Forensic Manager Job Trends

Forensic Manager
UK

The median Forensic Manager salary in the UK is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 627 684 708
Rank change year-on-year +57 +24 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Forensic Manager 15 21 18
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.025% 0.039% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.042% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 15 0 12
10th Percentile £45,000 - -
25th Percentile £66,250 - £39,280
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - £40,553
75th Percentile £79,375 - £45,000
90th Percentile £90,000 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 - £40,553

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 53,748 49,914 53,281
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.60% 92.93% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 33,232 25,949 41,098
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,500 £30,125
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Forensic Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Forensic Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Forensic Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Forensic Manager
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Forensic Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Forensic Manager job vacancies in the UK

Forensic Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Forensic Manager over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Forensic Manager in the UK

Forensic Manager
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Forensic Manager within the UK 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
England +67 15 £67,500 - 1
London +51 12 £67,500 - 1
Work from Home +65 4 £90,000 -
UK excluding London +37 2 £45,000 -
South West - 2 £45,000 -

Forensic Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, Forensic Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Forensic Manager in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
2 8 (53.33%) Analytics
2 8 (53.33%) Anti-Money Laundering
2 8 (53.33%) Big Data
2 8 (53.33%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (53.33%) Cellebrite
2 8 (53.33%) Data Analytics
2 8 (53.33%) Degree
2 8 (53.33%) Dropbox
2 8 (53.33%) E-Discovery
2 8 (53.33%) EDRMS
2 8 (53.33%) Electronic Discovery Reference Model
2 8 (53.33%) EnCase
2 8 (53.33%) Fintech
2 8 (53.33%) Forensic Accounting
2 8 (53.33%) FTK
2 8 (53.33%) Information Security
2 8 (53.33%) SAS
2 8 (53.33%) SDLC
2 8 (53.33%) SPSS
3 5 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (26.67%) Blue Team
4 4 (26.67%) Cloud Security
4 4 (26.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 4 (26.67%) Data Loss Prevention
4 4 (26.67%) Forensic Analysis
4 4 (26.67%) GCFA
4 4 (26.67%) GCIA
4 4 (26.67%) GCIH
4 4 (26.67%) Incident Response

Forensic Manager Skill Set
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 8 (53.33%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (53.33%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 8 (53.33%) Dropbox
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (53.33%) Big Data
1 8 (53.33%) EDRMS
General
1 12 (80.00%) Finance
2 9 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (53.33%) Legal
4 2 (13.33%) Police
5 1 (6.67%) Marketing
5 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Cybercrime
2 4 (26.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (6.67%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Linux
1 4 (26.67%) Unix
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
2 8 (53.33%) Analytics
2 8 (53.33%) Anti-Money Laundering
2 8 (53.33%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (53.33%) Data Analytics
2 8 (53.33%) E-Discovery
2 8 (53.33%) Electronic Discovery Reference Model
2 8 (53.33%) Fintech
2 8 (53.33%) Forensic Accounting
2 8 (53.33%) Information Security
2 8 (53.33%) SDLC
3 5 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (26.67%) Data Loss Prevention
4 4 (26.67%) Forensic Analysis
4 4 (26.67%) Remediation Plan
4 4 (26.67%) Security Monitoring
4 4 (26.67%) SIEM
4 4 (26.67%) Threat Detection
4 4 (26.67%) Use Case
4 4 (26.67%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) Degree
2 4 (26.67%) GCFA
2 4 (26.67%) GCIA
2 4 (26.67%) GCIH
3 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (26.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (53.33%) EnCase
1 8 (53.33%) FTK
Vendors
1 8 (53.33%) Cellebrite
2 4 (26.67%) VMware