GCFA Contract Job Trends in Warwickshire

GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Warwickshire with a requirement for GCFA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GCFA 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Warwickshire 0.19% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.60% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
West Midlands median daily rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 166 158 104
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire 31.62% 36.57% 27.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 99 85
10th Percentile £351 £417 £313
25th Percentile £400 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £575 £555
Median % change year-on-year -16.09% +3.60% +16.84%
75th Percentile £540 £636 £638
90th Percentile £614 £675 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -7.41% +2.86% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 2
10th Percentile £25.03 - -
25th Percentile £35.00 - -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £35.00 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% +1.45% +35.29%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £27.58 £35.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year -21.21% +12.90% +55.00%

GCFA
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

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

GCFA job vacancy trend in Warwickshire

GCFA
Contract Job Locations in Warwickshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GCFA within the Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 11 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
Warwick - 1 - -
GCFA
West Midlands

GCFA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwickshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable