Malware Detection/Protection
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Malware Detection/Protection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Malware Detection/Protection over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 704 | 843 | 929 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +139 | +86 | +271 |
| Permanent jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection | 8 | 47 | 48 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.014% | 0.047% | 0.048% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.015% | 0.055% | 0.051% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8 | 47 | 44 |
| 10th Percentile | £34,075 | £29,450 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £38,313 | £42,547 | £23,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £58,500 | £25,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.53% | +134.00% | -50.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £62,500 | £41,684 |
| 90th Percentile | £63,750 | £76,250 | £86,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £60,000 | £25,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +140.00% | -39.20% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
Malware Detection/Protection 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 | 52,420 | 85,138 | 94,785 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 93.82% | 85.22% | 95.58% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,605 | 59,872 | 55,912 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £29,089 | £34,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £40,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £55,000 | £61,180 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.55% | -10.10% | +1.97% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £72,500 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £92,500 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -9.09% | +4.76% |
Malware Detection/Protection
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Malware Detection/Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Malware Detection/Protection
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection.
Malware Detection/Protection
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.
Malware Detection/Protection
Top 9 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +153 | 8 | £50,000 | -16.67% | 6 |
| England | +110 | 6 | £41,250 | -31.25% | 7 |
| Work from Home | +105 | 6 | £57,500 | -4.17% | 4 |
| South East | +74 | 3 | £40,000 | -33.33% | 2 |
| Scotland | +117 | 2 | £62,500 | +25.00% | 1 |
| Midlands | +70 | 2 | £57,500 | +45.02% | 1 |
| West Midlands | +43 | 2 | £57,500 | +45.02% | 1 |
| North of England | +43 | 1 | £37,500 | -23.47% | 2 |
| North West | - | 1 | £37,500 | - |
Malware Detection/Protection
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: