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 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 104 123
Rank change year-on-year +18 +19 +38
Permanent jobs citing Reverse Engineering 5 5 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.25% 0.34% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.39% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £38,750 £47,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £50,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +27.50% - -
75th Percentile £84,625 £52,500 -
90th Percentile £88,450 £72,000 -
South West median annual salary £81,250 £50,000 -
% change year-on-year +62.50% - -

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 1,303 1,275 1,491
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 66.18% 86.97% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 973 696 1,233
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +0.75% +8.28%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,350 £87,500 £89,750
South West median annual salary £50,000 £54,439 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.15% +0.81% +7.49%

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
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Reverse Engineering in Bristol over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Reverse Engineering in Bristol

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 (40.00%) 2G
1 2 (40.00%) 4G
1 2 (40.00%) 5G
1 2 (40.00%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) HTTP
2 1 (20.00%) ICMP
2 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (20.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Burp Suite
1 2 (40.00%) IDA Disassembler
1 2 (40.00%) Metasploit
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Penetration Tester
1 2 (40.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Threat Hunter
2 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Linux Command Line
1 2 (40.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (20.00%) Arduino
2 1 (20.00%) ARM Cortex
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (20.00%) Raspberry Pi
2 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Red Team
3 2 (40.00%) Embedded Software Development
3 2 (40.00%) Malware Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (40.00%) Prototyping
3 2 (40.00%) Rapid Prototyping
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Research
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Ethical Hacking
4 1 (20.00%) Forensic Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Malware Reverse Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 1 (20.00%) Offensive Security
4 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) Bash
2 2 (40.00%) C
2 2 (40.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CREST Certified
1 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) CEH
2 1 (20.00%) GIAC
2 1 (20.00%) GREM
2 1 (20.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Nmap
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Incident Response Team
2 1 (20.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (20.00%) Splunk