Digital Forensics Jobs in England

Digital Forensics
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Digital Forensics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Digital Forensics over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 604 867 1018
Rank change year-on-year +263 +151 -199
Permanent jobs citing Digital Forensics 235 58 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.28% 0.063% 0.089%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.066% 0.093%
Number of salaries quoted 81 45 84
10th Percentile £27,500 £51,750 £35,068
25th Percentile £30,000 £63,750 £43,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -39.29% +16.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £87,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £91,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £40,553 £70,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -42.07% +32.08% -15.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Digital Forensics is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,078 88,196 126,702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.76% 95.63% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 53,838 52,122 73,896
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £45,910 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,650 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,185 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

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 4 May 2024.

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 4 May 2024. 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
South East +104 103 £80,000 +16.36% 4
Midlands +69 65 £35,000 -50.00% 4
West Midlands +65 58 £32,000 -54.29% 4
London +147 47 £71,858 -15.46% 4
South West - 13 £40,482 - 3
North of England +33 7 £41,250 -38.89% 10
North West +11 7 £41,250 -22.90% 7
East Midlands -9 7 £61,439 +63.84%
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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (6.38%) SAS
2 5 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.28%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 15 (6.38%) SPSS
2 2 (0.85%) Adobe After Effects
2 2 (0.85%) Adobe Premiere
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.85%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.70%) Relativity
2 2 (0.85%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 1 (0.43%) Ringtail
Cloud Services
1 24 (10.21%) Azure
2 20 (8.51%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (4.68%) Dropbox
4 6 (2.55%) AWS
5 5 (2.13%) Mimecast
6 3 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.28%) PaaS
6 3 (1.28%) Rubrik
6 3 (1.28%) SaaS
7 2 (0.85%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.43%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.43%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.26%) Firewall
2 5 (2.13%) DNS
3 4 (1.70%) DKIM
3 4 (1.70%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (1.70%) Network Security
4 3 (1.28%) Fibre Channel
4 3 (1.28%) Internet
4 3 (1.28%) iSCSI
4 3 (1.28%) LAN
4 3 (1.28%) SAN
4 3 (1.28%) VoIP
4 3 (1.28%) WAN
4 3 (1.28%) WebEx
4 3 (1.28%) Wireshark
5 2 (0.85%) DHCP
5 2 (0.85%) NX-OS
5 2 (0.85%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.43%) SSL
6 1 (0.43%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.38%) Big Data
1 15 (6.38%) EDRMS
2 3 (1.28%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.85%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.43%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (0.85%) GitLab
1 2 (0.85%) JIRA
General
1 124 (52.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 33 (14.04%) Social Skills
3 23 (9.79%) Legal
4 20 (8.51%) Finance
5 17 (7.23%) Law
6 15 (6.38%) Police
7 11 (4.68%) Aerospace
8 8 (3.40%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (2.55%) Marketing
9 6 (2.55%) Public Speaking
10 4 (1.70%) Local Government
11 3 (1.28%) Advertising
11 3 (1.28%) Military
11 3 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.85%) Retail
13 1 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 122 (51.91%) Data Scientist
2 43 (18.30%) Analyst
3 35 (14.89%) Digital Analyst
3 35 (14.89%) Forensic Analyst
4 24 (10.21%) Senior
5 12 (5.11%) Computer Scientist
5 12 (5.11%) Research Scientist
6 9 (3.83%) Incident Manager
7 8 (3.40%) Forensic Manager
7 8 (3.40%) Security Engineer
8 5 (2.13%) Systems Engineer
9 4 (1.70%) Forensic Investigator
9 4 (1.70%) IT Manager
9 4 (1.70%) Senior Security Engineer
9 4 (1.70%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 3 (1.28%) Data Protection Manager
10 3 (1.28%) Incident Engineer
10 3 (1.28%) IT Engineer
10 3 (1.28%) IT Support
10 3 (1.28%) Resilience Manager
Miscellaneous
1 122 (51.91%) Algorithms
2 17 (7.23%) Cybercrime
3 13 (5.53%) Cyber Defence
4 11 (4.68%) Operational Technology
5 9 (3.83%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (2.55%) Security Operations Centre
7 5 (2.13%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.13%) Industry 4.0
7 5 (2.13%) SCADA
8 4 (1.70%) Taxonomies
9 3 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.28%) Blog
9 3 (1.28%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.28%) Marketing Technology
9 3 (1.28%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.28%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.85%) CCTV
10 2 (0.85%) PKI
10 2 (0.85%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 30 (12.77%) Windows
2 12 (5.11%) Windows Server
3 11 (4.68%) Linux
4 3 (1.28%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (70.21%) Cybersecurity
2 137 (58.30%) Mentoring
3 134 (57.02%) Computer Science
4 131 (55.74%) Data Analysis
5 129 (54.89%) Decision-Making
6 124 (52.77%) Coaching
6 124 (52.77%) Problem-Solving
7 122 (51.91%) Data Science
7 122 (51.91%) Mathematics
7 122 (51.91%) Red Team
7 122 (51.91%) Statistical Modelling
8 27 (11.49%) Information Security
9 25 (10.64%) Incident Response
10 21 (8.94%) E-Discovery
11 18 (7.66%) Forensic Analysis
11 18 (7.66%) Penetration Testing
12 17 (7.23%) Analytics
13 16 (6.81%) Case Management
14 15 (6.38%) Electronic Discovery Reference Model
14 15 (6.38%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 20 (8.51%) Python
2 13 (5.53%) Bash
3 5 (2.13%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.70%) SQL
5 2 (0.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 180 (76.60%) Degree
2 15 (6.38%) Security Cleared
3 9 (3.83%) Master's Degree
4 7 (2.98%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (2.55%) CEH
6 5 (2.13%) CISSP
6 5 (2.13%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.70%) SANS
8 3 (1.28%) CCNA
8 3 (1.28%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (1.28%) GCIH
8 3 (1.28%) GSEC
8 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.85%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.85%) CCIE
9 2 (0.85%) CCNP
9 2 (0.85%) CCSP
9 2 (0.85%) CREST Certified
9 2 (0.85%) GCFA
9 2 (0.85%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.94%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 16 (6.81%) ISO 9001
3 13 (5.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.13%) NCSC
5 4 (1.70%) NIST
5 4 (1.70%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (1.28%) GDPR
7 2 (0.85%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
System Software
1 14 (5.96%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.13%) vSphere
4 4 (1.70%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.85%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.43%) Snort
Systems Management
1 15 (6.38%) EnCase
2 4 (1.70%) CASB
2 4 (1.70%) DatAdvantage
2 4 (1.70%) QRadar
3 2 (0.85%) CSIRT
3 2 (0.85%) FortiGate
3 2 (0.85%) Terraform
4 1 (0.43%) FTK
Vendors
1 20 (8.51%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.38%) Cisco
3 11 (4.68%) Cellebrite
4 8 (3.40%) VMware
5 5 (2.13%) BT
5 5 (2.13%) Darktrace
6 4 (1.70%) Intapp
6 4 (1.70%) Kenna
6 4 (1.70%) Rapid7
6 4 (1.70%) Varonis
7 3 (1.28%) 3PAR
7 3 (1.28%) Mitel
7 3 (1.28%) Nuix
7 3 (1.28%) ShoreTel
7 3 (1.28%) Spotify
8 2 (0.85%) Adobe
8 2 (0.85%) Recommind
8 2 (0.85%) Veeam
9 1 (0.43%) Qualys
9 1 (0.43%) Tripwire