Forensic Analysis Jobs in the UK excluding London

Forensic Analysis
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Forensic Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Forensic Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 558 736 734
Rank change year-on-year +178 -2 +101
Permanent jobs citing Forensic Analysis 15 23 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.038% 0.032% 0.027%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.041% 0.039% 0.028%
Number of salaries quoted 14 21 10
10th Percentile £48,165 £27,000 £41,356
25th Percentile £49,000 £27,500 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £32,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +95.31% -44.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £70,625 £41,205 £121,457
90th Percentile £74,250 £52,500 £135,693
UK median annual salary £75,000 £34,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +120.59% -56.13% +50.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,295 59,625 57,307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.88% 84.00% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 18,237 41,241 29,486
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,200 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Forensic Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Forensic Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Forensic Analysis in the UK excluding London

Forensic Analysis
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Forensic Analysis in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Forensic Analysis in the UK excluding London

Forensic Analysis
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Forensic Analysis in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Forensic Analysis in the UK excluding London

Forensic Analysis
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Forensic Analysis within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
South East +107 7 £58,250 +16.50% 9
North of England +64 3 £62,500 +28.21% 4
North West +3 3 £62,500 +28.21% 2
South West +107 2 £51,058 +26.13% 5
Midlands +53 1 £67,500 +125.00% 3
West Midlands +48 1 £67,500 +125.00% 3
East of England +39 1 £65,000 -
Scotland - 1 £48,507 -
Forensic Analysis
UK

Forensic Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 7 (46.67%) Azure
2 5 (33.33%) AWS
2 5 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (20.00%) GCP
4 2 (13.33%) Amazon ECS
4 2 (13.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (53.33%) Firewall
2 4 (26.67%) VPN
3 2 (13.33%) Network Security
4 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (46.67%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Retail
4 2 (13.33%) Finance
5 1 (6.67%) Banking
5 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Analyst
2 5 (33.33%) Security Analyst
2 5 (33.33%) Security Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) SOC Analyst
4 3 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (13.33%) Development Analyst
5 2 (13.33%) Information Analyst
5 2 (13.33%) Information Security Analyst
5 2 (13.33%) Operations Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) Software Analyst
5 2 (13.33%) Software Development Analyst
6 1 (6.67%) Architect
6 1 (6.67%) Digital Analyst
6 1 (6.67%) Forensic Analyst
6 1 (6.67%) Incident Analyst
6 1 (6.67%) Security Manager
6 1 (6.67%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (6.67%) Senior Security Analyst
6 1 (6.67%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (66.67%) Security Posture
2 6 (40.00%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (13.33%) Algorithms
4 2 (13.33%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (13.33%) Mobile App
5 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (6.67%) Cyberattack
5 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Linux
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Cybersecurity
1 11 (73.33%) Incident Response
2 10 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (66.67%) SIEM
3 8 (53.33%) Security Operations
4 6 (40.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 6 (40.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 5 (33.33%) Cloud Security
5 5 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (26.67%) Collaborative Culture
6 4 (26.67%) Information Security
6 4 (26.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 4 (26.67%) Threat Detection
7 3 (20.00%) Digital Forensics
7 3 (20.00%) Presales
8 2 (13.33%) Malware Analysis
8 2 (13.33%) Mentoring
8 2 (13.33%) Microservices
8 2 (13.33%) Secure Coding
8 2 (13.33%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 9 (60.00%) Python
2 6 (40.00%) Bash
2 6 (40.00%) PowerShell
3 4 (26.67%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (13.33%) C#
4 2 (13.33%) C++
4 2 (13.33%) Go
4 2 (13.33%) Java
4 2 (13.33%) JavaScript
5 1 (6.67%) Perl
5 1 (6.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (66.67%) CISSP
2 9 (60.00%) Degree
3 8 (53.33%) CEH
3 8 (53.33%) CompTIA Security+
4 7 (46.67%) CISM
5 3 (20.00%) CompTIA CySA+
5 3 (20.00%) GCIH
5 3 (20.00%) OSCP
5 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
6 2 (13.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (13.33%) AWS Certification
6 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (13.33%) CSSLP
6 2 (13.33%) GIAC
6 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
7 1 (6.67%) Azure Certification
7 1 (6.67%) CASP
7 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (60.00%) NIST
2 4 (26.67%) GDPR
3 3 (20.00%) HIPAA
4 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (6.67%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Docker
2 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) QRadar
2 2 (13.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) Cisco
2 3 (20.00%) Palo Alto
2 3 (20.00%) Splunk
3 1 (6.67%) Darktrace
3 1 (6.67%) McAfee