Computer Forensics Job Trends

Computer Forensics
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Computer Forensics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 642 723 694
Rank change year-on-year +81 -29 +341
Permanent jobs citing Computer Forensics 1 5 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.002% 0.009% 0.017%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.002% 0.010% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 9
10th Percentile - £64,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £58,250 £68,125 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £70,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +115.38% -53.57%
75th Percentile £60,750 - £41,205
90th Percentile - - £61,450
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,500 - £32,500
% change year-on-year - - -50.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Computer 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 49,174 50,059 47,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.96% 89.84% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 28,944 25,024 36,293
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.34%

Computer Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Computer Forensics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Computer Forensics job vacancy trend in the UK

Computer Forensics
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Computer Forensics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Computer Forensics

Computer Forensics
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Forensics within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England +83 1 £59,500 -15.00% 3
UK excluding London +51 1 £59,500 - 2
East of England +28 1 £59,500 - 1

Computer Forensics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) NGFW
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Security
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Malware Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft