GCFE Job Trends in the North of England

GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner (GCFE)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for GCFE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 286 295 293
Rank change year-on-year +9 -2 +141
Permanent jobs citing GCFE 1 11 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.010% 0.089% 0.026%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.029% 0.33% 0.098%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £48,800
25th Percentile £87,500 - £50,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - £55,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -38.33%
75th Percentile £92,500 - £59,250
90th Percentile - - £60,600
England median annual salary £90,000 - £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -44.44%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

GCFE falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,479 3,384 2,048
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 35.41% 27.35% 26.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,144 1,165 1,313
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £29,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,055 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% -8.99% +10.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,840 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% +4.55%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GCFE relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

GCFE job vacancy trend in the North of England

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Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing GCFE

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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 GCFE within the North of England region over the 6 months to 8 November 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
Yorkshire +3 1 £90,000 -
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) GCFA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA