Hybrid/Remote Digital Forensics Job Trends

Digital Forensics
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Digital Forensics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 342 427 448
Rank change year-on-year +85 +21 +242
Permanent jobs citing Digital Forensics 30 18 26
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.20% 0.10% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.11% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 29 5 24
10th Percentile £55,760 - £38,325
25th Percentile - £73,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,888 £77,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.60% +10.71% +3.70%
75th Percentile £63,312 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 - £75,000
UK median annual salary £59,500 £77,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -23.23% +63.16% -29.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Digital Forensics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,578 16,190 18,834
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.06% 92.72% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 8,689 9,805 15,142
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,625 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +2.46% -2.40%
75th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.60%

Digital Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Digital Forensics and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Digital Forensics job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Digital Forensics
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Digital Forensics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Digital Forensics

Digital Forensics
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Digital Forensics over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Digital Forensics salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Digital Forensics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.33%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.33%) Azure
1 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.33%) Wireshark
2 2 (6.67%) Firewall
2 2 (6.67%) Network Security
3 1 (3.33%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) JIRA
General
1 25 (83.33%) Finance
2 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (6.67%) Legal
2 2 (6.67%) Retail
3 1 (3.33%) Law
3 1 (3.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (70.00%) Senior
2 4 (13.33%) Forensic Manager
2 4 (13.33%) Incident Manager
3 2 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 2 (6.67%) Security Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Analyst
4 1 (3.33%) Contracts Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (3.33%) IT Analyst
4 1 (3.33%) IT Security Analyst
4 1 (3.33%) Security Analyst
4 1 (3.33%) Security Engineer
4 1 (3.33%) SOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 3 (10.00%) Security Posture
3 2 (6.67%) Cloud Native
3 2 (6.67%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (3.33%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.33%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (3.33%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.33%) Linux
1 4 (13.33%) Unix
1 4 (13.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) Incident Response
2 8 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (26.67%) SIEM
3 7 (23.33%) Threat Detection
4 6 (20.00%) Cloud Security
4 6 (20.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 6 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 5 (16.67%) Red Team
5 5 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
6 4 (13.33%) Blue Team
6 4 (13.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 4 (13.33%) Data Loss Prevention
6 4 (13.33%) Forensic Analysis
6 4 (13.33%) Remediation Plan
6 4 (13.33%) Security Monitoring
6 4 (13.33%) Security Operations
6 4 (13.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 4 (13.33%) Threat Intelligence
6 4 (13.33%) Use Case
6 4 (13.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (13.33%) GCFA
1 4 (13.33%) GCIA
1 4 (13.33%) GCIH
2 3 (10.00%) CISSP
3 2 (6.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (6.67%) CCSP
3 2 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (6.67%) CISM
4 1 (3.33%) CISA
4 1 (3.33%) Degree
4 1 (3.33%) GSEC
4 1 (3.33%) OSCP
4 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (30.00%) NIST
2 4 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (3.33%) NIST 800
4 1 (3.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (13.33%) VMware
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.33%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (3.33%) Splunk