GCFA Contract Job Trends 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 29 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 - 85
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GCFA 14 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 2.17% - 0.092%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.00% - 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £375 - -
25th Percentile £415 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £600 - -
90th Percentile £778 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £500 - -

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 200 407 441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 31.06% 37.65% 40.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 216 295
10th Percentile £255 £335 £210
25th Percentile £360 £492 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £535
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +12.15% +1.90%
75th Percentile £569 £663 £623
90th Percentile £638 £738 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £558 £525
% change year-on-year -10.39% +6.29% -1.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 23 8
10th Percentile £42.05 £49.69 £58.38
25th Percentile - £59.55 £62.16
Median hourly rate £65.00 £69.38 £66.44
Median % change year-on-year -6.31% +4.42% +20.80%
75th Percentile £72.00 £100.00 £75.06
90th Percentile £85.05 - £75.77
Berkshire median hourly rate £36.37 £61.60 £63.15
% change year-on-year -40.95% -2.45% +168.70%

GCFA
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

GCFA job vacancy trend in Reading

GCFA
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing GCFA

GCFA
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GCFA in Reading over the 6 months to 29 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GCFA in Reading

GCFA
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Google Workspace
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) AWS
2 1 (7.14%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) Network Security
General
1 7 (50.00%) Legal
2 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Analyst
1 10 (71.43%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Consultant
2 2 (14.29%) Developer
2 2 (14.29%) Forensic Consultant
2 2 (14.29%) Senior
2 2 (14.29%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (57.14%) Management Information System
2 7 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 5 (35.71%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (28.57%) Security Posture
5 2 (14.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (14.29%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 11 (78.57%) Linux
1 11 (78.57%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) Mac OS
2 2 (14.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 12 (85.71%) SIEM
3 11 (78.57%) Threat Intelligence
4 10 (71.43%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 10 (71.43%) Forensic Analysis
5 9 (64.29%) Malware Analysis
5 9 (64.29%) Security Operations
6 7 (50.00%) Behavioural Analysis
6 7 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (50.00%) Data Privacy
6 7 (50.00%) Risk Management
7 6 (42.86%) Task Automation
8 5 (35.71%) Digital Forensics
9 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (28.57%) Threat Detection
10 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (21.43%) DevOps
10 3 (21.43%) Information Security
10 3 (21.43%) Mentoring
10 3 (21.43%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 12 (85.71%) Python
2 10 (71.43%) PowerShell
3 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) GCIH
2 12 (85.71%) CISSP
2 12 (85.71%) GCIA
3 8 (57.14%) CFCE
4 6 (42.86%) GIAC
5 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
6 2 (14.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (14.29%) CCSP
6 2 (14.29%) CEH
6 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (14.29%) CISM
6 2 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (14.29%) Degree
6 2 (14.29%) ECSA
6 2 (14.29%) GCFE
6 2 (14.29%) GREM
7 1 (7.14%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (64.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (64.29%) NIST
2 8 (57.14%) GDPR
3 6 (42.86%) HIPAA
4 1 (7.14%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (35.71%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 2 (14.29%) EnCase
2 2 (14.29%) FTK
Vendors
1 12 (85.71%) Splunk
2 10 (71.43%) CrowdStrike
2 10 (71.43%) Microsoft
3 8 (57.14%) ArcSight
4 7 (50.00%) LogRhythm
5 2 (14.29%) Darktrace
5 2 (14.29%) IBM
6 1 (7.14%) Carbon Black
6 1 (7.14%) Intel