Malware Analysis Jobs with Work from Home Options

Malware Analysis
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Malware Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Malware Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 575 599 885
Rank change year-on-year +24 +286 -300
Permanent jobs citing Malware Analysis 27 34 16
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.076% 0.091% 0.021%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.085% 0.094% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 13 21 14
10th Percentile £52,000 £63,750 -
25th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +68.67% -30.83%
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £77,250 - £73,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +16.67% +6.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,847 35,988 73,511
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.59% 96.02% 97.15%
Number of salaries quoted 23,766 25,695 42,040
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.73% +5.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Malware Analysis
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Malware Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Malware Analysis trend for jobs with a WFH option

Malware Analysis
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Malware Analysis.

Malware Analysis salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Malware Analysis
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Malware Analysis over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Malware Analysis salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Malware Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 13 (48.15%) SaaS
2 3 (11.11%) Azure
3 1 (3.70%) AWS
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (3.70%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 5 (18.52%) Firewall
2 2 (7.41%) Network Security
3 1 (3.70%) Internet
3 1 (3.70%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (3.70%) SSL
3 1 (3.70%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.70%) Wireless
3 1 (3.70%) Wireless Security
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Burp Suite
1 1 (3.70%) Metasploit
General
1 18 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 13 (48.15%) Military
3 2 (7.41%) Finance
4 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (66.67%) Analyst
2 13 (48.15%) Support Analyst
2 13 (48.15%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Security Engineer
3 6 (22.22%) Senior
4 5 (18.52%) Senior Security Engineer
4 5 (18.52%) SOC Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Security Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 1 (3.70%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.70%) IT Security Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Lead
6 1 (3.70%) Operations Team Leader
6 1 (3.70%) Penetration Tester
6 1 (3.70%) Security Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Team Leader
6 1 (3.70%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Cybercrime
1 5 (18.52%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (11.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 2 (7.41%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.70%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.70%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.70%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 18 (66.67%) Windows
2 14 (51.85%) Linux
2 14 (51.85%) Unix
3 13 (48.15%) Mac OS X
4 1 (3.70%) Kali Linux
4 1 (3.70%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (85.19%) Security Operations
2 22 (81.48%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (81.48%) Incident Response
3 21 (77.78%) Information Security
4 19 (70.37%) ITIL
5 14 (51.85%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 14 (51.85%) Threat Intelligence
6 13 (48.15%) Actionable Insight
6 13 (48.15%) Customer Service
6 13 (48.15%) DevOps
6 13 (48.15%) Incident Management
6 13 (48.15%) Open Source
6 13 (48.15%) Resource Management
6 13 (48.15%) Service Delivery
6 13 (48.15%) Situational Awareness
7 8 (29.63%) SIEM
8 5 (18.52%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (18.52%) Risk Management
9 4 (14.81%) Threat Detection
9 4 (14.81%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (3.70%) Bash
2 1 (3.70%) C#
2 1 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (62.96%) Degree
2 16 (59.26%) CISSP
3 15 (55.56%) GCIA
3 15 (55.56%) GCIH
4 13 (48.15%) CISM
4 13 (48.15%) GREM
5 3 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (7.41%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (7.41%) CREST Certified
6 2 (7.41%) GCED
6 2 (7.41%) GCFA
7 1 (3.70%) CHECK Team Member
7 1 (3.70%) ISACA
7 1 (3.70%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) NIST
1 4 (14.81%) PCI DSS
2 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (7.41%) ISO 31000
4 1 (3.70%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) QRadar
2 1 (3.70%) Nmap
Vendors
1 13 (48.15%) Dell
2 4 (14.81%) IBM
3 3 (11.11%) LogRhythm
3 3 (11.11%) McAfee
3 3 (11.11%) Splunk
4 2 (7.41%) Microsoft
5 1 (3.70%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (3.70%) Darktrace
5 1 (3.70%) Qualys
5 1 (3.70%) Tripwire
5 1 (3.70%) VMware