Malware Detection/Protection Jobs

Malware Detection/Protection
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Malware Detection/Protection skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Malware Detection/Protection 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 859 906 1217
Rank change year-on-year +47 +311 -318
Permanent jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection 48 41 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.046% 0.043% 0.026%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.055% 0.045% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 48 40 37
10th Percentile £29,525 - £25,450
25th Percentile £42,547 £23,000 £41,118
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,250 £25,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +137.00% -50.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £62,813 £38,173 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £93,000 £91,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £25,000 £40,634
% change year-on-year +140.00% -38.48% -24.40%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Malware Detection/Protection 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 Detection/Protection
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Malware Detection/Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Malware Detection/Protection in the UK

Malware Detection/Protection
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection.

Salary trend for Malware Detection/Protection in the UK

Malware Detection/Protection
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Malware Detection/Protection in the UK

Malware Detection/Protection
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection 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
UK excluding London -18 44 £60,000 +140.00% 6
England +56 43 £60,000 +130.77% 7
Work from Home +38 25 £60,000 +140.00% 2
South East - 24 £60,000 - 1
Scotland -77 5 £52,500 +110.00%
East of England - 5 £72,500 -
South West - 5 £30,000 - 1
London +107 4 £51,625 -42.64% 2
Yorkshire - 3 £49,000 - 1
North of England - 3 £49,000 - 3
Midlands -23 2 £39,649 +61.83% 1
West Midlands -24 2 £39,649 +61.83% 1

Malware Detection/Protection
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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (25.00%) Apache
1 12 (25.00%) CMS
1 12 (25.00%) nginx
1 12 (25.00%) WordPress
2 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 16 (33.33%) AWS
1 16 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (25.00%) Azure
3 6 (12.50%) Entra ID
4 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (2.08%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 23 (47.92%) Firewall
2 14 (29.17%) DNS
3 13 (27.08%) Network Security
3 13 (27.08%) SSL
4 6 (12.50%) VPN
5 4 (8.33%) LAN
5 4 (8.33%) MPLS
5 4 (8.33%) SAN
5 4 (8.33%) WAN
5 4 (8.33%) WLAN
6 3 (6.25%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (4.17%) TCP/IP
7 2 (4.17%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (25.00%) MySQL
General
1 13 (27.08%) Social Skills
2 12 (25.00%) Marketing
3 11 (22.92%) Finance
4 8 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (10.42%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.17%) Advertising
6 2 (4.17%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 12 (25.00%) Analyst
1 12 (25.00%) Web Manager
2 10 (20.83%) Security Analyst
3 8 (16.67%) Senior
4 7 (14.58%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 7 (14.58%) Developer
4 7 (14.58%) IT Technician
4 7 (14.58%) Senior Analyst
4 7 (14.58%) Web Developer
5 6 (12.50%) Security Manager
6 5 (10.42%) Development Manager
6 5 (10.42%) Information Manager
6 5 (10.42%) Information Security Manager
6 5 (10.42%) Security Engineer
6 5 (10.42%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
6 5 (10.42%) Senior Security Analyst
6 5 (10.42%) Web Development Manager
7 4 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (6.25%) Information Analyst
8 3 (6.25%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.50%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 10 (20.83%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 9 (18.75%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (16.67%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.17%) Cyberattack
4 2 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.17%) Grid Computing
5 1 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.08%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 13 (27.08%) Windows
2 7 (14.58%) Windows 10
2 7 (14.58%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.17%) Linux
3 2 (4.17%) Mac OS
3 2 (4.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (56.25%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (43.75%) Cybersecurity
3 19 (39.58%) Vulnerability Management
4 18 (37.50%) Information Security
5 17 (35.42%) SIEM
6 12 (25.00%) Content Management
6 12 (25.00%) Marketing Strategy
6 12 (25.00%) Web Development
7 10 (20.83%) Cloud Security
7 10 (20.83%) Collaborative Working
8 9 (18.75%) Incident Response
9 7 (14.58%) Incident Management
9 7 (14.58%) Mentoring
9 7 (14.58%) Security Operations
10 6 (12.50%) DevOps
11 5 (10.42%) Analytics
11 5 (10.42%) Email Filtering
11 5 (10.42%) Identity Access Management
11 5 (10.42%) Kalman Filter
11 5 (10.42%) Office Automation
Programming Languages
1 12 (25.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (14.58%) Degree
2 4 (8.33%) DBS Check
2 4 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.25%) CISSP
4 2 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (4.17%) CISM
4 2 (4.17%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (4.17%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.17%) HNC
4 2 (4.17%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (18.75%) NIST
3 6 (12.50%) PCI DSS
4 5 (10.42%) GDPR
4 5 (10.42%) GRC
4 5 (10.42%) NCSC
4 5 (10.42%) NIST 800
4 5 (10.42%) SOC 2
5 2 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (4.17%) QA
System Software
1 6 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 5 (10.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.17%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (18.75%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.42%) VMware
3 2 (4.17%) Dell
3 2 (4.17%) Facebook
3 2 (4.17%) Sun
4 1 (2.08%) Darktrace
4 1 (2.08%) Tripwire