Malware Detection/Protection Contracts in England

Malware Detection/Protection
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Malware Detection/Protection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Malware Detection/Protection over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 478 539 645
Rank change year-on-year +61 +106 +121
Contract jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection 7 3 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.029% 0.008% 0.016%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.032% 0.009% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 6
10th Percentile £365 - £309
25th Percentile £388 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -11.39%
75th Percentile £538 - £538
90th Percentile £575 - £594
UK median daily rate £450 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -11.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £40.50 - -
Median hourly rate £41.00 £15.65 £20.93
Median % change year-on-year +161.98% -25.23% -
75th Percentile £41.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £15.65 £20.93
% change year-on-year +161.98% -25.23% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Malware Detection/Protection 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 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Malware Detection/Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Malware Detection/Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Malware Detection/Protection in England

Malware Detection/Protection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection in England.

Daily rate trend for Malware Detection/Protection in England

Malware Detection/Protection
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Malware Detection/Protection in England

Malware Detection/Protection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection in England.

Hourly rate trend for Malware Detection/Protection in England

Malware Detection/Protection
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 Detection/Protection within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 +39 2 £450 -18.18% 6
Yorkshire - 2 £350 - 7
North of England - 2 £350 - 16
South East - 1 £600 - 19
Malware Detection/Protection
UK

Malware Detection/Protection
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (14.29%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) Firewall
2 3 (42.86%) Network Security
3 2 (28.57%) DKIM
3 2 (28.57%) DMARC
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Security Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Bid Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
1 2 (28.57%) Mac OS
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (57.14%) Incident Response
2 3 (42.86%) SIEM
3 2 (28.57%) Advanced Persistent Threat
3 2 (28.57%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (28.57%) Email Filtering
3 2 (28.57%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (28.57%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Threat Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Threat Detection
3 2 (28.57%) Use Case
3 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (14.29%) Boundary Protection
4 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security
4 1 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (14.29%) Key Management
4 1 (14.29%) Security Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) CISSP
2 2 (28.57%) CCNA
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (28.57%) CISM
3 1 (14.29%) OSCP
3 1 (14.29%) SANS
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (28.57%) NIST
2 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 1 (14.29%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) QRadar
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Proofpoint
2 2 (28.57%) Splunk
3 1 (14.29%) Facebook
3 1 (14.29%) Instagram
3 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto
3 1 (14.29%) Tenable