Digital Forensics Jobs in the UK excluding London

Digital Forensics
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 14 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 595 562 768
Rank change year-on-year -33 +206 -8
Permanent jobs citing Digital Forensics 54 29 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.099% 0.086% 0.055%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.092% 0.057%
Number of salaries quoted 8 28 27
10th Percentile - - £27,500
25th Percentile - £24,250 £38,559
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,420 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.70% -26.51% -
75th Percentile £67,188 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £75,000 £72,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £55,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +27.27% -18.52% +12.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 44,852 31,653 64,563
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.42% 94.39% 95.64%
Number of salaries quoted 19,726 21,312 37,405
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £30,750
25th Percentile £40,748 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.37% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.35%

Digital Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Forensics in the UK excluding London

Digital Forensics
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Digital Forensics in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Digital Forensics in the UK excluding London

Digital Forensics
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Forensics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 November 2024.

Salary histogram for Digital Forensics in the UK excluding London

Digital Forensics
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 Digital Forensics within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 November 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 -11 21 £60,000 +9.09% 3
Midlands -25 18 £50,000 +96.08% 3
West Midlands -28 17 £50,000 +96.08% 3
East of England - 12 - -
South West - 2 - -
North of England -19 1 - -
North East -33 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 - -
Digital Forensics
UK

Digital Forensics
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:

Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.85%) Azure
1 1 (1.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (61.11%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (5.56%) Network Security
3 2 (3.70%) TCP/IP
General
1 37 (68.52%) Social Skills
2 34 (62.96%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (61.11%) Finance
3 33 (61.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 33 (61.11%) Telecoms
4 2 (3.70%) Law
4 2 (3.70%) Retail
5 1 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (62.96%) Architect
2 33 (61.11%) Security Architect
3 5 (9.26%) Lead
3 5 (9.26%) Team Leader
3 5 (9.26%) Technical Trainer
3 5 (9.26%) Trainer
4 4 (7.41%) Consultant
4 4 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 4 (7.41%) Security Consultant
5 3 (5.56%) Analyst
5 3 (5.56%) SOC Analyst
6 2 (3.70%) Operations Analyst
6 2 (3.70%) Security Analyst
6 2 (3.70%) Security Operations Analyst
7 1 (1.85%) Cloud Architect
7 1 (1.85%) Cloud Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.85%) Forensic Investigator
7 1 (1.85%) SaaS Architect
7 1 (1.85%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (61.11%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 38 (70.37%) Cyberattack
2 35 (64.81%) Management Information System
3 9 (16.67%) Driving Licence
4 8 (14.81%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (5.56%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (3.70%) Cybercrime
6 2 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (3.70%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 2 (3.70%) IoT
6 2 (3.70%) Onboarding
6 2 (3.70%) Operational Technology
6 2 (3.70%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.85%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.70%) Linux
1 2 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (87.04%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 36 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 36 (66.67%) Information Security
2 36 (66.67%) Security Testing
2 36 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
3 34 (62.96%) Mentoring
3 34 (62.96%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (61.11%) Artificial Intelligence
4 33 (61.11%) Creative Thinking
4 33 (61.11%) Risk Management
4 33 (61.11%) Security Architecture
4 33 (61.11%) Threat Modelling
5 9 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
6 4 (7.41%) Forensic Analysis
7 3 (5.56%) Analytics
7 3 (5.56%) Behavioural Analytics
7 3 (5.56%) Data Loss Prevention
7 3 (5.56%) Scenario Testing
7 3 (5.56%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.85%) C
1 1 (1.85%) C#
1 1 (1.85%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 43 (79.63%) Security Cleared
2 39 (72.22%) DV Cleared
3 7 (12.96%) CHECK Team Leader
3 7 (12.96%) SC Cleared
4 6 (11.11%) Degree
5 3 (5.56%) CISSP
5 3 (5.56%) OSCP
6 2 (3.70%) CASP
6 2 (3.70%) CEH
6 2 (3.70%) GCIA
6 2 (3.70%) GCIH
6 2 (3.70%) GIAC
7 1 (1.85%) CCSAS
7 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.85%) CREST Certified
7 1 (1.85%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (7.41%) GDPR
2 4 (7.41%) NIST
3 2 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (3.70%) NCSC
4 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 4 (7.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.70%) McAfee ePO
1 2 (3.70%) QRadar
2 1 (1.85%) EnCase
2 1 (1.85%) FTK
Vendors
1 3 (5.56%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.70%) Darktrace
2 2 (3.70%) McAfee
3 1 (1.85%) Cellebrite
3 1 (1.85%) Nuix