Malware Detection/Protection
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Malware Detection/Protection skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Malware Detection/Protection over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 7 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 582 | 684 | 832 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +102 | +148 | -140 |
| Contract jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.007% | 0.015% | 0.019% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.008% | 0.017% | 0.021% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £309 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £475 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £525 | £610 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -13.93% | +6.09% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £538 | £689 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £594 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | £315 | £375 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -16.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £15.65 | £20.93 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -25.23% | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £15.65 | £20.93 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -25.23% | - | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
Malware Detection/Protection is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 36,956 | 52,182 | 79,685 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 86.29% | 89.83% | 90.59% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23,793 | 36,175 | 55,967 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £341 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £438 | £426 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £530 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +3.77% | +8.72% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +5.26% | +8.57% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,422 | 1,727 | 1,890 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £11.00 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £16.25 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £36.00 | £25.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.39% | +44.00% | +2.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.00 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £37.50 | £35.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.14% | +75.00% | -6.98% |
Malware Detection/Protection
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Malware Detection/Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Malware Detection/Protection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection.
Malware Detection/Protection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection.
Malware Detection/Protection
Top 5 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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 | +99 | 3 | £550 | +4.76% | 5 |
| London | +88 | 1 | £550 | -15.38% | 1 |
| UK excluding London | +68 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | |
| West Midlands | - | 1 | - | - |
Malware Detection/Protection
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: