Forensic Analysis Jobs in England

Forensic Analysis
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Forensic Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Forensic Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 660 813 884
Rank change year-on-year +153 +71 +257
Permanent jobs citing Forensic Analysis 23 29 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.048% 0.033% 0.042%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.051% 0.039% 0.044%
Number of salaries quoted 20 24 30
10th Percentile £48,165 £27,500 £51,075
25th Percentile £49,000 £29,063 £61,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £40,241 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +73.95% -48.08% +50.25%
75th Percentile £79,688 £67,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £87,625 £91,829 £135,693
UK median annual salary £70,000 £35,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +100.00% -54.84% +50.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Forensic Analysis 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 45,477 74,482 83,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.01% 84.24% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 22,533 54,432 49,691
10th Percentile £29,625 £29,000 £34,375
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,105
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 £98,695 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Forensic Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Forensic Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Forensic Analysis in England

Forensic Analysis
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Forensic Analysis in England.

Salary trend for Forensic Analysis in England

Forensic Analysis
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Forensic Analysis in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Forensic Analysis in England

Forensic Analysis
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Forensic Analysis within the England region over the 6 months to 28 May 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 +119 10 £80,000 +19.40% 17
South East +96 7 £67,500 +35.00% 8
South West +118 2 £51,058 +26.13% 3
West Midlands +54 2 £56,250 +85.95% 1
Midlands +50 2 £56,250 +85.95% 1
East of England +43 1 £65,000 - 1
North of England +40 1 £70,000 +43.59% 2
North West 0 1 £70,000 +43.59% 1
Forensic Analysis
UK

Forensic Analysis
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 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 11 (47.83%) Azure
2 9 (39.13%) AWS
3 6 (26.09%) Azure Sentinel
3 6 (26.09%) GCP
4 4 (17.39%) Rubrik
5 2 (8.70%) Amazon ECS
5 2 (8.70%) Azure AKS
5 2 (8.70%) Entra ID
6 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (60.87%) Firewall
2 9 (39.13%) VPN
3 7 (30.43%) Network Security
4 4 (17.39%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (17.39%) Unified Communications
5 1 (4.35%) tcpdump
5 1 (4.35%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 9 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 6 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (17.39%) Finance
4 2 (8.70%) Law
4 2 (8.70%) Retail
5 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Security Engineer
2 7 (30.43%) Analyst
3 5 (21.74%) SOC Analyst
4 4 (17.39%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Security Analyst
4 4 (17.39%) Security Specialist
5 3 (13.04%) Network Security Specialist
5 3 (13.04%) Network Specialist
5 3 (13.04%) Senior
5 3 (13.04%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Azure Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Operations Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Architect
7 1 (4.35%) Cyber Defence Analyst
7 1 (4.35%) Security Manager
7 1 (4.35%) Senior Security Analyst
7 1 (4.35%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) Azure Blueprints
2 1 (4.35%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (60.87%) Security Posture
2 8 (34.78%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (17.39%) Data Centre
3 4 (17.39%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (8.70%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (8.70%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
5 1 (4.35%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (4.35%) Digital Media
5 1 (4.35%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 6 (26.09%) Linux
1 6 (26.09%) Windows
2 4 (17.39%) Windows Server
3 2 (8.70%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (86.96%) Incident Response
2 17 (73.91%) SIEM
3 14 (60.87%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (39.13%) Cloud Security
4 9 (39.13%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 9 (39.13%) Threat Intelligence
5 8 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (34.78%) Security Operations
5 8 (34.78%) Threat Detection
6 7 (30.43%) Vulnerability Management
7 6 (26.09%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 5 (21.74%) Digital Forensics
9 4 (17.39%) Capacity Planning
9 4 (17.39%) CI/CD
9 4 (17.39%) Collaborative Culture
9 4 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (17.39%) DevSecOps
9 4 (17.39%) Disaster Recovery
9 4 (17.39%) Presales
9 4 (17.39%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 13 (56.52%) PowerShell
2 9 (39.13%) Bash
2 9 (39.13%) Python
3 5 (21.74%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 12 (52.17%) Degree
2 11 (47.83%) CISSP
3 9 (39.13%) CEH
3 9 (39.13%) CompTIA Security+
4 8 (34.78%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (30.43%) CISM
6 6 (26.09%) OSCP
7 5 (21.74%) GCIH
8 4 (17.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (17.39%) AWS Certification
8 4 (17.39%) CCNA
8 4 (17.39%) CCNP
9 3 (13.04%) CompTIA CySA+
9 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
10 2 (8.70%) CCSP
10 2 (8.70%) GCFA
10 2 (8.70%) Master's Degree
10 2 (8.70%) SANS
10 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
11 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (47.83%) NIST
2 7 (30.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (26.09%) GDPR
4 4 (17.39%) HIPAA
4 4 (17.39%) SLA
5 2 (8.70%) PCI DSS
5 2 (8.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (21.74%) Active Directory
2 4 (17.39%) EMC RecoverPoint
2 4 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (8.70%) Docker
3 2 (8.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) Cisco CUCM
1 4 (17.39%) Kubernetes
1 4 (17.39%) QRadar
1 4 (17.39%) VxRail
2 2 (8.70%) CASB
2 2 (8.70%) Istio
2 2 (8.70%) linkerd
2 2 (8.70%) Terraform
3 1 (4.35%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (4.35%) Nessus
Vendors
1 11 (47.83%) Microsoft
2 10 (43.48%) Splunk
3 8 (34.78%) Cisco
4 4 (17.39%) Palo Alto
4 4 (17.39%) Sophos
4 4 (17.39%) VMware
4 4 (17.39%) Zscaler
5 3 (13.04%) CheckPoint
6 2 (8.70%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (8.70%) Google