Malware Analysis Job Trends in England

Malware Analysis
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Malware Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 587 647 615
Rank change year-on-year +60 -32 +294
Permanent jobs citing Malware Analysis 18 29 69
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.034% 0.060% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.042% 0.067% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 12 18 48
10th Percentile £40,700 £55,850 £56,375
25th Percentile £60,500 £57,500 £65,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £62,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.00% -16.67% +14.50%
75th Percentile £90,000 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile - £95,625 -
UK median annual salary £80,000 £62,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +28.00% -16.67% +15.38%

All Process & 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 42,676 43,550 44,502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.20% 90.77% 89.80%
Number of salaries quoted 25,628 21,301 34,459
10th Percentile £28,697 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Malware Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Malware Analysis job vacancy trend in England

Malware Analysis
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Malware Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Malware Analysis

Malware Analysis
Salary Histogram in England

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

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 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 +66 13 £90,000 -30.77% 1
South West - 3 £47,500 - 1
East of England +3 2 £73,500 +19.51% 2
Malware Analysis
UK

Malware Analysis
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (33.33%) AWS
1 6 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (16.67%) GCP
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (11.11%) SaaS
4 1 (5.56%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (50.00%) Firewall
2 8 (44.44%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (22.22%) Network Security
4 3 (16.67%) TCP/IP
5 1 (5.56%) DHCP
5 1 (5.56%) DNS
5 1 (5.56%) NGFW
5 1 (5.56%) VPN
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Burp Suite
2 2 (11.11%) Metasploit
General
1 14 (77.78%) Finance
2 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (22.22%) Legal
4 3 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (16.67%) Financial Institution
5 2 (11.11%) Aerospace
5 2 (11.11%) Banking
5 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
6 1 (5.56%) Investment Banking
6 1 (5.56%) Law
6 1 (5.56%) Marketing
6 1 (5.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Analyst
1 5 (27.78%) Security Analyst
1 5 (27.78%) Security Specialist
2 3 (16.67%) Information Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) Information Security Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) Information Security Specialist
2 3 (16.67%) Information Specialist
2 3 (16.67%) Technical Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) Technical Security Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 2 (11.11%) Penetration Tester
3 2 (11.11%) Security Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Tester
4 1 (5.56%) Cyber Security Incident Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Incident Responder
4 1 (5.56%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Security Incident Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Senior
4 1 (5.56%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (22.22%) Security Posture
3 3 (16.67%) CMDB
3 3 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (11.11%) Mobile App
4 2 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
5 1 (5.56%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (5.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (5.56%) Cyberattack
5 1 (5.56%) Insider Threat
5 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (38.89%) Windows
2 6 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (5.56%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (88.89%) Incident Response
2 13 (72.22%) Security Operations
2 13 (72.22%) SIEM
3 11 (61.11%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (50.00%) Information Security
5 8 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (38.89%) Incident Management
6 7 (38.89%) Penetration Testing
6 7 (38.89%) Threat Intelligence
7 6 (33.33%) Computer Science
7 6 (33.33%) Risk Register
7 6 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 5 (27.78%) Cloud Security
9 4 (22.22%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 4 (22.22%) Data Loss Prevention
9 4 (22.22%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 4 (22.22%) Purple Team
9 4 (22.22%) Risk Management
9 4 (22.22%) Time Management
10 3 (16.67%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) Python
2 4 (22.22%) Bash
2 4 (22.22%) PowerShell
3 2 (11.11%) C#
4 1 (5.56%) Perl
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) CISSP
1 7 (38.89%) GCIH
2 6 (33.33%) Degree
2 6 (33.33%) GIAC
3 5 (27.78%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (22.22%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (16.67%) CCNA
5 3 (16.67%) CompTIA CySA+
5 3 (16.67%) GCIA
5 3 (16.67%) Novell Certification
5 3 (16.67%) Postgraduate
6 2 (11.11%) CEH
6 2 (11.11%) CISM
6 2 (11.11%) CREST Certified
7 1 (5.56%) A+ Certification
7 1 (5.56%) CCSP
7 1 (5.56%) CISA
7 1 (5.56%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (38.89%) GDPR
2 7 (38.89%) NIST
3 3 (16.67%) Accessibility
3 3 (16.67%) ITGC
4 2 (11.11%) NIST 800
5 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (5.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (33.33%) CSIRT
2 4 (22.22%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 3 (16.67%) ArcSight ESM
3 3 (16.67%) QRadar
4 2 (11.11%) Nmap
5 1 (5.56%) Ansible
5 1 (5.56%) Progress Chef
5 1 (5.56%) Puppet
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) ArcSight
2 3 (16.67%) LogLogic
2 3 (16.67%) McAfee
2 3 (16.67%) Splunk
3 1 (5.56%) VMware