GCFA Jobs in the North West

GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for GCFA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 291 296 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Permanent jobs citing GCFA 2 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.021% 0.012% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.085% 0.036% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £47,675 - -
25th Percentile £48,688 £53,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,250 £57,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.13% - -
75th Percentile £57,688 £61,250 -
90th Percentile £59,825 - -
England median annual salary £62,500 £40,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +56.25% -52.94% +61.90%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

GCFA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,352 2,797 2,832
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 24.42% 34.80% 29.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,595 948 1,307
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £28,150
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,764 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,813 £65,225
90th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,810 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.86% +5.11% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing GCFA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for GCFA in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GCFA in the North West.

Salary trend for GCFA in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCFA within the North West region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
Manchester +35 1 £57,500 -
Lancashire - 1 £47,000 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
General
1 1 (50.00%) Games
1 1 (50.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Security Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Information Security Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (50.00%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Blue Team
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Forensic Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Offensive Security
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Purple Team
2 1 (50.00%) Red Team
2 1 (50.00%) Reverse Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Bash
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) GCIH
2 1 (50.00%) GCFE
2 1 (50.00%) GCIA
2 1 (50.00%) GIAC
2 1 (50.00%) OSCP
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft