Digital Forensics Job Trends in England

Digital Forensics
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Digital Forensics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 521 552 484
Rank change year-on-year +31 -68 +416
Permanent jobs citing Digital Forensics 96 128 199
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.18% 0.27% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.29% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 73 7 60
10th Percentile £45,000 £58,975 £24,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £63,125 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +22.73% -18.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £88,125 £70,625
90th Percentile £72,500 £95,000 £80,125
UK median annual salary £60,000 £72,500 £40,553
% change year-on-year -17.24% +78.78% -39.92%

All Process & 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 42,913 43,729 44,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.21% 90.84% 89.77%
Number of salaries quoted 25,804 21,413 34,236
10th Percentile £28,742 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,000 £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 £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Digital Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Digital Forensics job vacancy trend in England

Digital Forensics
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Digital Forensics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Digital Forensics

Digital Forensics
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Forensics in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

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 14 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
London +14 36 £67,500 -28.95% 1
Midlands +32 19 £56,888 -13.27% 3
North of England +26 19 £50,000 - 3
East Midlands - 16 £56,888 - 1
North West - 15 £57,500 -
East of England +19 6 £60,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 4 £30,000 - 3
West Midlands +15 3 £42,750 -34.83% 2
South West +11 2 £45,000 -33.33%
Digital Forensics
UK

Digital 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 10 (10.42%) SAS
2 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (10.42%) SPSS
2 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.08%) Relativity
2 1 (1.04%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 10 (10.42%) Dropbox
2 5 (5.21%) AWS
2 5 (5.21%) Azure
3 3 (3.13%) GCP
4 2 (2.08%) SaaS
5 1 (1.04%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.04%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.04%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.04%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (10.42%) Firewall
2 5 (5.21%) DHCP
2 5 (5.21%) DNS
2 5 (5.21%) Network Security
3 4 (4.17%) Modbus
3 4 (4.17%) Wireless
3 4 (4.17%) Wireshark
4 3 (3.13%) DMZ
4 3 (3.13%) VSAN
5 1 (1.04%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.42%) Big Data
1 10 (10.42%) EDRMS
2 2 (2.08%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (2.08%) JIRA
2 1 (1.04%) GitLab
General
1 37 (38.54%) Finance
2 21 (21.88%) Social Skills
3 16 (16.67%) Legal
4 12 (12.50%) Police
5 11 (11.46%) Law
6 7 (7.29%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (7.29%) Telecoms
7 4 (4.17%) Public Sector
8 3 (3.13%) Marketing
8 3 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.08%) Retail
10 1 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.04%) Local Government
10 1 (1.04%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 34 (35.42%) Senior
2 15 (15.63%) Forensic Manager
3 14 (14.58%) Forensic Investigator
4 10 (10.42%) SEO Engineer
5 8 (8.33%) Analyst
5 8 (8.33%) Incident Responder
5 8 (8.33%) Security Manager
6 7 (7.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (7.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (6.25%) Incident Manager
8 5 (5.21%) Digital Analyst
8 5 (5.21%) Forensic Analyst
8 5 (5.21%) Operations Engineer
8 5 (5.21%) Senior Operations Engineer
9 4 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 4 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 4 (4.17%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (4.17%) Security Engineer
9 4 (4.17%) Senior Network Engineer
10 3 (3.13%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.42%) Cybercrime
2 8 (8.33%) Driving Licence
3 7 (7.29%) Management Information System
4 6 (6.25%) Security Posture
5 5 (5.21%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 5 (5.21%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (5.21%) Security Operations Centre
6 4 (4.17%) Mobile App
6 4 (4.17%) Operational Technology
6 4 (4.17%) SCADA
7 3 (3.13%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (2.08%) Cloud Native
8 2 (2.08%) Cyberattack
8 2 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (2.08%) Social Media
9 1 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (1.04%) Insider Threat
9 1 (1.04%) Private Cloud
9 1 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (11.46%) Windows
2 5 (5.21%) Linux
3 4 (4.17%) Unix
4 3 (3.13%) Windows Server
4 3 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (2.08%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (35.42%) Incident Response
2 29 (30.21%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (17.71%) Mentoring
3 17 (17.71%) Red Team
4 15 (15.63%) Agile
4 15 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (14.58%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (13.54%) E-Discovery
6 13 (13.54%) Information Security
7 12 (12.50%) Purple Team
7 12 (12.50%) SIEM
8 11 (11.46%) SDLC
9 10 (10.42%) Analytics
9 10 (10.42%) Anti-Money Laundering
9 10 (10.42%) Business Intelligence
9 10 (10.42%) Data Analytics
9 10 (10.42%) Electronic Discovery Reference Model
9 10 (10.42%) Fintech
9 10 (10.42%) Forensic Accounting
9 10 (10.42%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.17%) PowerShell
1 4 (4.17%) Python
2 2 (2.08%) Bash
2 2 (2.08%) SQL
3 1 (1.04%) Perl
3 1 (1.04%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 30 (31.25%) Degree
2 11 (11.46%) Security Cleared
3 10 (10.42%) SC Cleared
4 9 (9.38%) GCIH
5 7 (7.29%) OSCP
6 6 (6.25%) CISSP
6 6 (6.25%) CREST Certified
6 6 (6.25%) GCIA
7 5 (5.21%) GCFA
8 4 (4.17%) CCSAM
8 4 (4.17%) CHECK Team Leader
8 4 (4.17%) CHECK Team Member
8 4 (4.17%) GIAC
9 3 (3.13%) CISM
9 3 (3.13%) DV Cleared
9 3 (3.13%) HND
10 2 (2.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (2.08%) AWS Certification
10 2 (2.08%) CCSP
10 2 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (14.58%) NIST
2 8 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.08%) GDPR
4 2 (2.08%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.04%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 1 (1.04%) NCSC
5 1 (1.04%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.04%) QA
System Software
1 10 (10.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (6.25%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.25%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (9.38%) EnCase
2 8 (8.33%) FTK
3 7 (7.29%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 7 (7.29%) FortiGate
4 2 (2.08%) CSIRT
5 1 (1.04%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (10.42%) VMware
2 8 (8.33%) Cellebrite
3 7 (7.29%) Cisco
3 7 (7.29%) Dell
4 3 (3.13%) Microsoft
4 3 (3.13%) Palo Alto
5 2 (2.08%) Nuix
6 1 (1.04%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.04%) Splunk
6 1 (1.04%) Spotify
6 1 (1.04%) Veeam
6 1 (1.04%) YouTube