Digital Forensics Jobs in the Midlands

Digital Forensics
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 250 317 347
Rank change year-on-year +67 +30 -59
Permanent jobs citing Digital Forensics 65 13 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.55% 0.14% 0.092%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.14% 0.097%
Number of salaries quoted 44 8 10
10th Percentile £26,125 £55,500 £40,600
25th Percentile £27,500 £66,563 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £70,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +47.37% -13.64%
75th Percentile - £75,625 £51,250
90th Percentile £64,148 £81,550 -
England median annual salary £42,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -39.29% +16.67% -4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,662 9,150 10,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.39% 96.57% 94.36%
Number of salaries quoted 7,138 4,622 6,981
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £34,834 £38,357 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +6.71%
75th Percentile £61,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,200 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Digital Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Forensics in the Midlands

Digital Forensics
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Digital Forensics in the Midlands

Digital Forensics
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Digital Forensics in the Midlands

Digital Forensics
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Forensics within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 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
West Midlands +75 58 £32,000 -54.29% 3
East Midlands -10 7 £61,439 +63.84%
Digital Forensics
England

Digital Forensics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.08%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.08%) DHCP
1 2 (3.08%) DNS
1 2 (3.08%) Firewall
1 2 (3.08%) NX-OS
1 2 (3.08%) TCP/IP
1 2 (3.08%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 2 (3.08%) GitLab
1 2 (3.08%) JIRA
General
1 20 (30.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 10 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 7 (10.77%) Police
4 6 (9.23%) Public Speaking
5 5 (7.69%) Legal
6 2 (3.08%) Local Government
7 1 (1.54%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.54%) Law
Job Titles
1 35 (53.85%) Analyst
1 35 (53.85%) Digital Analyst
1 35 (53.85%) Forensic Analyst
2 20 (30.77%) Data Scientist
3 5 (7.69%) Senior
4 2 (3.08%) Computer Scientist
4 2 (3.08%) Graduate
4 2 (3.08%) Graduate Analyst
4 2 (3.08%) Incident Engineer
4 2 (3.08%) Research Scientist
4 2 (3.08%) Security Engineer
4 2 (3.08%) Senior Security Engineer
5 1 (1.54%) Forensic Manager
5 1 (1.54%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (1.54%) Senior Digital Analyst
5 1 (1.54%) Technical Manager
5 1 (1.54%) Training Manager
Miscellaneous
1 20 (30.77%) Algorithms
2 5 (7.69%) Industry 4.0
2 5 (7.69%) SCADA
2 5 (7.69%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (3.08%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (3.08%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.08%) Digital Media
3 2 (3.08%) PKI
3 2 (3.08%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.15%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (50.77%) Mentoring
2 29 (44.62%) Cybersecurity
3 28 (43.08%) Computer Science
4 22 (33.85%) Data Analysis
5 20 (30.77%) Coaching
5 20 (30.77%) Data Science
5 20 (30.77%) Decision-Making
5 20 (30.77%) Mathematics
5 20 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (30.77%) Red Team
5 20 (30.77%) Statistical Modelling
6 16 (24.62%) Case Management
7 11 (16.92%) Forensic Analysis
8 9 (13.85%) Incident Response
9 6 (9.23%) Time Management
10 5 (7.69%) Artificial Intelligence
10 5 (7.69%) Cryptography
10 5 (7.69%) Gamification
10 5 (7.69%) Impact Assessments
10 5 (7.69%) Informatics
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.69%) Python
2 2 (3.08%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.08%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 47 (72.31%) Degree
2 10 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 6 (9.23%) Master's Degree
4 4 (6.15%) SANS
5 2 (3.08%) A+ Certification
5 2 (3.08%) AWS Certification
5 2 (3.08%) CCNA
5 2 (3.08%) CEH
5 2 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (3.08%) CISSP
5 2 (3.08%) GCFA
5 2 (3.08%) GCFE
5 2 (3.08%) GCIH
5 2 (3.08%) GREM
5 2 (3.08%) MCSE
5 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (3.08%) OSCP
5 2 (3.08%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.54%) CFCE
6 1 (1.54%) EnCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (27.69%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 16 (24.62%) ISO 9001
3 8 (12.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (7.69%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (3.08%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (21.54%) EnCase
2 2 (3.08%) CSIRT
2 2 (3.08%) FortiGate
2 2 (3.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (15.38%) Cellebrite
2 5 (7.69%) BT
3 2 (3.08%) Cisco
3 2 (3.08%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.08%) VMware