Malware Detection/Protection Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Malware Detection/Protection
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Malware Detection/Protection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.065% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.081% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
South East median daily rate £450 £600 £672
% change year-on-year -25.00% -10.71% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,482 1,500 1,922
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.32% 90.91% 85.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,565 909 1,078
10th Percentile £325 £292 £296
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -1.44%
75th Percentile £610 £598 £625
90th Percentile £713 £651 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.82% -0.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 99 88
10th Percentile £13.09 £14.20 £15.77
25th Percentile £16.38 £15.12 £31.60
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £60.53
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -58.45% +21.06%
75th Percentile £83.52 £44.68 £70.39
90th Percentile £104.00 £78.00 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £52.43 £21.39 £57.35
% change year-on-year +145.09% -62.70% +9.24%

Malware Detection/Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Malware Detection/Protection relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Malware Detection/Protection job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Malware Detection/Protection
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Malware Detection/Protection.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Malware Detection/Protection

Malware Detection/Protection
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 September 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
Berkshire - 2 £450 - 2
Malware Detection/Protection
South East

Malware Detection/Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DKIM
1 2 (100.00%) DMARC
1 2 (100.00%) SMTP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (100.00%) Malware Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Proofpoint
1 2 (100.00%) Splunk