GCFE Jobs in the UK excluding London

GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner (GCFE)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for GCFE qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 762 748 858
Rank change year-on-year -14 +110 -178
Permanent jobs citing GCFE 9 14 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.013% 0.023% 0.010%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.046% 0.063% 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 7 8 0
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 -
25th Percentile £49,375 £51,563 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% - -
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 -
90th Percentile £96,250 £73,250 -
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 -
% change year-on-year +3.57% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

GCFE is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,411 22,227 22,309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.58% 36.22% 31.40%
Number of salaries quoted 12,214 8,226 10,352
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +0.41%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.47% +7.27% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for GCFE in the UK excluding London

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Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for GCFE in the UK excluding London

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Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCFE in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for GCFE in the UK excluding London

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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 GCFE within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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 +18 4 £58,750 -
West Midlands +16 2 £115,000 +64.29%
Midlands +15 2 £115,000 +64.29%
North of England +35 1 £57,500 - 1
East of England +21 1 - - 1
North West +11 1 £57,500 -
Scotland -66 1 £72,500 +45.00%
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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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 2 (22.22%) Wireshark
3 1 (11.11%) Network Security
General
1 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (22.22%) Legal
2 1 (11.11%) Games
2 1 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) SOC Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Consultant
2 3 (33.33%) Security Consultant
2 3 (33.33%) Senior
3 2 (22.22%) Incident Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Lead
3 2 (22.22%) Security Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Security Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) SIEM Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Information Security Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Principal Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Principal Security Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Information Security Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Security Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (33.33%) Security Posture
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (11.11%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (66.67%) SIEM
3 5 (55.56%) Incident Response
4 4 (44.44%) Security Operations
5 3 (33.33%) Information Security
5 3 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
6 2 (22.22%) Analytics
6 2 (22.22%) Application Security
6 2 (22.22%) Campaign Analysis
6 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (22.22%) Critical Thinking
6 2 (22.22%) DevOps
6 2 (22.22%) Digital Forensics
6 2 (22.22%) Log Analytics
6 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
6 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (22.22%) SOAR
6 2 (22.22%) Threat Detection
6 2 (22.22%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) Bash
2 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) CISSP
2 6 (66.67%) GCFA
3 5 (55.56%) CEH
3 5 (55.56%) GCIH
3 5 (55.56%) OSCP
4 3 (33.33%) GREM
4 3 (33.33%) SANS
5 2 (22.22%) GIAC
5 2 (22.22%) GISP
5 2 (22.22%) GSEC
5 2 (22.22%) SSCP
6 1 (11.11%) CASP
6 1 (11.11%) CISM
6 1 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (11.11%) CRISC
6 1 (11.11%) Degree
6 1 (11.11%) GCIA
6 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
6 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) NCSC
1 1 (11.11%) NIST
1 1 (11.11%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Darktrace
1 2 (22.22%) Splunk