Malware Analysis Contracts

Malware Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Malware Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Malware Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 554 648 818
Rank change year-on-year +94 +170 -114
Contract jobs citing Malware Analysis 30 49 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.069% 0.088% 0.034%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.081% 0.098% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 38 23
10th Percentile - £450 £425
25th Percentile £559 £513 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £566 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.66% +2.95% -4.35%
75th Percentile £614 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £691 £762
UK excluding London median daily rate £570 £525 £563
% change year-on-year +8.57% -6.67% +32.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Malware Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,178 49,770 79,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.13% 89.61% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,737 34,458 55,587
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,678 1,852
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%
75th Percentile £61.28 £65.00 £50.15
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
% change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Malware Analysis in the UK

Malware Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Malware Analysis over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Malware Analysis in the UK

Malware Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Malware Analysis in the UK

Malware Analysis
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Malware Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +69 28 £570 +0.66% 14
UK excluding London +30 24 £570 +8.57% 6
South West - 20 £570 - 1
Work from Home +99 6 £725 +31.82% 6
London +66 5 £725 +16.00% 10
East of England - 2 £453 -
South East - 1 - - 2
Scotland - 1 - - 2

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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (6.67%) AWS
1 2 (6.67%) Azure
2 1 (3.33%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (3.33%) IaaS
2 1 (3.33%) PaaS
2 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) Firewall
2 1 (3.33%) DHCP
2 1 (3.33%) DNS
2 1 (3.33%) FTP
2 1 (3.33%) HTTP
2 1 (3.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (3.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.33%) tcpdump
2 1 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (3.33%) Wireshark
General
1 21 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (6.67%) Retail
4 1 (3.33%) Banking
4 1 (3.33%) Law
4 1 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 23 (76.67%) Analyst
2 20 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 17 (56.67%) Cyber Threat Analyst
3 17 (56.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
4 2 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 2 (6.67%) Security Analyst
4 2 (6.67%) Security Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Security Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Client Services Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Head of Operations
5 1 (3.33%) Head of Security
5 1 (3.33%) Incident Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Lead
5 1 (3.33%) Product Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Senior
5 1 (3.33%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (3.33%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (3.33%) Threat Intelligence Manager
Miscellaneous
1 21 (70.00%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (6.67%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (3.33%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.33%) Linux
2 2 (6.67%) Windows
3 1 (3.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (93.33%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (90.00%) SIEM
3 25 (83.33%) Security Operations
4 23 (76.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 23 (76.67%) Threat Intelligence
5 21 (70.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 21 (70.00%) SOAR
6 20 (66.67%) Cyber Intelligence
6 20 (66.67%) Open Source
6 20 (66.67%) OSINT
7 5 (16.67%) Decision-Making
7 5 (16.67%) Incident Response
7 5 (16.67%) Information Security
8 4 (13.33%) Data Loss Prevention
8 4 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (10.00%) Computer Science
9 3 (10.00%) Mentoring
9 3 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
9 3 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
10 2 (6.67%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.00%) Python
2 2 (6.67%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.33%) Perl
Qualifications
1 22 (73.33%) Security Cleared
2 20 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 4 (13.33%) CISSP
3 4 (13.33%) GCIH
4 3 (10.00%) CISM
4 3 (10.00%) Degree
4 3 (10.00%) GIAC
5 2 (6.67%) CCNA
5 2 (6.67%) CCSP
5 2 (6.67%) CEH
5 2 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (6.67%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (6.67%) GCIA
5 2 (6.67%) GSEC
5 2 (6.67%) Linux+ Certification
5 2 (6.67%) Server+ Certification
6 1 (3.33%) CCNP
6 1 (3.33%) ECSA
6 1 (3.33%) GAWN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (10.00%) NIST
1 3 (10.00%) PCI DSS
2 2 (6.67%) NIST 800
3 1 (3.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (6.67%) Docker
1 2 (6.67%) Snort
2 1 (3.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.67%) Kubernetes
1 2 (6.67%) logstash
1 2 (6.67%) Terraform
2 1 (3.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (3.33%) CSIRT
2 1 (3.33%) QRadar
Vendors
1 3 (10.00%) Splunk
2 2 (6.67%) Cisco
2 2 (6.67%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (6.67%) Cybereason
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft