Malware Analysis Contracts with Work from Home Options

Malware Analysis
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Malware Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Malware Analysis over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 344 438 618
Rank change year-on-year +94 +180 -138
Contract jobs citing Malware Analysis 4 23 10
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.027% 0.095% 0.023%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.031% 0.11% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 16 8
10th Percentile £489 £438 £450
25th Percentile £545 £450 £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £651 £550 £663
Median % change year-on-year +18.41% -16.98% +20.45%
75th Percentile £770 £628 £763
90th Percentile £833 £774 £806
UK median daily rate £570 £563 £550
% change year-on-year +1.33% +2.27% +4.76%

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 contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,820 21,608 40,174
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.57% 89.66% 91.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,645 15,332 29,227
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 503 516
10th Percentile £14.89 £18.49 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.19 £25.85 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £57.72
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.60 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%

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
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Malware Analysis.

Malware Analysis daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Malware Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Malware Analysis over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Malware Analysis daily rate 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 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Law
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Client Services Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Head of Operations
1 1 (25.00%) Head of Security
1 1 (25.00%) Product Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Security Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Security Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Senior
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (25.00%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (75.00%) SIEM
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Information Management
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CISSP
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) CEH
2 1 (25.00%) CISA
2 1 (25.00%) CISM
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (25.00%) GCIA
2 1 (25.00%) GCIH
2 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft