Forensic Analysis Job Trends in Scotland

Forensic Analysis
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Forensic Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 148 192
Rank change year-on-year +16 +44 -
Permanent jobs citing Forensic Analysis 1 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.037% 0.037% 0.067%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.045% 0.040% 0.071%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77,500 £47,231 £89,016
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £48,507 £92,778
Median % change year-on-year +64.92% -47.72% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £49,784 £96,539
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £75,000 £87,500 £69,447
% change year-on-year -14.29% +26.00% -0.79%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,211 2,491 2,815
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 80.90% 92.12% 94.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,094 1,068 1,751
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,425 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,375 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -7.89%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £88,750 £84,056
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Forensic Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Forensic Analysis job vacancy trend in Scotland

Forensic Analysis
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Forensic Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Forensic Analysis

Forensic Analysis
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Forensic Analysis within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Edinburgh -5 1 £80,000 +64.92%
Forensic Analysis
UK

Forensic Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Hunter
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Malware Reverse Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) GREM
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Incident Response Team
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk