Malware Detection/Protection
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 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 | 512 | 579 | 708 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +67 | +129 | +132 |
| Contract jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection | 8 | 3 | 10 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.027% | 0.007% | 0.017% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.030% | 0.008% | 0.019% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £365 | - | £309 |
| 25th Percentile | £388 | - | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £550 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.18% | +4.76% | -11.39% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | - | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £575 | - | £594 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | - | £315 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -16.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £40.50 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £41.00 | £15.65 | £20.93 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +161.98% | -25.23% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £41.50 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £41.00 | £15.65 | £20.93 |
| % change year-on-year | +161.98% | -25.23% | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
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.
| 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 Detection/Protection
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Malware Detection/Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Malware Detection/Protection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection.
Malware Detection/Protection
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Malware Detection/Protection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection.
Malware Detection/Protection
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 Detection/Protection 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +61 | 7 | £450 | -18.18% | 8 |
| UK excluding London | +65 | 3 | £475 | - | 8 |
| Work from Home | - | 3 | - | - | 8 |
| London | +39 | 2 | £450 | -18.18% | 3 |
| Yorkshire | - | 2 | £350 | - | |
| North of England | - | 2 | £350 | - | |
| South East | - | 1 | £600 | - | 2 |
Malware Detection/Protection
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: