GIAC Reverse Engineering Malware (GREM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for GREM qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 876 966 1180
Rank change year-on-year +90 +214 -304
Permanent jobs citing GREM 18 23 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.018% 0.022% 0.010%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.066% 0.067% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 2 23 16
10th Percentile £63,625 - -
25th Percentile £70,938 £32,500 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £88,750 £35,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +153.57% -65.00% +90.48%
75th Percentile £108,438 £40,000 £122,500
90th Percentile £116,875 £74,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £88,750 £35,000 -
% change year-on-year +153.57% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

GREM is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,325 34,428 41,571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.83% 32.74% 27.01%
Number of salaries quoted 17,299 15,366 18,926
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £30,875
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,825 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.61% +5.14% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,863
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing GREM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GREM in the UK

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Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GREM.

Salary trend for GREM in the UK

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GREM over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for GREM in the UK

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Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GREM within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 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
UK excluding London +4 18 £88,750 +153.57% 4
Work from Home +106 14 - - 5
Scotland - 14 - - 2
England +102 4 £88,750 +121.88% 4
Midlands - 2 £115,000 -
West Midlands - 2 £115,000 -
Yorkshire +80 1 £62,500 +66.67%
North of England +34 1 £62,500 +66.67% 1
East of England +28 1 - - 1

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 14 (77.78%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) TCP/IP
2 2 (11.11%) Wireshark
General
1 15 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 14 (77.78%) Military
3 2 (11.11%) Legal
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (77.78%) Analyst
1 14 (77.78%) Support Analyst
1 14 (77.78%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
2 2 (11.11%) Consultant
2 2 (11.11%) Incident Engineer
2 2 (11.11%) Security Engineer
2 2 (11.11%) Senior
2 2 (11.11%) Senior Security Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (5.56%) Principal Consultant
3 1 (5.56%) Principal Security Consultant
3 1 (5.56%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (5.56%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (88.89%) Windows
2 14 (77.78%) Linux
2 14 (77.78%) Mac OS X
2 14 (77.78%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (94.44%) Incident Response
1 17 (94.44%) Information Security
2 16 (88.89%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (83.33%) Actionable Insight
3 15 (83.33%) DevOps
3 15 (83.33%) Open Source
3 15 (83.33%) Security Operations
4 14 (77.78%) Customer Service
4 14 (77.78%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 14 (77.78%) Incident Management
4 14 (77.78%) ITIL
4 14 (77.78%) Malware Analysis
4 14 (77.78%) Resource Management
4 14 (77.78%) Service Delivery
4 14 (77.78%) Situational Awareness
4 14 (77.78%) Threat Intelligence
5 3 (16.67%) Risk Analysis
6 2 (11.11%) Log Analytics
6 2 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (11.11%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) Python
2 1 (5.56%) Bash
2 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (100.00%) GCIH
2 17 (94.44%) CISSP
3 15 (83.33%) CISM
3 15 (83.33%) Degree
3 15 (83.33%) GCIA
4 4 (22.22%) GCFA
5 3 (16.67%) GCFE
5 3 (16.67%) SANS
6 2 (11.11%) CEH
6 2 (11.11%) OSCP
6 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
6 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
7 1 (5.56%) CASP
7 1 (5.56%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (5.56%) CRISC
7 1 (5.56%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (5.56%) NCSC
1 1 (5.56%) NIST
1 1 (5.56%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 14 (77.78%) Dell
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft