Malware Analysis Jobs in the UK excluding London

Malware Analysis
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Malware Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Malware Analysis over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 716 705 827
Rank change year-on-year -11 +122 -174
Permanent jobs citing Malware Analysis 40 50 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.057% 0.081% 0.027%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.067% 0.085% 0.028%
Number of salaries quoted 5 34 15
10th Percentile £53,750 £38,750 -
25th Percentile £57,500 £48,438 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +22.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,000 £75,000 £90,700
UK median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% +12.50% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Malware Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,389 58,729 66,677
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.39% 95.61% 94.03%
Number of salaries quoted 41,140 30,147 41,505
10th Percentile £27,247 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Malware Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Malware Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Malware Analysis in the UK excluding London

Malware Analysis
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Malware Analysis in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Malware Analysis in the UK excluding London

Malware Analysis
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Malware Analysis in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Malware Analysis in the UK excluding London

Malware Analysis
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Malware Analysis within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West - 17 - - 1
Scotland -47 14 - - 4
South East +20 5 £60,000 -11.11% 4
North of England +38 3 £100,000 +42.86% 1
Yorkshire - 2 - - 1
East of England +8 1 £60,000 +41.18%
North West -1 1 £100,000 +42.86%
Malware Analysis
UK

Malware Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (37.50%) SaaS
2 6 (15.00%) AWS
3 4 (10.00%) Azure
4 2 (5.00%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.50%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.50%) IaaS
5 1 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (2.50%) Mimecast
5 1 (2.50%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (22.50%) Firewall
2 5 (12.50%) Internet
2 5 (12.50%) TCP/IP
3 4 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (7.50%) Network Security
4 3 (7.50%) Wireless
4 3 (7.50%) Wireless Security
5 2 (5.00%) DMZ
5 2 (5.00%) DNS
5 2 (5.00%) HTTP
5 2 (5.00%) SMTP
5 2 (5.00%) tcpdump
5 2 (5.00%) VoIP
5 2 (5.00%) VPN
5 2 (5.00%) Wireshark
6 1 (2.50%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (7.50%) Burp Suite
1 3 (7.50%) Metasploit
General
1 24 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 14 (35.00%) Military
3 11 (27.50%) Aerospace
4 5 (12.50%) Finance
5 3 (7.50%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.50%) Games
Job Titles
1 22 (55.00%) Analyst
2 16 (40.00%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 14 (35.00%) Senior
3 14 (35.00%) Support Analyst
4 4 (10.00%) SOC Analyst
5 3 (7.50%) Penetration Tester
5 3 (7.50%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (7.50%) Tester
6 2 (5.00%) Operations Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Security Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Security Operations Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Senior Operations Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Senior Security Analyst
7 1 (2.50%) Consultant
7 1 (2.50%) Cyber Threat Consultant
7 1 (2.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 1 (2.50%) IT Manager
7 1 (2.50%) IT Security Manager
7 1 (2.50%) Security Manager
7 1 (2.50%) SIEM Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (32.50%) Cyber Defence
2 11 (27.50%) Operational Technology
3 5 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 5 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (7.50%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (7.50%) Mobile App
4 3 (7.50%) Security Posture
5 2 (5.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (5.00%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 29 (72.50%) Windows
2 27 (67.50%) Linux
3 17 (42.50%) Unix
4 14 (35.00%) Mac OS X
5 3 (7.50%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (92.50%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (62.50%) Incident Response
3 24 (60.00%) Security Operations
4 21 (52.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 21 (52.50%) Threat Intelligence
5 20 (50.00%) Information Security
6 17 (42.50%) Actionable Insight
6 17 (42.50%) Open Source
7 16 (40.00%) Customer Service
7 16 (40.00%) Incident Management
7 16 (40.00%) ITIL
7 16 (40.00%) Service Delivery
8 14 (35.00%) DevOps
8 14 (35.00%) OSINT
8 14 (35.00%) Penetration Testing
8 14 (35.00%) Resource Management
8 14 (35.00%) Situational Awareness
9 12 (30.00%) Digital Forensics
10 11 (27.50%) Prototyping
10 11 (27.50%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 14 (35.00%) Bash
1 14 (35.00%) Python
2 3 (7.50%) C#
Qualifications
1 21 (52.50%) Degree
2 18 (45.00%) CISSP
3 16 (40.00%) CISM
4 14 (35.00%) GCIA
4 14 (35.00%) GCIH
4 14 (35.00%) GREM
5 5 (12.50%) CREST Certified
5 5 (12.50%) SC Cleared
5 5 (12.50%) Security Cleared
6 4 (10.00%) CompTIA CySA+
6 4 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (7.50%) CHECK Team Member
7 3 (7.50%) OSCP
8 2 (5.00%) AWS Certification
8 2 (5.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (5.00%) CASP
8 2 (5.00%) CISA
8 2 (5.00%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (5.00%) Linux+ Certification
9 1 (2.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (7.50%) NIST
2 3 (7.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (7.50%) Nmap
2 2 (5.00%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (2.50%) QRadar
Vendors
1 14 (35.00%) Dell
2 5 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.00%) LogRhythm
3 2 (5.00%) McAfee
4 1 (2.50%) Darktrace
4 1 (2.50%) Splunk
4 1 (2.50%) Tripwire
4 1 (2.50%) VMware