Malware Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 831 913 1135
Rank change year-on-year +82 +222 -291
Permanent jobs citing Malware Analysis 77 85 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.079% 0.080% 0.046%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.092% 0.083% 0.048%
Number of salaries quoted 42 58 66
10th Percentile £57,500 £43,125 £39,750
25th Percentile £60,938 £51,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +12.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile - £80,375 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +17.39% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 83,814 101,905 146,218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.22% 95.67% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 59,590 59,680 83,719
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +9.38%

Malware Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Malware Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Malware Analysis in the UK

Malware Analysis
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Malware Analysis.

Salary trend for Malware Analysis in the UK

Malware Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Malware Analysis over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Malware Analysis in the UK

Malware Analysis
Top 11 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 19 April 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
England +122 63 £75,000 +9.09% 14
UK excluding London +10 39 £60,000 -11.11% 11
London +164 38 £75,000 - 3
Work from Home +87 30 £60,000 -14.29% 6
South West +10 18 - - 1
Scotland -51 14 - - 2
North of England +50 3 £100,000 +42.86% 3
South East +1 3 £60,000 -15.79% 4
Yorkshire - 2 - - 3
East of England +27 1 £60,000 +41.18%
North West +9 1 £100,000 +42.86%

Malware Analysis
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:

Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (19.48%) SaaS
2 6 (7.79%) Azure
3 5 (6.49%) AWS
4 1 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.30%) IaaS
4 1 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (1.30%) Mimecast
4 1 (1.30%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (42.86%) Network Security
2 9 (11.69%) Firewall
3 6 (7.79%) Internet
3 6 (7.79%) TCP/IP
4 4 (5.19%) Wireless
4 4 (5.19%) Wireless Security
5 3 (3.90%) HTTP
5 3 (3.90%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (2.60%) DMZ
6 2 (2.60%) DNS
6 2 (2.60%) SMTP
6 2 (2.60%) tcpdump
6 2 (2.60%) VPN
6 2 (2.60%) Wireshark
7 1 (1.30%) HTTPS
7 1 (1.30%) SSL
Development Applications
1 33 (42.86%) Burp Suite
2 32 (41.56%) Metasploit
3 1 (1.30%) SoapUI
General
1 52 (67.53%) Social Skills
2 30 (38.96%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (18.18%) Military
4 11 (14.29%) Aerospace
5 4 (5.19%) Finance
5 4 (5.19%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.30%) Aeronautics
6 1 (1.30%) Automotive
6 1 (1.30%) Games
Job Titles
1 33 (42.86%) Penetration Tester
1 33 (42.86%) Tester
2 22 (28.57%) Analyst
3 17 (22.08%) Senior
4 16 (20.78%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 14 (18.18%) Support Analyst
6 6 (7.79%) Security Engineer
6 6 (7.79%) SOC Analyst
7 5 (6.49%) Senior Security Engineer
8 2 (2.60%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 2 (2.60%) Lead
8 2 (2.60%) Security Analyst
9 1 (1.30%) Consultant
9 1 (1.30%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Consultant
9 1 (1.30%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 1 (1.30%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 1 (1.30%) IT Manager
9 1 (1.30%) Senior Analyst
9 1 (1.30%) Team Leader
9 1 (1.30%) Threat Intelligence Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.58%) Cyber Defence
1 12 (15.58%) Operational Technology
2 8 (10.39%) Security Operations Centre
3 5 (6.49%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (6.49%) Cybercrime
3 5 (6.49%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (6.49%) Mobile App
4 3 (3.90%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.90%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.60%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (2.60%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.30%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 57 (74.03%) Linux
2 34 (44.16%) Windows
3 32 (41.56%) Kali Linux
4 18 (23.38%) Unix
5 15 (19.48%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.30%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (92.21%) Cybersecurity
2 51 (66.23%) Information Security
3 44 (57.14%) Penetration Testing
4 34 (44.16%) Reverse Engineering
5 33 (42.86%) Red Team
6 32 (41.56%) Application Security
7 31 (40.26%) Computer Science
8 30 (38.96%) Critical Thinking
8 30 (38.96%) Problem-Solving
8 30 (38.96%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 29 (37.66%) Incident Response
9 29 (37.66%) Security Testing
10 28 (36.36%) Security Operations
11 22 (28.57%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 22 (28.57%) Threat Intelligence
12 19 (24.68%) ITIL
13 17 (22.08%) Actionable Insight
13 17 (22.08%) Open Source
14 16 (20.78%) Customer Service
14 16 (20.78%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 16 (20.78%) Python
2 15 (19.48%) Bash
3 5 (6.49%) C#
3 5 (6.49%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.30%) Go
Qualifications
1 51 (66.23%) Degree
2 31 (40.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (23.38%) CISSP
4 16 (20.78%) GCIA
4 16 (20.78%) GCIH
5 14 (18.18%) CISM
5 14 (18.18%) GREM
6 8 (10.39%) CREST Certified
7 6 (7.79%) SC Cleared
7 6 (7.79%) Security Cleared
8 5 (6.49%) CHECK Team Member
9 4 (5.19%) CompTIA CySA+
9 4 (5.19%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (5.19%) OSCP
10 2 (2.60%) AWS Certification
10 2 (2.60%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (2.60%) CASP
10 2 (2.60%) GCED
10 2 (2.60%) GCFA
10 2 (2.60%) Linux+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (9.09%) NIST
2 3 (3.90%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.60%) ISO 31000
4 1 (1.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (5.19%) Nmap
1 4 (5.19%) QRadar
2 2 (2.60%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 14 (18.18%) Dell
2 4 (5.19%) IBM
2 4 (5.19%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.19%) Splunk
3 2 (2.60%) LogRhythm
3 2 (2.60%) McAfee
4 1 (1.30%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (1.30%) Darktrace
4 1 (1.30%) Qualys
4 1 (1.30%) Tripwire
4 1 (1.30%) VMware