Digital Forensics Jobs in the South East

Digital Forensics
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 302 393 468
Rank change year-on-year +91 +75 -100
Permanent jobs citing Digital Forensics 103 16 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.62% 0.11% 0.066%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.11% 0.070%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 9
10th Percentile - £55,000 £56,500
25th Percentile - £58,125 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £68,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.36% -1.79% +55.56%
75th Percentile - £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile - £73,750 £89,400
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
South East

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 South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,047 14,389 18,513
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 85.01% 94.53% 94.32%
Number of salaries quoted 9,909 8,366 12,181
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,265 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +7.84%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Forensics in the South East

Digital Forensics
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Digital Forensics in the South East

Digital Forensics
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Forensics within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 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
Thames Valley +97 102 - -
Buckinghamshire +73 102 - -
Surrey - 1 £80,000 - 1
Digital Forensics
England

Digital Forensics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (0.97%) AWS
1 1 (0.97%) Azure
1 1 (0.97%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (0.97%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.97%) Network Security
1 1 (0.97%) SSL
General
1 102 (99.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (0.97%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (0.97%) Finance
2 1 (0.97%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 102 (99.03%) Data Scientist
2 10 (9.71%) Computer Scientist
2 10 (9.71%) Research Scientist
3 1 (0.97%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (0.97%) IT Manager
3 1 (0.97%) IT Security Manager
3 1 (0.97%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 102 (99.03%) Algorithms
2 1 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (0.97%) Management Information System
2 1 (0.97%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.97%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 102 (99.03%) Coaching
2 102 (99.03%) Computer Science
2 102 (99.03%) Data Analysis
2 102 (99.03%) Data Science
2 102 (99.03%) Decision-Making
2 102 (99.03%) Mathematics
2 102 (99.03%) Mentoring
2 102 (99.03%) Problem-Solving
2 102 (99.03%) Red Team
2 102 (99.03%) Statistical Modelling
3 1 (0.97%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (0.97%) Email Filtering
3 1 (0.97%) Incident Response
3 1 (0.97%) Malware Analysis
3 1 (0.97%) Malware Detection/Protection
3 1 (0.97%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (0.97%) Security Operations
3 1 (0.97%) Threat Detection
3 1 (0.97%) Threat Management
Qualifications
1 102 (99.03%) Degree
2 1 (0.97%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (0.97%) NIST
1 1 (0.97%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (0.97%) Darktrace
1 1 (0.97%) Microsoft
1 1 (0.97%) Tripwire
1 1 (0.97%) VMware