Forensic Analyst Jobs in England

Forensics Analyst
UK > England

The median Forensics Analyst salary in England is £91,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 689 804 915
Rank change year-on-year +115 +111 +241
Permanent jobs requiring a Forensic Analyst 2 36 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.004% 0.042% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.044% 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 2 36 0
10th Percentile £51,125 £26,375 -
25th Percentile £65,938 £27,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £91,250 £32,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +185.16% - -
75th Percentile £115,938 £35,000 -
90th Percentile £130,375 - -
UK median annual salary £48,507 £33,000 -
% change year-on-year +46.99% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 44,258 81,164 82,197
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.65% 94.49% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 24,638 60,585 52,246
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,650 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -

Forensic Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Forensic Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Forensic Analyst in England

Forensic Analyst
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Forensic Analyst in England

Forensic Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Forensic Analyst in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Forensic Analyst in England

Forensic Analyst
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 Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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 - 2 £91,250 - 1
Forensic Analyst
UK

Forensic Analyst Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, Forensic Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Forensic Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Sun
2 1 (50.00%) FTK
2 1 (50.00%) EnCase
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Blue Team
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) CFCE
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) Cybercrime
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) Law
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) EnCE
2 1 (50.00%) Data Extraction
2 1 (50.00%) Mac OS

Forensic Analyst Skill Set
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 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (50.00%) Cybercrime
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Blue Team
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Extraction
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CFCE
1 1 (50.00%) EnCE
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) EnCase
1 1 (50.00%) FTK
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Sun