Digital Forensics Jobs in London

Digital Forensics
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Digital Forensics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Digital Forensics over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 461 598
Rank change year-on-year +86 +137 +255
Permanent jobs citing Digital Forensics 11 43 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.086% 0.18% 0.051%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.090% 0.20% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 11 26 17
10th Percentile £41,250 £59,000 £66,500
25th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% +30.77%
75th Percentile £108,750 £110,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £140,000 £117,500 £163,000
England median annual salary £70,500 £43,362 £70,000
% change year-on-year +62.58% -38.05% +23.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Digital Forensics 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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,254 21,475 31,920
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.28% 90.91% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 6,959 15,836 23,027
10th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £43,162
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,287 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.71% -6.28% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £123,750 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Digital Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Digital Forensics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Forensics in London

Digital Forensics
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Digital Forensics in London.

Salary trend for Digital Forensics in London

Digital Forensics
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Forensics in London over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Digital Forensics in London

Digital Forensics
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Forensics within the London region over the 6 months to 22 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
Central London +34 1 £65,000 -18.75%
Digital Forensics
England

Digital Forensics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (27.27%) AWS
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) Firewall
2 3 (27.27%) Network Security
General
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Law
3 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Legal
4 1 (9.09%) Military
4 1 (9.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) Senior
3 2 (18.18%) Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Digital Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Forensic Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Security Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Security Architect
3 2 (18.18%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Incident Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Network Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Network Security Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Planning Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Security Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Planning Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (9.09%) Cybercrime
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Linux
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
2 1 (9.09%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (72.73%) Incident Response
3 3 (27.27%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
3 3 (27.27%) SIEM
3 3 (27.27%) Threat Intelligence
4 2 (18.18%) Agile
4 2 (18.18%) Backlog Management
4 2 (18.18%) Blue Team
4 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) Creative Thinking
4 2 (18.18%) Data Security
4 2 (18.18%) Forensic Analysis
4 2 (18.18%) Scrum
4 2 (18.18%) Security Architecture
4 2 (18.18%) Security Monitoring
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (18.18%) Threat Detection
4 2 (18.18%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.09%) Go
2 1 (9.09%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) CEH
1 4 (36.36%) CISSP
2 2 (18.18%) CISM
2 2 (18.18%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) GCFA
2 2 (18.18%) GCIH
2 2 (18.18%) Master's Degree
2 2 (18.18%) OSCP
2 2 (18.18%) SANS
2 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) CFCE
3 1 (9.09%) CREST Certified
3 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) EnCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) NIST
2 2 (18.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 2 (18.18%) GDPR
2 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (9.09%) JSP 440
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) EnCase
1 1 (9.09%) FTK
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
1 1 (9.09%) OPNET
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (18.18%) Splunk
2 2 (18.18%) Sun
3 1 (9.09%) Intel
3 1 (9.09%) Palantir
3 1 (9.09%) Tenable