Forensic Analyst Jobs

Forensics Analyst
UK

The median Forensics Analyst salary in the UK is £48,507 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 708 846 968
Rank change year-on-year +138 +122 +257
Permanent jobs requiring a Forensic Analyst 3 49 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.049% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.052% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 3 49 0
10th Percentile £42,446 £25,500 -
25th Percentile £44,240 £27,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,507 £33,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +46.99% - -
75th Percentile £94,892 £35,000 -
90th Percentile £121,957 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,507 £33,000 -
% change year-on-year +46.99% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 50,303 93,916 91,216
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.69% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 27,096 67,168 57,442
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,886 £71,250 £80,559
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%

Forensic Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Forensic Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Forensic Analyst in the UK

Forensic Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Forensic Analyst.

Salary trend for Forensic Analyst in the UK

Forensic Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Forensic Analyst over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Forensic Analyst in the UK

Forensic Analyst
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 Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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 +118 2 £91,250 +185.16% 1
London - 2 £91,250 - 1
Work from Home - 2 £94,254 - 2
UK excluding London +140 1 £48,507 +46.99%
Scotland - 1 £48,507 -

Forensic Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Forensic Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Forensic Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Data Security
3 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Law
3 1 (33.33%) Legal
3 1 (33.33%) GIAC
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) CEH
3 1 (33.33%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) Perl
3 1 (33.33%) VBA
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (33.33%) Sun
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) EnCE
3 1 (33.33%) Data Extraction
3 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) CFCE
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) FTK

Forensic Analyst Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Law
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (33.33%) Cybercrime
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Blue Team
3 1 (33.33%) Data Extraction
3 1 (33.33%) Data Security
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Forensic Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Malware Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) Situational Awareness
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Perl
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CEH
1 1 (33.33%) CFCE
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) EnCE
1 1 (33.33%) GIAC
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) EnCase
1 1 (33.33%) FTK
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Sun