Malware Detection/Protection Job Trends in the City of London

Malware Detection/Protection
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Malware Detection/Protection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 - 169
Rank change year-on-year - - +111
Permanent jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection 1 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.062% - 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.065% - 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - £90,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +28.57%
75th Percentile £68,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median annual salary £67,500 - £90,000
% change year-on-year - - +28.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,542 2,598 2,944
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 95.96% 93.96% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,215 1,706 2,650
10th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £117,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - +3.45% -1.36%

Malware Detection/Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Malware Detection/Protection job vacancy trend in the City of London

Malware Detection/Protection
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Malware Detection/Protection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Malware Detection/Protection

Malware Detection/Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft