Digital Forensics Jobs with Work from Home Options

Digital Forensics
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 569 619 768
Rank change year-on-year +50 +149 -219
Permanent jobs citing Digital Forensics 22 50 74
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.065% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.071% 0.12% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 13 34 38
10th Percentile £59,000 £35,333 £36,600
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,875 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +12.50% +2.13%
75th Percentile £81,250 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £124,250 £78,750 £76,500
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
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,987 41,089 65,497
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.64% 96.07% 96.93%
Number of salaries quoted 23,565 28,569 41,256
10th Percentile £33,944 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Digital Forensics
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Digital Forensics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Digital Forensics trend for jobs with a WFH option

Digital Forensics
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Digital Forensics.

Digital Forensics salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Digital Forensics
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Digital Forensics over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Digital Forensics salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Digital Forensics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (27.27%) SAS
2 3 (13.64%) Exchange Server 2013
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (27.27%) SPSS
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Relativity
2 1 (4.55%) Ringtail
2 1 (4.55%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 14 (63.64%) Azure
1 14 (63.64%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (18.18%) AWS
3 3 (13.64%) Dropbox
3 3 (13.64%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (13.64%) Rubrik
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (4.55%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 6 (27.27%) Firewall
2 4 (18.18%) Network Security
3 3 (13.64%) DNS
3 3 (13.64%) Fibre Channel
3 3 (13.64%) Internet
3 3 (13.64%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (13.64%) iSCSI
3 3 (13.64%) LAN
3 3 (13.64%) SAN
3 3 (13.64%) VoIP
3 3 (13.64%) WAN
3 3 (13.64%) WebEx
4 1 (4.55%) SSL
4 1 (4.55%) tcpdump
4 1 (4.55%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (27.27%) Big Data
1 6 (27.27%) EDRMS
2 3 (13.64%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.55%) Relational Database
General
1 9 (40.91%) Legal
2 7 (31.82%) Finance
2 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
3 6 (27.27%) Law
3 6 (27.27%) Marketing
4 3 (13.64%) Advertising
5 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Senior
2 4 (18.18%) IT Manager
2 4 (18.18%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Data Manager
3 3 (13.64%) Data Protection Manager
3 3 (13.64%) IT Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) IT Support
3 3 (13.64%) IT Support Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Support Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Consultant
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Consultant
4 2 (9.09%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 1 (4.55%) E-Discovery Manager
5 1 (4.55%) IT Security Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Cybercrime
2 3 (13.64%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (13.64%) Data Centre
2 3 (13.64%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (13.64%) Marketing Technology
2 3 (13.64%) Onboarding
2 3 (13.64%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (9.09%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (4.55%) CSOC
4 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.55%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (4.55%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (50.00%) Windows
2 10 (45.45%) Windows Server
3 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (9.09%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Information Security
2 7 (31.82%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (31.82%) Data Governance
3 6 (27.27%) Analytics
3 6 (27.27%) Anti-Money Laundering
3 6 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (27.27%) Data Analytics
3 6 (27.27%) E-Discovery
3 6 (27.27%) Electronic Discovery Reference Model
3 6 (27.27%) Fintech
3 6 (27.27%) SDLC
4 5 (22.73%) Incident Response
4 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (13.64%) Data Privacy
5 3 (13.64%) Due Diligence
5 3 (13.64%) Inventory Management
5 3 (13.64%) Risk Management
5 3 (13.64%) Security Architecture
5 3 (13.64%) Security Management
5 3 (13.64%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) Python
2 3 (13.64%) SQL
3 2 (9.09%) Bash
3 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (54.55%) Degree
2 3 (13.64%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (13.64%) Master's Degree
2 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
3 2 (9.09%) CREST Certified
4 1 (4.55%) CEH
4 1 (4.55%) CISSP
4 1 (4.55%) GCIA
4 1 (4.55%) GCIH
4 1 (4.55%) GSEC
4 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (18.18%) NIST
1 4 (18.18%) PCI DSS
2 3 (13.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 3 (13.64%) GDPR
System Software
1 10 (45.45%) Active Directory
2 4 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (13.64%) vSphere
4 1 (4.55%) Snort
Vendors
1 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
2 7 (31.82%) Cisco
3 4 (18.18%) VMware
4 3 (13.64%) 3PAR
4 3 (13.64%) Mitel
4 3 (13.64%) ShoreTel
5 1 (4.55%) Darktrace
5 1 (4.55%) Nuix
5 1 (4.55%) Recommind
5 1 (4.55%) Tripwire