The first table below looks at the demand for Computer Forensics skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Computer Forensics over the 3 months to 19 June 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.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Forensics
Rank 819 856 798
Rank change year-on-year
+37 -58
Permanent jobs citing Computer Forensics 49 29 84
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.045% 0.024% 0.065%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.059% 0.032% 0.089%
Number of salaries quoted 42 21 59
Average salary £32,500 £34,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.41% -9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £82,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £34,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-11.76% -9.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
83034 90312 94559
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 76.23% 74.93% 73.66%
Number of salaries quoted 68153 76820 79397
Average salary £45,000 £47,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.25% -1.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%

Computer Forensics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Computer Forensics Jobs Demand Trend

Computer Forensics
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Computer Forensics within the UK.

Computer Forensics Salary Trend

Computer Forensics
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Computer Forensics over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 within the UK.

Computer Forensics Salary Histogram

Computer Forensics
Top 20 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Forensics within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +40 44 £32,500 -4.41% 2
South East - 27 £30,000 - 1
Buckinghamshire - 20 £30,000 -
Milton Keynes - 20 £30,000 -
Birmingham - 10 £45,000 -
West Midlands - 10 £45,000 -
London +23 5 £50,000 +17.64% 1
Hampshire - 4 £42,500 -
Southampton - 4 £42,500 -
City of London 0 3 £45,000 +50.00%
Berkshire - 3 £42,500 - 1
Scotland - 3 - -
Reading - 3 £42,500 - 1
Edinburgh - 2 - -
South West 0 1 £40,000 +17.64%
East of England - 1 - -
Glasgow - 1 - -
Bristol - 1 £40,000 -
Dunstable - 1 - -
Bedfordshire - 1 - -

Computer Forensics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Computer 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 Computer Forensics.

1 36 (46.15%) CISSP
2 33 (42.31%) Internet
3 31 (39.74%) SIEM
4 29 (37.18%) Linux
5 28 (35.90%) CCNA
5 28 (35.90%) Cisco Certification
5 28 (35.90%) Firewall
5 28 (35.90%) Intrusion Detection
6 27 (34.62%) Risk Management
6 27 (34.62%) Java
6 27 (34.62%) JavaScript
7 26 (33.33%) SQL
8 23 (29.49%) ACSA
8 23 (29.49%) Sentinel
9 22 (28.21%) Information Security
9 22 (28.21%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 22 (28.21%) Penetration Testing
9 22 (28.21%) Security Cleared
10 21 (26.92%) Management Information System
11 20 (25.64%) C#
11 20 (25.64%) C++
11 20 (25.64%) .NET
11 20 (25.64%) ASP.NET
11 20 (25.64%) Unit Testing
11 20 (25.64%) Agile Software Development
11 20 (25.64%) TDD
12 16 (20.51%) SC Cleared
13 13 (16.67%) Legal
13 13 (16.67%) Ethical Hacking
14 12 (15.38%) Windows

Computer Forensics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Computer 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 Computer Forensics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 20 (25.64%) .NET
1 20 (25.64%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.282%) MS Exchange
1 1 (1.282%) GroupWise
Applications
1 3 (3.846%) MS Office
2 1 (1.282%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 23 (29.49%) Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 33 (42.31%) Internet
2 28 (35.90%) Firewall
2 28 (35.90%) Intrusion Detection
3 11 (14.10%) TCP/IP
4 10 (12.82%) Network Security
5 5 (6.410%) DNS
5 5 (6.410%) Wireshark
5 5 (6.410%) tcpdump
6 4 (5.128%) HTTP
6 4 (5.128%) LDAP
6 4 (5.128%) LAN
6 4 (5.128%) WAN
6 4 (5.128%) SMTP
7 3 (3.846%) FTP
8 2 (2.564%) SSL
9 1 (1.282%) SNMP
9 1 (1.282%) DHCP
9 1 (1.282%) Wireless
9 1 (1.282%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.564%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (16.67%) Legal
2 9 (11.54%) Law
3 7 (8.974%) Finance
4 2 (2.564%) Banking
4 2 (2.564%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.282%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (1.282%) Marketing
5 1 (1.282%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.282%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 20 (25.64%) Software Developer
1 20 (25.64%) Developer
2 15 (19.23%) Analyst
3 14 (17.95%) Security Specialist
4 11 (14.10%) Security Engineer
5 9 (11.54%) Security Analyst
6 8 (10.26%) Consultant
7 6 (7.692%) Forensic Analyst
7 6 (7.692%) Security Consultant
8 5 (6.410%) Tester
8 5 (6.410%) IT Security Engineer
8 5 (6.410%) Penetration Tester
8 5 (6.410%) Information Security Consultant
9 3 (3.846%) Operations Analyst
9 3 (3.846%) Team Leader
9 3 (3.846%) Security Operations Analyst
10 2 (2.564%) Risk Consultant
10 2 (2.564%) Information Analyst
10 2 (2.564%) Information Security Analyst
10 2 (2.564%) Incident Manager
Miscellaneous
1 21 (26.92%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.128%) Cryptography
3 3 (3.846%) Computer Science
4 2 (2.564%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.282%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.282%) Smartcard
5 1 (1.282%) PKI
5 1 (1.282%) RMADS
5 1 (1.282%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 29 (37.18%) Linux
2 12 (15.38%) Windows
3 6 (7.692%) UNIX
4 4 (5.128%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (39.74%) SIEM
2 27 (34.62%) Risk Management
3 22 (28.21%) Information Security
3 22 (28.21%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 22 (28.21%) Penetration Testing
4 20 (25.64%) Unit Testing
4 20 (25.64%) Agile Software Development
4 20 (25.64%) TDD
5 13 (16.67%) Ethical Hacking
6 10 (12.82%) Security Testing
7 7 (8.974%) Incident Management
7 7 (8.974%) E-Discovery
7 7 (8.974%) Database Security
8 5 (6.410%) Data Security
8 5 (6.410%) Security Management
8 5 (6.410%) Digital Forensics
9 4 (5.128%) Change Control
9 4 (5.128%) Reverse Engineering
9 4 (5.128%) Business Continuity
9 4 (5.128%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 27 (34.62%) Java
1 27 (34.62%) JavaScript
2 26 (33.33%) SQL
3 20 (25.64%) C#
3 20 (25.64%) C++
4 5 (6.410%) VB
4 5 (6.410%) Perl
4 5 (6.410%) PHP
5 1 (1.282%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 36 (46.15%) CISSP
2 28 (35.90%) CCNA
2 28 (35.90%) Cisco Certification
3 23 (29.49%) ACSA
4 22 (28.21%) Security Cleared
5 16 (20.51%) SC Cleared
6 7 (8.974%) CISA
6 7 (8.974%) CISM
6 7 (8.974%) CEH
7 6 (7.692%) GIAC
7 6 (7.692%) Degree
8 5 (6.410%) GCIA
8 5 (6.410%) GCIH
8 5 (6.410%) DV Cleared
9 2 (2.564%) GPEN
10 1 (1.282%) GSNA
10 1 (1.282%) GCFA
10 1 (1.282%) GISP
10 1 (1.282%) GCED
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (5.128%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.564%) COBIT
3 2 (2.564%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (5.128%) Snort
Systems Management
1 2 (2.564%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 8 (10.26%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.128%) Sourcefire
3 3 (3.846%) Sun
4 2 (2.564%) Tufin
4 2 (2.564%) Qualys
4 2 (2.564%) Symantec
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To be successful in this role you will have the following background:- Demonstrable consultative and delivery skills in projects, work prioritisation and planning with the ability to analyse...
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