GCFA Job Trends in West London

GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West London with a requirement for GCFA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing GCFA 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in West London 0.32% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.96% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - -
75th Percentile £95,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median annual salary £80,000 £70,000 £112,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -37.78% +32.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West London

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 in West London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 104 246 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West London 33.66% 37.56% 27.80%
Number of salaries quoted 71 44 103
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,750 £28,600
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.29% -6.82% +7.84%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £79,625 £87,500
London median annual salary £68,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -2.86% - +3.70%

GCFA
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GCFA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West London.

GCFA job vacancy trend in West London

GCFA
Salary Trend in West London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West London citing GCFA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West London citing GCFA

GCFA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Modbus
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Security Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Manager
1 1 (100.00%) SOC Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) NIST