Hybrid/Remote GCFA Job Trends

GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for GCFA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 362 - 481
Rank change year-on-year - - +228
Permanent jobs citing GCFA 12 0 8
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.079% - 0.037%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.24% - 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 12 0 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £75,000 - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.00%
75th Percentile £90,625 - £54,063
90th Percentile £99,250 - £66,250
UK median annual salary £90,000 £75,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% +66.67% +5.88%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,992 4,685 5,819
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.96% 28.51% 26.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2,496 2,387 4,180
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,754 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -2.84% +3.69% -0.74%
75th Percentile £78,563 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £90,000 £91,934
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,518 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.59% +3.51% -

GCFA
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

GCFA job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

GCFA
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GCFA over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

GCFA salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

GCFA
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:

Communications & Networking
1 10 (83.33%) Wireshark
2 4 (33.33%) VPN
3 2 (16.67%) SSL
General
1 6 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Banking
2 2 (16.67%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Incident Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Forensic Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Information Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Information Security Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Security Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 1 (8.33%) Incident Response Lead
4 1 (8.33%) IT Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Lead
4 1 (8.33%) SIEM Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (83.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 2 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (16.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (91.67%) Linux
1 11 (91.67%) Windows
2 6 (50.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 11 (91.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 11 (91.67%) Security Monitoring
2 11 (91.67%) SIEM
2 11 (91.67%) Threat Detection
2 11 (91.67%) Threat Intelligence
3 10 (83.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 10 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (83.33%) Use Case
3 10 (83.33%) Vulnerability Management
4 8 (66.67%) Data Loss Prevention
4 8 (66.67%) Forensic Analysis
5 6 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
5 6 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 5 (41.67%) Security Operations
7 4 (33.33%) Behavioural Analytics
7 4 (33.33%) Digital Forensics
7 4 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
7 4 (33.33%) Security Hardening
7 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 11 (91.67%) GCIA
2 10 (83.33%) GCIH
3 4 (33.33%) GIAC
4 2 (16.67%) GCFE
5 1 (8.33%) CEH
5 1 (8.33%) CISM
5 1 (8.33%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (83.33%) NIST
2 2 (16.67%) COBIT
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) QRadar
2 2 (16.67%) Suricata
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Splunk
1 4 (33.33%) VMware