Digital Forensics Jobs in England

Digital Forensics
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Digital Forensics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Digital Forensics over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 598 882 1020
Rank change year-on-year +284 +138 -199
Permanent jobs citing Digital Forensics 236 54 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.28% 0.060% 0.088%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.063% 0.092%
Number of salaries quoted 82 42 82
10th Percentile £27,500 £51,950 £35,068
25th Percentile £31,250 £63,750 £43,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,491 £70,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -40.73% +23.89% -9.60%
75th Percentile £78,222 £87,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £91,000 £88,625
UK median annual salary £40,517 £70,000 £51,937
% change year-on-year -42.12% +34.78% -16.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Digital Forensics 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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,254 86,133 128,419
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.46% 95.62% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 53,821 51,154 73,474
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,410 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Digital Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Digital Forensics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Forensics in England

Digital Forensics
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Digital Forensics in England.

Salary trend for Digital Forensics in England

Digital Forensics
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Forensics in England over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Digital Forensics in England

Digital Forensics
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Forensics within the England region over the 6 months to 13 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +102 104 £80,000 +16.36% 1
Midlands +54 68 £35,000 -50.00% 8
West Midlands +69 61 £33,500 -52.14% 4
London +140 44 £80,000 -5.88% 4
South West - 13 £40,482 - 2
North of England +48 7 £41,250 -38.89% 7
North West +4 7 £41,250 -22.90% 4
East Midlands -3 7 £61,439 +63.84% 4
Digital Forensics
UK

Digital Forensics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 15 (6.36%) SAS
2 5 (2.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.27%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 15 (6.36%) SPSS
2 2 (0.85%) Adobe After Effects
2 2 (0.85%) Adobe Premiere
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.85%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.69%) Relativity
2 2 (0.85%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 1 (0.42%) Ringtail
Cloud Services
1 22 (9.32%) Azure
2 17 (7.20%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (4.66%) Dropbox
4 6 (2.54%) AWS
5 5 (2.12%) Mimecast
6 4 (1.69%) SaaS
7 3 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.27%) PaaS
7 3 (1.27%) Rubrik
8 2 (0.85%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.42%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.42%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.24%) Firewall
2 5 (2.12%) DNS
2 5 (2.12%) Network Security
3 4 (1.69%) DKIM
3 4 (1.69%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (1.27%) Fibre Channel
4 3 (1.27%) Internet
4 3 (1.27%) iSCSI
4 3 (1.27%) LAN
4 3 (1.27%) SAN
4 3 (1.27%) VoIP
4 3 (1.27%) WAN
4 3 (1.27%) WebEx
4 3 (1.27%) Wireshark
5 2 (0.85%) DHCP
5 2 (0.85%) NX-OS
5 2 (0.85%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.42%) SSL
6 1 (0.42%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.36%) Big Data
1 15 (6.36%) EDRMS
2 3 (1.27%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.85%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.42%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (0.85%) GitLab
1 2 (0.85%) JIRA
General
1 124 (52.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 33 (13.98%) Social Skills
3 23 (9.75%) Legal
4 20 (8.47%) Finance
5 17 (7.20%) Law
6 15 (6.36%) Police
7 11 (4.66%) Aerospace
8 7 (2.97%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (2.54%) Marketing
9 6 (2.54%) Public Speaking
10 4 (1.69%) Local Government
11 3 (1.27%) Advertising
11 3 (1.27%) Military
11 3 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.85%) Retail
13 1 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 122 (51.69%) Data Scientist
2 44 (18.64%) Analyst
3 36 (15.25%) Digital Analyst
3 36 (15.25%) Forensic Analyst
4 23 (9.75%) Senior
5 12 (5.08%) Computer Scientist
5 12 (5.08%) Research Scientist
6 9 (3.81%) Incident Manager
6 9 (3.81%) Security Engineer
7 8 (3.39%) Forensic Manager
8 4 (1.69%) Forensic Investigator
8 4 (1.69%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (1.69%) Senior Security Engineer
9 3 (1.27%) Business Manager
9 3 (1.27%) Data Manager
9 3 (1.27%) Incident Engineer
9 3 (1.27%) IT Support
9 3 (1.27%) IT Support Engineer
9 3 (1.27%) Support Engineer
9 3 (1.27%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 122 (51.69%) Algorithms
2 17 (7.20%) Cybercrime
3 13 (5.51%) Cyber Defence
4 11 (4.66%) Operational Technology
5 9 (3.81%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (2.54%) Security Operations Centre
7 5 (2.12%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.12%) Industry 4.0
7 5 (2.12%) SCADA
8 4 (1.69%) Taxonomies
9 3 (1.27%) Blog
9 3 (1.27%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.27%) Marketing Technology
9 3 (1.27%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.85%) Digital Media
10 2 (0.85%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.85%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (11.02%) Windows
2 11 (4.66%) Linux
3 8 (3.39%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (70.34%) Cybersecurity
2 137 (58.05%) Mentoring
3 134 (56.78%) Computer Science
4 131 (55.51%) Data Analysis
5 129 (54.66%) Decision-Making
6 124 (52.54%) Coaching
6 124 (52.54%) Problem-Solving
7 122 (51.69%) Data Science
7 122 (51.69%) Mathematics
7 122 (51.69%) Red Team
7 122 (51.69%) Statistical Modelling
8 27 (11.44%) Information Security
9 25 (10.59%) Incident Response
10 21 (8.90%) E-Discovery
11 19 (8.05%) Forensic Analysis
11 19 (8.05%) Penetration Testing
12 17 (7.20%) Analytics
12 17 (7.20%) Case Management
13 15 (6.36%) Electronic Discovery Reference Model
13 15 (6.36%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 20 (8.47%) Python
2 13 (5.51%) Bash
3 6 (2.54%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.69%) SQL
5 2 (0.85%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.42%) C#
6 1 (0.42%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 181 (76.69%) Degree
2 15 (6.36%) Security Cleared
3 9 (3.81%) Master's Degree
4 7 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (2.54%) CEH
6 5 (2.12%) CISSP
6 5 (2.12%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.69%) SANS
8 3 (1.27%) CCNA
8 3 (1.27%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (1.27%) GCIH
8 3 (1.27%) GSEC
8 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.85%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.85%) CCIE
9 2 (0.85%) CCNP
9 2 (0.85%) CCSP
9 2 (0.85%) GCFA
9 2 (0.85%) GCFE
9 2 (0.85%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.32%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 17 (7.20%) ISO 9001
3 14 (5.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.12%) NCSC
5 4 (1.69%) NIST
5 4 (1.69%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (1.27%) GDPR
7 2 (0.85%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
System Software
1 10 (4.24%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.12%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (2.12%) vSphere
4 2 (0.85%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.42%) Snort
Systems Management
1 15 (6.36%) EnCase
2 5 (2.12%) CASB
2 5 (2.12%) QRadar
3 4 (1.69%) DatAdvantage
4 2 (0.85%) CSIRT
4 2 (0.85%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.85%) Terraform
5 1 (0.42%) FTK
Vendors
1 22 (9.32%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.08%) Cisco
3 11 (4.66%) Cellebrite
4 8 (3.39%) VMware
5 5 (2.12%) BT
5 5 (2.12%) Darktrace
5 5 (2.12%) Kenna
5 5 (2.12%) Rapid7
6 4 (1.69%) Intapp
6 4 (1.69%) Varonis
7 3 (1.27%) 3PAR
7 3 (1.27%) Mitel
7 3 (1.27%) Nuix
7 3 (1.27%) ShoreTel
7 3 (1.27%) Spotify
8 2 (0.85%) Adobe
8 2 (0.85%) Recommind
8 2 (0.85%) Veeam
9 1 (0.42%) IBM
9 1 (0.42%) Qualys