GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for GCFA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 6 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 695 1055 1036
Rank change year-on-year +360 -19 -300
Permanent jobs citing GCFA 35 19 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.065% 0.015% 0.047%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.20% 0.052% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 33 18 6
10th Percentile - £37,750 £43,625
25th Percentile £42,500 £52,875 £49,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £85,000 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year -47.06% +19.30% -5.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £98,750 £74,688
90th Percentile £56,750 £122,500 £76,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year - -41.94% +37.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

GCFA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,416 36,561 31,683
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.49% 29.44% 24.77%
Number of salaries quoted 10,947 17,109 17,861
10th Percentile £31,233 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £73,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +2.04%

GCFA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for GCFA in the UK

GCFA
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for GCFA in the UK

GCFA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCFA over the 6 months to 6 December 2023.

Salary histogram for GCFA in the UK

GCFA
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCFA within the UK over the 6 months to 6 December 2023. 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
UK excluding London +268 32 £45,000 -
England +323 22 £45,000 -47.06% 2
North of England +158 13 £45,000 -50.00%
Wales +30 13 £45,000 +28.57%
Yorkshire +106 12 £45,000 -
Work from Home +271 10 £45,000 -47.06% 2
South East - 5 £45,210 -
London +254 3 £101,250 +19.12% 2
North West +115 1 £50,000 -44.44%
East Midlands - 1 £55,000 -
Midlands - 1 £55,000 -

GCFA
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 (2.86%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.71%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (2.86%) DMZ
2 1 (2.86%) DNS
2 1 (2.86%) Firewall
2 1 (2.86%) Network Security
General
1 23 (65.71%) Finance
2 3 (8.57%) Military
3 2 (5.71%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Advertising
4 1 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (82.86%) Analyst
2 24 (68.57%) Security Analyst
3 14 (40.00%) IT Analyst
3 14 (40.00%) IT Security Analyst
4 10 (28.57%) ICT Analyst
5 4 (11.43%) Incident Analyst
5 4 (11.43%) Security Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) Digital Analyst
6 3 (8.57%) Forensic Analyst
7 2 (5.71%) Splunk Engineer
8 1 (2.86%) Consultant
8 1 (2.86%) Senior
8 1 (2.86%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.57%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 13 (37.14%) Security Posture
2 2 (5.71%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (2.86%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (2.86%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.86%) Cyberattack
3 1 (2.86%) Hedge funds
3 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.86%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.29%) Windows
2 4 (11.43%) Unix
3 2 (5.71%) Linux
4 1 (2.86%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (68.57%) Threat Analysis
2 23 (65.71%) Risk Analysis
3 19 (54.29%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (42.86%) SIEM
5 14 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 13 (37.14%) Analytics
6 13 (37.14%) Business Continuity
6 13 (37.14%) Security Analytics
7 7 (20.00%) Incident Response
8 6 (17.14%) Security Monitoring
9 5 (14.29%) Open Source
10 3 (8.57%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 3 (8.57%) Decision-Making
10 3 (8.57%) Digital Forensics
10 3 (8.57%) Project Delivery
10 3 (8.57%) Security Operations
10 3 (8.57%) SOAR
10 3 (8.57%) Threat Intelligence
11 2 (5.71%) Malware Analysis
11 2 (5.71%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.00%) Python
2 3 (8.57%) PowerShell
3 2 (5.71%) C#
3 2 (5.71%) Java
4 1 (2.86%) Bash
4 1 (2.86%) Ruby
4 1 (2.86%) Rust
Qualifications
1 32 (91.43%) GCIH
2 28 (80.00%) GCIA
3 25 (71.43%) GREM
3 25 (71.43%) OSCP
4 24 (68.57%) CEH
5 5 (14.29%) GCFE
5 5 (14.29%) GIAC
5 5 (14.29%) Security Cleared
6 4 (11.43%) CISSP
7 3 (8.57%) EnCE
8 2 (5.71%) SC Cleared
9 1 (2.86%) Azure Certification
9 1 (2.86%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (2.86%) CREST Certified
9 1 (2.86%) Degree
9 1 (2.86%) GCED
9 1 (2.86%) GSEC
9 1 (2.86%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (68.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (65.71%) PCI DSS
3 2 (5.71%) NIST
4 1 (2.86%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (2.86%) COBIT
4 1 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.86%) GDPR
4 1 (2.86%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (8.57%) Splunk
1 3 (8.57%) VMware
2 1 (2.86%) Intel
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft