Forensic Analysis Job Trends in the North West

Forensic Analysis
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Forensic Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 202 194
Rank change year-on-year +27 -8 +107
Permanent jobs citing Forensic Analysis 1 8 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.016% 0.16% 0.022%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.020% 0.17% 0.025%
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% -6.54%
75th Percentile £57,500 £68,750 £52,500
90th Percentile - £71,000 -
England median annual salary £75,000 £87,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +75.00% -31.03%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,124 4,598 3,941
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 81.28% 91.14% 87.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,497 2,248 3,064
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,113 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,285 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Forensic Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Forensic Analysis job vacancy trend in the North West

Forensic Analysis
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Forensic Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Forensic Analysis

Forensic Analysis
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 Forensic Analysis within the North West region over the 6 months to 12 January 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 +15 1 £55,000 -13.73%
Forensic Analysis
England

Forensic Analysis
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:

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