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

As of 2026-11-05, malware analysis appears in 493 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning malware analysis, with demand share up 15.9% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-11-05

Postings · last 90 days
493
Demand vs prior month
up 15.9% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 13.4% 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 493 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning malware analysis (13.4% of all postings mentioning malware analysis).

+What jobs require malware analysis?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning malware analysis are Incident Response Analyst (30.0% of that role’s postings mention malware analysis), Threat Analyst (25.0% of that role’s postings mention malware analysis), SOC Analyst (22.7% 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 2026-11-05), malware analysis most often appears alongside incident response, Python, Threat hunting, SIEM, threat intelligence.

+Where is malware analysis most in demand?

As of 2026-11-05, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring malware analysis are New York City, Livermore, Hyderabad, San Francisco, Boston, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new malware analysis content and jobs?

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning malware analysis alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new malware analysis content from your Skillenai account.

+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 analysisActive Directory → malware analysis: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairQRadar → malware analysis: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairServiceNow → malware analysis: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairVoIP → malware analysis: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS → 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 pairCrowdStrike Falcon → malware analysis: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairmalwareanalysisActive Directory: 3 movesActive Directory3 movesQRadar: 2 movesQRadar2 movesServiceNow: 2 movesServiceNow2 movesVoIP: 2 movesVoIP2 movesAWS: 2 movesAWS2 movesPenetration Testing: 2 movesPenetrationTesting2 movesASP.NET: 2 movesASP.NET2 movesCrowdStrike Falcon: 2 movesCrowdStrike Falcon2 moves

Skills after malware analysis

After malware analysismalware analysis → Vulnerability assessments: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairmalware analysis → SIEM: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairmalware analysis → NIST: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairmalware analysis → penetration tests: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairmalware analysis → SOPs: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairmalware analysis → threat analysis: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairmalware analysis → TrendMicro: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairmalware analysis → ServiceNow: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairmalwareanalysisVulnerability assessments: 2 movesVulnerabilityassessments2 movesSIEM: 2 movesSIEM2 movesNIST: 2 movesNIST2 movespenetration tests: 2 movespenetration tests2 movesSOPs: 2 movesSOPs2 movesthreat analysis: 2 movesthreat analysis2 movesTrendMicro: 1 movesTrendMicro1 movesServiceNow: 1 movesServiceNow1 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: Active Directory3
Before: QRadar2
Before: ServiceNow2
Before: VoIP2
Before: AWS2
Before: Penetration Testing2
Before: ASP.NET2
Before: CrowdStrike Falcon2
After: Vulnerability assessments2
After: SIEM2
After: NIST2
After: penetration tests2
After: SOPs2
After: threat analysis2
After: TrendMicro1
After: ServiceNow1

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
Incident Response Analyst630.0%
Threat Analyst625.0%
SOC Analyst522.7%
Security Research Engineer1322.4%
Security Researcher1214.1%
Security Platform Engineer412.9%
Cyber Security Analyst1711.9%
Vulnerability Research Engineer311.5%
Security Analyst4810.0%
Information Security Consultant48.3%

Roles with the most malware analysis postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Security Engineer6613.4%
Security Analyst489.7%
Software Engineer255.1%
Cybersecurity Analyst193.9%
Cyber Security Analyst173.4%
Information Security Analyst142.8%
Security Research Engineer132.6%
Security Researcher122.4%
Cybersecurity Engineer102.0%
Threat Researcher81.6%

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
CrowdStrike56
NetLimiter16
Anthropic15
Elastic13
LLNL13
Huntress9
Google9
SentinelOne9
Charles River Associates9
Apex-technology-inc5

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 City173.4%
Livermore132.6%
Hyderabad122.4%
San Francisco81.6%
Boston71.4%
Columbus71.4%
Los Angeles71.4%
Arlington61.2%
Seoul61.2%

Skills commonly paired with malware analysis

incident response (245)Python (235)Threat hunting (190)SIEM (188)threat intelligence (137)Linux (128)reverse engineering (117)EDR (110)digital forensics (106)Windows (105)

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How this was computed

Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05. 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: 0.2% 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 2,472 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 70% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-07-07 to 2026-10-05 and 2026-08-04 to 2026-11-02 (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
2026-11-05
window_days
90
Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index