Forensic Analysis Jobs in the UK excluding London

Forensic Analysis
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 758 713 856
Rank change year-on-year -45 +143 -163
Permanent jobs citing Forensic Analysis 22 15 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.027% 0.027% 0.024%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.034% 0.028% 0.025%
Number of salaries quoted 21 9 16
10th Percentile £27,500 £40,211 -
25th Percentile £27,750 £51,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £57,500 £40,750
Median % change year-on-year -42.61% +41.10% -25.91%
75th Percentile £41,205 £135,693 £57,500
90th Percentile £45,000 - £62,833
UK median annual salary £34,000 £77,500 £54,056
% change year-on-year -56.13% +43.37% -9.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64,702 52,760 72,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 80.77% 95.48% 94.30%
Number of salaries quoted 43,767 28,367 41,386
10th Percentile £27,500 £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% +8.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Forensic Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Forensic Analysis in the UK excluding London

Forensic Analysis
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Forensic Analysis in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Forensic Analysis in the UK excluding London

Forensic Analysis
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Forensic Analysis in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Forensic Analysis in the UK excluding London

Forensic Analysis
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 Forensic Analysis within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Midlands -27 13 £30,250 -32.78% 2
West Midlands +1 12 £30,250 -32.78% 2
North of England +12 4 £41,250 -22.90% 3
North West -22 4 £41,250 -22.90% 3
Wales +14 3 £33,000 -
South West -41 2 £40,482 -65.63% 1
East Midlands -30 1 - -
Forensic Analysis
UK

Forensic Analysis
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.55%) AWS
1 1 (4.55%) Azure
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) DNS
1 1 (4.55%) Firewall
1 1 (4.55%) HTTP
1 1 (4.55%) SMTP
1 1 (4.55%) TCP/IP
General
1 7 (31.82%) Police
2 6 (27.27%) Public Speaking
3 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
4 4 (18.18%) Local Government
5 3 (13.64%) Electronics
5 3 (13.64%) Legal
6 2 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (9.09%) Law
6 2 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (9.09%) Retail
7 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (4.55%) Games
Job Titles
1 16 (72.73%) Analyst
2 14 (63.64%) Digital Analyst
2 14 (63.64%) Forensic Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Forensic Investigator
4 2 (9.09%) Graduate
4 2 (9.09%) Graduate Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Information Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Information Security Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Information Security Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Security Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Security Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Security Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Senior
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Information Security Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Security Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (13.64%) Driving Licence
3 2 (9.09%) Cybercrime
4 1 (4.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (4.55%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (4.55%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (4.55%) Security Posture
4 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Linux
1 2 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (81.82%) Digital Forensics
2 9 (40.91%) Case Management
2 9 (40.91%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (31.82%) Time Management
4 5 (22.73%) Incident Response
5 4 (18.18%) Computer Forensics
5 4 (18.18%) Computer Science
6 3 (13.64%) Data Protection
6 3 (13.64%) Information Security
6 3 (13.64%) Mentoring
7 2 (9.09%) Decision-Making
7 2 (9.09%) Five Forces Analysis
7 2 (9.09%) Offensive Security
7 2 (9.09%) Penetration Testing
7 2 (9.09%) SIEM
7 2 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
8 1 (4.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (4.55%) E-Discovery
8 1 (4.55%) Protective Monitoring
8 1 (4.55%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) Python
2 1 (4.55%) Bash
2 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (63.64%) Degree
2 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 3 (13.64%) CISSP
4 2 (9.09%) CCIE
4 2 (9.09%) CCNP
4 2 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (9.09%) CISM
4 2 (9.09%) OSCP
4 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.55%) CEH
5 1 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (4.55%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (4.55%) GCFA
5 1 (4.55%) GCFE
5 1 (4.55%) GCIH
5 1 (4.55%) GIAC
5 1 (4.55%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (68.18%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 13 (59.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (40.91%) ISO 9001
4 2 (9.09%) GDPR
4 2 (9.09%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
5 1 (4.55%) HIPAA
5 1 (4.55%) NIST
Systems Management
1 8 (36.36%) EnCase
2 2 (9.09%) FTK
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Cellebrite
2 2 (9.09%) Cisco
2 2 (9.09%) Nuix
3 1 (4.55%) Carbon Black
3 1 (4.55%) Intel
3 1 (4.55%) Spotify