Malware Analysis Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Malware Analysis
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 405 559 628
Rank change year-on-year +154 +69 +188
Permanent jobs citing Malware Analysis 8 30 43
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.053% 0.089% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.057% 0.097% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 6 12 27
10th Percentile - £51,875 -
25th Percentile £46,250 £57,500 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,004 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.99% -14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £79,946 £66,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,625 £75,000
UK median annual salary £62,000 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -17.33% +11.11% +12.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,938 31,020 41,026
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.13% 91.65% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,733 23,575 28,496
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,800 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Malware Analysis
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Malware Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Malware Analysis trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Malware Analysis
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Malware Analysis.

Malware Analysis salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Malware Analysis
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Malware Analysis over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Malware Analysis salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Malware Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Firewall
1 4 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 4 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (37.50%) DHCP
2 3 (37.50%) DNS
2 3 (37.50%) Network Security
2 3 (37.50%) NGFW
General
1 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Retail
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Security Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Head of Operations
3 2 (25.00%) Head of Security
3 2 (25.00%) Senior
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 1 (12.50%) Digital Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Forensic Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) SOC Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) SOC Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (37.50%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 8 (100.00%) SIEM
2 7 (87.50%) Security Operations
3 6 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (62.50%) Incident Management
5 3 (37.50%) Computer Forensics
5 3 (37.50%) Identity Management
5 3 (37.50%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (25.00%) Agile
6 2 (25.00%) Cyber Intelligence
6 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 2 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
6 2 (25.00%) Information Security
6 2 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
6 2 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
6 2 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
6 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
7 1 (12.50%) Digital Forensics
7 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Python
2 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (12.50%) Perl
3 1 (12.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) CISM
1 3 (37.50%) CISSP
2 2 (25.00%) IISP
2 2 (25.00%) SANS
3 1 (12.50%) CEH
3 1 (12.50%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) GDPR
1 2 (25.00%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Progress Chef
1 2 (25.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) VMware