GCFA Jobs in England

GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for GCFA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 827 926 1076
Rank change year-on-year +99 +150 -248
Permanent jobs citing GCFA 10 21 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.012% 0.022% 0.032%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.041% 0.069% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 8 14 17
10th Percentile £51,725 £32,500 -
25th Percentile £57,500 £34,375 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £40,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% -52.94% +61.90%
75th Percentile £73,750 £69,688 £122,500
90th Percentile £88,375 £72,500 -
UK median annual salary £62,500 £35,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +78.57% -58.82% +61.90%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

GCFA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications 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 academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,250 30,628 34,539
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.55% 32.70% 26.46%
Number of salaries quoted 15,777 13,783 16,683
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,960 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.11% +5.38% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £57,825 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.61% +5.14% -

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 25 April 2024.

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 25 April 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
North of England +34 3 £57,500 +43.75%
South East +21 2 £72,500 -
West Midlands +17 2 £115,000 +64.29%
North West +13 2 £52,250 -9.13%
Midlands +4 2 £115,000 +64.29%
London - 2 £62,500 - 1
Yorkshire +79 1 £62,500 +66.67%
East of England +26 1 - - 1
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 3 (30.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (20.00%) Wireshark
General
1 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Legal
3 1 (10.00%) Games
3 1 (10.00%) Military
3 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Analyst
1 4 (40.00%) SOC Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Consultant
2 3 (30.00%) Security Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Senior
3 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Incident Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Lead
3 2 (20.00%) Security Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Security Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Security Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Principal Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Principal Security Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Information Security Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Security Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (10.00%) Cyberattack
2 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Incident Response
2 8 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (60.00%) Information Security
3 6 (60.00%) SIEM
4 4 (40.00%) Application Security
5 3 (30.00%) DevOps
5 3 (30.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 3 (30.00%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (30.00%) Risk Analysis
5 3 (30.00%) Security Operations
5 3 (30.00%) Threat Modelling
6 2 (20.00%) Analytics
6 2 (20.00%) Campaign Analysis
6 2 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
6 2 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
6 2 (20.00%) Malware Analysis
6 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
6 2 (20.00%) Threat Detection
6 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) Python
2 2 (20.00%) Bash
2 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) GCIH
2 7 (70.00%) CISSP
3 6 (60.00%) GCFE
4 5 (50.00%) OSCP
5 4 (40.00%) GCIA
5 4 (40.00%) GREM
6 3 (30.00%) SANS
7 2 (20.00%) CEH
7 2 (20.00%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (20.00%) GCED
7 2 (20.00%) GIAC
7 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
7 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
8 1 (10.00%) CASP
8 1 (10.00%) CISM
8 1 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (10.00%) CRISC
8 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) NIST
2 2 (20.00%) ISO 31000
2 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (10.00%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (10.00%) NCSC
3 1 (10.00%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) CSIRT
1 2 (20.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) IBM
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (20.00%) Splunk