Malware Analysis Jobs in England

Malware Analysis
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 775 855 1117
Rank change year-on-year +80 +262 -273
Permanent jobs citing Malware Analysis 73 59 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.080% 0.070% 0.037%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.096% 0.073% 0.039%
Number of salaries quoted 48 41 50
10th Percentile £53,875 £47,500 £39,275
25th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +16.67% +2.13%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile - £81,250 £92,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +16.67% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 76,200 80,466 135,750
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 83.51% 95.48% 95.97%
Number of salaries quoted 55,193 48,975 73,419
10th Percentile £29,022 £34,324 £33,262
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,075
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Malware Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Malware Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Malware Analysis in England

Malware Analysis
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Malware Analysis in England

Malware Analysis
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Malware Analysis in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Malware Analysis in England

Malware Analysis
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Malware Analysis within the England region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
London +136 48 £75,000 - 13
South West -14 15 - - 1
South East -11 6 £60,000 -15.79% 4
North of England +28 3 £100,000 +42.86%
Yorkshire - 2 - -
East of England -10 1 £60,000 +41.18%
North West -17 1 £100,000 +42.86%
Malware Analysis
UK

Malware Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (16.44%) AWS
2 8 (10.96%) Azure
2 8 (10.96%) Power Platform
3 3 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Purview
3 3 (4.11%) SaaS
4 1 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.37%) IaaS
4 1 (1.37%) Mimecast
4 1 (1.37%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (46.58%) Network Security
2 18 (24.66%) Firewall
3 11 (15.07%) Intrusion Detection
4 8 (10.96%) VoIP
5 3 (4.11%) Internet
5 3 (4.11%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.74%) DMZ
6 2 (2.74%) DNS
6 2 (2.74%) HTTP
6 2 (2.74%) SMTP
6 2 (2.74%) tcpdump
6 2 (2.74%) VPN
6 2 (2.74%) Wireshark
7 1 (1.37%) SSL
7 1 (1.37%) Wireless
7 1 (1.37%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.96%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 29 (39.73%) Burp Suite
1 29 (39.73%) Metasploit
General
1 38 (52.05%) Social Skills
2 31 (42.47%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (19.18%) Finance
4 11 (15.07%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.37%) Games
5 1 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (39.73%) Penetration Tester
1 29 (39.73%) Tester
2 25 (34.25%) Senior
3 20 (27.40%) Analyst
4 13 (17.81%) Security Analyst
5 9 (12.33%) Senior Analyst
6 8 (10.96%) Operations Analyst
6 8 (10.96%) Security Engineer
6 8 (10.96%) Security Operations Analyst
6 8 (10.96%) Senior Operations Analyst
6 8 (10.96%) Senior Security Analyst
7 7 (9.59%) SOC Analyst
8 5 (6.85%) Senior Security Engineer
9 4 (5.48%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 2 (2.74%) Lead
10 2 (2.74%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
11 1 (1.37%) Cyber Threat Consultant
11 1 (1.37%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 1 (1.37%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 1 (1.37%) Threat Intelligence Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 19 (26.03%) Cyber Defence
2 15 (20.55%) Security Operations Centre
3 12 (16.44%) Management Information System
4 11 (15.07%) Operational Technology
5 5 (6.85%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (6.85%) Cybercrime
6 3 (4.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (2.74%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.74%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.37%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (1.37%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 42 (57.53%) Linux
2 29 (39.73%) Kali Linux
3 16 (21.92%) Windows
4 1 (1.37%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.37%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (78.08%) Cybersecurity
2 47 (64.38%) Information Security
3 42 (57.53%) Penetration Testing
4 33 (45.21%) Computer Science
5 32 (43.84%) Reverse Engineering
6 31 (42.47%) Application Security
7 30 (41.10%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 29 (39.73%) Red Team
9 28 (38.36%) Critical Thinking
9 28 (38.36%) Problem-Solving
9 28 (38.36%) Security Testing
10 25 (34.25%) SIEM
11 23 (31.51%) Incident Response
11 23 (31.51%) Security Operations
12 15 (20.55%) OSINT
13 14 (19.18%) Digital Forensics
14 11 (15.07%) Change Management
14 11 (15.07%) Prototyping
15 10 (13.70%) OWASP
16 9 (12.33%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 17 (23.29%) Python
2 14 (19.18%) Bash
3 5 (6.85%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (4.11%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.37%) C#
Qualifications
1 39 (53.42%) Degree
2 30 (41.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (16.44%) CISSP
3 12 (16.44%) CompTIA CySA+
4 8 (10.96%) CISA
4 8 (10.96%) CISM
5 5 (6.85%) Network+ Certification
5 5 (6.85%) SC Cleared
5 5 (6.85%) Security Cleared
6 4 (5.48%) CREST Certified
7 2 (2.74%) AWS Certification
7 2 (2.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 2 (2.74%) CASP
7 2 (2.74%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (2.74%) GCED
7 2 (2.74%) GCFA
7 2 (2.74%) GCIA
7 2 (2.74%) GCIH
7 2 (2.74%) Linux+ Certification
8 1 (1.37%) ISSEP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.22%) NIST
2 5 (6.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (5.48%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.74%) ISO 31000
5 1 (1.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (2.74%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (8.22%) QRadar
2 2 (2.74%) CASB
2 2 (2.74%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (1.37%) Nmap
Vendors
1 14 (19.18%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.22%) IBM
2 6 (8.22%) Splunk
3 3 (4.11%) LogRhythm
3 3 (4.11%) McAfee
4 2 (2.74%) Cisco
4 2 (2.74%) Kenna
4 2 (2.74%) Rapid7
5 1 (1.37%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.37%) Darktrace
5 1 (1.37%) Qualys
5 1 (1.37%) Tripwire
5 1 (1.37%) VMware