Antivirus Management Job Trends

Antivirus Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Antivirus Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 643 670 708
Rank change year-on-year +27 +38 +216
Permanent jobs citing Antivirus Management 8 42 29
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.013% 0.079% 0.052%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.017% 0.087% 0.058%
Number of salaries quoted 7 24 24
10th Percentile - - £29,310
25th Percentile £30,000 £21,250 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £29,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.07% -35.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £42,341 £55,313 £61,875
90th Percentile £63,600 £62,500 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,250 £26,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year +17.92% -27.40% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Antivirus Management 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,315 48,345 50,335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.62% 89.96%
Number of salaries quoted 28,473 23,469 38,401
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Antivirus Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Antivirus Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Antivirus Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Antivirus Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Antivirus Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Antivirus Management

Antivirus Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Antivirus Management over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Antivirus Management in the UK

Antivirus Management
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Antivirus Management within the UK over the 6 months to 13 January 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
UK excluding London +43 7 £31,250 +17.92% 8
England +36 7 £32,500 +12.07% 9
Midlands +26 4 £30,000 -25.00% 2
East Midlands - 3 £30,000 - 1
London +47 1 £90,000 +46.94% 2
West Midlands +21 1 £32,500 -18.75% 1
East of England +16 1 £44,000 +95.56% 3
South West +9 1 £38,682 +45.97% 1
Scotland - 1 - -

Antivirus Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) SharePoint
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (37.50%) Azure
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (12.50%) Mimecast
3 1 (12.50%) Nutanix
3 1 (12.50%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) Firewall
2 4 (50.00%) VPN
3 2 (25.00%) WAN
3 2 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (12.50%) DMARC
4 1 (12.50%) LAN
4 1 (12.50%) Network Security
4 1 (12.50%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (12.50%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Marketing
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Law
4 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) IT Support
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Active Directory Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Compliance Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Data Centre Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) IT Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) IT Compliance Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) IT Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) IT Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Server Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Server Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (25.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (12.50%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Linux
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) Windows 10
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (12.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Collaborative Working
1 6 (75.00%) Data Protection
2 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (50.00%) Patch Management
4 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (37.50%) Migration
4 3 (37.50%) Software Deployment
4 3 (37.50%) Time Management
5 2 (25.00%) Information Security
5 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
5 2 (25.00%) Security Operations
5 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
6 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
6 1 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 1 (12.50%) Due Diligence
6 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (12.50%) Security Monitoring
6 1 (12.50%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (12.50%) Perl
2 1 (12.50%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 4 (50.00%) HND
3 1 (12.50%) HNC
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (12.50%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (12.50%) GRC
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
1 5 (62.50%) Hyper-V
2 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (12.50%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Ansible
1 1 (12.50%) CASB
1 1 (12.50%) QRadar
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
1 1 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (50.00%) Cisco
3 3 (37.50%) HP
4 2 (25.00%) Palo Alto
4 2 (25.00%) VMware
5 1 (12.50%) Aruba
5 1 (12.50%) Citrix
5 1 (12.50%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (12.50%) CyberArk
5 1 (12.50%) Exabeam
5 1 (12.50%) Forcepoint
5 1 (12.50%) Qualys
5 1 (12.50%) Red Hat
5 1 (12.50%) Splunk
5 1 (12.50%) Thales
5 1 (12.50%) Veeam