Malware Detection/Protection Jobs in the UK excluding London

Malware Detection/Protection
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Malware Detection/Protection skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Malware Detection/Protection over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 718 721 830
Rank change year-on-year +3 +109 -169
Permanent jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection 43 30 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.061% 0.050% 0.030%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.073% 0.052% 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 43 30 16
10th Percentile £29,150 - £25,000
25th Percentile £40,767 £23,000 £29,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £24,000 £40,634
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -40.94% -7.65%
75th Percentile £65,625 £26,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £26,200 £67,500
UK median annual salary £55,500 £25,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +122.00% -50.00% +9.59%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Malware Detection/Protection is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,266 57,626 66,862
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.13% 95.63% 94.05%
Number of salaries quoted 41,003 29,573 41,244
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Malware Detection/Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Malware Detection/Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Malware Detection/Protection in the UK excluding London

Malware Detection/Protection
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Malware Detection/Protection in the UK excluding London

Malware Detection/Protection
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Malware Detection/Protection in the UK excluding London

Malware Detection/Protection
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 Malware Detection/Protection within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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
South East - 24 £60,000 - 1
South West - 5 £30,000 -
East of England - 5 £72,500 -
Scotland -74 4 £50,000 +104.08%
North of England - 3 £49,000 - 2
Yorkshire - 3 £49,000 - 2
West Midlands +7 2 £39,649 +65.20%
Midlands -8 2 £39,649 +65.20%
Malware Detection/Protection
UK

Malware Detection/Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (27.91%) Apache
1 12 (27.91%) CMS
1 12 (27.91%) nginx
1 12 (27.91%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 16 (37.21%) AWS
2 12 (27.91%) Azure
2 12 (27.91%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.65%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (2.33%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 19 (44.19%) Firewall
2 14 (32.56%) DNS
3 13 (30.23%) Network Security
3 13 (30.23%) SSL
4 3 (6.98%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (4.65%) TCP/IP
5 2 (4.65%) VLAN
5 2 (4.65%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (27.91%) MySQL
General
1 12 (27.91%) Marketing
1 12 (27.91%) Social Skills
2 10 (23.26%) Finance
3 6 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (13.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (11.63%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.65%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 12 (27.91%) Analyst
1 12 (27.91%) Web Manager
2 10 (23.26%) Security Analyst
3 7 (16.28%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 7 (16.28%) Developer
3 7 (16.28%) IT Technician
3 7 (16.28%) Senior
3 7 (16.28%) Senior Analyst
3 7 (16.28%) Web Developer
4 6 (13.95%) Security Manager
5 5 (11.63%) Development Manager
5 5 (11.63%) Information Manager
5 5 (11.63%) Information Security Manager
5 5 (11.63%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
5 5 (11.63%) Senior Security Analyst
5 5 (11.63%) Web Development Manager
6 4 (9.30%) Security Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) Information Analyst
7 3 (6.98%) Information Security Analyst
8 2 (4.65%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.30%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.93%) Cyber Threat
1 9 (20.93%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 6 (13.95%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.65%) Cyberattack
3 2 (4.65%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.65%) Grid Computing
4 1 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (23.26%) Windows
2 7 (16.28%) Windows 10
3 4 (9.30%) Windows Server
4 2 (4.65%) Linux
4 2 (4.65%) Mac OS
4 2 (4.65%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (55.81%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (44.19%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (39.53%) Vulnerability Management
4 15 (34.88%) Information Security
4 15 (34.88%) SIEM
5 12 (27.91%) Content Management
5 12 (27.91%) Marketing Strategy
5 12 (27.91%) Web Development
6 10 (23.26%) Cloud Security
6 10 (23.26%) Collaborative Working
7 9 (20.93%) Incident Response
8 7 (16.28%) Mentoring
8 7 (16.28%) Security Operations
9 6 (13.95%) DevOps
9 6 (13.95%) Incident Management
10 5 (11.63%) Asset Management
10 5 (11.63%) Business Continuity
10 5 (11.63%) Security Architecture
10 5 (11.63%) Validation
10 5 (11.63%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 12 (27.91%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (16.28%) Degree
2 4 (9.30%) DBS Check
2 4 (9.30%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.98%) CISSP
4 2 (4.65%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (4.65%) CISM
4 2 (4.65%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (4.65%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.65%) HNC
4 2 (4.65%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (39.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (18.60%) NIST
3 6 (13.95%) PCI DSS
4 5 (11.63%) GDPR
4 5 (11.63%) GRC
4 5 (11.63%) NIST 800
5 4 (9.30%) NCSC
5 4 (9.30%) SOC 2
6 2 (4.65%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (4.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (4.65%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.65%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.65%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (11.63%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (32.56%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.65%) Dell
2 2 (4.65%) Facebook
2 2 (4.65%) Sun
3 1 (2.33%) Darktrace
3 1 (2.33%) Tripwire
3 1 (2.33%) VMware