Computer Forensics Job Trends in Manchester

Computer Forensics
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Computer Forensics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Computer Forensics 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.028% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.037% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - -
North West median annual salary £35,000 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Computer 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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,449 2,164 3,412
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 75.34% 89.72% 81.88%
Number of salaries quoted 4,225 1,248 1,956
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,925 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £34,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £83,313
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -0.99% -8.18%

Computer Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Computer Forensics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Computer Forensics job vacancy trend in Manchester

Computer Forensics
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Computer Forensics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Computer Forensics

Computer Forensics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 2 (100.00%) Mimecast
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Junior
1 2 (100.00%) Junior Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Junior Security Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (100.00%) Cyberattack
1 2 (100.00%) Cybercrime
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Blue Team
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Protective Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) SOAR
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto