5.71%) Fortinet
5 2 (5.71%) Palo Alto
5 2 (5.71%) Symantec
6 1 (2.86%) Axway
6 1 (2.86%) HP
6 1 (2.86%) Lotus
6 1 (2.86%) Proofpoint
6 1 (2.86%) Qualys
6 1 (2.86%) Riverbed
6 1 (2.86%) SolarWinds
6 1 (2.86%) Trend Micro
6 1 (2.86%) VMware