GREM Job Trends in Scotland

GIAC Reverse Engineering Malware (GREM)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for GREM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 143 -
Rank change year-on-year -13 - -
Permanent jobs citing GREM 1 8 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.037% 0.24% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.17% 1.10% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - -
75th Percentile £82,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £80,000 - £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -50.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

GREM falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 574 726 565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 21.41% 22.17% 23.17%
Number of salaries quoted 211 284 391
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £41,250 £39,822
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.19% - +8.25%
75th Percentile £63,000 £67,531 £65,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,200 £74,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,513 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.37% +0.02% +4.55%

GREM
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GREM relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

GREM job vacancy trend in Scotland

GREM
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GREM within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 25 October 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
Edinburgh +2 1 £80,000 - 1
GREM
UK

GREM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Hunter
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Forensic Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Malware Reverse Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Incident Response Team
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk