Reverse Engineering Jobs in England

Reverse Engineering
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Reverse Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Reverse Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 647 752 779
Rank change year-on-year +105 +27 +75
Permanent jobs citing Reverse Engineering 44 87 143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.090% 0.10% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.096% 0.12% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 25 79 85
10th Percentile £46,250 £31,250 £48,750
25th Percentile £46,750 £61,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +3.45% -12.12%
75th Percentile £63,500 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £101,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +7.14% -12.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Reverse Engineering 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 46,063 73,227 85,387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.14% 85.42% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 23,601 53,820 50,635
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,324
25th Percentile £42,250 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,000 £73,410 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Reverse Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Reverse Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Reverse Engineering in England

Reverse Engineering
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Reverse Engineering in England.

Salary trend for Reverse Engineering in England

Reverse Engineering
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Reverse Engineering in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Reverse Engineering in England

Reverse Engineering
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Reverse Engineering within the England region over the 6 months to 15 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
Midlands +72 12 £48,500 -22.40% 4
East of England +47 10 £62,000 -0.80% 23
East Midlands +46 10 £48,500 +2.11% 3
South East +94 8 - - 10
London +60 7 £80,000 +6.67% 33
West Midlands +54 2 £47,500 -24.00% 1
North of England +39 2 £26,500 -55.83% 2
Yorkshire +54 1 £26,500 -5.36%
North West -10 1 - - 2
Reverse Engineering
UK

Reverse Engineering
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 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 19 (43.18%) Azure
2 6 (13.64%) AWS
3 5 (11.36%) Power Platform
4 4 (9.09%) GCP
4 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (6.82%) Power Automate
5 3 (6.82%) PowerApps
6 1 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (2.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 12 (27.27%) HTTP
1 12 (27.27%) TCP/IP
2 9 (20.45%) Firewall
3 8 (18.18%) FTP
3 8 (18.18%) LAN
3 8 (18.18%) SMTP
3 8 (18.18%) VPN
3 8 (18.18%) WAN
4 7 (15.91%) Internet
4 7 (15.91%) Network Security
5 4 (9.09%) HTTPS
6 1 (2.27%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (2.27%) tcpdump
6 1 (2.27%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (22.73%) Azure SQL Database
1 10 (22.73%) SQL Server
1 10 (22.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 10 (22.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 8 (18.18%) Data Lake
3 6 (13.64%) Relational Database
4 5 (11.36%) Metadata
4 5 (11.36%) Metadata Repository
5 4 (9.09%) Spark SQL
6 3 (6.82%) MySQL
7 2 (4.55%) NoSQL
7 2 (4.55%) Pentaho
7 2 (4.55%) Scylla
7 2 (4.55%) Triplestore
8 1 (2.27%) Data Vault
8 1 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (2.27%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (2.27%) MongoDB
8 1 (2.27%) Power BI
8 1 (2.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (11.36%) IDA Disassembler
2 3 (6.82%) Visual Studio
3 2 (4.55%) Fiddler
4 1 (2.27%) GDB
4 1 (2.27%) Git
4 1 (2.27%) WinDbg
General
1 15 (34.09%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (22.73%) Finance
3 8 (18.18%) Law
4 5 (11.36%) Social Skills
5 2 (4.55%) Aerospace
5 2 (4.55%) Automotive
6 1 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.27%) Games
6 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (22.73%) DBA
2 8 (18.18%) Administrator
2 8 (18.18%) SQL DBA
3 7 (15.91%) Lead
3 7 (15.91%) Senior
3 7 (15.91%) Software Engineer
4 5 (11.36%) Developer
5 4 (9.09%) Architect
5 4 (9.09%) Data Architect
5 4 (9.09%) Mobile Engineer
5 4 (9.09%) Security Engineer
5 4 (9.09%) Senior Security Engineer
6 3 (6.82%) C++ Software Engineer
6 3 (6.82%) Data Engineer
6 3 (6.82%) Embedded Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Analyst
7 2 (4.55%) Data Migration Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Migration Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Python Developer
7 2 (4.55%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (15.91%) LDAP
2 4 (9.09%) PySpark
3 3 (6.82%) COM
4 2 (4.55%) .NET
4 2 (4.55%) AngularJS
4 2 (4.55%) Apache Jena
4 2 (4.55%) React
4 2 (4.55%) Vue
4 2 (4.55%) XML
5 1 (2.27%) .NET Framework
5 1 (2.27%) DirectX
5 1 (2.27%) libvirt
5 1 (2.27%) pytest
5 1 (2.27%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (2.27%) RESTful
5 1 (2.27%) SailPoint
5 1 (2.27%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 1 (2.27%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 12 (27.27%) Data Structures
2 8 (18.18%) Client/Server
2 8 (18.18%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (9.09%) Low-Code
3 4 (9.09%) Mobile App
3 4 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (6.82%) Algorithms
5 2 (4.55%) e-Learning
5 2 (4.55%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (2.27%) Clustering
6 1 (2.27%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (2.27%) MISP
6 1 (2.27%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.64%) Windows
2 4 (9.09%) Android
2 4 (9.09%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (25.00%) Analytics
1 11 (25.00%) Data Analysis
1 11 (25.00%) ETL
2 9 (20.45%) Agile
2 9 (20.45%) Security Operations
2 9 (20.45%) SIEM
2 9 (20.45%) Software Engineering
2 9 (20.45%) Use Case
3 8 (18.18%) Malware Analysis
3 8 (18.18%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 8 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
4 7 (15.91%) Blue Team
4 7 (15.91%) Computer Science
4 7 (15.91%) Data Governance
4 7 (15.91%) Data Modelling
4 7 (15.91%) Line Management
4 7 (15.91%) People Management
5 5 (11.36%) CI/CD
5 5 (11.36%) Cryptography
Programming Languages
1 23 (52.27%) SQL
2 18 (40.91%) C++
3 16 (36.36%) Python
4 10 (22.73%) T-SQL
5 9 (20.45%) Java
6 7 (15.91%) Bash
6 7 (15.91%) C
6 7 (15.91%) C#
6 7 (15.91%) PowerShell
7 6 (13.64%) Perl
8 4 (9.09%) Kotlin
8 4 (9.09%) Objective-C
9 2 (4.55%) JavaScript
9 2 (4.55%) Shell Script
9 2 (4.55%) SPARQL
10 1 (2.27%) CodeQL
10 1 (2.27%) PHP
10 1 (2.27%) VB
10 1 (2.27%) XAML
Qualifications
1 12 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 9 (20.45%) DV Cleared
2 9 (20.45%) SC Cleared
3 8 (18.18%) Degree
4 5 (11.36%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.27%) CASP
5 1 (2.27%) CISM
5 1 (2.27%) CISSP
5 1 (2.27%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.27%) CREST Certified
5 1 (2.27%) GCIA
5 1 (2.27%) GCIH
5 1 (2.27%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (18.18%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.55%) Dublin Core
2 2 (4.55%) QA
3 1 (2.27%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 3 (6.82%) Docker
2 1 (2.27%) Xen
Systems Management
1 8 (18.18%) QRadar
2 2 (4.55%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 22 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (20.45%) Splunk
3 4 (9.09%) Google
4 2 (4.55%) Databricks
4 2 (4.55%) Informatica
4 2 (4.55%) Oracle
4 2 (4.55%) Talend
5 1 (2.27%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (2.27%) Darktrace
5 1 (2.27%) McAfee
5 1 (2.27%) Salesforce