Digital Forensics Jobs in Edinburgh

Digital Forensics
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Digital Forensics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Digital Forensics over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Digital Forensics 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.33% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,231 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,507 - -
75th Percentile £49,784 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £48,507 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Digital Forensics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 880 1,332 1,938
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 97.45% 89.58% 95.75%
Number of salaries quoted 397 933 1,127
10th Percentile £26,929 £35,000 £36,050
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £44,033
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,433 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £97,500 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%

Digital Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Digital Forensics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Forensics in Edinburgh

Digital Forensics
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Digital Forensics in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Digital Forensics in Edinburgh

Digital Forensics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Git
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Legal
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Data Scientist
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Forensic Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Algorithms
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Data Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) Data Extraction
1 2 (66.67%) Data Science
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Transformation Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) E-Discovery
1 2 (66.67%) Generative AI
1 2 (66.67%) LLM
1 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
1 2 (66.67%) Open Source
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Forensic Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Malware Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Situational Awareness
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) R
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) Perl
3 1 (33.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) CEH
2 1 (33.33%) CISM
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) GIAC