GCFA Contracts in Berkshire

GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for GCFA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 - 111
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing GCFA 9 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.77% - 0.057%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.16% - 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £500 - -
25th Percentile £502 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile £688 - -
South East median daily rate £531 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

GCFA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Berkshire.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 417 750 653
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 35.46% 43.96% 36.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 404 378
10th Percentile £325 £327 £279
25th Percentile £438 £458 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £611 £663 £623
90th Percentile £700 £738 £694
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 66 42
10th Percentile £26.43 £41.50 £19.10
25th Percentile £32.05 £56.65 £50.94
Median hourly rate £53.50 £62.61 £63.84
Median % change year-on-year -14.55% -1.92% +203.63%
75th Percentile £78.63 £85.97 £74.19
90th Percentile £88.87 £98.75 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £26.65 £57.35 £60.00
% change year-on-year -53.53% -4.42% +33.33%

GCFA
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for GCFA in Berkshire

GCFA
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing GCFA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing GCFA

GCFA
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GCFA in Berkshire over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GCFA in Berkshire

GCFA
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GCFA within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 27 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading - 8 £513 - 1
Slough - 1 £550 - 1
GCFA
South East

GCFA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (11.11%) Google Workspace
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (11.11%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Network Security
General
1 4 (44.44%) Legal
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
4 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Analyst
1 5 (55.56%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Forensic Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) SIEM Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) SOC Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Management Information System
2 3 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (22.22%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 2 (22.22%) Security Posture
4 1 (11.11%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Linux
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Mac OS
2 1 (11.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 8 (88.89%) SIEM
2 8 (88.89%) Threat Intelligence
3 7 (77.78%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 6 (66.67%) Security Operations
5 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (55.56%) Forensic Analysis
6 4 (44.44%) Data Privacy
6 4 (44.44%) Malware Analysis
6 4 (44.44%) Risk Management
6 4 (44.44%) Threat Detection
7 3 (33.33%) Behavioural Analysis
7 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (33.33%) SOAR
7 3 (33.33%) Task Automation
8 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
8 2 (22.22%) Digital Forensics
8 2 (22.22%) Information Security
8 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
9 1 (11.11%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) Python
2 6 (66.67%) PowerShell
3 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
4 1 (11.11%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) GCIH
2 7 (77.78%) CISSP
2 7 (77.78%) GCIA
3 4 (44.44%) CFCE
4 3 (33.33%) GIAC
5 2 (22.22%) CEH
5 2 (22.22%) ECSA
5 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
6 1 (11.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (11.11%) CCSP
6 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (11.11%) CISM
6 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (11.11%) Degree
6 1 (11.11%) GCFE
6 1 (11.11%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) GDPR
1 5 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (55.56%) NIST
2 3 (33.33%) HIPAA
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (11.11%) EnCase
2 1 (11.11%) FTK
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
1 7 (77.78%) Splunk
2 6 (66.67%) CrowdStrike
3 4 (44.44%) ArcSight
3 4 (44.44%) LogRhythm
4 2 (22.22%) IBM
5 1 (11.11%) Darktrace
5 1 (11.11%) Intel