Digital Forensics Job Trends in the North of England

Digital Forensics
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Digital Forensics skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 291 316 305
Rank change year-on-year +25 -11 +136
Permanent jobs citing Digital Forensics 8 6 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.085% 0.043% 0.090%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.097% 0.054% 0.095%
Number of salaries quoted 8 3 8
10th Percentile - £31,000 -
25th Percentile - £32,500 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -46.67% +61.29%
75th Percentile £60,000 £44,375 -
90th Percentile - £44,750 -
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -28.57% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,225 11,058 8,454
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 87.43% 78.47% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4,089 6,080 6,151
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £39,390 £40,043
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,720 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,400
% change year-on-year -4.35% -7.85% +4.00%

Digital Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Digital Forensics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Forensics in the North of England

Digital Forensics
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Digital Forensics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Digital Forensics

Digital Forensics
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Forensics within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
North West +12 8 £50,000 +25.00%
Digital Forensics
England