Malware Analysis Jobs in England

Malware Analysis
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Malware Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Malware Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 654 772 861
Rank change year-on-year +118 +89 +268
Permanent jobs citing Malware Analysis 29 70 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.060% 0.079% 0.069%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.064% 0.094% 0.072%
Number of salaries quoted 18 48 41
10th Percentile £46,250 £53,875 £38,750
25th Percentile £49,375 £57,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.33% +7.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £77,813 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,250 - £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -17.33% +7.14% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Malware Analysis 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,477 74,482 83,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.01% 84.24% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 22,533 54,432 49,691
10th Percentile £29,625 £29,000 £34,375
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,105
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,695 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Malware Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Malware Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Malware Analysis in England

Malware Analysis
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Malware Analysis in England.

Salary trend for Malware Analysis in England

Malware Analysis
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Malware Analysis in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Malware Analysis in England

Malware Analysis
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Malware Analysis within the England region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
East of England +60 18 £62,000 +3.33% 16
London +80 4 £87,500 +16.67% 7
Midlands - 4 - -
West Midlands - 4 - -
North of England +40 2 - -
North West +2 2 - -
Malware Analysis
UK

Malware Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (20.69%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (3.45%) AWS
2 1 (3.45%) Azure
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (75.86%) Firewall
2 19 (65.52%) TCP/IP
3 14 (48.28%) Network Security
4 12 (41.38%) HTTP
4 12 (41.38%) Intrusion Detection
4 12 (41.38%) SMTP
4 12 (41.38%) VPN
5 10 (34.48%) FTP
5 10 (34.48%) LAN
5 10 (34.48%) WAN
6 9 (31.03%) Internet
7 8 (27.59%) DNS
8 6 (20.69%) DHCP
8 6 (20.69%) NGFW
9 1 (3.45%) tcpdump
9 1 (3.45%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.69%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 7 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Aerospace
2 4 (13.79%) Finance
2 4 (13.79%) Retail
3 3 (10.34%) Social Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Legal
5 1 (3.45%) Aviation
5 1 (3.45%) Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (44.83%) Analyst
2 10 (34.48%) Security Analyst
3 8 (27.59%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 7 (24.14%) Lead
5 4 (13.79%) Head of Operations
5 4 (13.79%) Head of Security
5 4 (13.79%) SOC Analyst
6 3 (10.34%) Senior
7 2 (6.90%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 1 (3.45%) Consultant
8 1 (3.45%) Cybersecurity Specialist
8 1 (3.45%) Incident Engineer
8 1 (3.45%) Security Specialist
8 1 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
8 1 (3.45%) Senior Security Analyst
8 1 (3.45%) SOC Engineer
8 1 (3.45%) SOC Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (31.03%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (55.17%) Security Operations Centre
2 10 (34.48%) Client/Server
3 8 (27.59%) Management Information System
4 6 (20.69%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (10.34%) MISP
5 3 (10.34%) Security Posture
6 2 (6.90%) Cyberattack
7 1 (3.45%) CSOC
7 1 (3.45%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (31.03%) Windows
2 3 (10.34%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (96.55%) SIEM
2 22 (75.86%) Incident Response
3 21 (72.41%) Security Operations
4 16 (55.17%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (37.93%) Incident Management
6 10 (34.48%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 10 (34.48%) Reverse Engineering
7 7 (24.14%) Blue Team
7 7 (24.14%) People Management
7 7 (24.14%) Use Case
7 7 (24.14%) Vulnerability Management
8 6 (20.69%) Computer Forensics
8 6 (20.69%) Identity Management
8 6 (20.69%) Line Management
8 6 (20.69%) Regulatory Compliance
9 5 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (13.79%) Coaching
10 4 (13.79%) Mentoring
10 4 (13.79%) Risk Assessment
10 4 (13.79%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (34.48%) PowerShell
1 10 (34.48%) Python
2 7 (24.14%) Bash
3 6 (20.69%) C++
3 6 (20.69%) Perl
Qualifications
1 10 (34.48%) DV Cleared
1 10 (34.48%) Security Cleared
2 7 (24.14%) CISSP
3 6 (20.69%) CISM
3 6 (20.69%) SC Cleared
4 5 (17.24%) SANS
5 2 (6.90%) CEH
5 2 (6.90%) GCIA
5 2 (6.90%) GCIH
5 2 (6.90%) IISP
6 1 (3.45%) A+ Certification
6 1 (3.45%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (3.45%) CREST Certified
6 1 (3.45%) GCED
6 1 (3.45%) GIAC
6 1 (3.45%) GREM
6 1 (3.45%) GSEC
6 1 (3.45%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) NIST
2 3 (10.34%) GDPR
3 2 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (3.45%) NCSC
4 1 (3.45%) NIST 800
System Software
1 6 (20.69%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (34.48%) QRadar
2 3 (10.34%) Progress Chef
2 3 (10.34%) Puppet
3 2 (6.90%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (3.45%) Ansible
4 1 (3.45%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 23 (79.31%) Microsoft
2 10 (34.48%) Splunk
3 3 (10.34%) VMware