Malware Analysis Job Trends in Berkshire

Malware Analysis
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Malware Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 - 140
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Permanent jobs citing Malware Analysis 3 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.086% - 0.042%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% - 0.051%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £43,575 - -
25th Percentile £46,313 - £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,750 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £56,313 - £65,000
90th Percentile £58,525 - -
South East median annual salary £51,500 - £61,250
% change year-on-year - - +8.89%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Malware Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,463 1,724 1,962
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 70.96% 88.59% 81.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,649 683 1,031
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,800 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,982 £45,363
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -18.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £94,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Malware Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Malware Analysis relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Malware Analysis job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Malware Analysis
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Malware Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Malware Analysis

Malware Analysis
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Malware Analysis in Berkshire over the 6 months to 21 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Malware Analysis in Berkshire

Malware Analysis
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Malware Analysis within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
Reading - 1 £60,000 - 3
Malware Analysis
South East

Malware Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) HTTP
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 2 (66.67%) Blue Team
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) SOAR
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Detection
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Use Case
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Red Team
3 1 (33.33%) Runbook
3 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CREST Certified
1 2 (66.67%) GCIA
1 2 (66.67%) GCIH
1 2 (66.67%) GIAC
1 2 (66.67%) SANS
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (33.33%) GCED
2 1 (33.33%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Kibana
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Carbon Black
2 2 (66.67%) Splunk
3 1 (33.33%) Darktrace