Reverse Engineering Jobs

Reverse Engineering
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Reverse Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Reverse Engineering over the 6 months to 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 811 785 920
Rank change year-on-year -26 +135 -140
Permanent jobs citing Reverse Engineering 93 158 363
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.086% 0.17% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.18% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 80 92 181
10th Percentile £31,250 £46,375 £42,500
25th Percentile £60,625 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -9.38% +14.29%
75th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £83,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £72,500 £100,000
% change year-on-year -24.14% -27.50% +73.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Reverse Engineering 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 89,606 89,460 164,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.05% 95.45% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 62,082 54,032 83,742
10th Percentile £29,500 £33,950 £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%

Reverse Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Reverse Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Reverse Engineering in the UK

Reverse Engineering
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Reverse Engineering.

Salary trend for Reverse Engineering in the UK

Reverse Engineering
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Reverse Engineering over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Reverse Engineering in the UK

Reverse Engineering
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Reverse Engineering within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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 -14 88 £75,000 +3.45% 33
London +104 50 £75,000 +3.45% 14
UK excluding London -127 38 £55,000 -24.14% 23
Work from Home -14 22 £62,500 -13.79% 10
North of England +21 18 £58,750 -18.97% 5
South East -24 13 £60,000 -20.00% 5
Yorkshire - 11 £28,000 - 1
North West -19 10 £62,500 -13.79% 4
Midlands -31 7 £62,500 -10.71% 5
East of England -3 5 £62,500 -3.85% 2
West Midlands -17 4 £62,500 -10.71% 2
South West -71 4 £73,750 -1.67% 4
North East -15 3 £62,500 -12.28%
East Midlands -21 3 £47,500 - 3

Reverse Engineering
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 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.08%) SAS
Applications
1 12 (12.90%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 24 (25.81%) Azure
2 23 (24.73%) AWS
3 22 (23.66%) GCP
4 15 (16.13%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (9.68%) Power Platform
6 3 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.08%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 31 (33.33%) Network Security
2 20 (21.51%) Firewall
3 19 (20.43%) DNS
4 3 (3.23%) BGP
4 3 (3.23%) DMZ
4 3 (3.23%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (3.23%) IPsec
4 3 (3.23%) MPLS
4 3 (3.23%) OSPF
4 3 (3.23%) SD-WAN
4 3 (3.23%) SSL
4 3 (3.23%) VPN
5 1 (1.08%) Internet
5 1 (1.08%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.08%) Wireless
5 1 (1.08%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.68%) Power BI
2 2 (2.15%) Metadata
2 2 (2.15%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.08%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 29 (31.18%) Burp Suite
1 29 (31.18%) Metasploit
2 20 (21.51%) Jenkins
3 4 (4.30%) Git
4 3 (3.23%) Visual Studio
5 2 (2.15%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (1.08%) Eclipse
6 1 (1.08%) JIRA
6 1 (1.08%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (1.08%) Subversion
General
1 43 (46.24%) Social Skills
2 30 (32.26%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (18.28%) Finance
4 8 (8.60%) Law
5 6 (6.45%) Banking
5 6 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (5.38%) Retail
7 4 (4.30%) Electronics
8 3 (3.23%) Automotive
8 3 (3.23%) Legal
8 3 (3.23%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.15%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.08%) Billing
10 1 (1.08%) Games
10 1 (1.08%) Local Government
10 1 (1.08%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (37.63%) Penetration Tester
2 34 (36.56%) Tester
3 8 (8.60%) Security Engineer
4 7 (7.53%) Analyst
4 7 (7.53%) Architect
4 7 (7.53%) Senior
4 7 (7.53%) Test Technician
5 6 (6.45%) Threat and Vulnerability Manager
5 6 (6.45%) Vulnerability Manager
6 5 (5.38%) Software Engineer
7 4 (4.30%) Developer
7 4 (4.30%) Security Architect
7 4 (4.30%) Senior Architect
7 4 (4.30%) Senior Security Architect
7 4 (4.30%) Senior Security Engineer
8 3 (3.23%) Applications Engineer
8 3 (3.23%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 3 (3.23%) Full Stack Developer
8 3 (3.23%) Presales Engineer
8 3 (3.23%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.53%) .NET
2 5 (5.38%) .NET Framework
3 4 (4.30%) .NET Core
3 4 (4.30%) REST
3 4 (4.30%) Web Services
4 3 (3.23%) ASP.NET
4 3 (3.23%) CSS
4 3 (3.23%) HTML
5 2 (2.15%) AngularJS
5 2 (2.15%) Entity Framework
5 2 (2.15%) HTML5 Boilerplate
5 2 (2.15%) LINQ
5 2 (2.15%) LINQ to SQL
5 2 (2.15%) Node.js
5 2 (2.15%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 1 (1.08%) Ajax
6 1 (1.08%) MEAN Stack
6 1 (1.08%) MERN Stack
6 1 (1.08%) POSIX
6 1 (1.08%) React
Miscellaneous
1 19 (20.43%) PKI
2 6 (6.45%) Security Posture
3 4 (4.30%) Algorithms
3 4 (4.30%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 4 (4.30%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.23%) CCTV
4 3 (3.23%) CPLD
4 3 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (3.23%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (3.23%) FPGA
5 2 (2.15%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.08%) Clustering
6 1 (1.08%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.08%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.08%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.08%) IoT
6 1 (1.08%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.08%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.08%) Reference Data
6 1 (1.08%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 37 (39.78%) Linux
2 29 (31.18%) Kali Linux
3 24 (25.81%) Windows
4 9 (9.68%) Android
4 9 (9.68%) Apple iOS
5 2 (2.15%) Mac OS X
5 2 (2.15%) Unix
6 1 (1.08%) FreeBSD
6 1 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (64.52%) Cybersecurity
2 49 (52.69%) Information Security
3 41 (44.09%) Penetration Testing
4 37 (39.78%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (38.71%) Application Security
6 34 (36.56%) Security Testing
7 33 (35.48%) Computer Science
8 32 (34.41%) Malware Analysis
9 30 (32.26%) Red Team
10 28 (30.11%) Critical Thinking
10 28 (30.11%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 22 (23.66%) Threat Modelling
12 18 (19.35%) Data Modelling
13 17 (18.28%) Vulnerability Management
14 15 (16.13%) ITIL
15 14 (15.05%) Cryptography
16 13 (13.98%) Problem Management
16 13 (13.98%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
17 11 (11.83%) Vulnerability Assessment
18 10 (10.75%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 23 (24.73%) Python
2 10 (10.75%) Java
3 9 (9.68%) C#
3 9 (9.68%) SQL
4 5 (5.38%) Go
4 5 (5.38%) JavaScript
5 4 (4.30%) C
5 4 (4.30%) C++
6 3 (3.23%) Perl
7 2 (2.15%) Bash
7 2 (2.15%) PowerShell
7 2 (2.15%) T-SQL
7 2 (2.15%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.08%) PHP
8 1 (1.08%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.08%) ProC
8 1 (1.08%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 49 (52.69%) Degree
2 29 (31.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (18.28%) CISSP
4 16 (17.20%) CISM
4 16 (17.20%) CRISC
4 16 (17.20%) GIAC
4 16 (17.20%) ISSMP
5 8 (8.60%) Security Cleared
6 7 (7.53%) OSCP
7 6 (6.45%) CREST Certified
8 5 (5.38%) SC Cleared
9 4 (4.30%) DV Cleared
10 3 (3.23%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (1.08%) CHECK Team Member
11 1 (1.08%) GCFA
11 1 (1.08%) GCFE
11 1 (1.08%) GCIH
11 1 (1.08%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (17.20%) COBIT
2 3 (3.23%) PCI DSS
2 3 (3.23%) SLA
3 1 (1.08%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (1.08%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.08%) GDPR
3 1 (1.08%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.08%) ISO 13485
3 1 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.08%) NIST
3 1 (1.08%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.15%) Docker
3 1 (1.08%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (18.28%) Ansible
2 10 (10.75%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.08%) Nmap
3 1 (1.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (22.58%) Microsoft
2 16 (17.20%) Alibaba
3 13 (13.98%) Google
4 3 (3.23%) Fortinet
4 3 (3.23%) LogRhythm
4 3 (3.23%) McAfee
5 2 (2.15%) Oracle