Digital Forensics Jobs in the UK excluding London

Digital Forensics
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Digital Forensics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Digital Forensics over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 547 729 773
Rank change year-on-year +182 +44 -87
Permanent jobs citing Digital Forensics 223 41 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.31% 0.070% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.073% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 86 28 44
10th Percentile £27,250 £39,750 £34,650
25th Percentile £29,625 £52,313 £35,068
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £68,750 £46,292
Median % change year-on-year -49.09% +48.51% -15.83%
75th Percentile £41,825 £73,125 £55,388
90th Percentile £56,875 £75,750 £83,375
UK median annual salary £40,553 £70,000 £52,295
% change year-on-year -42.07% +33.86% -16.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Digital Forensics is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 60,251 56,179 68,558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.03% 95.60% 94.21%
Number of salaries quoted 41,534 28,920 41,183
10th Percentile £27,300 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Digital Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Digital Forensics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Forensics in the UK excluding London

Digital Forensics
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Digital Forensics in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Digital Forensics in the UK excluding London

Digital Forensics
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Forensics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Digital Forensics in the UK excluding London

Digital Forensics
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Forensics within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. 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
South East +103 104 £80,000 +16.36% 1
Midlands +47 69 £35,000 -50.00% 10
West Midlands +61 62 £35,000 -50.00% 4
Wales +36 30 £40,000 - 1
South West - 13 £40,482 - 2
North of England +37 7 £41,250 -38.89% 3
North West +1 7 £41,250 -22.90% 2
East Midlands -3 7 £61,439 +63.84% 6
Digital Forensics
UK

Digital Forensics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 7 (3.14%) Azure
2 6 (2.69%) AWS
2 6 (2.69%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (0.90%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (0.45%) Mimecast
5 1 (0.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.14%) Firewall
2 5 (2.24%) Network Security
3 3 (1.35%) Wireshark
4 2 (0.90%) DHCP
4 2 (0.90%) DNS
4 2 (0.90%) NX-OS
4 2 (0.90%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.45%) SSL
5 1 (0.45%) tcpdump
Development Applications
1 2 (0.90%) GitLab
1 2 (0.90%) JIRA
General
1 124 (55.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 32 (14.35%) Police
3 12 (5.38%) Social Skills
4 11 (4.93%) Aerospace
5 8 (3.59%) Law
6 6 (2.69%) Public Speaking
7 5 (2.24%) Legal
8 4 (1.79%) Local Government
9 3 (1.35%) Electronics
10 2 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.90%) Retail
11 1 (0.45%) Analytical Skills
11 1 (0.45%) Finance
Job Titles
1 122 (54.71%) Data Scientist
2 51 (22.87%) Analyst
3 48 (21.52%) Digital Analyst
3 48 (21.52%) Forensic Analyst
4 19 (8.52%) Senior
5 17 (7.62%) Project Manager
6 12 (5.38%) Computer Scientist
6 12 (5.38%) Research Scientist
7 11 (4.93%) Forensic Manager
8 7 (3.14%) Digital Project Manager
9 6 (2.69%) Graduate
9 6 (2.69%) Graduate Analyst
10 4 (1.79%) Forensic Investigator
10 4 (1.79%) Project Quality Manager
10 4 (1.79%) Senior Analyst
10 4 (1.79%) Technical Trainer
10 4 (1.79%) Trainer
11 3 (1.35%) Business Continuity Manager
11 3 (1.35%) Business Continuity Project Manager
11 3 (1.35%) Risk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 122 (54.71%) Algorithms
2 13 (5.83%) Cyber Defence
3 11 (4.93%) Operational Technology
4 7 (3.14%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (2.69%) Security Operations Centre
6 5 (2.24%) Industry 4.0
6 5 (2.24%) SCADA
7 2 (0.90%) Cybercrime
7 2 (0.90%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.90%) Digital Media
7 2 (0.90%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.90%) PKI
7 2 (0.90%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.45%) CSOC
8 1 (0.45%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.45%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.45%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.45%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.07%) Windows
2 11 (4.93%) Linux
3 2 (0.90%) Unix
3 2 (0.90%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (67.26%) Cybersecurity
2 144 (64.57%) Mentoring
3 131 (58.74%) Computer Science
4 126 (56.50%) Decision-Making
5 124 (55.61%) Coaching
6 123 (55.16%) Data Analysis
6 123 (55.16%) Problem-Solving
7 122 (54.71%) Data Science
7 122 (54.71%) Mathematics
7 122 (54.71%) Red Team
7 122 (54.71%) Statistical Modelling
8 21 (9.42%) Case Management
9 17 (7.62%) Forensic Analysis
10 16 (7.17%) Project Management
11 14 (6.28%) Incident Response
11 14 (6.28%) Project Planning
11 14 (6.28%) Target Operating Model
12 13 (5.83%) Penetration Testing
13 12 (5.38%) Malware Analysis
14 11 (4.93%) OSINT
Programming Languages
1 18 (8.07%) Python
2 13 (5.83%) Bash
3 6 (2.69%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.90%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.45%) C#
5 1 (0.45%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 154 (69.06%) Degree
2 15 (6.73%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.59%) Master's Degree
4 5 (2.24%) SC Cleared
5 4 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (1.79%) SANS
6 3 (1.35%) CEH
6 3 (1.35%) CISSP
6 3 (1.35%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (1.35%) GCIH
7 2 (0.90%) A+ Certification
7 2 (0.90%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.90%) CCIE
7 2 (0.90%) CREST Certified
7 2 (0.90%) GCFA
7 2 (0.90%) GCFE
7 2 (0.90%) GREM
7 2 (0.90%) MCSE
7 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.90%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.87%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 17 (7.62%) ISO 9001
3 14 (6.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.24%) NCSC
5 4 (1.79%) NIST
5 4 (1.79%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.90%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
System Software
1 3 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.90%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.90%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.90%) vSphere
3 1 (0.45%) Snort
Systems Management
1 15 (6.73%) EnCase
2 2 (0.90%) CSIRT
2 2 (0.90%) FortiGate
2 2 (0.90%) Terraform
3 1 (0.45%) FTK
Vendors
1 11 (4.93%) Cellebrite
2 7 (3.14%) Microsoft
3 5 (2.24%) BT
3 5 (2.24%) VMware
4 4 (1.79%) Cisco
5 3 (1.35%) Spotify
6 2 (0.90%) Veeam
7 1 (0.45%) Darktrace
7 1 (0.45%) Nuix
7 1 (0.45%) Tripwire