GCFA Jobs in England

GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for GCFA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered 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 849 863 1145
Rank change year-on-year +14 +282 -244
Permanent jobs citing GCFA 14 31 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.015% 0.038% 0.028%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.055% 0.11% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 12 25 34
10th Percentile £53,875 - -
25th Percentile £55,000 £32,500 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £40,000 £92,500
Median % change year-on-year +65.63% -56.76% +76.19%
75th Percentile £70,938 £57,500 £122,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 -
UK median annual salary £66,250 £40,000 £92,500
% change year-on-year +65.63% -56.76% +76.19%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

GCFA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 25,654 27,711 39,123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.84% 33.76% 27.08%
Number of salaries quoted 15,775 12,833 16,968
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,734 £42,500 £40,132
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +9.09% -

GCFA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for GCFA in England

GCFA
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for GCFA in England

GCFA
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for GCFA in England

GCFA
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCFA 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
London +100 7 £62,500 -16.67% 3
North of England -2 2 £52,250 +49.29%
West Midlands -12 2 £115,000 +64.29%
North West -22 2 £52,250 -9.13%
South East -29 2 £72,500 +45.00%
Midlands -42 2 £115,000 +64.29%
East of England -11 1 - -
GCFA
UK

GCFA
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (50.00%) Wireshark
2 5 (35.71%) LAN
2 5 (35.71%) SSL
2 5 (35.71%) WAN
3 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
General
1 5 (35.71%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Legal
3 1 (7.14%) Games
3 1 (7.14%) Military
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Analyst
2 7 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 7 (50.00%) Security Analyst
3 5 (35.71%) Financial Analyst
3 5 (35.71%) Information Analyst
3 5 (35.71%) Information Security Analyst
3 5 (35.71%) Service Analyst
4 4 (28.57%) SOC Analyst
5 3 (21.43%) Security Engineer
5 3 (21.43%) Senior
6 2 (14.29%) Consultant
6 2 (14.29%) Incident Engineer
6 2 (14.29%) Lead
6 2 (14.29%) Security Consultant
6 2 (14.29%) Senior Security Engineer
7 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 1 (7.14%) Principal Security Consultant
7 1 (7.14%) Senior Consultant
7 1 (7.14%) Senior Information Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (7.14%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 12 (85.71%) Windows
2 8 (57.14%) Linux
3 5 (35.71%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Incident Response
2 12 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (78.57%) SIEM
4 8 (57.14%) Information Security
4 8 (57.14%) Threat Modelling
5 7 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (50.00%) Risk Management
5 7 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 6 (42.86%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 6 (42.86%) Threat Intelligence
7 5 (35.71%) Data Loss Prevention
7 5 (35.71%) Security Monitoring
7 5 (35.71%) Threat Management
8 4 (28.57%) Application Security
9 3 (21.43%) Penetration Testing
9 3 (21.43%) Risk Analysis
10 2 (14.29%) Analytics
10 2 (14.29%) Campaign Analysis
10 2 (14.29%) OWASP
10 2 (14.29%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) Python
2 1 (7.14%) Bash
2 1 (7.14%) 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 3 (21.43%) GREM
6 3 (21.43%) SANS
7 2 (14.29%) CEH
7 2 (14.29%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (14.29%) GCED
8 1 (7.14%) CASP
8 1 (7.14%) CISM
8 1 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (7.14%) CRISC
8 1 (7.14%) GIAC
8 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
8 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (57.14%) NIST
2 5 (35.71%) COBIT
3 2 (14.29%) ISO 31000
3 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
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 5 (35.71%) Cisco
1 5 (35.71%) VMware
2 2 (14.29%) IBM
2 2 (14.29%) Splunk
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft