GCFA Jobs in the North of England

GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for GCFA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 393 419 -
Rank change year-on-year +26 - -
Permanent jobs citing GCFA 3 12 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.017% 0.069% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.077% 0.23% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 11 0
10th Percentile £48,350 - -
25th Percentile £50,375 £32,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £35,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% - -
75th Percentile £63,750 £40,000 -
90th Percentile £65,250 - -
England median annual salary £62,500 £40,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +56.25% -52.94% +61.90%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

GCFA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,885 5,211 5,100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 22.46% 29.80% 28.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2,661 1,763 2,483
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,649
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £53,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.43% +11.58% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,000 £82,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,526 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.60% +8.23% -

GCFA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for GCFA in the North of England

GCFA
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GCFA in the North of England.

Salary trend for GCFA in the North of England

GCFA
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCFA in the North of England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for GCFA in the North of England

GCFA
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 GCFA within the North of England region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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 2 £52,250 -9.13%
Yorkshire +80 1 £62,500 +78.57%
GCFA
England

GCFA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Games
1 1 (33.33%) Military
1 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Security Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Information Security Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (33.33%) Cyberattack
2 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Blue Team
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Reverse Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (33.33%) Offensive Security
3 1 (33.33%) Open Source
3 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Purple Team
3 1 (33.33%) Red Team
3 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Bash
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) GCIH
2 2 (66.67%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) GCIA
2 2 (66.67%) GIAC
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) GCFE
3 1 (33.33%) GREM
3 1 (33.33%) OSCP
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft