Malware Analysis Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Malware Analysis
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 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 177 - 242
Rank change year-on-year - - -7
Permanent jobs citing Malware Analysis 2 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.035% - 0.042%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.048% - 0.051%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £52,000
25th Percentile £41,750 - £53,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.79%
75th Percentile £45,250 - £63,750
90th Percentile - - £64,500
South East median annual salary £43,500 - £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -15.79%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,145 3,136 5,921
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.76% 92.86% 82.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2,878 1,211 4,005
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% +7.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

Malware Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Malware Analysis job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Malware Analysis
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Malware Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Malware Analysis

Malware Analysis
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Malware Analysis within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire - 2 £43,500 - 1
Malware Analysis
South East

Malware Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) HTTP
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Blue Team
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Offensive Security
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) SOAR
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 2 (100.00%) GCIA
1 2 (100.00%) GCIH
1 2 (100.00%) GIAC
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (50.00%) GCED
2 1 (50.00%) OSCP
2 1 (50.00%) SANS
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kibana
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Carbon Black
1 2 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Splunk