GCFA Contracts in Reading

GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for GCFA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GCFA 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.17% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.52% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £525 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 191 504 312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 32.26% 43.64% 30.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 257 191
10th Percentile £367 £205 £363
25th Percentile £475 £438 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £605 £560
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +8.04% +13.13%
75th Percentile £700 £663 £639
90th Percentile - £719 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £527 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.18% - +12.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 42 14
10th Percentile - £42.70 £63.14
25th Percentile - £53.74 £63.60
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £68.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -9.41% +580.00%
75th Percentile £71.80 £85.34 £78.09
90th Percentile £75.03 £87.52 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £65.00
% change year-on-year +13.64% -5.23% +209.16%

GCFA
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for GCFA in Reading

GCFA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) ECSA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk