GCFA Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for GCFA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 381 - 415
Rank change year-on-year - - +95
Contract jobs citing GCFA 15 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.091% - 0.024%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.25% - 0.068%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 2
10th Percentile £375 - £473
25th Percentile £415 - £482
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £518
75th Percentile £600 - £557
90th Percentile £778 - £568
UK median daily rate £513 - £485
% change year-on-year - - -46.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,923 5,686 7,377
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.05% 33.90% 35.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,601 3,343 4,588
10th Percentile £213 £250 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £535
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -3.74% +2.00%
75th Percentile £595 £624 £642
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 792 415 625
10th Percentile £16.39 £18.66 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £26.24
Median hourly rate £25.15 £48.18 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -47.80% -7.15% +15.31%
75th Percentile £35.69 £67.50 £68.75
90th Percentile £70.14 £75.00 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £53.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% -12.87% +17.78%

GCFA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

GCFA job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

GCFA
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing GCFA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing GCFA

GCFA
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GCFA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GCFA in the UK excluding London

GCFA
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GCFA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 October 2025. 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
South East - 15 £500 - 1
West Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
GCFA
UK

GCFA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Google Workspace
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) AWS
2 1 (6.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 7 (46.67%) Legal
2 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Public Sector
3 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Analyst
1 10 (66.67%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Consultant
2 2 (13.33%) Developer
2 2 (13.33%) Forensic Consultant
2 2 (13.33%) Senior
2 2 (13.33%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 1 (6.67%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Management Information System
2 7 (46.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 6 (40.00%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (26.67%) Security Posture
5 2 (13.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (13.33%) IoT
6 1 (6.67%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 11 (73.33%) Linux
1 11 (73.33%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) Mac OS
2 2 (13.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 12 (80.00%) SIEM
3 11 (73.33%) Threat Intelligence
4 10 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 10 (66.67%) Forensic Analysis
5 9 (60.00%) Malware Analysis
5 9 (60.00%) Security Operations
6 8 (53.33%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (46.67%) Behavioural Analysis
7 7 (46.67%) Data Privacy
7 7 (46.67%) Risk Management
8 6 (40.00%) Task Automation
9 5 (33.33%) Digital Forensics
10 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (26.67%) Threat Detection
11 3 (20.00%) Computer Science
11 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (20.00%) DevOps
11 3 (20.00%) Mentoring
11 3 (20.00%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 12 (80.00%) Python
2 10 (66.67%) PowerShell
3 2 (13.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (93.33%) GCIH
2 13 (86.67%) CISSP
3 12 (80.00%) GCIA
4 8 (53.33%) CFCE
5 6 (40.00%) GIAC
6 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
7 3 (20.00%) CEH
7 3 (20.00%) CISM
8 2 (13.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (13.33%) CCSP
8 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (13.33%) Degree
8 2 (13.33%) ECSA
8 2 (13.33%) GCFE
8 2 (13.33%) GREM
9 1 (6.67%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (66.67%) NIST
2 9 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (53.33%) GDPR
4 6 (40.00%) HIPAA
5 1 (6.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (33.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 2 (13.33%) EnCase
2 2 (13.33%) FTK
3 1 (6.67%) QRadar
Vendors
1 13 (86.67%) Splunk
2 11 (73.33%) CrowdStrike
2 11 (73.33%) Microsoft
3 8 (53.33%) ArcSight
4 7 (46.67%) LogRhythm
5 2 (13.33%) Darktrace
5 2 (13.33%) IBM
6 1 (6.67%) Carbon Black
6 1 (6.67%) Intel
6 1 (6.67%) Tenable