Malware Analysis Contracts in England

Malware Analysis
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Malware Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Malware Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 522 591 762
Rank change year-on-year +69 +171 -123
Contract jobs citing Malware Analysis 28 45 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.075% 0.096% 0.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.087% 0.11% 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 36 18
10th Percentile - £450 £425
25th Percentile £559 £503 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £566 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.66% -1.52% +9.52%
75th Percentile £614 £675 £713
90th Percentile £738 £688 £776
UK median daily rate £570 £566 £550
% change year-on-year +0.66% +2.95% -4.35%

All Process and 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 32,030 42,283 63,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.40% 89.90% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,779 29,697 45,496
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,363 1,526 1,693
10th Percentile £12.79 £10.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £15.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.71 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Malware Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Malware Analysis in England

Malware Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Malware Analysis in England.

Daily rate trend for Malware Analysis in England

Malware Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Malware Analysis in England over the 6 months to 25 June 2024.

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 25 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West - 20 £570 - 1
London +66 5 £725 +16.00% 5
East of England - 2 £453 -
South East - 1 - - 1
Malware Analysis
UK

Malware Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (7.14%) AWS
1 2 (7.14%) Azure
2 1 (3.57%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (3.57%) IaaS
2 1 (3.57%) PaaS
2 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.71%) Firewall
2 1 (3.57%) DHCP
2 1 (3.57%) DNS
2 1 (3.57%) FTP
2 1 (3.57%) HTTP
2 1 (3.57%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (3.57%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.57%) tcpdump
2 1 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (3.57%) Wireshark
General
1 19 (67.86%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.29%) Finance
3 2 (7.14%) Retail
4 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 22 (78.57%) Analyst
2 20 (71.43%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 17 (60.71%) Cyber Threat Analyst
3 17 (60.71%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
4 2 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Security Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Security Manager
5 1 (3.57%) Client Services Manager
5 1 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Incident Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Lead
5 1 (3.57%) Product Manager
5 1 (3.57%) Security Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Senior
5 1 (3.57%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Senior Security Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) SOC Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Threat Intelligence Manager
Miscellaneous
1 20 (71.43%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (7.14%) Cloud Native
2 2 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.14%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (3.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (3.57%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.29%) Linux
2 2 (7.14%) Windows
3 1 (3.57%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (92.86%) Cybersecurity
1 26 (92.86%) SIEM
2 23 (82.14%) Security Operations
3 22 (78.57%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 22 (78.57%) Threat Intelligence
4 21 (75.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 20 (71.43%) Cyber Intelligence
5 20 (71.43%) Open Source
5 20 (71.43%) OSINT
5 20 (71.43%) SOAR
6 4 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
6 4 (14.29%) Decision-Making
6 4 (14.29%) Incident Response
6 4 (14.29%) Information Security
7 3 (10.71%) Penetration Testing
8 2 (7.14%) Computer Science
8 2 (7.14%) Identity Management
8 2 (7.14%) Mentoring
8 2 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (7.14%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) Python
2 2 (7.14%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.57%) Perl
Qualifications
1 22 (78.57%) Security Cleared
2 20 (71.43%) DV Cleared
3 3 (10.71%) CISSP
3 3 (10.71%) GCIH
3 3 (10.71%) GIAC
4 2 (7.14%) CCNA
4 2 (7.14%) CCSP
4 2 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (7.14%) CISM
4 2 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (7.14%) Degree
4 2 (7.14%) GSEC
4 2 (7.14%) Linux+ Certification
4 2 (7.14%) Server+ Certification
5 1 (3.57%) CCFP
5 1 (3.57%) ECIH
5 1 (3.57%) ECSA
5 1 (3.57%) GAWN
5 1 (3.57%) GCFE
5 1 (3.57%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (7.14%) NIST
1 2 (7.14%) NIST 800
1 2 (7.14%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) Docker
1 2 (7.14%) Snort
2 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) Kubernetes
1 2 (7.14%) logstash
1 2 (7.14%) Terraform
2 1 (3.57%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (3.57%) CSIRT
2 1 (3.57%) QRadar
Vendors
1 3 (10.71%) Splunk
2 2 (7.14%) Cisco
2 2 (7.14%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (7.14%) Cybereason
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft