Malware Analysis Contracts

Malware Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Malware Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Malware Analysis 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 510 548 671
Rank change year-on-year +38 +123 +158
Contract jobs citing Malware Analysis 10 34 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.034% 0.078% 0.079%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.038% 0.090% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 29 37
10th Percentile £475 - £450
25th Percentile £494 £559 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £580 £638
90th Percentile £626 £625 £680
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £570 £525
% change year-on-year +0.88% +8.57% -4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Malware Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Malware Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Malware Analysis in the UK

Malware Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Malware Analysis.

Daily rate trend for Malware Analysis in the UK

Malware Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Malware Analysis over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Malware Analysis in the UK

Malware Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Malware Analysis.

Hourly rate trend for Malware Analysis in the UK

Malware Analysis
Top 7 Contract Locations

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 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
Work from Home +44 7 £550 -15.55% 11
England +30 6 £550 -3.51% 33
UK excluding London +37 4 £575 +0.88% 21
London +37 3 £525 -32.26% 13
South East +47 2 £550 - 6
South West +21 1 £575 +0.88% 2
Scotland +13 1 - -

Malware Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (20.00%) AWS
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) GCP
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Firewall
2 1 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (10.00%) Modbus
2 1 (10.00%) Network Security
2 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Security Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Cyber Threat Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (10.00%) IT Manager
3 1 (10.00%) IT Security Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Security Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Security Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Security Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Subject Matter Expert
3 1 (10.00%) Threat Intelligence Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (40.00%) Security Posture
3 3 (30.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (20.00%) Operational Technology
5 1 (10.00%) Cloud Native
5 1 (10.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (10.00%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (10.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (10.00%) Life Science
5 1 (10.00%) MISP
5 1 (10.00%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (10.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (80.00%) Incident Response
1 8 (80.00%) SIEM
2 6 (60.00%) Security Operations
3 5 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 5 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 4 (40.00%) Security Monitoring
4 4 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (30.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (30.00%) Threat Detection
6 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security
6 2 (20.00%) Cyber Intelligence
6 2 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
6 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
6 2 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (20.00%) SOAR
6 2 (20.00%) Threat Analysis
6 2 (20.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Bash
1 1 (10.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) CISSP
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
1 3 (30.00%) GIAC
2 2 (20.00%) CEH
2 2 (20.00%) CISM
2 2 (20.00%) GCIH
3 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (10.00%) CREST Certified
3 1 (10.00%) GCIA
3 1 (10.00%) GSEC
3 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (30.00%) NIST
2 1 (10.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) CSIRT
1 1 (10.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Splunk
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (20.00%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (10.00%) ArcSight
4 1 (10.00%) IBM
4 1 (10.00%) Palo Alto