GREM Job Trends in England

GIAC Reverse Engineering Malware (GREM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for GREM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 601 674 676
Rank change year-on-year +73 +2 +299
Permanent jobs citing GREM 4 2 8
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.008% 0.004% 0.016%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.023% 0.011% 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 8
10th Percentile £59,513 - -
25th Percentile £71,076 - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £45,000
75th Percentile £88,125 - £50,625
90th Percentile £98,250 - £56,625
UK median annual salary £80,000 - £45,000
% change year-on-year - - +20.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

GREM falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,270 17,948 14,656
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.86% 37.41% 29.57%
Number of salaries quoted 6,996 7,018 9,980
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £75,900 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.56% +3.48% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GREM relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

GREM job vacancy trend in England

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Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing GREM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing GREM

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing GREM in England over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for GREM in England

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GREM within the England region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
London - 1 £100,000 -
South West - 1 £80,000 -
East of England - 1 £80,000 -
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) SaaS
2 1 (25.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Wireshark
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) GitLab
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Threat Hunter
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) SEO Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (25.00%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) SIEM
2 3 (75.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 2 (50.00%) Forensic Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Malware Reverse Engineering
3 2 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 2 (50.00%) Offensive Security
3 2 (50.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Reverse Engineering
3 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Digital Forensics
4 1 (25.00%) Open Source
4 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
2 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) GIAC
2 3 (75.00%) OSCP
3 2 (50.00%) CEH
3 2 (50.00%) GCIH
4 1 (25.00%) AWS Certification
4 1 (25.00%) CISSP
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) GAWN
4 1 (25.00%) GCED
4 1 (25.00%) GCIA
4 1 (25.00%) GSEC
4 1 (25.00%) SANS
4 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
1 1 (25.00%) NIST 800
1 1 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Incident Response Team
1 2 (50.00%) QRadar
2 1 (25.00%) Ansible
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (25.00%) Progress Chef
2 1 (25.00%) Puppet
2 1 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
1 2 (50.00%) Splunk
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) YouTube