Malware Analysis Jobs with Work from Home Options

Malware Analysis
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Malware Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Malware Analysis over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 555 620 843
Rank change year-on-year +65 +223 -286
Permanent jobs citing Malware Analysis 29 38 21
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.086% 0.094% 0.030%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.094% 0.098% 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 13 22 19
10th Percentile £52,000 £63,750 -
25th Percentile £57,500 £66,563 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +27.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £66,250 £74,375 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,250 £75,000 £89,400
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +16.67% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Malware Analysis 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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,883 38,813 68,245
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.21% 96.05% 97.04%
Number of salaries quoted 23,380 26,991 41,246
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Malware Analysis
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Malware Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Malware Analysis trend for jobs with a WFH option

Malware Analysis
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Malware Analysis over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

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:

Cloud Services
1 14 (48.28%) SaaS
2 3 (10.34%) Azure
3 1 (3.45%) AWS
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (3.45%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.69%) Firewall
2 2 (6.90%) Internet
2 2 (6.90%) Network Security
2 2 (6.90%) TCP/IP
2 2 (6.90%) Wireless
2 2 (6.90%) Wireless Security
3 1 (3.45%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (3.45%) SSL
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Burp Suite
1 2 (6.90%) Metasploit
General
1 20 (68.97%) Social Skills
2 14 (48.28%) Military
3 2 (6.90%) Finance
3 2 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (65.52%) Analyst
2 14 (48.28%) Support Analyst
2 14 (48.28%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 6 (20.69%) Security Engineer
3 6 (20.69%) Senior
4 5 (17.24%) Senior Security Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) SOC Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Penetration Tester
5 2 (6.90%) Security Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Tester
6 1 (3.45%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 1 (3.45%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.45%) IT Security Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Lead
6 1 (3.45%) Operations Team Leader
6 1 (3.45%) Security Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Cybercrime
1 5 (17.24%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (10.34%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 3 (10.34%) Security Posture
3 2 (6.90%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (6.90%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.45%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (3.45%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 20 (68.97%) Windows
2 16 (55.17%) Unix
3 15 (51.72%) Linux
4 14 (48.28%) Mac OS X
5 2 (6.90%) Kali Linux
6 1 (3.45%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (82.76%) Cybersecurity
1 24 (82.76%) Incident Response
1 24 (82.76%) Security Operations
2 22 (75.86%) Information Security
3 20 (68.97%) ITIL
4 15 (51.72%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 15 (51.72%) Threat Intelligence
5 14 (48.28%) Actionable Insight
5 14 (48.28%) Customer Service
5 14 (48.28%) DevOps
5 14 (48.28%) Incident Management
5 14 (48.28%) Open Source
5 14 (48.28%) Resource Management
5 14 (48.28%) Service Delivery
5 14 (48.28%) Situational Awareness
6 8 (27.59%) SIEM
7 5 (17.24%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (17.24%) Reverse Engineering
7 5 (17.24%) Risk Management
8 4 (13.79%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.24%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (6.90%) Bash
2 2 (6.90%) C#
2 2 (6.90%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (65.52%) Degree
2 17 (58.62%) CISSP
3 16 (55.17%) GCIA
3 16 (55.17%) GCIH
4 14 (48.28%) CISM
4 14 (48.28%) GREM
5 3 (10.34%) CREST Certified
5 3 (10.34%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (6.90%) CHECK Team Member
6 2 (6.90%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (6.90%) GCED
6 2 (6.90%) GCFA
6 2 (6.90%) OSCP
7 1 (3.45%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) NIST
1 4 (13.79%) PCI DSS
2 3 (10.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (6.90%) ISO 31000
4 1 (3.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) QRadar
2 2 (6.90%) Nmap
Vendors
1 14 (48.28%) Dell
2 4 (13.79%) IBM
3 3 (10.34%) LogRhythm
3 3 (10.34%) McAfee
3 3 (10.34%) Splunk
4 2 (6.90%) Microsoft
5 1 (3.45%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (3.45%) Darktrace
5 1 (3.45%) Qualys
5 1 (3.45%) Tripwire
5 1 (3.45%) VMware