The first table below looks at the demand for Digital Forensics skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Digital Forensics over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the London region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Digital Forensics
Rank 595 635 626
Rank change year-on-year
+40 -9
Permanent jobs citing Digital Forensics 6 14 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.014% 0.026% 0.007%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.017% 0.033% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 5 13 4
Average salary £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.78% +5.55%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £52,500 -
% change year-on-year
-14.28% -
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
34991 42000 43488
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 79.52% 77.11% 76.15%
Number of salaries quoted 29032 36083 36312
Average salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
90% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Digital Forensics
England

Digital Forensics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Digital Forensics across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

London Digital Forensics Jobs Demand Trend

Digital Forensics
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Digital Forensics across the London region.

London Digital Forensics Salary Trend

Digital Forensics
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Digital Forensics across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London Digital Forensics Salary Histogram

Digital Forensics
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Forensics within the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London +19 2 £35,000 +40.00%
Digital Forensics
England

Digital Forensics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing Digital Forensics also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Digital Forensics.

1 8 (88.89%) EnCE
2 7 (77.78%) CISSP
3 5 (55.56%) Degree
4 4 (44.44%) GCFA
4 4 (44.44%) Digital Media
4 4 (44.44%) Windows
4 4 (44.44%) Linux
5 3 (33.33%) Shell Script
5 3 (33.33%) Wireshark
5 3 (33.33%) Data Protection
6 2 (22.22%) Project Management
6 2 (22.22%) Advertising
7 1 (11.11%) GCIA
7 1 (11.11%) GCIH
7 1 (11.11%) Firewall
7 1 (11.11%) IPsec
7 1 (11.11%) Law
7 1 (11.11%) OSPF
7 1 (11.11%) EIGRP
7 1 (11.11%) Internet
7 1 (11.11%) RIP
7 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
7 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
7 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
7 1 (11.11%) Reverse Engineering
7 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
7 1 (11.11%) PDA
7 1 (11.11%) ArcSight
7 1 (11.11%) SIEM
7 1 (11.11%) CFCE

Digital Forensics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing Digital Forensics also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Digital Forensics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Wireshark
2 1 (11.11%) Firewall
2 1 (11.11%) IPsec
2 1 (11.11%) OSPF
2 1 (11.11%) EIGRP
2 1 (11.11%) Internet
2 1 (11.11%) RIP
2 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (22.22%) Advertising
2 1 (11.11%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Consultant
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Forensic Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Digital Media
2 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
2 1 (11.11%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
1 4 (44.44%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
3 1 (11.11%) Reverse Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) SIEM
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Security
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) EnCE
2 7 (77.78%) CISSP
3 5 (55.56%) Degree
4 4 (44.44%) GCFA
5 1 (11.11%) GCIA
5 1 (11.11%) GCIH
5 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
5 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
5 1 (11.11%) CFCE
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) ArcSight
City, London
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Salary: From £30,000 to £65,000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013