Malware Analysis Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Malware Analysis
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Malware Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 102 118
Rank change year-on-year -4 +16 -
Contract jobs citing Malware Analysis 5 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.34% 0.073% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.080% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £346 - -
25th Percentile £360 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £600 £800
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% -25.00% -
75th Percentile £420 - -
90th Percentile £435 - -
South East median daily rate £390 £663 £800
% change year-on-year -41.13% -17.19% -

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 contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,284 1,248 1,557
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 86.64% 91.63% 91.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 876 678 937
10th Percentile £300 £300 £213
25th Percentile £406 £409 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £608
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £515
% change year-on-year -1.96% -0.97% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 38 71
10th Percentile £15.10 £27.30 £24.34
25th Percentile £19.41 £42.60 £46.81
Median hourly rate £58.00 £61.50 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.68% +0.81% -6.15%
75th Percentile £84.00 £65.39 £67.38
90th Percentile £99.00 £76.01 £76.10
South East median hourly rate £23.58 £42.69 £55.00
% change year-on-year -44.78% -22.38% +22.22%

Malware Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Malware Analysis job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Malware Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Malware Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Malware Analysis

Malware Analysis
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Malware Analysis within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading - 5 £390 - 1
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (60.00%) Legal
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Analyst
1 5 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (60.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (40.00%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Forensic Analysis
1 5 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 5 (100.00%) SIEM
2 4 (80.00%) Behavioural Analysis
2 4 (80.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (80.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (60.00%) Data Privacy
3 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (60.00%) Task Automation
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) DevOps
4 2 (40.00%) Digital Forensics
4 2 (40.00%) Technical Analysis
5 1 (20.00%) Blue Team
5 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 1 (20.00%) Threat Detection
5 1 (20.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 5 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CISSP
1 5 (100.00%) GCFA
1 5 (100.00%) GCIA
1 5 (100.00%) GCIH
2 4 (80.00%) CFCE
3 3 (60.00%) GIAC
4 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (20.00%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (100.00%) NIST
2 4 (80.00%) GDPR
3 3 (60.00%) HIPAA
4 1 (20.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Splunk
2 4 (80.00%) ArcSight
3 3 (60.00%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (60.00%) LogRhythm
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) Carbon Black