Digital Forensics Job Trends in the South West

Digital Forensics
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Digital Forensics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 181 207
Rank change year-on-year +4 +26 +79
Permanent jobs citing Digital Forensics 2 3 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.040% 0.072% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.055% 0.084% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £66,250 £39,759
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £67,500 £40,482
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +66.74% -50.93%
75th Percentile - £68,750 £41,205
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £53,750
% change year-on-year -11.11% +25.58% -20.37%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

Digital 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,604 3,571 4,264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 71.71% 85.29% 89.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2,469 1,807 3,232
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,300 £30,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,439 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.15% +3.69% +2.94%
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,627
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Digital Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Digital Forensics job vacancy trend in the South West

Digital Forensics
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Digital Forensics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Digital Forensics

Digital Forensics
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Forensics within the South West region over the 6 months to 11 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
Bristol - 2 £45,000 -
Digital Forensics
England