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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 831 921 1194
Rank change year-on-year +90 +273 -309
Permanent jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection 47 51 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.047% 0.050% 0.027%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.055% 0.053% 0.028%
Number of salaries quoted 47 45 36
10th Percentile £29,450 - £28,125
25th Percentile £42,547 £23,000 £41,493
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £25,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +134.00% -50.00% -8.05%
75th Percentile £62,500 £46,157 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £84,500 £93,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £24,500 £40,634
% change year-on-year +144.90% -39.71% -9.70%

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 84,735 96,775 152,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.60% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 59,708 57,079 82,921
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,740
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £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 13 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 13 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 +120 43 £60,000 +124.30% 6
UK excluding London +2 43 £60,000 +144.90% 4
Work from Home +69 24 £60,000 +140.00% 2
South East - 24 £60,000 - 2
South West - 5 £30,000 - 1
East of England - 5 £72,500 -
London +102 4 £51,625 +3.25%
Scotland -68 4 £50,000 +100.00%
Yorkshire - 3 £49,000 - 1
North of England - 3 £49,000 - 2
West Midlands +6 2 £39,649 +65.20%
Midlands -12 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 (25.53%) Apache
1 12 (25.53%) CMS
1 12 (25.53%) nginx
1 12 (25.53%) WordPress
2 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 16 (34.04%) AWS
1 16 (34.04%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (25.53%) Azure
3 6 (12.77%) Entra ID
4 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (2.13%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 23 (48.94%) Firewall
2 14 (29.79%) DNS
3 13 (27.66%) Network Security
3 13 (27.66%) SSL
4 6 (12.77%) VPN
5 4 (8.51%) LAN
5 4 (8.51%) MPLS
5 4 (8.51%) SAN
5 4 (8.51%) WAN
5 4 (8.51%) WLAN
6 3 (6.38%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (4.26%) TCP/IP
7 2 (4.26%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (25.53%) MySQL
General
1 13 (27.66%) Social Skills
2 12 (25.53%) Marketing
3 10 (21.28%) Finance
4 8 (17.02%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (17.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (10.64%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.26%) Advertising
6 2 (4.26%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 12 (25.53%) Analyst
1 12 (25.53%) Web Manager
2 10 (21.28%) Security Analyst
3 8 (17.02%) Senior
4 7 (14.89%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 7 (14.89%) Developer
4 7 (14.89%) IT Technician
4 7 (14.89%) Senior Analyst
4 7 (14.89%) Web Developer
5 6 (12.77%) Security Manager
6 5 (10.64%) Development Manager
6 5 (10.64%) Information Manager
6 5 (10.64%) Information Security Manager
6 5 (10.64%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
6 5 (10.64%) Senior Security Analyst
6 5 (10.64%) Web Development Manager
7 4 (8.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (8.51%) Security Engineer
8 3 (6.38%) Information Analyst
8 3 (6.38%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.77%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (19.15%) Cyber Threat
1 9 (19.15%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 7 (14.89%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.26%) Cyberattack
3 2 (4.26%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.26%) Grid Computing
4 1 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.13%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 13 (27.66%) Windows
2 7 (14.89%) Windows 10
2 7 (14.89%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.26%) Linux
3 2 (4.26%) Mac OS
3 2 (4.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (55.32%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (42.55%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (38.30%) Vulnerability Management
4 17 (36.17%) Information Security
5 16 (34.04%) SIEM
6 12 (25.53%) Content Management
6 12 (25.53%) Marketing Strategy
6 12 (25.53%) Web Development
7 10 (21.28%) Cloud Security
7 10 (21.28%) Collaborative Working
8 9 (19.15%) Incident Response
9 7 (14.89%) Mentoring
9 7 (14.89%) Security Operations
10 6 (12.77%) DevOps
10 6 (12.77%) Incident Management
11 5 (10.64%) Email Filtering
11 5 (10.64%) Kalman Filter
11 5 (10.64%) Office Automation
11 5 (10.64%) Security Architecture
11 5 (10.64%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 12 (25.53%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (14.89%) Degree
2 4 (8.51%) DBS Check
2 4 (8.51%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.38%) CISSP
4 2 (4.26%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (4.26%) CISM
4 2 (4.26%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (4.26%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.26%) HNC
4 2 (4.26%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (36.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (17.02%) NIST
3 6 (12.77%) PCI DSS
4 5 (10.64%) GDPR
4 5 (10.64%) GRC
4 5 (10.64%) NIST 800
5 4 (8.51%) NCSC
5 4 (8.51%) SOC 2
6 2 (4.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (4.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (4.26%) QA
System Software
1 6 (12.77%) Active Directory
2 5 (10.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.26%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (19.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (38.30%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.64%) VMware
3 2 (4.26%) Dell
3 2 (4.26%) Facebook
3 2 (4.26%) Sun
4 1 (2.13%) Darktrace
4 1 (2.13%) Tripwire