GCFE Jobs in England

GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner (GCFE)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for GCFE 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 855 880 1178
Rank change year-on-year +25 +298 -274
Permanent jobs citing GCFE 8 14 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.008% 0.017% 0.006%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.031% 0.051% 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 6 8 2
10th Percentile £45,000 £61,625 -
25th Percentile £47,188 £66,875 £95,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -30.00% +90.48%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,625 £105,000
90th Percentile £98,125 £78,250 -
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% -30.00% +90.48%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

GCFE 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% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for GCFE in England

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Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for GCFE in England

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Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for GCFE in England

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCFE 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 -25 4 £58,750 -
West Midlands -10 2 £115,000 +64.29%
Midlands -39 2 £115,000 +64.29%
North of England +11 1 £57,500 - 1
East of England -11 1 - -
North West -23 1 £57,500 -
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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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) TCP/IP
2 2 (25.00%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (12.50%) Games
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) SOC Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Senior
3 2 (25.00%) Consultant
3 2 (25.00%) Incident Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Lead
3 2 (25.00%) Security Consultant
3 2 (25.00%) Security Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Security Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) SIEM Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Information Security Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Principal Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Principal Security Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Information Security Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Security Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (25.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (75.00%) SIEM
2 5 (62.50%) Incident Response
3 4 (50.00%) Security Operations
4 3 (37.50%) Information Security
4 3 (37.50%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Risk Analysis
5 2 (25.00%) Analytics
5 2 (25.00%) Application Security
5 2 (25.00%) Campaign Analysis
5 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
5 2 (25.00%) DevOps
5 2 (25.00%) Digital Forensics
5 2 (25.00%) Log Analytics
5 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
5 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) SOAR
5 2 (25.00%) Threat Detection
5 2 (25.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) Bash
2 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) CISSP
1 6 (75.00%) GCFA
2 5 (62.50%) OSCP
3 4 (50.00%) CEH
3 4 (50.00%) GCIH
4 3 (37.50%) GREM
4 3 (37.50%) SANS
5 2 (25.00%) GIAC
5 2 (25.00%) GISP
5 2 (25.00%) GSEC
5 2 (25.00%) SSCP
6 1 (12.50%) CASP
6 1 (12.50%) CISM
6 1 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (12.50%) CRISC
6 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
6 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) NCSC
1 1 (12.50%) NIST
1 1 (12.50%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Darktrace
1 2 (25.00%) Splunk