The first table below looks at the demand for GCFA in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GCFA over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing GCFA 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -11.11%
All Qualifications
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1430 1255 1115
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 25.71% 23.76% 22.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1066 1043 922
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,225 £22,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
GCFA
England

GCFA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing GCFA across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Yorkshire GCFA Jobs Demand Trend

GCFA
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing GCFA across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire GCFA Salary Trend

GCFA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region citing GCFA 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 GCFA.

1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
1 4 (100.00%) SSCP
1 4 (100.00%) CEH
1 4 (100.00%) GCIH
1 4 (100.00%) GCED
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) GCIA
2 3 (75.00%) CISM
2 3 (75.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) Perl
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL
3 2 (50.00%) Python
3 2 (50.00%) PhD
3 2 (50.00%) Service Management
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security
3 2 (50.00%) Marketing
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 2 (50.00%) Performance Management
3 2 (50.00%) SIEM
3 2 (50.00%) Cyber Security
4 1 (25.00%) Q1 Labs
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Security
4 1 (25.00%) ArcSight
4 1 (25.00%) LogLogic
4 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (25.00%) Tripwire

GCFA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region citing GCFA 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 GCFA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Team Leader
1 2 (50.00%) Head of Service Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Operations Team Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Services Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Service Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Services Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) UNIX
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 2 (50.00%) SIEM
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Security
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Perl
1 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
1 4 (100.00%) SSCP
1 4 (100.00%) CEH
1 4 (100.00%) GCIH
1 4 (100.00%) GCED
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) GCIA
2 3 (75.00%) CISM
3 2 (50.00%) PhD
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Q1 Labs
1 1 (25.00%) ArcSight
1 1 (25.00%) LogLogic
1 1 (25.00%) Tripwire
1 1 (25.00%) HP
1 1 (25.00%) EMC
1 1 (25.00%) Novell
1 1 (25.00%) Symantec