GCFE Job Trends in England

GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner (GCFE)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for GCFE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 599 663 664
Rank change year-on-year +64 +1 +294
Permanent jobs citing GCFE 3 16 5
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.006% 0.033% 0.011%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.017% 0.090% 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £89,375 - -
25th Percentile £92,188 - £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £101,250 - £45,210
Median % change year-on-year - - -41.66%
75th Percentile £112,188 - £54,750
90th Percentile £116,125 - £58,800
UK median annual salary £101,250 - £40,500
% change year-on-year - - -47.74%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

GCFE 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 17,406 17,842 14,235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.42% 36.62% 30.40%
Number of salaries quoted 7,007 7,056 9,694
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,927 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £93,250 £93,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

GCFE job vacancy trend in England

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Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing GCFE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing GCFE

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCFE in England over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Salary histogram for GCFE in England

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCFE within the England region over the 6 months to 5 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
North of England +15 2 £101,250 -
London +53 1 - - 2
North West +17 1 £112,500 -
Yorkshire -13 1 £90,000 -
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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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Responder
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response Lead
2 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Forensics
3 1 (33.33%) Malware Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Purple Team
3 1 (33.33%) Red Team
3 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) SOAR
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Detection
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Bash
1 1 (33.33%) Perl
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) GCFA
2 2 (66.67%) CISM
2 2 (66.67%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) CEH
3 1 (33.33%) GCIA
3 1 (33.33%) GCIH
3 1 (33.33%) GIAC
3 1 (33.33%) GPEN
3 1 (33.33%) OSCP
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft