Malware Reverse Engineering
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Malware Reverse Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Malware Reverse Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 553 | 571 | 648 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +18 | +77 | +195 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing Malware Reverse Engineering | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.015% | 0.010% | 0.029% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.017% | 0.012% | 0.033% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £312 | £450 |
| 25th Percentile | £708 | £346 | £456 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £715 | £408 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +75.51% | -25.91% | -27.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £723 | £476 | £586 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £513 | £586 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | £408 | £519 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -21.45% | -33.49% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
Malware Reverse Engineering 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.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 29,709 | 33,220 | 46,004 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 90.50% | 85.36% | 89.16% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18,494 | 21,126 | 31,549 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £310 | £320 |
| 25th Percentile | £402 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £545 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -3.67% | -0.91% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,743 | 1,762 | 1,509 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.20 | £14.00 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.30 | £18.00 | £18.57 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | £40.50 | £40.69 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -37.90% | -0.47% | +53.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £49.13 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £67.90 | £75.00 | £76.99 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £23.50 | £41.50 | £36.88 |
| % change year-on-year | -43.37% | +12.54% | +69.31% |
Malware Reverse Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Malware Reverse Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Malware Reverse Engineering
Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Malware Reverse Engineering.
Malware Reverse Engineering
Top 3 DemandTrendContract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Malware Reverse Engineering within the UK over the 6 months to 21 August 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 DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +23 | 5 | £715 | +75.51% | 3 |
| London | - | 4 | £715 | - | 3 |
| Work from Home | - | 2 | £715 | - | 4 |
Malware Reverse Engineering
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: