GCFA Contracts in London

GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for GCFA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 350 389 486
Rank change year-on-year +39 +97 +108
Contract jobs citing GCFA 3 2 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.024% 0.011% 0.026%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.093% 0.047% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile - - £406
25th Percentile £313 - £535
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £400 £800
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% -50.00% +39.13%
75th Percentile £356 - £850
90th Percentile £368 - -
England median daily rate £338 £400 £588
% change year-on-year -15.63% -31.91% +2.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,210 4,292 5,821
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.58% 24.07% 21.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,169 2,903 3,919
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £653 £661 £688
90th Percentile £754 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 111 80
10th Percentile £19.20 £14.25 £19.94
25th Percentile £22.27 £20.74 £21.24
Median hourly rate £29.07 £26.00 £45.25
Median % change year-on-year +11.81% -42.54% +1.69%
75th Percentile £55.50 £43.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £69.72 £68.75 £82.55
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

GCFA
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for GCFA in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for GCFA in London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Case Management
3 1 (33.33%) Log Aggregation
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 3 (100.00%) GCIA
1 3 (100.00%) GCIH
1 3 (100.00%) GIAC
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) QRadar
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) LogRhythm
2 1 (33.33%) Splunk