Forensic Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Forensic Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Forensic Analysis over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 843 933 1176
Rank change year-on-year +90 +243 -278
Permanent jobs citing Forensic Analysis 34 45 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.035% 0.043% 0.031%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.040% 0.045% 0.033%
Number of salaries quoted 28 30 39
10th Percentile £27,350 £51,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £29,063 £65,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £77,500 £51,579
Median % change year-on-year -52.90% +50.25% -8.30%
75th Percentile £67,000 £99,688 £56,159
90th Percentile £79,355 £135,693 £88,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -44.35% +15.00% -9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Forensic Analysis 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,683 99,249 149,267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.94% 95.61% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,831 58,284 83,142
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,182 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Forensic Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Forensic Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Forensic Analysis in the UK

Forensic Analysis
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Forensic Analysis.

Salary trend for Forensic Analysis in the UK

Forensic Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Forensic Analysis over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Forensic Analysis in the UK

Forensic Analysis
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Forensic Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England +80 31 £40,482 -47.77% 6
UK excluding London +6 23 £32,000 -44.35% 3
West Midlands +36 12 £29,500 -34.44% 1
Midlands +17 12 £29,500 -34.44% 1
London +110 11 £67,000 -13.55% 3
Work from Home +71 6 £67,000 -23.43% 2
Wales +14 3 £33,000 -
North of England +42 2 £48,750 -8.88% 2
South East +20 2 £50,000 -25.93%
North West +4 2 £48,750 -8.88% 2
South West -27 2 £40,482 -65.63%
East of England - 2 - -

Forensic Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (5.88%) Adobe After Effects
1 2 (5.88%) Adobe Premiere
1 2 (5.88%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.82%) Azure
1 3 (8.82%) IaaS
1 3 (8.82%) PaaS
2 1 (2.94%) Azure AKS
2 1 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.94%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (2.94%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (17.65%) Firewall
1 6 (17.65%) Intrusion Detection
2 4 (11.76%) Network Security
2 4 (11.76%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Git
1 3 (8.82%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.94%) Gatling
2 1 (2.94%) JUnit
2 1 (2.94%) LoadRunner
2 1 (2.94%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 15 (44.12%) Social Skills
2 9 (26.47%) Police
3 7 (20.59%) Finance
4 6 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (17.65%) Presentation Skills
4 6 (17.65%) Public Speaking
5 4 (11.76%) Local Government
6 3 (8.82%) Banking
6 3 (8.82%) Electronics
6 3 (8.82%) Legal
7 2 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (5.88%) Law
7 2 (5.88%) Manufacturing
7 2 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (5.88%) Retail
8 1 (2.94%) Games
Job Titles
1 15 (44.12%) Analyst
2 14 (41.18%) Digital Analyst
2 14 (41.18%) Forensic Analyst
3 4 (11.76%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
3 4 (11.76%) Cyber Threat Specialist
3 4 (11.76%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
4 3 (8.82%) DevOps Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Forensic Investigator
4 3 (8.82%) Lead
4 3 (8.82%) Lead DevOps
4 3 (8.82%) Lead DevOps Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Business Development Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Business Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Development Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Graduate
5 2 (5.88%) Graduate Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Incident Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Security Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) HTML
2 1 (2.94%) ARM Templates
2 1 (2.94%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 8 (23.53%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (11.76%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (8.82%) Algorithms
4 2 (5.88%) Biopharmaceutical
4 2 (5.88%) CCTV
4 2 (5.88%) Cybercrime
4 2 (5.88%) Driving Licence
4 2 (5.88%) Life Science
4 2 (5.88%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.88%) Video Editing
4 2 (5.88%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.94%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (2.94%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.82%) Windows
2 2 (5.88%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.94%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (61.76%) Digital Forensics
2 14 (41.18%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (32.35%) Incident Response
4 10 (29.41%) Decision-Making
5 8 (23.53%) Case Management
5 8 (23.53%) Mentoring
6 7 (20.59%) Computer Science
6 7 (20.59%) Data Protection
6 7 (20.59%) Time Management
7 5 (14.71%) Security Operations
8 4 (11.76%) Actionable Insight
8 4 (11.76%) Cyber Intelligence
8 4 (11.76%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 4 (11.76%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 4 (11.76%) Network Management
8 4 (11.76%) Network Packet Analysis
8 4 (11.76%) Security Monitoring
8 4 (11.76%) SIEM
8 4 (11.76%) Threat Detection
8 4 (11.76%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.82%) Python
2 2 (5.88%) Bash
2 2 (5.88%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.94%) Go
3 1 (2.94%) Groovy
3 1 (2.94%) Java
3 1 (2.94%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.94%) Scala
Qualifications
1 19 (55.88%) Degree
2 6 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (17.65%) CISSP
3 4 (11.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 4 (11.76%) CCSP
3 4 (11.76%) CRISC
3 4 (11.76%) GIAC
4 3 (8.82%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (8.82%) Master's Degree
4 3 (8.82%) Security Cleared
5 2 (5.88%) CCIE
5 2 (5.88%) CCNP
5 2 (5.88%) PhD
5 2 (5.88%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.94%) CFCE
6 1 (2.94%) CISM
6 1 (2.94%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (2.94%) GCFA
6 1 (2.94%) GCIH
6 1 (2.94%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (47.06%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 10 (29.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (23.53%) ISO 9001
4 5 (14.71%) NIST
5 2 (5.88%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
6 1 (2.94%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.94%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 7 (20.59%) EnCase
2 3 (8.82%) Istio
2 3 (8.82%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.94%) FTK
Vendors
1 2 (5.88%) Adobe
1 2 (5.88%) Cellebrite
1 2 (5.88%) Cisco
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.94%) Dynatrace
2 1 (2.94%) Nuix
2 1 (2.94%) Spotify