Digital Forensics Jobs in the UK excluding London

Digital Forensics
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 542 714 759
Rank change year-on-year +172 +45 -99
Permanent jobs citing Digital Forensics 218 48 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.31% 0.078% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.082% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 81 32 50
10th Percentile £25,750 £41,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £53,438 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £67,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -48.15% +42.11% -13.64%
75th Percentile £41,825 £72,500 £59,063
90th Percentile £45,028 £75,000 £82,625
UK median annual salary £40,553 £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -42.07% +21.74% -8.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,303 58,729 66,662
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.44% 95.63% 94.06%
Number of salaries quoted 41,097 30,137 41,486
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Digital Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Forensics in the UK excluding London

Digital Forensics
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Digital Forensics in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Digital Forensics in the UK excluding London

Digital Forensics
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Forensics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Digital Forensics in the UK excluding London

Digital Forensics
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Forensics within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 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
South East +98 103 £80,000 +16.36% 1
Midlands +66 66 £35,000 -50.00% 2
West Midlands +80 59 £31,250 -55.36% 2
Wales +38 30 £40,000 - 1
South West - 13 £40,482 - 2
East Midlands -11 7 £61,439 +17.03%
North of England +26 6 £42,500 -37.04% 23
North West +4 6 £42,500 -29.75% 19
Digital Forensics
UK

Digital Forensics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 6 (2.75%) AWS
1 6 (2.75%) Azure
1 6 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (0.92%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (0.46%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.21%) Firewall
2 4 (1.83%) Network Security
3 3 (1.38%) Wireshark
4 2 (0.92%) DHCP
4 2 (0.92%) DNS
4 2 (0.92%) NX-OS
4 2 (0.92%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.46%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.46%) SSL
5 1 (0.46%) tcpdump
Development Applications
1 2 (0.92%) GitLab
1 2 (0.92%) JIRA
General
1 124 (56.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 32 (14.68%) Police
3 14 (6.42%) Social Skills
4 11 (5.05%) Aerospace
5 7 (3.21%) Law
6 6 (2.75%) Public Speaking
7 5 (2.29%) Legal
8 4 (1.83%) Local Government
9 3 (1.38%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (1.38%) Electronics
10 2 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.92%) Retail
11 1 (0.46%) Finance
Job Titles
1 122 (55.96%) Data Scientist
2 52 (23.85%) Analyst
3 49 (22.48%) Digital Analyst
3 49 (22.48%) Forensic Analyst
4 18 (8.26%) Senior
5 17 (7.80%) Project Manager
6 12 (5.50%) Computer Scientist
6 12 (5.50%) Research Scientist
7 11 (5.05%) Forensic Manager
8 7 (3.21%) Digital Project Manager
9 6 (2.75%) Graduate
9 6 (2.75%) Graduate Analyst
10 4 (1.83%) Project Quality Manager
11 3 (1.38%) Business Continuity Manager
11 3 (1.38%) Business Continuity Project Manager
11 3 (1.38%) Forensic Investigator
11 3 (1.38%) Incident Engineer
11 3 (1.38%) Risk Manager
11 3 (1.38%) Risk Project Manager
11 3 (1.38%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 122 (55.96%) Algorithms
2 13 (5.96%) Cyber Defence
3 11 (5.05%) Operational Technology
4 7 (3.21%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (2.75%) Security Operations Centre
6 5 (2.29%) Industry 4.0
6 5 (2.29%) SCADA
7 3 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.92%) Cybercrime
8 2 (0.92%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.92%) Digital Media
8 2 (0.92%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.92%) PKI
8 2 (0.92%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.46%) CSOC
9 1 (0.46%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.46%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.46%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.26%) Windows
2 11 (5.05%) Linux
3 2 (0.92%) Unix
3 2 (0.92%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (68.35%) Cybersecurity
2 144 (66.06%) Mentoring
3 134 (61.47%) Computer Science
4 126 (57.80%) Decision-Making
5 124 (56.88%) Coaching
5 124 (56.88%) Data Analysis
6 123 (56.42%) Problem-Solving
7 122 (55.96%) Data Science
7 122 (55.96%) Mathematics
7 122 (55.96%) Red Team
7 122 (55.96%) Statistical Modelling
8 20 (9.17%) Case Management
9 17 (7.80%) Forensic Analysis
10 16 (7.34%) Project Management
11 14 (6.42%) Incident Response
11 14 (6.42%) Project Planning
11 14 (6.42%) Target Operating Model
12 13 (5.96%) Penetration Testing
13 12 (5.50%) Malware Analysis
14 11 (5.05%) OSINT
Programming Languages
1 18 (8.26%) Python
2 13 (5.96%) Bash
3 5 (2.29%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.92%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 156 (71.56%) Degree
2 15 (6.88%) Security Cleared
3 9 (4.13%) Master's Degree
4 5 (2.29%) SC Cleared
5 4 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (1.83%) SANS
6 3 (1.38%) CEH
6 3 (1.38%) CISSP
6 3 (1.38%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (1.38%) GCIH
7 2 (0.92%) A+ Certification
7 2 (0.92%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.92%) CCIE
7 2 (0.92%) CREST Certified
7 2 (0.92%) GCFA
7 2 (0.92%) GCFE
7 2 (0.92%) GREM
7 2 (0.92%) MCSE
7 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.92%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (10.09%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 16 (7.34%) ISO 9001
3 13 (5.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.29%) NCSC
5 4 (1.83%) NIST
5 4 (1.83%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.92%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
System Software
1 3 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.92%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.92%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.92%) vSphere
3 1 (0.46%) Snort
Systems Management
1 15 (6.88%) EnCase
2 2 (0.92%) CSIRT
2 2 (0.92%) FortiGate
2 2 (0.92%) Terraform
3 1 (0.46%) FTK
Vendors
1 11 (5.05%) Cellebrite
2 6 (2.75%) Microsoft
3 5 (2.29%) BT
3 5 (2.29%) VMware
4 4 (1.83%) Cisco
5 3 (1.38%) Spotify
6 2 (0.92%) Veeam
7 1 (0.46%) Darktrace
7 1 (0.46%) Nuix
7 1 (0.46%) Tripwire