GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for GCFA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 671 875 946
Rank change year-on-year +204 +71 +231
Permanent jobs citing GCFA 13 10 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.010% 0.039%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.051% 0.037% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 11 8 27
10th Percentile £63,750 £51,725 -
25th Percentile - £57,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £62,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +78.57% -58.82%
75th Percentile - £73,750 £40,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £88,375 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary - £67,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year - +92.86% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

GCFA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 25,484 27,371 34,026
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 48.86% 27.83% 32.72%
Number of salaries quoted 11,203 17,308 15,226
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £41,776
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.90% +5.45%
75th Percentile £68,568 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.99% +1.00%

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 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for GCFA in the UK

GCFA
Top 4 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 30 April 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 +192 13 £75,000 +20.00% 9
London +113 11 £75,000 +20.00% 6
UK excluding London +201 2 - - 4
South East +113 2 - - 2

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 2 (15.38%) AWS
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
1 2 (15.38%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) Wireshark
2 2 (15.38%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 7 (53.85%) Burp Suite
General
1 7 (53.85%) Banking
2 4 (30.77%) Law
3 2 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (15.38%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Analyst
2 7 (53.85%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 7 (53.85%) Information Analyst
2 7 (53.85%) Information Security Analyst
2 7 (53.85%) Security Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Senior
4 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 2 (15.38%) IAM Specialist
4 2 (15.38%) Information Security Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Security Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Security Specialist
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Information Security Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Security Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (69.23%) Windows
2 7 (53.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 13 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 11 (84.62%) Security Monitoring
2 11 (84.62%) SIEM
3 9 (69.23%) Information Security
3 9 (69.23%) Threat Modelling
3 9 (69.23%) Vulnerability Management
4 7 (53.85%) Data Loss Prevention
5 4 (30.77%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 4 (30.77%) Digital Forensics
5 4 (30.77%) Threat Intelligence
6 2 (15.38%) Analytics
6 2 (15.38%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (15.38%) Case Management
6 2 (15.38%) Computer Forensics
6 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
6 2 (15.38%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (15.38%) Performance Metrics
6 2 (15.38%) Security Architecture
6 2 (15.38%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 11 (84.62%) GCIH
2 9 (69.23%) GCIA
3 4 (30.77%) CISSP
3 4 (30.77%) Degree
4 2 (15.38%) CCFP
4 2 (15.38%) CEH
4 2 (15.38%) EnCE
4 2 (15.38%) GCFE
4 2 (15.38%) GREM
4 2 (15.38%) Master's Degree
4 2 (15.38%) OSCP
4 2 (15.38%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) EnCase
1 2 (15.38%) FTK
1 2 (15.38%) RSA Security Analytics
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) VMware
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 4 (30.77%) Splunk
3 2 (15.38%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (15.38%) FireEye
3 2 (15.38%) NetWitness