Malware Analysis Jobs in England

Malware Analysis
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Malware Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Malware Analysis over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 756 873 1069
Rank change year-on-year +117 +196 -260
Permanent jobs citing Malware Analysis 66 68 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.078% 0.073% 0.048%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.090% 0.076% 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 44 50 59
10th Percentile £57,500 £38,750 £39,750
25th Percentile £58,438 £63,750 £40,166
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +16.67% +6.67%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile - £81,250 £92,100
UK median annual salary £75,000 £68,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +14.58% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Malware Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72,956 89,282 125,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.89% 95.65% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 53,883 52,696 73,771
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 2024. 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 +159 39 £75,000 - 5
South West -6 18 - - 1
South East +28 5 £60,000 -15.79% 4
North of England +38 3 £100,000 +42.86% 1
Yorkshire - 2 - - 1
East of England +17 1 £60,000 +41.18%
North West +1 1 £100,000 +42.86%
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:

Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.09%) AWS
1 6 (9.09%) Azure
2 2 (3.03%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.52%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.52%) IaaS
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (1.52%) Mimecast
3 1 (1.52%) PaaS
3 1 (1.52%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (48.48%) Network Security
2 13 (19.70%) Firewall
3 6 (9.09%) Internet
3 6 (9.09%) TCP/IP
4 5 (7.58%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (6.06%) Wireless
5 4 (6.06%) Wireless Security
6 2 (3.03%) DMZ
6 2 (3.03%) DNS
6 2 (3.03%) HTTP
6 2 (3.03%) SMTP
6 2 (3.03%) tcpdump
6 2 (3.03%) VoIP
6 2 (3.03%) VPN
6 2 (3.03%) Wireshark
7 1 (1.52%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.03%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 32 (48.48%) Burp Suite
1 32 (48.48%) Metasploit
General
1 38 (57.58%) Social Skills
2 31 (46.97%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (16.67%) Aerospace
4 8 (12.12%) Finance
5 4 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.52%) Games
Job Titles
1 32 (48.48%) Penetration Tester
1 32 (48.48%) Tester
2 19 (28.79%) Senior
3 12 (18.18%) Analyst
4 6 (9.09%) Security Analyst
4 6 (9.09%) Security Engineer
4 6 (9.09%) SOC Analyst
5 5 (7.58%) Senior Security Engineer
6 3 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 3 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (3.03%) Lead
7 2 (3.03%) Operations Analyst
7 2 (3.03%) Security Operations Analyst
7 2 (3.03%) Senior Operations Analyst
7 2 (3.03%) Senior Security Analyst
7 2 (3.03%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
8 1 (1.52%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Consultant
8 1 (1.52%) SIEM Engineer
8 1 (1.52%) Team Leader
8 1 (1.52%) Threat Intelligence Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 14 (21.21%) Cyber Defence
2 11 (16.67%) Operational Technology
3 10 (15.15%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (9.09%) Management Information System
5 5 (7.58%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (7.58%) Cybercrime
6 4 (6.06%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (6.06%) Mobile App
7 3 (4.55%) Security Posture
8 2 (3.03%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (3.03%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 42 (63.64%) Linux
2 32 (48.48%) Kali Linux
3 19 (28.79%) Windows
4 4 (6.06%) Unix
5 1 (1.52%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (87.88%) Cybersecurity
2 43 (65.15%) Penetration Testing
3 41 (62.12%) Information Security
4 34 (51.52%) Reverse Engineering
5 32 (48.48%) Computer Science
5 32 (48.48%) Red Team
6 31 (46.97%) Application Security
7 30 (45.45%) Critical Thinking
7 30 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (45.45%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 28 (42.42%) Security Testing
9 18 (27.27%) Incident Response
10 17 (25.76%) SIEM
11 16 (24.24%) Security Operations
12 15 (22.73%) OSINT
13 12 (18.18%) Digital Forensics
14 11 (16.67%) Prototyping
15 8 (12.12%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 8 (12.12%) Threat Intelligence
16 7 (10.61%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 17 (25.76%) Python
2 15 (22.73%) Bash
3 5 (7.58%) Kusto Query Language
4 4 (6.06%) C#
5 2 (3.03%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 38 (57.58%) Degree
2 31 (46.97%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (10.61%) CREST Certified
4 6 (9.09%) CISSP
4 6 (9.09%) CompTIA CySA+
5 5 (7.58%) SC Cleared
5 5 (7.58%) Security Cleared
6 4 (6.06%) CHECK Team Member
6 4 (6.06%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (6.06%) OSCP
7 3 (4.55%) Master's Degree
8 2 (3.03%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (3.03%) CASP
8 2 (3.03%) CISA
8 2 (3.03%) CISM
8 2 (3.03%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (3.03%) GCFA
8 2 (3.03%) GCIA
8 2 (3.03%) GCIH
8 2 (3.03%) Linux+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (9.09%) NIST
3 3 (4.55%) PCI DSS
4 2 (3.03%) ISO 31000
5 1 (1.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (6.06%) Nmap
1 4 (6.06%) QRadar
2 2 (3.03%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 6 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.58%) Splunk
3 4 (6.06%) IBM
4 2 (3.03%) LogRhythm
4 2 (3.03%) McAfee
5 1 (1.52%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.52%) Darktrace
5 1 (1.52%) Qualys
5 1 (1.52%) Tripwire
5 1 (1.52%) VMware