Malware Detection/Protection Job Trends in Central London

Malware Detection/Protection
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Malware Detection/Protection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 - 176
Rank change year-on-year - - +103
Permanent jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection 2 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.085% - 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.096% - 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - £90,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +50.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median annual salary £67,500 - £90,000
% change year-on-year - - +38.46%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

Malware Detection/Protection 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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,079 3,112 2,939
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 88.62% 95.58% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,558 1,931 2,618
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £115,000
London median annual salary £73,801 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -1.60% - +0.67%

Malware Detection/Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Malware Detection/Protection relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Malware Detection/Protection job vacancy trend in Central London

Malware Detection/Protection
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Malware Detection/Protection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Malware Detection/Protection

Malware Detection/Protection
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection within the Central London region over the 6 months to 29 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London - 2 £67,500 -
Malware Detection/Protection
London

Malware Detection/Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (50.00%) SIEM
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Kusto Query Language
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft