Malware Analysis Jobs

Malware Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Malware Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Malware Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 703 818 897
Rank change year-on-year +115 +79 +279
Permanent jobs citing Malware Analysis 27 81 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.048% 0.081% 0.073%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.052% 0.095% 0.077%
Number of salaries quoted 18 47 47
10th Percentile £46,250 £53,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,110 £57,500 £52,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.33% +7.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £77,813 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,250 - £80,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.33% -11.11% +50.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 52,380 85,029 95,220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.83% 85.31% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 26,622 59,821 55,996
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,079 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,375 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,810 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.62% -9.09% +4.76%

Malware Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Malware Analysis in the UK

Malware Analysis
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Malware Analysis.

Salary trend for Malware Analysis in the UK

Malware Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Malware Analysis over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Malware Analysis in the UK

Malware Analysis
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Malware Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 17 May 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
England +98 26 £62,000 -17.33% 40
UK excluding London +162 22 £62,000 +3.33% 33
East of England +62 16 £62,000 +3.33% 13
Work from Home +111 10 £47,500 -20.83% 31
London +74 4 £87,500 +16.67% 7
Midlands - 3 - - 4
West Midlands - 3 - - 2
North of England +42 2 - - 1
North West +1 2 - - 1
Scotland +105 1 £48,507 -

Malware Analysis
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (18.52%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (3.70%) AWS
2 1 (3.70%) Azure
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (77.78%) Firewall
2 18 (66.67%) TCP/IP
3 13 (48.15%) Network Security
4 11 (40.74%) HTTP
4 11 (40.74%) SMTP
4 11 (40.74%) VPN
5 10 (37.04%) Intrusion Detection
6 9 (33.33%) FTP
6 9 (33.33%) LAN
6 9 (33.33%) WAN
7 8 (29.63%) Internet
8 7 (25.93%) DNS
9 5 (18.52%) DHCP
9 5 (18.52%) NGFW
10 1 (3.70%) tcpdump
10 1 (3.70%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (22.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 7 (25.93%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (18.52%) Finance
3 3 (11.11%) Aerospace
3 3 (11.11%) Retail
3 3 (11.11%) Social Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Banking
4 2 (7.41%) Legal
5 1 (3.70%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 12 (44.44%) Analyst
2 9 (33.33%) Security Analyst
3 7 (25.93%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 7 (25.93%) Lead
4 3 (11.11%) Head of Operations
4 3 (11.11%) Head of Security
4 3 (11.11%) Senior
4 3 (11.11%) SOC Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 1 (3.70%) Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 1 (3.70%) Digital Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Forensic Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Incident Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Incident Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Security Specialist
6 1 (3.70%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Senior Security Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) SOC Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) SOC Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (29.63%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (51.85%) Security Operations Centre
2 9 (33.33%) Client/Server
3 8 (29.63%) Management Information System
4 6 (22.22%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (11.11%) Security Posture
6 2 (7.41%) Cyberattack
6 2 (7.41%) MISP
7 1 (3.70%) CSOC
7 1 (3.70%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (33.33%) Windows
2 4 (14.81%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (96.30%) SIEM
2 20 (74.07%) Incident Response
3 19 (70.37%) Security Operations
4 15 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (33.33%) Incident Management
5 9 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 9 (33.33%) Reverse Engineering
6 7 (25.93%) Blue Team
6 7 (25.93%) People Management
6 7 (25.93%) Use Case
6 7 (25.93%) Vulnerability Management
7 6 (22.22%) Line Management
8 5 (18.52%) Computer Forensics
8 5 (18.52%) Identity Management
8 5 (18.52%) Regulatory Compliance
9 4 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (14.81%) Information Security
9 4 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (11.11%) Digital Forensics
10 3 (11.11%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 11 (40.74%) Python
2 10 (37.04%) PowerShell
3 7 (25.93%) Bash
3 7 (25.93%) Perl
4 6 (22.22%) C++
5 1 (3.70%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 9 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 7 (25.93%) CISSP
3 6 (22.22%) CISM
3 6 (22.22%) SC Cleared
4 4 (14.81%) SANS
5 3 (11.11%) CEH
6 2 (7.41%) GCIA
6 2 (7.41%) GCIH
6 2 (7.41%) GIAC
6 2 (7.41%) IISP
7 1 (3.70%) A+ Certification
7 1 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (3.70%) CREST Certified
7 1 (3.70%) GCED
7 1 (3.70%) GREM
7 1 (3.70%) GSEC
7 1 (3.70%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) NIST
2 3 (11.11%) GDPR
3 2 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (3.70%) NCSC
4 1 (3.70%) NIST 800
System Software
1 5 (18.52%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (33.33%) QRadar
2 3 (11.11%) Progress Chef
2 3 (11.11%) Puppet
3 2 (7.41%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (3.70%) Ansible
4 1 (3.70%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 20 (74.07%) Microsoft
2 9 (33.33%) Splunk
3 3 (11.11%) VMware