Malware Analysis Contract Job Trends in England

Malware Analysis
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England 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 531 471 518
Rank change year-on-year -60 +47 +170
Contract jobs citing Malware Analysis 14 14 32
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.044% 0.052% 0.089%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.050% 0.059% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 23
10th Percentile £360 £525 -
25th Percentile £393 £538 £559
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +5.26% +3.64%
75th Percentile £531 £756 £625
90th Percentile £597 £790 -
UK median daily rate £440 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -26.67% +5.26% +3.64%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27,954 23,866 31,707
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.33% 89.11% 87.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,831 14,651 21,413
10th Percentile £304 £310 £305
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,737 769 1,474
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.60 £14.23
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.50 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.10% -18.82% +21.43%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.79 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £40.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -19.75% +15.71%

Malware Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Malware Analysis job vacancy trend in England

Malware Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Malware Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Malware Analysis in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Malware Analysis in England

Malware Analysis
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England 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
London - 7 £638 - 1
South East -17 5 £390 -41.13% 2
North of England - 2 £475 - 2
North West - 2 £475 - 2
Malware Analysis
UK

Malware Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (57.14%) AWS
1 8 (57.14%) Azure
2 2 (14.29%) GCP
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Network Security
1 2 (14.29%) Wireshark
2 1 (7.14%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) MongoDB
2 1 (7.14%) DB2
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Fiddler
General
1 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Public Sector
3 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (21.43%) Finance
4 3 (21.43%) Legal
5 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Malware Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Penetration Tester
4 1 (7.14%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Management Information System
1 6 (42.86%) Security Operations Centre
1 6 (42.86%) Security Posture
2 3 (21.43%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 3 (21.43%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (7.14%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (78.57%) Linux
1 11 (78.57%) Windows
2 6 (42.86%) Unix
3 1 (7.14%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Incident Response
2 11 (78.57%) SIEM
3 8 (57.14%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 8 (57.14%) Security Operations
3 8 (57.14%) Threat Intelligence
4 7 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (42.86%) Cloud Security
6 5 (35.71%) Forensic Analysis
6 5 (35.71%) Threat Detection
7 4 (28.57%) Agile
7 4 (28.57%) Behavioural Analysis
7 4 (28.57%) DevOps
7 4 (28.57%) Digital Forensics
7 4 (28.57%) Task Automation
8 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (21.43%) Customer Engagement
8 3 (21.43%) Data Privacy
8 3 (21.43%) Proactive Monitoring
8 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
9 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 9 (64.29%) Python
2 5 (35.71%) PowerShell
3 2 (14.29%) C++
3 2 (14.29%) Java
3 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
3 2 (14.29%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) CISSP
1 5 (35.71%) GCFA
1 5 (35.71%) GCIA
1 5 (35.71%) GCIH
1 5 (35.71%) OSCP
1 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
2 4 (28.57%) CFCE
2 4 (28.57%) GPEN
2 4 (28.57%) GWAPT
3 3 (21.43%) Degree
3 3 (21.43%) GIAC
4 2 (14.29%) AWS Certification
5 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
5 1 (7.14%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (57.14%) NIST
2 5 (35.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (28.57%) GDPR
4 3 (21.43%) HIPAA
5 1 (7.14%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) CrowdStrike
2 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 5 (35.71%) Splunk
4 4 (28.57%) ArcSight
5 3 (21.43%) LogRhythm
6 2 (14.29%) Oracle
6 2 (14.29%) Remedy
6 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow
6 2 (14.29%) Trend Micro
7 1 (7.14%) Carbon Black