GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for GCFA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 891 929 1197
Rank change year-on-year +38 +268 -301
Permanent jobs citing GCFA 11 43 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.011% 0.042% 0.020%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.040% 0.13% 0.076%
Number of salaries quoted 9 30 21
10th Percentile £52,400 - -
25th Percentile £58,750 £32,500 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £35,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +78.57% -58.82% +61.90%
75th Percentile £73,750 £40,000 £122,500
90th Percentile £83,500 £72,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £35,000 -
% change year-on-year +92.86% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,444 33,124 42,253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.69% 32.69% 26.93%
Number of salaries quoted 17,288 14,907 18,785
10th Percentile £28,374 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +1.01%

GCFA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for GCFA in the UK

GCFA
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for GCFA in the UK

GCFA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCFA over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for GCFA in the UK

GCFA
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCFA within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 +87 11 £62,500 +56.25% 5
UK excluding London -26 8 £67,500 +92.86% 1
North of England +46 3 £57,500 +64.29%
London - 3 £62,500 - 3
Work from Home +53 2 £62,500 +56.25% 3
North West +15 2 £52,250 -9.13%
West Midlands +10 2 £115,000 +64.29%
South East 0 2 £72,500 +45.00%
Midlands -14 2 £115,000 +64.29%
Yorkshire +81 1 £62,500 +78.57%
East of England +19 1 - - 1

GCFA
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) TCP/IP
1 3 (27.27%) Wireshark
2 1 (9.09%) LAN
2 1 (9.09%) SSL
2 1 (9.09%) WAN
General
1 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Legal
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Games
3 1 (9.09%) Military
3 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Consultant
3 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Security Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Security Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) Senior
4 2 (18.18%) Incident Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Lead
4 2 (18.18%) Security Consultant
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Security Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Information Security Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Information Security Consultant
5 1 (9.09%) Principal Consultant
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Information Security Consultant
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Security Consultant
5 1 (9.09%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (9.09%) Cyberattack
2 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (72.73%) Windows
2 4 (36.36%) Linux
3 1 (9.09%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Incident Response
2 9 (81.82%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (63.64%) Information Security
3 7 (63.64%) SIEM
4 4 (36.36%) Application Security
4 4 (36.36%) Threat Modelling
5 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (27.27%) DevOps
5 3 (27.27%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 3 (27.27%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (27.27%) Risk Analysis
5 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
5 3 (27.27%) Security Operations
5 3 (27.27%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (18.18%) Digital Forensics
6 2 (18.18%) ITIL
6 2 (18.18%) OWASP
6 2 (18.18%) Reverse Engineering
6 2 (18.18%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) Python
2 2 (18.18%) Bash
2 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) GCIH
2 7 (63.64%) CISSP
3 6 (54.55%) GCFE
4 5 (45.45%) GCIA
4 5 (45.45%) OSCP
5 4 (36.36%) GREM
6 3 (27.27%) SANS
7 2 (18.18%) CEH
7 2 (18.18%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (18.18%) GCED
7 2 (18.18%) GIAC
7 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
7 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
8 1 (9.09%) CASP
8 1 (9.09%) CISM
8 1 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (9.09%) CRISC
8 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) NIST
2 2 (18.18%) ISO 31000
2 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (9.09%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (9.09%) COBIT
3 1 (9.09%) NCSC
3 1 (9.09%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) CSIRT
1 2 (18.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) IBM
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
1 2 (18.18%) Splunk
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco
2 1 (9.09%) VMware