GCFA Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside with a requirement for GCFA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GCFA 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.29% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.96% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £650 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £700 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 51 55 82
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 14.96% 31.79% 36.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 33 33
10th Percentile £154 £171 £166
25th Percentile £186 £213 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £523 £450
Median % change year-on-year -18.66% +16.11% -12.20%
75th Percentile £639 £625 £575
90th Percentile £675 £673 £675
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -5.00% -2.44% +0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 16
10th Percentile £18.30 £14.52 £12.54
25th Percentile £20.25 - £14.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £17.44 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.61% -3.11% +2.86%
75th Percentile £27.25 - £34.24
90th Percentile £28.90 £18.72 £44.16
North West median hourly rate £52.78 £32.50 £16.06
% change year-on-year +62.38% +102.37% -59.85%

GCFA
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GCFA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

GCFA job vacancy trend in Merseyside

GCFA
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing GCFA

GCFA
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GCFA within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 7 May 2026. 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
Liverpool - 1 £700 -
GCFA
North West

GCFA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA