Malware Analysis Job Trends in the North of England

Malware Analysis
England > North of England

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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 334 294 385
Rank change year-on-year -40 +91 +14
Permanent jobs citing Malware Analysis 2 2 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.010% 0.025% 0.015%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.015% 0.026% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £49,050 - -
25th Percentile £53,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,500 - £100,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +42.86%
75th Percentile £78,750 - -
90th Percentile £84,750 - -
England median annual salary £47,500 £62,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -23.39% -17.33% +7.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,594 7,573 15,491
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 68.79% 93.53% 79.51%
Number of salaries quoted 10,072 3,626 11,781
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,803 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,114 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £79,600
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -12.00%

Malware Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Malware Analysis job vacancy trend in the North of England

Malware Analysis
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Malware Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Malware Analysis

Malware Analysis
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Malware Analysis in the North of England

Malware Analysis
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 13 June 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
North West +5 1 £81,500 - 5
Yorkshire - 1 £47,500 -
Malware Analysis
England

Malware Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Security Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) SOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (50.00%) Cyberattack
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Client Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Event Correlation
2 1 (50.00%) Protective Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Splunk
1 1 (50.00%) Tenable