Digital Forensics Jobs in England

Digital Forensics
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 2 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 646 625 850
Rank change year-on-year -21 +225 +218
Permanent jobs citing Digital Forensics 27 241 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.055% 0.26% 0.062%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.058% 0.32% 0.065%
Number of salaries quoted 25 86 43
10th Percentile £40,500 £27,500 £54,250
25th Percentile £53,688 £35,000 £64,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,500 £45,862 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +53.72% -34.48% +35.71%
75th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £111,500 £102,500 £91,000
UK median annual salary £69,000 £40,553 £70,000
% change year-on-year +70.15% -42.07% +35.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,345 76,069 80,347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 93.95% 83.60% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 23,070 55,107 48,708
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £34,324
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +1.82% -9.54% +1.33%

Digital Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Forensics in England

Digital Forensics
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Digital Forensics in England

Digital Forensics
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Forensics in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Digital Forensics in England

Digital 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 Digital Forensics within the England region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
London +77 13 £80,000 - 56
Midlands +3 5 £53,688 +53.39% 110
South East -15 5 £70,500 -11.88% 129
West Midlands +2 4 £53,688 +53.39% 59
South West +107 1 £67,500 +66.74% 65
East Midlands +33 1 £40,000 -34.89% 44
East of England - 1 £65,000 - 88
Digital Forensics
UK

Digital Forensics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 8 (29.63%) AWS
1 8 (29.63%) Azure
2 4 (14.81%) GCP
3 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (7.41%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (29.63%) Firewall
2 7 (25.93%) Network Security
3 2 (7.41%) Internet
4 1 (3.70%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (3.70%) VPN
General
1 7 (25.93%) Social Skills
2 5 (18.52%) Law
3 4 (14.81%) Military
3 4 (14.81%) Retail
3 4 (14.81%) Telecoms
4 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (7.41%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (7.41%) Police
6 1 (3.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (40.74%) Analyst
2 8 (29.63%) Senior
3 6 (22.22%) Security Analyst
4 5 (18.52%) Security Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) Delivery Manager
5 3 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Architect
6 2 (7.41%) Digital Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Forensic Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Information Security Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Network Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Network Security Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Security Architect
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Architect
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Information Security Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Security Architect
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Security Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) SOC Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Vulnerability Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (18.52%) Management Information System
3 2 (7.41%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (7.41%) Insider Threat
3 2 (7.41%) PKI
3 2 (7.41%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (3.70%) Cybercrime
4 1 (3.70%) Digital Media
4 1 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.70%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.70%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (18.52%) Windows
2 3 (11.11%) Linux
3 1 (3.70%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (85.19%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (62.96%) Incident Response
3 8 (29.63%) SIEM
4 6 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (22.22%) Risk Management
4 6 (22.22%) Security Operations
5 5 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (18.52%) Customer Requirements
5 5 (18.52%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 5 (18.52%) Forensic Analysis
5 5 (18.52%) Project Management
5 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (18.52%) Threat Detection
5 5 (18.52%) Threat Intelligence
6 4 (14.81%) Analytics
6 4 (14.81%) Information Management
6 4 (14.81%) Information Security
6 4 (14.81%) Line Management
6 4 (14.81%) Security Architecture
6 4 (14.81%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.41%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.70%) Go
2 1 (3.70%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (25.93%) Degree
2 6 (22.22%) CISSP
2 6 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 5 (18.52%) DV Cleared
3 5 (18.52%) SANS
4 4 (14.81%) CEH
4 4 (14.81%) GCFA
5 3 (11.11%) APMP
5 3 (11.11%) EnCE
5 3 (11.11%) GCIH
5 3 (11.11%) GIAC
5 3 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (7.41%) A+ Certification
6 2 (7.41%) APMG
6 2 (7.41%) AWS Certification
6 2 (7.41%) CREST Certified
6 2 (7.41%) Cyber Scheme
6 2 (7.41%) GREM
6 2 (7.41%) ISACA
6 2 (7.41%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) NIST
2 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (7.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 2 (7.41%) GDPR
4 1 (3.70%) ISO 9001
4 1 (3.70%) JSP 440
4 1 (3.70%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Snort
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) EnCase
1 3 (11.11%) FTK
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (7.41%) RSA Security Analytics
3 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.70%) Nessus
3 1 (3.70%) OPNET
Vendors
1 8 (29.63%) Microsoft
2 5 (18.52%) Splunk
3 2 (7.41%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (7.41%) FireEye
3 2 (7.41%) NetWitness
3 2 (7.41%) Sun
4 1 (3.70%) Intel
4 1 (3.70%) LogRhythm
4 1 (3.70%) Palantir
4 1 (3.70%) Tenable