GCFA Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 125 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GCFA 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.053% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £600 - £518
% change year-on-year - - +15.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 692 598 578
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 36.73% 31.67% 28.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 456 384 346
10th Percentile £259 £313 £300
25th Percentile £402 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £584 £630 £604
90th Percentile £657 £725 £700
England median daily rate £525 £526 £550
% change year-on-year -0.19% -4.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 13 30
10th Percentile £18.07 £20.65 £16.87
25th Percentile £18.87 £23.60 £23.00
Median hourly rate £27.58 £35.00 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.21% +12.90% +55.00%
75th Percentile £42.55 £50.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £51.75 £56.30 £70.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £53.58
% change year-on-year -52.10% -2.02% +19.07%

GCFA
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

GCFA job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

GCFA
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing GCFA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing GCFA

GCFA
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GCFA within the West Midlands 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
Warwickshire - 1 - -
GCFA
England

GCFA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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