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 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 487 551 625
Rank change year-on-year +64 +74 +134
Contract jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection 8 8 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.030% 0.021% 0.023%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.033% 0.025% 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 9
10th Percentile £422 £569 £493
25th Percentile £424 £638 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £668 £525
Median % change year-on-year -23.28% +27.24% -11.09%
75th Percentile £603 £672 £538
90th Percentile £609 - £560
UK median daily rate £513 £668 £525
% change year-on-year -23.28% +27.24% -9.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £32.77 £15.65 -
Median % change year-on-year +109.39% - -
UK median hourly rate £32.77 £15.65 -
% change year-on-year +109.39% - -

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 23,975 31,937 42,799
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.99% 85.52% 89.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,423 20,731 29,966
10th Percentile £300 £306 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,196 2,302 1,555
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £12.00
25th Percentile £17.85 £16.06 £16.62
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +1.65% +45.12%
75th Percentile £55.00 £61.60 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.75 £75.94
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £37.42
% change year-on-year -32.93% +0.21% +43.92%

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 4 July 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 4 July 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 +37 4 £450 - 21
South East +40 2 £600 -10.71% 23
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 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) IaaS
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (12.50%) Mimecast
2 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (25.00%) Network Security
2 2 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (12.50%) LAN
3 1 (12.50%) MPLS
3 1 (12.50%) SAN
3 1 (12.50%) WAN
3 1 (12.50%) WLAN
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (12.50%) Local Government
4 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Bid Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) ICT Officer
3 1 (12.50%) ICT Support
3 1 (12.50%) ICT Support Officer
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Operations Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Support
3 1 (12.50%) Operations Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Security Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Support Officer
3 1 (12.50%) Testing Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Linux
2 2 (25.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (50.00%) SIEM
2 3 (37.50%) Incident Response
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (25.00%) Advanced Persistent Threat
3 2 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (25.00%) Threat Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Threat Detection
3 2 (25.00%) Use Case
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
4 1 (12.50%) Information Security
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (12.50%) Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) CISM
1 3 (37.50%) CISSP
2 2 (25.00%) CCNA
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (12.50%) CISA
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (12.50%) COBIT
2 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 1 (12.50%) NIST
2 1 (12.50%) NIST 800
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco
2 2 (25.00%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix
3 1 (12.50%) Facebook
3 1 (12.50%) Instagram
3 1 (12.50%) MobileIron
3 1 (12.50%) Splunk
3 1 (12.50%) Tenable