GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for GCFA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 893 897 1224
Rank change year-on-year +4 +327 -307
Permanent jobs citing GCFA 14 50 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.013% 0.053% 0.022%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.050% 0.16% 0.081%
Number of salaries quoted 12 37 30
10th Percentile £53,875 - -
25th Percentile £55,000 £32,500 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £40,000 £92,500
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% -56.76% +76.19%
75th Percentile £70,938 £50,000 £122,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £37,500 -
% change year-on-year +80.00% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

GCFA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,927 31,974 45,711
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.61% 33.78% 27.09%
Number of salaries quoted 17,249 14,434 19,201
10th Percentile £28,668 £32,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,503 £42,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,772 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.38% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

GCFA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing GCFA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GCFA in the UK

GCFA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GCFA.

Salary trend for GCFA in the UK

GCFA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCFA over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for GCFA in the UK

GCFA
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCFA within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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
England +20 14 £62,500 +56.25% 5
UK excluding London -68 8 £67,500 +80.00%
London +119 6 £62,500 -16.67% 5
North of England +21 3 £57,500 +64.29%
Work from Home +27 2 £62,500 -10.71% 2
North West -3 2 £52,250 -9.13%
South East -8 2 £72,500 +45.00%
West Midlands -16 2 £115,000 +64.29%
Midlands -17 2 £115,000 +64.29%
Yorkshire +50 1 £62,500 +78.57%
East of England -2 1 - -

GCFA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (21.43%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (42.86%) Wireshark
2 4 (28.57%) LAN
2 4 (28.57%) SSL
2 4 (28.57%) WAN
3 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
General
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Legal
4 1 (7.14%) Games
4 1 (7.14%) Military
4 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Analyst
2 6 (42.86%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 6 (42.86%) Security Analyst
3 4 (28.57%) Financial Analyst
3 4 (28.57%) Information Analyst
3 4 (28.57%) Information Security Analyst
3 4 (28.57%) Service Analyst
3 4 (28.57%) SOC Analyst
4 3 (21.43%) Consultant
4 3 (21.43%) Security Engineer
4 3 (21.43%) Senior
5 2 (14.29%) Incident Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Lead
5 2 (14.29%) Security Consultant
5 2 (14.29%) Senior Security Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) Information Security Consultant
6 1 (7.14%) Principal Consultant
6 1 (7.14%) Principal Security Consultant
6 1 (7.14%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (7.14%) Senior Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (7.14%) Cyberattack
2 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (78.57%) Windows
2 7 (50.00%) Linux
3 4 (28.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Incident Response
2 12 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (71.43%) SIEM
4 9 (64.29%) Information Security
5 7 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
6 6 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (42.86%) Risk Management
6 6 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
7 5 (35.71%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 5 (35.71%) Threat Intelligence
8 4 (28.57%) Application Security
8 4 (28.57%) Data Loss Prevention
8 4 (28.57%) Security Monitoring
8 4 (28.57%) Threat Management
9 3 (21.43%) DevOps
9 3 (21.43%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 3 (21.43%) Penetration Testing
9 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (21.43%) Risk Analysis
9 3 (21.43%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) Python
2 2 (14.29%) Bash
2 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (85.71%) GCIH
2 8 (57.14%) GCIA
3 7 (50.00%) CISSP
4 6 (42.86%) GCFE
5 5 (35.71%) OSCP
6 4 (28.57%) GREM
7 3 (21.43%) SANS
8 2 (14.29%) CEH
8 2 (14.29%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (14.29%) GCED
8 2 (14.29%) GIAC
8 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
8 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
9 1 (7.14%) CASP
9 1 (7.14%) CISM
9 1 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (7.14%) CRISC
9 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (50.00%) NIST
2 4 (28.57%) COBIT
3 2 (14.29%) ISO 31000
3 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (7.14%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (7.14%) NCSC
4 1 (7.14%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) CSIRT
1 2 (14.29%) QRadar
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Cisco
1 4 (28.57%) VMware
2 2 (14.29%) IBM
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Splunk