Forensic Analysis Jobs in the West Midlands

Forensic Analysis
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Forensic Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Forensic Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 195 241 263
Rank change year-on-year +46 +22 -
Permanent jobs citing Forensic Analysis 2 12 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.049% 0.15% 0.016%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.053% 0.19% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 2 12 1
10th Percentile £44,875 £25,700 -
25th Percentile £48,438 £27,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £30,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +85.95% -32.78% -
75th Percentile £63,438 £34,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £66,625 £34,950 -
England median annual salary £70,000 £40,241 £77,500
% change year-on-year +73.95% -48.08% +50.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Forensic Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,753 6,362 5,881
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 91.18% 81.41% 96.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,531 4,664 3,160
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,592
25th Percentile £36,500 £35,700 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Forensic Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Forensic Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Forensic Analysis in the West Midlands

Forensic Analysis
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Forensic Analysis in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Forensic Analysis in the West Midlands

Forensic Analysis
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Forensic Analysis in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Forensic Analysis in the West Midlands

Forensic Analysis
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Forensic Analysis within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 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
Warwickshire 0 1 £45,000 +60.71% 1
Herefordshire - 1 £67,500 -
Forensic Analysis
England

Forensic Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Security Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Media
2 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Anomaly Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Forensics
2 1 (50.00%) Fraud Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Privileged Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft