AccessData Forensic Toolkit (FTK)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for FTK skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited FTK over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 883 - 1216
Rank change year-on-year - - -315
Permanent jobs citing FTK 2 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% - 0.004%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.020% - 0.021%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £38,250 - -
25th Percentile £43,125 - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,625 - £56,250
90th Percentile £69,750 - £68,700
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 - £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -18.18%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

FTK is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 9,994 15,281 28,142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.16% 14.69% 18.06%
Number of salaries quoted 7,234 9,375 14,189
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,400 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,091 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,525 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +9.09%

FTK
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for FTK in the UK

FTK
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing FTK.

Salary trend for FTK in the UK

FTK
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing FTK over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for FTK in the UK

FTK
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FTK within the UK over the 6 months to 29 April 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
England - 2 £55,000 - 5
Work from Home - 1 £70,000 -
UK excluding London - 1 £40,000 - 5
North of England - 1 £40,000 - 5
North West - 1 £40,000 - 5

FTK
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 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Forensic Investigator
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Forensics
2 1 (50.00%) E-Discovery
2 1 (50.00%) Forensic Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 17025
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) EnCase
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Carbon Black
1 1 (50.00%) Cellebrite
1 1 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Nuix
1 1 (50.00%) Spotify