Computer Forensics Job Trends in the North West

Computer Forensics
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West 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 251 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Computer Forensics 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.016% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.022% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - -
England median annual salary £41,250 £47,500 -
% change year-on-year -13.16% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,982 4,607 6,132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 72.37% 89.49% 77.13%
Number of salaries quoted 6,820 2,213 3,733
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,295 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -0.99% -8.18%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.39%

Computer Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Computer Forensics job vacancy trend in the North West

Computer Forensics
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Computer Forensics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Computer Forensics

Computer Forensics
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Forensics within the North West region over the 6 months to 6 September 2026. 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
Manchester - 2 £35,000 - 1
Computer Forensics
England

Computer Forensics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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