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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 531 | 582 | 674 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +51 | +92 | +169 |
| Contract jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection | 8 | 8 | 11 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.026% | 0.018% | 0.020% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.028% | 0.022% | 0.022% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £422 | £569 | £493 |
| 25th Percentile | £424 | £638 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £668 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -23.28% | +27.24% | -9.48% |
| 75th Percentile | £603 | £672 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £609 | - | £560 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £600 | £668 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.18% | +40.63% | +17.28% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.77 | £15.65 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +109.39% | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £32.77 | £15.65 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +109.39% | - | - |
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 | 28,438 | 37,047 | 49,962 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 90.78% | 85.22% | 89.53% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,912 | 23,635 | 34,414 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £405 | £413 | £438 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £505 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.81% | -4.55% | +1.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,399 | 2,530 | 1,711 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.20 | £12.75 | £11.87 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.44 | £16.06 | £16.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | £37.50 | £36.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -32.93% | +4.17% | +38.46% |
| 75th Percentile | £53.75 | £61.30 | £64.81 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.00 | £72.50 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £24.66 | £38.12 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -35.31% | +8.91% | +64.71% |
Malware Detection/Protection
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Malware Detection/Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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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 3 July 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection.
Malware Detection/Protection
Top 5 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 3 July 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 | +58 | 8 | £513 | -23.28% | 80 |
| London | +50 | 4 | £450 | - | 21 |
| South East | +41 | 2 | £600 | -10.71% | 24 |
| UK excluding London | +27 | 2 | £600 | -10.18% | 63 |
| Work from Home | - | 1 | £575 | - | 15 |
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: