Digital Forensics Jobs in England

Digital Forensics
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Digital Forensics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Digital Forensics 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 621 848 1066
Rank change year-on-year +227 +218 -201
Permanent jobs citing Digital Forensics 245 46 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.056% 0.083%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.059% 0.087%
Number of salaries quoted 86 38 79
10th Percentile £27,500 £53,150 £35,068
25th Percentile £35,000 £63,750 £40,166
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £70,000 £51,579
Median % change year-on-year -30.36% +35.71% -17.47%
75th Percentile £81,250 £76,875 £63,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £101,000 £87,750
UK median annual salary £40,553 £70,000 £51,579
% change year-on-year -42.07% +35.71% -17.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Digital Forensics 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 78,968 78,333 138,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.62% 95.44% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 56,258 48,146 73,664
10th Percentile £29,383 £34,308 £33,349
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,775 £44,178
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Digital Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Forensics in England

Digital Forensics
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Digital Forensics in England

Digital Forensics
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Forensics in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Digital Forensics in England

Digital Forensics
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Forensics within the England 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
South East +69 105 £80,000 +16.36% 1
Midlands +26 75 £35,000 -50.00% 2
West Midlands +49 67 £35,000 -50.00% 2
London +123 45 £80,000 +1.59% 7
South West - 12 £40,482 - 2
East Midlands -25 8 £61,439 +63.84%
North of England +11 7 £41,250 -38.89% 3
North West -21 7 £41,250 -22.90% 2
Digital Forensics
UK

Digital Forensics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (6.12%) SAS
2 5 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.22%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 15 (6.12%) SPSS
2 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.82%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (0.82%) Adobe Premiere
3 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.82%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.63%) Relativity
2 2 (0.82%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 1 (0.41%) Ringtail
Cloud Services
1 25 (10.20%) Azure
2 18 (7.35%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (4.49%) Dropbox
4 7 (2.86%) AWS
4 7 (2.86%) SaaS
5 5 (2.04%) Mimecast
6 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.22%) PaaS
7 3 (1.22%) Rubrik
8 2 (0.82%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.82%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.41%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.41%) GCP
9 1 (0.41%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.08%) Firewall
2 8 (3.27%) Network Security
3 6 (2.45%) DNS
4 4 (1.63%) DKIM
4 4 (1.63%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (1.22%) DHCP
5 3 (1.22%) Fibre Channel
5 3 (1.22%) Internet
5 3 (1.22%) iSCSI
5 3 (1.22%) LAN
5 3 (1.22%) SAN
5 3 (1.22%) VoIP
5 3 (1.22%) WAN
5 3 (1.22%) WebEx
5 3 (1.22%) Wireshark
6 2 (0.82%) NX-OS
6 2 (0.82%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.41%) SSL
7 1 (0.41%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.12%) Big Data
1 15 (6.12%) EDRMS
2 4 (1.63%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.82%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.41%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (0.82%) GitLab
1 2 (0.82%) JIRA
General
1 124 (50.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 36 (14.69%) Social Skills
3 23 (9.39%) Legal
4 19 (7.76%) Finance
4 19 (7.76%) Law
5 15 (6.12%) Police
6 10 (4.08%) Aerospace
7 8 (3.27%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (2.45%) Marketing
8 6 (2.45%) Public Speaking
9 4 (1.63%) Local Government
9 4 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.22%) Advertising
10 3 (1.22%) Military
11 2 (0.82%) Retail
12 1 (0.41%) German Language
12 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 122 (49.80%) Data Scientist
2 41 (16.73%) Analyst
3 34 (13.88%) Digital Analyst
3 34 (13.88%) Forensic Analyst
4 24 (9.80%) Senior
5 12 (4.90%) Computer Scientist
5 12 (4.90%) Research Scientist
6 11 (4.49%) Security Engineer
7 10 (4.08%) Incident Manager
8 8 (3.27%) Forensic Manager
9 7 (2.86%) Technical Trainer
9 7 (2.86%) Trainer
10 5 (2.04%) Forensic Investigator
11 4 (1.63%) Senior Analyst
11 4 (1.63%) Senior Security Engineer
12 3 (1.22%) Business Manager
12 3 (1.22%) Data Manager
12 3 (1.22%) IT Support Engineer
12 3 (1.22%) Support Engineer
12 3 (1.22%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 122 (49.80%) Algorithms
2 19 (7.76%) Cybercrime
3 12 (4.90%) Cyber Defence
4 10 (4.08%) Cyber Threat
4 10 (4.08%) Operational Technology
5 6 (2.45%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.45%) Security Operations Centre
6 5 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.04%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.04%) Industry 4.0
6 5 (2.04%) SCADA
7 4 (1.63%) Taxonomies
8 3 (1.22%) Blog
8 3 (1.22%) Cyberattack
8 3 (1.22%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.22%) Marketing Technology
8 3 (1.22%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.22%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.82%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 27 (11.02%) Windows
2 12 (4.90%) Linux
3 8 (3.27%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.22%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.82%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (67.76%) Cybersecurity
2 137 (55.92%) Mentoring
3 136 (55.51%) Computer Science
4 130 (53.06%) Data Analysis
5 129 (52.65%) Decision-Making
6 125 (51.02%) Problem-Solving
7 124 (50.61%) Coaching
8 123 (50.20%) Red Team
9 122 (49.80%) Data Science
9 122 (49.80%) Mathematics
9 122 (49.80%) Statistical Modelling
10 28 (11.43%) Information Security
11 27 (11.02%) Incident Response
12 23 (9.39%) Penetration Testing
13 22 (8.98%) E-Discovery
14 20 (8.16%) Forensic Analysis
15 17 (6.94%) Analytics
16 16 (6.53%) Case Management
17 15 (6.12%) Anti-Money Laundering
17 15 (6.12%) Electronic Discovery Reference Model
Programming Languages
1 21 (8.57%) Python
2 14 (5.71%) Bash
3 8 (3.27%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.63%) SQL
5 2 (0.82%) C#
5 2 (0.82%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.82%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.41%) C
Qualifications
1 185 (75.51%) Degree
2 18 (7.35%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.27%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (3.27%) Master's Degree
4 6 (2.45%) CEH
4 6 (2.45%) CISSP
4 6 (2.45%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.04%) OSCP
6 4 (1.63%) CCNA
6 4 (1.63%) SANS
7 3 (1.22%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (1.22%) CREST Certified
7 3 (1.22%) GCIH
7 3 (1.22%) GSEC
7 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.82%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.82%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.82%) GCFA
8 2 (0.82%) GCFE
8 2 (0.82%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.57%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 16 (6.53%) ISO 9001
3 15 (6.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.45%) NCSC
5 4 (1.63%) NIST
5 4 (1.63%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (1.22%) GDPR
7 2 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.82%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
System Software
1 10 (4.08%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.45%) vSphere
4 3 (1.22%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.41%) Snort
Systems Management
1 15 (6.12%) EnCase
2 7 (2.86%) CASB
2 7 (2.86%) QRadar
3 4 (1.63%) DatAdvantage
4 3 (1.22%) Terraform
5 2 (0.82%) CSIRT
5 2 (0.82%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.82%) FTK
6 1 (0.41%) Nagios
6 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 24 (9.80%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.31%) Cisco
3 11 (4.49%) Cellebrite
4 9 (3.67%) VMware
5 7 (2.86%) Kenna
5 7 (2.86%) Rapid7
6 5 (2.04%) BT
6 5 (2.04%) Darktrace
7 4 (1.63%) Intapp
7 4 (1.63%) Nuix
7 4 (1.63%) Varonis
8 3 (1.22%) 3PAR
8 3 (1.22%) IBM
8 3 (1.22%) Mitel
8 3 (1.22%) ShoreTel
8 3 (1.22%) Spotify
9 2 (0.82%) Adobe
9 2 (0.82%) Recommind
9 2 (0.82%) Veeam
10 1 (0.41%) SolarWinds