CFCE Contract Job Trends

IACIS Certified Forensic Computer Examiner (CFCE)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 585 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CFCE 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.013% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.038% - -
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 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,043 9,395 13,702
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.85% 29.91% 30.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,615 5,660 8,537
10th Percentile £315 £300 £298
25th Percentile £415 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £619 £636 £650
90th Percentile £723 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £535
% change year-on-year - -6.54% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 959 453 942
10th Percentile £15.62 £18.82 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.02 £24.18 £21.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -35.51% -15.55% +2.62%
75th Percentile £63.25 £65.62 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £77.44 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% -10.53% +5.56%

CFCE
Job Vacancy Trend

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

CFCE job vacancy trend in the UK

CFCE
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CFCE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CFCE

CFCE
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CFCE within the UK over the 6 months to 1 February 2026. 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 - 5 £425 - 1
England - 5 £425 - 1
UK excluding London - 5 £425 - 1

CFCE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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