Digital Forensics
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 649 888 1076
Rank change year-on-year +239 +188 -216
Permanent jobs citing Digital Forensics 267 72 153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.072% 0.095%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.076% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 113 50 96
10th Percentile £27,500 £35,333 £35,068
25th Percentile £35,000 £52,813 £42,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,553 £70,000 £52,750
Median % change year-on-year -42.07% +32.70% -15.60%
75th Percentile £64,148 £82,188 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,637 £91,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £68,750 £47,500
% change year-on-year -49.09% +44.74% -13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,150 95,114 154,445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.20% 95.57% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 59,851 56,202 82,517
10th Percentile £29,079 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.43%

Digital Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Forensics in the UK

Digital Forensics
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Digital Forensics.

Salary trend for Digital Forensics in the UK

Digital Forensics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Forensics over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Digital Forensics in the UK

Digital Forensics
Top 12 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 19 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
England +253 235 £42,500 -39.29% 27
UK excluding London +174 222 £35,000 -49.09% 21
South East +88 104 £80,000 +16.36% 3
Midlands +56 68 £35,000 -50.00% 8
West Midlands +66 61 £35,000 -50.00% 3
London +126 43 £80,000 -5.88% 8
Wales +32 30 £40,000 - 1
Work from Home +44 19 £77,500 +10.71% 4
South West - 13 £40,482 - 2
North of England +43 7 £41,250 -38.89% 7
North West +2 7 £41,250 -22.90% 3
East Midlands -8 7 £61,439 +63.84% 5

Digital Forensics
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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (5.62%) SAS
2 5 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.12%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 15 (5.62%) SPSS
2 2 (0.75%) Adobe After Effects
2 2 (0.75%) Adobe Premiere
2 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.75%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.50%) Relativity
2 2 (0.75%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 1 (0.37%) Ringtail
Cloud Services
1 22 (8.24%) Azure
2 18 (6.74%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (4.12%) Dropbox
4 6 (2.25%) AWS
5 5 (1.87%) Mimecast
5 5 (1.87%) SaaS
6 3 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (1.12%) PaaS
6 3 (1.12%) Rubrik
7 2 (0.75%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.37%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.37%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.75%) Firewall
2 6 (2.25%) Network Security
3 5 (1.87%) DNS
4 4 (1.50%) DKIM
4 4 (1.50%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (1.12%) Fibre Channel
5 3 (1.12%) Internet
5 3 (1.12%) iSCSI
5 3 (1.12%) LAN
5 3 (1.12%) SAN
5 3 (1.12%) VoIP
5 3 (1.12%) WAN
5 3 (1.12%) WebEx
5 3 (1.12%) Wireshark
6 2 (0.75%) DHCP
6 2 (0.75%) NX-OS
6 2 (0.75%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.37%) SSL
7 1 (0.37%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.62%) Big Data
1 15 (5.62%) EDRMS
2 3 (1.12%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.75%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.37%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (0.75%) GitLab
1 2 (0.75%) JIRA
General
1 124 (46.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 38 (14.23%) Police
3 32 (11.99%) Social Skills
4 23 (8.61%) Legal
5 19 (7.12%) Finance
6 17 (6.37%) Law
7 11 (4.12%) Aerospace
8 7 (2.62%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (2.25%) Marketing
9 6 (2.25%) Public Speaking
10 4 (1.50%) Local Government
11 3 (1.12%) Advertising
11 3 (1.12%) Electronics
11 3 (1.12%) Military
11 3 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.75%) Retail
13 1 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 122 (45.69%) Data Scientist
2 55 (20.60%) Analyst
3 48 (17.98%) Digital Analyst
3 48 (17.98%) Forensic Analyst
4 25 (9.36%) Senior
5 18 (6.74%) Forensic Manager
6 17 (6.37%) Project Manager
7 12 (4.49%) Computer Scientist
7 12 (4.49%) Research Scientist
8 10 (3.75%) Security Engineer
9 9 (3.37%) Incident Manager
10 7 (2.62%) Digital Project Manager
11 6 (2.25%) Graduate
11 6 (2.25%) Graduate Analyst
12 4 (1.50%) Forensic Investigator
12 4 (1.50%) Project Quality Manager
12 4 (1.50%) Senior Analyst
12 4 (1.50%) Senior Security Engineer
13 3 (1.12%) Incident Engineer
13 3 (1.12%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 122 (45.69%) Algorithms
2 17 (6.37%) Cybercrime
3 13 (4.87%) Cyber Defence
4 11 (4.12%) Operational Technology
5 9 (3.37%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (2.25%) Security Operations Centre
7 5 (1.87%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.87%) Industry 4.0
7 5 (1.87%) SCADA
8 4 (1.50%) Taxonomies
9 3 (1.12%) Blog
9 3 (1.12%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.12%) Marketing Technology
9 3 (1.12%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.12%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.75%) Digital Media
10 2 (0.75%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.75%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (9.74%) Windows
2 11 (4.12%) Linux
3 8 (3.00%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.12%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (61.05%) Cybersecurity
2 148 (55.43%) Mentoring
3 137 (51.31%) Computer Science
4 130 (48.69%) Data Analysis
5 129 (48.31%) Decision-Making
6 124 (46.44%) Coaching
6 124 (46.44%) Problem-Solving
7 122 (45.69%) Data Science
7 122 (45.69%) Mathematics
7 122 (45.69%) Red Team
7 122 (45.69%) Statistical Modelling
8 27 (10.11%) Incident Response
8 27 (10.11%) Information Security
9 24 (8.99%) Project Management
10 21 (7.87%) Case Management
10 21 (7.87%) E-Discovery
10 21 (7.87%) Forensic Analysis
11 20 (7.49%) Penetration Testing
12 17 (6.37%) Analytics
13 15 (5.62%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 21 (7.87%) Python
2 14 (5.24%) Bash
3 6 (2.25%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.50%) SQL
5 2 (0.75%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.37%) C#
6 1 (0.37%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 181 (67.79%) Degree
2 15 (5.62%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.00%) Master's Degree
4 7 (2.62%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (2.25%) CEH
6 5 (1.87%) CISSP
6 5 (1.87%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.50%) SANS
8 3 (1.12%) CCNA
8 3 (1.12%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (1.12%) GCIH
8 3 (1.12%) GSEC
8 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.75%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.75%) CCIE
9 2 (0.75%) CCNP
9 2 (0.75%) CCSP
9 2 (0.75%) GCFA
9 2 (0.75%) GCFE
9 2 (0.75%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.99%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 17 (6.37%) ISO 9001
3 14 (5.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.87%) NCSC
5 4 (1.50%) NIST
5 4 (1.50%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (1.12%) GDPR
7 2 (0.75%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
System Software
1 8 (3.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.25%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (2.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.87%) vSphere
4 2 (0.75%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.37%) Snort
Systems Management
1 15 (5.62%) EnCase
2 6 (2.25%) CASB
2 6 (2.25%) QRadar
3 4 (1.50%) DatAdvantage
4 2 (0.75%) CSIRT
4 2 (0.75%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.75%) Terraform
5 1 (0.37%) FTK
Vendors
1 23 (8.61%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.87%) Cisco
3 11 (4.12%) Cellebrite
4 8 (3.00%) VMware
5 6 (2.25%) Kenna
5 6 (2.25%) Rapid7
6 5 (1.87%) BT
6 5 (1.87%) Darktrace
7 4 (1.50%) Intapp
7 4 (1.50%) Varonis
8 3 (1.12%) 3PAR
8 3 (1.12%) Mitel
8 3 (1.12%) Nuix
8 3 (1.12%) ShoreTel
8 3 (1.12%) Spotify
9 2 (0.75%) Adobe
9 2 (0.75%) IBM
9 2 (0.75%) Recommind
9 2 (0.75%) Veeam
10 1 (0.37%) Tripwire