GCFA Jobs in England

GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for GCFA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 666 837 876
Rank change year-on-year +171 +39 +273
Permanent jobs citing GCFA 13 13 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.026% 0.014% 0.034%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.053% 0.052% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 11 11 23
10th Percentile £63,750 £53,750 -
25th Percentile - £55,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £62,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +56.25% -56.76%
75th Percentile - £71,875 £52,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £73,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £62,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% +78.57% -62.16%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

GCFA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,705 24,823 28,496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 50.10% 27.64% 33.46%
Number of salaries quoted 9,849 15,767 12,989
10th Percentile £31,750 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,399 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% -9.34% +9.09%
75th Percentile £69,000 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%

GCFA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for GCFA in England

GCFA
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for GCFA in England

GCFA
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCFA in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for GCFA in England

GCFA
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCFA within the England region over the 6 months to 31 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 +111 11 £75,000 +20.00% 3
South East +78 2 - -
GCFA
UK

GCFA
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 2 (15.38%) AWS
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
1 2 (15.38%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) Wireshark
2 2 (15.38%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 7 (53.85%) Burp Suite
General
1 7 (53.85%) Banking
2 4 (30.77%) Law
3 2 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (15.38%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Analyst
2 7 (53.85%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 7 (53.85%) Information Analyst
2 7 (53.85%) Information Security Analyst
2 7 (53.85%) Security Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Senior
4 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 2 (15.38%) IAM Specialist
4 2 (15.38%) Information Security Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Security Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Security Specialist
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Information Security Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Security Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (69.23%) Windows
2 7 (53.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 13 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 11 (84.62%) Security Monitoring
2 11 (84.62%) SIEM
3 9 (69.23%) Information Security
3 9 (69.23%) Threat Modelling
3 9 (69.23%) Vulnerability Management
4 7 (53.85%) Data Loss Prevention
5 4 (30.77%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 4 (30.77%) Digital Forensics
5 4 (30.77%) Threat Intelligence
6 2 (15.38%) Analytics
6 2 (15.38%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (15.38%) Computer Forensics
6 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
6 2 (15.38%) ITIL
6 2 (15.38%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
6 2 (15.38%) Security Architecture
6 2 (15.38%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 11 (84.62%) GCIH
2 9 (69.23%) GCIA
3 4 (30.77%) CISSP
3 4 (30.77%) Degree
4 2 (15.38%) CCFP
4 2 (15.38%) CEH
4 2 (15.38%) EnCE
4 2 (15.38%) GCFE
4 2 (15.38%) GREM
4 2 (15.38%) Master's Degree
4 2 (15.38%) OSCP
4 2 (15.38%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) EnCase
1 2 (15.38%) FTK
1 2 (15.38%) RSA Security Analytics
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) VMware
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 4 (30.77%) Splunk
3 2 (15.38%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (15.38%) FireEye
3 2 (15.38%) NetWitness