Computer Forensics Jobs

Computer Forensics
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Computer Forensics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Computer Forensics over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 697 900 948
Rank change year-on-year +203 +48 +253
Permanent jobs citing Computer Forensics 12 12 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.022% 0.012% 0.014%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.023% 0.014% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 6 12 14
10th Percentile - £26,200 -
25th Percentile £46,250 £32,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £36,491 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.17% -51.35% +20.00%
75th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 -
90th Percentile £60,375 £63,125 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £32,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +46.15% -56.67% +15.38%

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 51,902 86,889 92,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.67% 84.13% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,611 60,763 54,796
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%

Computer Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Computer Forensics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Forensics in the UK

Computer Forensics
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Forensics.

Salary trend for Computer Forensics in the UK

Computer Forensics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Forensics over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Computer Forensics in the UK

Computer Forensics
Top 7 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 30 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
England +160 12 £47,500 +17.34% 16
UK excluding London +196 11 £47,500 +46.15% 15
Work from Home +118 6 £47,500 +46.15% 12
East of England - 6 £47,500 - 11
South West +106 3 - - 2
South East +89 2 - - 5
London +112 1 £69,000 +62.35% 2

Computer Forensics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 9 (75.00%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (16.67%) AWS
2 2 (16.67%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (91.67%) Network Security
2 6 (50.00%) DHCP
2 6 (50.00%) DNS
2 6 (50.00%) Firewall
2 6 (50.00%) NGFW
2 6 (50.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 4 (33.33%) Legal
2 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 3 (25.00%) Marketing
3 2 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (16.67%) Law
3 2 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
4 1 (8.33%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Analyst
1 6 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 6 (50.00%) Security Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Engagement Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Information Security Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Security Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Information Security Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Security Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Head of Cybersecurity
4 1 (8.33%) Head of Security
Miscellaneous
1 11 (91.67%) Management Information System
2 5 (41.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (8.33%) CSOC
3 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (91.67%) Incident Response
3 10 (83.33%) Incident Management
4 9 (75.00%) Identity Management
5 6 (50.00%) Malware Analysis
5 6 (50.00%) SIEM
6 5 (41.67%) Regulatory Compliance
6 5 (41.67%) Security Operations
7 3 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
7 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (25.00%) Data Security
7 3 (25.00%) Information Assurance
7 3 (25.00%) ITIL
7 3 (25.00%) Regulatory Change
7 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
8 2 (16.67%) Analytics
8 2 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
8 2 (16.67%) Digital Forensics
8 2 (16.67%) Information Security
8 2 (16.67%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) FFIEC
2 2 (16.67%) CCFP
2 2 (16.67%) CISSP
2 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) EnCE
2 2 (16.67%) GCFA
2 2 (16.67%) GCFE
2 2 (16.67%) GREM
3 1 (8.33%) A+ Certification
3 1 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (8.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) GDPR
1 3 (25.00%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) EnCase
1 2 (16.67%) FTK
1 2 (16.67%) RSA Security Analytics
2 1 (8.33%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) FireEye
2 2 (16.67%) NetWitness
2 2 (16.67%) Splunk