GCFE Job Trends in Central London

GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner (GCFE)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for GCFE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 181 -
Rank change year-on-year +39 - -
Permanent jobs citing GCFE 1 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.044% 0.12% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.17% 0.39% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
London median annual salary - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central 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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Central London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 606 1,020 751
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 26.64% 31.58% 23.94%
Number of salaries quoted 454 517 638
10th Percentile £31,250 £42,300 £37,000
25th Percentile £48,238 £55,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £90,938
90th Percentile £117,125 £121,250 £119,125
London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +2.68%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GCFE relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

GCFE job vacancy trend in Central London

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Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing GCFE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing GCFE

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Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCFE within the Central London region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +35 1 - - 1
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London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Responder
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Malware Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Purple Team
1 1 (100.00%) Red Team
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) GCFA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) GPEN
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft