Reverse Engineering Job Trends in Bristol

Reverse Engineering
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Reverse Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 118 -
Rank change year-on-year +35 - -
Permanent jobs citing Reverse Engineering 2 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.17% 0.19% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.24% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £91,000 £50,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +82.00% - -
South West median annual salary £91,000 £50,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +82.00% -33.33% +50.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Reverse Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 910 1,678 1,550
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 76.41% 79.15% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 666 992 1,307
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £35,743
25th Percentile £39,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £59,451
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +0.92% +8.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £85,000
South West median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - +10.00%

Reverse Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Reverse Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Reverse Engineering job vacancy trend in Bristol

Reverse Engineering
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Reverse Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Reverse Engineering

Reverse Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) 2G
1 2 (100.00%) 4G
1 2 (100.00%) 5G
1 2 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) HTTP
2 1 (50.00%) ICMP
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (50.00%) Arduino
2 1 (50.00%) ARM Cortex
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (50.00%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) Rapid Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Research
2 1 (50.00%) Business Development
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Red Team
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared