Computer Forensics Job Trends in England

Computer Forensics
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Computer Forensics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 608 669 670
Rank change year-on-year +61 +1 +295
Permanent jobs citing Computer Forensics 1 5 8
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.002% 0.010% 0.017%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.002% 0.011% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 8
10th Percentile - £64,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £58,250 £68,125 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £70,000 £36,491
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +91.83% -43.86%
75th Percentile £60,750 - £46,216
90th Percentile - - £61,550
UK median annual salary £59,500 £70,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% +115.38% -53.57%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Computer 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,771 43,733 43,286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.37% 90.61% 89.79%
Number of salaries quoted 25,631 21,503 33,434
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,750 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Computer Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Computer Forensics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Computer Forensics job vacancy trend in England

Computer Forensics
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Computer Forensics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Computer Forensics

Computer Forensics
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Forensics within the England region over the 6 months to 9 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England +19 1 £59,500 - 2
Computer Forensics
UK

Computer Forensics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) NGFW
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Security
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Malware Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft