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malware analysis jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-30, malware analysis appears in 365 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning malware analysis, with demand share up 15.4% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
365
Demand vs prior month
up 15.4% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 11.5% of skill postings
Security Engineer
Top hiring metro
New York City

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Frequently asked questions about malware analysis

+Is malware analysis in demand in 2026?

Yes. malware analysis appears in 365 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning malware analysis (11.5% of all postings mentioning malware analysis).

+What jobs require malware analysis?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning malware analysis are Security Research Engineer (16.1% of that role’s postings mention malware analysis), Security Researcher (14.5% of that role’s postings mention malware analysis), Vulnerability Research Engineer (10.0% of that role’s postings mention malware analysis).

+What skills are commonly paired with malware analysis?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), malware analysis most often appears alongside Python, incident response, Threat hunting, SIEM, threat intelligence.

+Where is malware analysis most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring malware analysis are New York City, Hyderabad, San Francisco, Dublin, Livermore, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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+Which skills come before and after malware analysis?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring malware analysis — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around malware analysis

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before malware analysis

Before malware analysisAWS → malware analysis: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairPenetration Testing → malware analysis: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairASP.NET → malware analysis: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairActive Directory → malware analysis: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairXSS → malware analysis: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecurity audits → malware analysis: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairdata privacy → malware analysis: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairSASE models → malware analysis: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairmalwareanalysisAWS: 2 movesAWS2 movesPenetration Testing: 2 movesPenetrationTesting2 movesASP.NET: 2 movesASP.NET2 movesActive Directory: 2 movesActive Directory2 movesXSS: 1 movesXSS1 movessecurity audits: 1 movessecurity audits1 movesdata privacy: 1 movesdata privacy1 movesSASE models: 1 movesSASE models1 moves

Skills after malware analysis

After malware analysismalware analysis → penetration tests: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairmalware analysis → SOPs: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairmalware analysis → NIST: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairmalware analysis → threat analysis: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairmalware analysis → Vulnerability assessments: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairmalware analysis → AppSpider: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairmalware analysis → DLP: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairmalware analysis → Burp Suite Pro: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairmalwareanalysispenetration tests: 2 movespenetration tests2 movesSOPs: 2 movesSOPs2 movesNIST: 2 movesNIST2 movesthreat analysis: 2 movesthreat analysis2 movesVulnerability assessments: 2 movesVulnerabilityassessments2 movesAppSpider: 1 movesAppSpider1 movesDLP: 1 movesDLP1 movesBurp Suite Pro: 1 movesBurp Suite Pro1 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: AWS2
Before: Penetration Testing2
Before: ASP.NET2
Before: Active Directory2
Before: XSS1
Before: security audits1
Before: data privacy1
Before: SASE models1
After: penetration tests2
After: SOPs2
After: NIST2
After: threat analysis2
After: Vulnerability assessments2
After: AppSpider1
After: DLP1
After: Burp Suite Pro1

Roles most likely to require malware analysis

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Security Research Engineer916.1%
Security Researcher814.5%
Vulnerability Research Engineer210.0%
AI Security Researcher29.5%
Security Analyst328.4%
Cyber Security Analyst158.2%
Safeguards Enforcement Analyst27.4%
Security Engineering Manager46.9%
IT Security Analyst35.8%
Information Security Consultant25.7%

Roles with the most malware analysis postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Security Engineer4211.5%
Security Analyst328.8%
Cyber Security Analyst154.1%
Software Engineer154.1%
Information Security Analyst133.6%
Information Security Engineer92.5%
Security Research Engineer92.5%
Security Researcher82.2%
Cybersecurity Analyst71.9%
Threat Researcher71.9%

Top companies posting jobs requiring malware analysis

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring malware analysis
CompanyPostings · 90 days
CrowdStrike28
Anthropic17
NetLimiter10
Google9
Elastic8
SentinelOne8
Scale AI8
Huntress6
LLNL6
City of New York5

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for malware analysis

NamePostingsShare
New York City184.9%
Hyderabad113.0%
San Francisco92.5%
Dublin61.6%
Livermore61.6%
Tel Aviv61.6%
Annapolis51.4%
Arlington51.4%
Austin51.4%

Skills commonly paired with malware analysis

Python (163)incident response (154)Threat hunting (125)SIEM (122)threat intelligence (103)reverse engineering (85)Linux (81)Windows (73)digital forensics (64)EDR (61)

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning malware analysis by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s malware analysis postings by all malware analysis postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 0.1% to 0.2%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,595 identified employers and covers 68% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-31 and 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
entity_id
d381dfeff1392b4d
data_as_of
2026-09-30
window_days
90
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