Malware Analysis Contract Job Trends in Reading

Malware Analysis
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading 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 65 - 88
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Malware Analysis 5 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.69% - 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% - 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £346 - -
25th Percentile £360 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 - £800
75th Percentile £420 - -
90th Percentile £435 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £390 £600 £800
% change year-on-year -35.00% -25.00% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 637 828 911
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 87.98% 92.31% 92.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 455 452 594
10th Percentile £325 £300 £213
25th Percentile £416 £431 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £570 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.94% +8.62% -
75th Percentile £620 £650 £615
90th Percentile £664 £685 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 8 17
10th Percentile £14.60 £28.18 £56.41
25th Percentile £58.00 £39.13 £60.82
Median hourly rate £81.00 £59.63 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +35.84% -5.78% -9.91%
75th Percentile £95.00 £67.26 £66.00
90th Percentile £105.80 £75.56 £67.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £58.00 £61.50 £61.00
% change year-on-year -5.68% +0.81% -6.15%

Malware Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Malware Analysis job vacancy trend in Reading

Malware Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Malware Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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