CFCE Contract Job Trends in Reading

IACIS Certified Forensic Computer Examiner (CFCE)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for CFCE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CFCE 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.65% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.77% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £391 - -
25th Percentile £399 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £441 - -
90th Percentile £444 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £425 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Reading

CFCE 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 Reading.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 283 257 479
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 36.85% 31.38% 43.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 118 296
10th Percentile £255 £264 £205
25th Percentile £343 £430 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £600 £538
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +11.63% -2.27%
75th Percentile £550 £663 £619
90th Percentile £628 £688 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £445 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -15.24% +2.44% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 4 27
10th Percentile £65.00 £61.63 £42.00
25th Percentile £78.00 £61.71 £54.70
Median hourly rate £90.00 £68.20 £60.14
Median % change year-on-year +31.97% +13.40% -7.25%
75th Percentile £97.50 £75.45 £68.37
90th Percentile £117.04 £76.49 £87.53
Berkshire median hourly rate £72.00 £61.63 £61.60
% change year-on-year +16.83% +0.04% -4.99%

CFCE
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

CFCE job vacancy trend in Reading

CFCE
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing CFCE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing CFCE

CFCE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (60.00%) Legal
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Analyst
1 5 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (60.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (40.00%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 5 (100.00%) Malware Analysis
1 5 (100.00%) SIEM
2 4 (80.00%) Behavioural Analysis
2 4 (80.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) Forensic Analysis
2 4 (80.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (80.00%) Task Automation
2 4 (80.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (60.00%) Data Privacy
3 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (40.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (40.00%) DevOps
4 2 (40.00%) Digital Forensics
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) Technical Analysis
5 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 5 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CISSP
1 5 (100.00%) GCFA
1 5 (100.00%) GCIA
1 5 (100.00%) GCIH
2 4 (80.00%) GIAC
3 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) GDPR
1 4 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (80.00%) NIST
2 3 (60.00%) HIPAA
3 1 (20.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Splunk
2 4 (80.00%) ArcSight
2 4 (80.00%) LogRhythm
3 2 (40.00%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft