GCFE Contracts in Berkshire

GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner (GCFE)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for GCFE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing GCFE 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.17% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.48% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £729 - -
25th Percentile £734 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £763 - -
75th Percentile £784 - -
90th Percentile £786 - -
South East median daily rate £763 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

GCFE 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 417 754 648
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 35.43% 43.94% 36.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 407 374
10th Percentile £327 £328 £280
25th Percentile £438 £459 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £608 £663 £622
90th Percentile £700 £738 £690
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 41
10th Percentile £26.43 £41.50 £24.50
25th Percentile £32.05 £56.66 £54.56
Median hourly rate £53.50 £63.29 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year -15.47% -2.14% +207.61%
75th Percentile £78.63 £85.97 £74.25
90th Percentile £88.87 £98.75 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £60.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% -4.42% +33.33%

GCFE
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for GCFE in Berkshire

GCFE
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 GCFE within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 28 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 - 2 £763 - 1
GCFE
South East

GCFE
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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Google Workspace
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Forensic Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) IoT
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Forensics
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 2 (100.00%) Document Management
1 2 (100.00%) E-Discovery
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (100.00%) CCSP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) GCFA
1 2 (100.00%) GCIH
1 2 (100.00%) GREM
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) EnCase
1 2 (100.00%) FTK
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 2 (100.00%) Darktrace
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft