GCFE Contracts in the UK excluding London

GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner (GCFE)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for GCFE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 360 - 409
Rank change year-on-year - - +105
Contract jobs citing GCFE 2 0 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.013% - 0.055%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.037% - 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £729 - £457
25th Percentile £734 - £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £763 - £550
75th Percentile £784 - £628
90th Percentile £786 - -
UK median daily rate £763 £400 £550
% change year-on-year +90.63% -27.27% -38.89%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

GCFE 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 5,410 6,339 7,202
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.18% 35.16% 33.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,205 3,815 4,554
10th Percentile £220 £293 £300
25th Percentile £394 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +3.19%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £638
90th Percentile £675 £713 £704
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 668 636 550
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.32 £14.83
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £21.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £51.70
Median % change year-on-year -49.70% -3.28% +14.88%
75th Percentile £43.81 £68.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £79.59 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -47.05% -13.64% +22.22%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing GCFE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for GCFE in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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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 GCFE within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 August 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 - 2 £763 - 2
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Google Workspace
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Forensic Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) IoT
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Forensics
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 2 (100.00%) Document Management
1 2 (100.00%) E-Discovery
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (100.00%) CCSP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) GCFA
1 2 (100.00%) GCIH
1 2 (100.00%) GREM
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) EnCase
1 2 (100.00%) FTK
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 2 (100.00%) Darktrace
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft