GCFA Contracts in England

GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for GCFA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 491 559 608
Rank change year-on-year +68 +49 +176
Contract jobs citing GCFA 12 1 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.044% 0.003% 0.049%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.14% 0.009% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 9
10th Percentile £313 - £464
25th Percentile £325 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £550
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -27.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £550 - £628
90th Percentile £618 - £850
UK median daily rate £500 £400 £550
% change year-on-year +25.00% -27.27% -4.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8,415 11,077 12,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.92% 30.63% 27.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,307 6,943 8,560
10th Percentile £288 £313 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +3.48%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £716 £738 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 605 941 633
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.25 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.25 £23.00
Median hourly rate £27.13 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.92% -21.82% +32.53%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £77.50 £81.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £56.29
% change year-on-year -40.82% -24.50% +26.49%

GCFA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for GCFA in England

GCFA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GCFA in England.

Daily rate trend for GCFA in England

GCFA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GCFA in England over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GCFA in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GCFA within the England region over the 6 months to 17 July 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East - 8 £513 - 2
London +36 4 £338 -15.63% 4
GCFA
UK

GCFA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 6 (50.00%) Azure
2 5 (41.67%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (16.67%) AWS
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (8.33%) GCP
4 1 (8.33%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (8.33%) Network Security
General
1 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Legal
3 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Analyst
1 8 (66.67%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Security Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) SIEM Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) SIEM Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) SOC Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (41.67%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (33.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 3 (25.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (16.67%) Security Posture
6 1 (8.33%) STIX
6 1 (8.33%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Linux
1 5 (41.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 12 (100.00%) SIEM
1 12 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 9 (75.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 9 (75.00%) Security Operations
3 8 (66.67%) Threat Detection
4 5 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (41.67%) Forensic Analysis
4 5 (41.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (33.33%) Data Privacy
5 4 (33.33%) Digital Forensics
5 4 (33.33%) Malware Analysis
5 4 (33.33%) Risk Management
5 4 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
5 4 (33.33%) SOAR
6 3 (25.00%) Behavioural Analysis
6 3 (25.00%) Task Automation
6 3 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
7 2 (16.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) Python
2 10 (83.33%) PowerShell
3 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 2 (16.67%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) GCIH
2 11 (91.67%) GCIA
3 7 (58.33%) CISSP
4 6 (50.00%) GIAC
5 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
6 4 (33.33%) CFCE
6 4 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
8 2 (16.67%) CEH
8 2 (16.67%) ECSA
9 1 (8.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) NIST
2 5 (41.67%) GDPR
2 5 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (25.00%) HIPAA
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (8.33%) QRadar
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 8 (66.67%) Splunk
3 5 (41.67%) CrowdStrike
3 5 (41.67%) LogRhythm
4 4 (33.33%) ArcSight
5 2 (16.67%) IBM
6 1 (8.33%) Intel