Forensic Analysis Job Trends in Manchester

Forensic Analysis
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Forensic Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 148 150
Rank change year-on-year +17 +2 +100
Permanent jobs citing Forensic Analysis 1 8 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.034% 0.30% 0.040%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.043% 0.32% 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 £58,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £63,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% +27.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £57,500 £68,750 £52,500
90th Percentile - £71,000 -
North West median annual salary £55,000 £63,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.73% +27.50% -6.54%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Forensic Analysis 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 2,325 2,507 2,301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 79.71% 94.00% 90.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,407 1,181 1,840
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,988 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,084 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -0.79% -4.55%

Forensic Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Forensic Analysis job vacancy trend in Manchester

Forensic Analysis
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Forensic Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Forensic Analysis

Forensic Analysis
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Spotify
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam
1 1 (100.00%) VMware