FTK Job Trends in the North West

AccessData Forensic Toolkit (FTK)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring FTK skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 - 244
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing FTK 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.008% - 0.013%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.21% - 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £40,000
75th Percentile - - £45,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £72,500 - £40,000
% change year-on-year - - -20.00%

All Systems Management Skills
North West

FTK falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 473 1,004 495
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.80% 19.44% 6.21%
Number of salaries quoted 360 190 254
10th Percentile £32,725 £25,750 £31,215
25th Percentile £38,750 £33,125 £36,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,058 £57,500 £48,256
Median % change year-on-year +2.71% +19.16% -26.16%
75th Percentile £75,645 £73,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,625 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £64,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -2.34% -1.54%

FTK
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

FTK job vacancy trend in the North West

FTK
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing FTK.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing FTK

FTK
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 FTK within the North West region over the 6 months to 7 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 - 1 - -
FTK
England

FTK
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) EDRMS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cybercrime
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 1 (100.00%) E-Discovery
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Discovery Reference Model
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) FIS
1 1 (100.00%) Nuix
1 1 (100.00%) Relativity