GREM Job Trends in the UK excluding London

GIAC Reverse Engineering Malware (GREM)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for GREM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 524 593 527
Rank change year-on-year +69 -66 +302
Permanent jobs citing GREM 3 8 30
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.009% 0.017% 0.098%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.026% 0.057% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 30
10th Percentile - - £38,125
25th Percentile £77,500 - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -50.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 - £47,500
90th Percentile - - £50,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 - £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -50.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,637 13,971 10,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.30% 29.25% 34.09%
Number of salaries quoted 5,112 5,510 6,918
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,602 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.45% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% +3.47%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

GREM job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

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Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing GREM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing GREM

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Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GREM within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
Scotland -11 1 £80,000 - 1
East of England - 1 £80,000 - 1
South West - 1 £80,000 - 1
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Hunter
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 3 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 3 (100.00%) Forensic Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Malware Reverse Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 3 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CEH
1 3 (100.00%) GIAC
1 3 (100.00%) OSCP
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Incident Response Team
1 3 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 3 (100.00%) Splunk