Malware Analysis Jobs

Malware Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 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 821 876 1201
Rank change year-on-year +55 +325 -323
Permanent jobs citing Malware Analysis 86 71 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.082% 0.075% 0.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.098% 0.079% 0.037%
Number of salaries quoted 48 45 57
10th Percentile £53,875 £46,307 £39,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,668 £40,166
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +16.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile - £80,750 £93,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +75.00% -27.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Malware Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Malware Analysis in the UK

Malware Analysis
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Malware Analysis in the UK

Malware Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Malware Analysis over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Malware Analysis in the UK

Malware Analysis
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Malware Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +49 72 £75,000 +7.14% 18
London +141 47 £75,000 - 12
UK excluding London -37 39 £60,000 -14.29% 8
Work from Home +36 28 £60,000 -14.29% 7
South West -12 15 - - 1
Scotland -56 14 - - 2
South East -6 6 £60,000 -15.79% 4
North of England +28 3 £100,000 +42.86%
Yorkshire - 2 - -
East of England -6 1 £60,000 +41.18%
North West -9 1 £100,000 +42.86%

Malware Analysis
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:

Applications
1 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (19.77%) SaaS
2 11 (12.79%) AWS
3 8 (9.30%) Azure
4 7 (8.14%) Power Platform
5 3 (3.49%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.16%) IaaS
6 1 (1.16%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.16%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (39.53%) Network Security
2 17 (19.77%) Firewall
3 10 (11.63%) Intrusion Detection
4 7 (8.14%) VoIP
5 3 (3.49%) Internet
5 3 (3.49%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.33%) DMZ
6 2 (2.33%) DNS
6 2 (2.33%) HTTP
6 2 (2.33%) SMTP
6 2 (2.33%) tcpdump
6 2 (2.33%) VPN
6 2 (2.33%) Wireshark
7 1 (1.16%) SSL
7 1 (1.16%) Wireless
7 1 (1.16%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 29 (33.72%) Burp Suite
1 29 (33.72%) Metasploit
General
1 52 (60.47%) Social Skills
2 31 (36.05%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (16.28%) Military
4 13 (15.12%) Finance
5 11 (12.79%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.16%) Games
6 1 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (38.37%) Analyst
2 29 (33.72%) Penetration Tester
2 29 (33.72%) Tester
3 24 (27.91%) Senior
4 16 (18.60%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 14 (16.28%) Support Analyst
6 12 (13.95%) Security Analyst
7 8 (9.30%) Security Engineer
7 8 (9.30%) Senior Analyst
8 7 (8.14%) Operations Analyst
8 7 (8.14%) Security Operations Analyst
8 7 (8.14%) Senior Operations Analyst
8 7 (8.14%) Senior Security Analyst
8 7 (8.14%) SOC Analyst
9 5 (5.81%) Senior Security Engineer
10 4 (4.65%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 2 (2.33%) Lead
12 1 (1.16%) Cyber Threat Consultant
12 1 (1.16%) IT Analyst
12 1 (1.16%) SIEM Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (20.93%) Cyber Defence
2 14 (16.28%) Security Operations Centre
3 11 (12.79%) Management Information System
3 11 (12.79%) Operational Technology
4 5 (5.81%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (5.81%) Cybercrime
5 3 (3.49%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (2.33%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.33%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.16%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (1.16%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 56 (65.12%) Linux
2 30 (34.88%) Windows
3 29 (33.72%) Kali Linux
4 15 (17.44%) Unix
5 14 (16.28%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.16%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (82.56%) Cybersecurity
2 60 (69.77%) Information Security
3 42 (48.84%) Penetration Testing
4 36 (41.86%) Incident Response
4 36 (41.86%) Security Operations
5 33 (38.37%) Computer Science
6 32 (37.21%) Reverse Engineering
7 31 (36.05%) Application Security
8 30 (34.88%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 29 (33.72%) Red Team
10 28 (32.56%) Critical Thinking
10 28 (32.56%) Problem-Solving
10 28 (32.56%) Security Testing
11 24 (27.91%) SIEM
12 22 (25.58%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 22 (25.58%) Threat Intelligence
13 21 (24.42%) Incident Management
14 20 (23.26%) ITIL
15 17 (19.77%) Actionable Insight
15 17 (19.77%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 17 (19.77%) Python
2 14 (16.28%) Bash
3 5 (5.81%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (3.49%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.16%) C#
Qualifications
1 53 (61.63%) Degree
2 30 (34.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (29.07%) CISSP
4 21 (24.42%) CISM
5 16 (18.60%) GCIA
5 16 (18.60%) GCIH
6 14 (16.28%) GREM
7 11 (12.79%) CompTIA CySA+
8 7 (8.14%) CISA
9 5 (5.81%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (5.81%) SC Cleared
9 5 (5.81%) Security Cleared
10 4 (4.65%) CREST Certified
11 2 (2.33%) AWS Certification
11 2 (2.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 2 (2.33%) CASP
11 2 (2.33%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (2.33%) GCED
11 2 (2.33%) GCFA
11 2 (2.33%) Linux+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.98%) NIST
2 5 (5.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (4.65%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.33%) ISO 31000
5 1 (1.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (6.98%) QRadar
2 2 (2.33%) CASB
2 2 (2.33%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (1.16%) Nmap
Vendors
1 14 (16.28%) Dell
2 13 (15.12%) Microsoft
3 6 (6.98%) IBM
3 6 (6.98%) Splunk
4 3 (3.49%) LogRhythm
4 3 (3.49%) McAfee
5 2 (2.33%) Cisco
5 2 (2.33%) Kenna
5 2 (2.33%) Rapid7
6 1 (1.16%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.16%) Darktrace
6 1 (1.16%) Qualys
6 1 (1.16%) Tripwire
6 1 (1.16%) VMware