Malware Analysis Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Malware Analysis
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 297 341 458
Rank change year-on-year +44 +117 +165
Contract jobs citing Malware Analysis 7 4 19
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.071% 0.026% 0.073%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.078% 0.030% 0.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 13
10th Percentile £475 £489 -
25th Percentile £481 £545 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £651 £550
Median % change year-on-year -15.55% +18.41% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £770 £628
90th Percentile £644 £833 £684
UK median daily rate £550 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Malware Analysis
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Malware Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Malware Analysis trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Malware Analysis
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Malware Analysis.

Malware Analysis daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Malware Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Malware Analysis daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Malware Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (28.57%) AWS
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (14.29%) Modbus
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security
2 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (14.29%) Analyst
1 1 (14.29%) Consultant
1 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat Consultant
1 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Consultant
1 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
1 1 (14.29%) IT Security Manager
1 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
1 1 (14.29%) Security Manager
1 1 (14.29%) Security Specialist
1 1 (14.29%) SOC Analyst
1 1 (14.29%) Subject Matter Expert
1 1 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (42.86%) Security Posture
3 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
3 2 (28.57%) Operational Technology
3 2 (28.57%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (14.29%) Cloud Native
4 1 (14.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (14.29%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (14.29%) Life Science
4 1 (14.29%) MISP
4 1 (14.29%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (14.29%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 6 (85.71%) SIEM
3 5 (71.43%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (71.43%) Security Operations
3 5 (71.43%) Threat Intelligence
4 3 (42.86%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (42.86%) Security Monitoring
4 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (28.57%) Cloud Security
5 2 (28.57%) Cyber Intelligence
5 2 (28.57%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (28.57%) Digital Forensics
5 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
5 2 (28.57%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (28.57%) Threat Analysis
5 2 (28.57%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Bash
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) CISSP
1 3 (42.86%) GIAC
2 2 (28.57%) CEH
2 2 (28.57%) CISM
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) GCIH
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (14.29%) CREST Certified
3 1 (14.29%) GCIA
3 1 (14.29%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (42.86%) NIST
2 1 (14.29%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) CSIRT
1 1 (14.29%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (28.57%) Splunk
2 1 (14.29%) ArcSight
2 1 (14.29%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (14.29%) IBM
2 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto