Malware Detection/Protection Jobs

Malware Detection/Protection
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 856 938 1181
Rank change year-on-year +82 +243 -301
Permanent jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection 48 55 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.049% 0.053% 0.031%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.057% 0.055% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 48 48 41
10th Percentile £29,525 - £31,250
25th Percentile £42,547 £23,000 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £25,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +122.00% -50.00% +9.59%
75th Percentile £62,500 £41,684 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £78,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £24,000 £41,618
% change year-on-year +150.00% -42.33% -4.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,746 99,225 149,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.94% 95.61% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 59,834 58,281 83,297
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Malware Detection/Protection
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Malware Detection/Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Malware Detection/Protection in the UK

Malware Detection/Protection
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection.

Salary trend for Malware Detection/Protection in the UK

Malware Detection/Protection
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Malware Detection/Protection in the UK

Malware Detection/Protection
Top 12 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 3 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
England +101 43 £60,000 +140.00% 7
UK excluding London +25 43 £60,000 +150.00% 6
Work from Home +75 25 £60,000 +150.00% 2
South East - 23 £60,000 - 3
London +111 5 £51,250 +2.50% 1
Scotland -77 5 £52,500 +118.75%
East of England - 5 £72,500 -
South West - 5 £30,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 3 £49,000 - 2
North of England - 3 £49,000 - 3
West Midlands +5 2 £39,649 +65.20%
Midlands +2 2 £39,649 +65.20%

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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (25.00%) Apache
1 12 (25.00%) CMS
1 12 (25.00%) nginx
1 12 (25.00%) WordPress
2 5 (10.42%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 18 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (33.33%) AWS
3 13 (27.08%) Azure
4 7 (14.58%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (2.08%) Mimecast
6 1 (2.08%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (52.08%) Firewall
2 14 (29.17%) DNS
3 13 (27.08%) Network Security
3 13 (27.08%) SSL
4 7 (14.58%) VPN
5 5 (10.42%) LAN
5 5 (10.42%) MPLS
5 5 (10.42%) SAN
5 5 (10.42%) WAN
5 5 (10.42%) WLAN
6 4 (8.33%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (4.17%) TCP/IP
7 2 (4.17%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (25.00%) MySQL
General
1 14 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 12 (25.00%) Marketing
3 9 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (18.75%) Finance
3 9 (18.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (10.42%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.17%) Advertising
5 2 (4.17%) Publishing
6 1 (2.08%) Law
6 1 (2.08%) Legal
6 1 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (25.00%) Web Manager
2 11 (22.92%) Analyst
3 9 (18.75%) Security Analyst
4 7 (14.58%) Developer
4 7 (14.58%) IT Technician
4 7 (14.58%) Senior
4 7 (14.58%) Web Developer
5 6 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 6 (12.50%) Security Manager
5 6 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (10.42%) Development Manager
6 5 (10.42%) Information Manager
6 5 (10.42%) Information Security Manager
6 5 (10.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (10.42%) Web Development Manager
7 4 (8.33%) Security Engineer
7 4 (8.33%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
7 4 (8.33%) Senior Security Analyst
8 3 (6.25%) Information Analyst
8 3 (6.25%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.58%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.75%) Cyber Threat
1 9 (18.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 8 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.17%) Cyberattack
3 2 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.17%) Grid Computing
4 1 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.08%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (29.17%) Windows
2 8 (16.67%) Windows Server
3 7 (14.58%) Windows 10
4 2 (4.17%) Linux
4 2 (4.17%) Mac OS
4 2 (4.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (56.25%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (37.50%) Information Security
3 18 (37.50%) Vulnerability Management
4 16 (33.33%) SIEM
5 12 (25.00%) Content Management
5 12 (25.00%) Marketing Strategy
5 12 (25.00%) Web Development
6 11 (22.92%) Cloud Security
7 10 (20.83%) Collaborative Working
8 9 (18.75%) Incident Response
9 7 (14.58%) Incident Management
9 7 (14.58%) Security Operations
10 6 (12.50%) DevOps
10 6 (12.50%) Email Filtering
10 6 (12.50%) Kalman Filter
10 6 (12.50%) Mentoring
11 5 (10.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 5 (10.42%) Storage Management
11 5 (10.42%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 12 (25.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (14.58%) Degree
2 4 (8.33%) DBS Check
2 4 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.25%) CISSP
4 2 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (4.17%) CISM
4 2 (4.17%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (4.17%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.17%) HNC
4 2 (4.17%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (35.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (16.67%) NIST
3 6 (12.50%) PCI DSS
4 5 (10.42%) GDPR
4 5 (10.42%) GRC
4 5 (10.42%) NIST 800
5 4 (8.33%) NCSC
5 4 (8.33%) SOC 2
6 2 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (4.17%) QA
7 1 (2.08%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (14.58%) Active Directory
2 6 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.17%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (20.83%) SCCM
2 1 (2.08%) CASB
Vendors
1 18 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.50%) VMware
3 3 (6.25%) Sun
4 2 (4.17%) Dell
4 2 (4.17%) Facebook
5 1 (2.08%) CA
5 1 (2.08%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (2.08%) Darktrace
5 1 (2.08%) LogRhythm
5 1 (2.08%) Tripwire
5 1 (2.08%) Trustwave