Malware Detection/Protection
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Malware Detection/Protection skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Malware Detection/Protection over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 20 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 575 | 683 | 846 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +108 | +163 | -148 |
| Contract jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection | 4 | 11 | 17 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.009% | 0.019% | 0.019% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.011% | 0.021% | 0.021% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £370 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £491 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £525 | £610 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -13.93% | +6.09% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £538 | £689 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £571 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | £315 | £375 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -16.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £15.65 | £20.93 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -25.23% | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £15.65 | £20.93 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -25.23% | - | - |
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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 36,622 | 51,397 | 80,021 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 86.09% | 89.76% | 90.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23,613 | 35,611 | 56,174 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £344 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £439 | £430 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £530 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +3.77% | +7.07% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £480 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +4.17% | +9.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,439 | 1,690 | 1,913 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £10.63 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £15.77 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £36.00 | £25.68 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.39% | +40.19% | +7.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.00 | £49.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £38.00 | £35.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.57% | +75.00% | -6.54% |
Malware Detection/Protection
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Malware Detection/Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Malware Detection/Protection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection.
Malware Detection/Protection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection.
Malware Detection/Protection
Top 5 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Malware Detection/Protection within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 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 | +110 | 4 | £550 | +4.76% | 9 |
| London | +100 | 2 | £550 | +4.76% | |
| UK excluding London | +50 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| West Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
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: