Malware Engineer Jobs

Malware Engineer
UK

As of 8 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Malware Engineer salary in the UK.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 708 - 968
Rank change year-on-year - - +255
Permanent jobs requiring a Malware Engineer 2 0 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.004% - 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% - 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £92,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £95,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile - - £97,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 48,816 93,552 93,960
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.39% 94.64% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 27,241 67,063 59,087
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,500 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,501 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%

Malware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Malware Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Malware Engineer in the UK

Malware Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Malware Engineer in the UK

Malware Engineer
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Malware Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
Midlands - 2 - -
West Midlands - 2 - -
England - 2 - -
Work from Home - 2 - -
UK excluding London - 2 - -

Malware Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 May 2025, Malware Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Malware Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) CISA
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) GIAC
1 2 (100.00%) Nessus
1 2 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 2 (100.00%) JSP 440
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) ISACA
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) SANS
1 2 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (100.00%) Compliance Management
1 2 (100.00%) NCSC
1 2 (100.00%) GRC
1 2 (100.00%) Tenable

Malware Engineer Skill Set
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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Compliance Management
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISA
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) GIAC
1 2 (100.00%) ISACA
1 2 (100.00%) SANS
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GRC
1 2 (100.00%) JSP 440
1 2 (100.00%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Tenable