Malware Analysis Contracts in the UK excluding London

Malware Analysis
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Malware Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Malware Analysis over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 362 429 502
Rank change year-on-year +67 +73 -69
Contract jobs citing Malware Analysis 31 22 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.092% 0.029%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.10% 0.033%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 16 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £559 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -4.55% +17.33%
75th Percentile £580 £587 £588
90th Percentile £625 £628 -
UK median daily rate £570 £550 £500
% change year-on-year +3.64% +10.00% -4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Malware Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,416 21,395 27,498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.70% 89.57% 88.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,404 14,844 19,217
10th Percentile £250 £256 £233
25th Percentile £375 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,048 1,307 1,356
10th Percentile £12.30 £11.00 £12.05
25th Percentile £15.22 £15.56 £14.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £46.31
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

Malware Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Malware Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Malware Analysis in the UK excluding London

Malware Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Malware Analysis in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Malware Analysis in the UK excluding London

Malware Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Malware Analysis in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Malware Analysis in the UK excluding London

Malware Analysis
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 May 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 - 26 £570 -
Scotland - 2 - - 5
East of England - 2 £453 -
South East - 1 - - 4
Malware Analysis
UK

Malware Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (6.45%) Azure
2 1 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (3.23%) IaaS
2 1 (3.23%) PaaS
2 1 (3.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) Firewall
1 1 (3.23%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
General
1 25 (80.65%) Social Skills
2 6 (19.35%) Finance
3 2 (6.45%) Banking
4 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 30 (96.77%) Analyst
2 26 (83.87%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 20 (64.52%) Cyber Threat Analyst
3 20 (64.52%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
4 3 (9.68%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 3 (9.68%) Security Analyst
5 1 (3.23%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Security Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Senior
5 1 (3.23%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (3.23%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (3.23%) Senior Security Analyst
5 1 (3.23%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 21 (67.74%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (6.45%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.45%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (3.23%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (3.23%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Linux
1 1 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (93.55%) Security Operations
2 29 (93.55%) SIEM
3 27 (87.10%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 26 (83.87%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 26 (83.87%) Open Source
4 26 (83.87%) OSINT
4 26 (83.87%) SOAR
4 26 (83.87%) Threat Intelligence
5 20 (64.52%) Cyber Intelligence
6 7 (22.58%) Decision-Making
7 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (9.68%) Incident Response
9 2 (6.45%) Change Management
9 2 (6.45%) Incident Management
9 2 (6.45%) Mentoring
9 2 (6.45%) Penetration Testing
9 2 (6.45%) Root Cause Analysis
9 2 (6.45%) Security Architecture
10 1 (3.23%) SABSA
Qualifications
1 28 (90.32%) Security Cleared
2 26 (83.87%) DV Cleared
3 2 (6.45%) CISSP
4 1 (3.23%) CCNA
4 1 (3.23%) CCSP
4 1 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.23%) Degree
4 1 (3.23%) ISSEP
4 1 (3.23%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (3.23%) Cisco
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft
1 1 (3.23%) Splunk