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Market evidence report — digital-forensics-expert
Source: 30 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 30), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-11. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 22 | 73 % |
| senior | 7 | 23 % |
| junior | 1 | 3 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | X-Ways | 10 | 33 % |
| 2 | EnCase | 9 | 30 % |
| 3 | Cellebrite | 7 | 23 % |
| 4 | FTK | 7 | 23 % |
| 5 | Magnet Axiom | 4 | 13 % |
| 6 | Axiom | 3 | 10 % |
| 7 | Forensic Explorer | 3 | 10 % |
| 8 | Nuix | 3 | 10 % |
| 9 | Oxygen Forensic® | 3 | 10 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | digital forensics | 25 | 83 % |
| 2 | data recovery | 10 | 33 % |
| 3 | incident response | 9 | 30 % |
| 4 | forensic analysis | 7 | 23 % |
| 5 | evidence preservation | 6 | 20 % |
| 6 | malware analysis | 6 | 20 % |
| 7 | forensic examination | 5 | 17 % |
| 8 | report writing | 4 | 13 % |
| 9 | steganography detection | 4 | 13 % |
| 10 | artifact analysis | 3 | 10 % |
| 11 | cyber security assessment | 3 | 10 % |
| 12 | evidence acquisition | 3 | 10 % |
| 13 | evidence analysis | 3 | 10 % |
| 14 | network forensics | 3 | 10 % |
| 15 | password cracking | 3 | 10 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chain of custody | 5 | 17 % |
| 2 | host-based forensics | 3 | 10 % |
| 3 | mobile device forensics | 3 | 10 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | emerging technology evaluation | 4 | 13 % |
| 2 | evidence collection | 4 | 13 % |
| 3 | forensic analysis | 4 | 13 % |
| 4 | forensic examination | 4 | 13 % |
| 5 | ci/ct investigation support | 3 | 10 % |
| 6 | evidence analysis | 3 | 10 % |
| 7 | expert witness testimony | 3 | 10 % |
| 8 | report generation | 3 | 10 % |
| 9 | report preparation | 3 | 10 % |
| 10 | training event design | 3 | 10 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 30 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
30 ads.
Top hard skills:
- digital forensics — 83 % (25 ads)
- data recovery — 33 % (10 ads)
- incident response — 30 % (9 ads)
- forensic analysis — 23 % (7 ads)
- evidence preservation — 20 % (6 ads)
- malware analysis — 20 % (6 ads)
- forensic examination — 17 % (5 ads)
- report writing — 13 % (4 ads)
- steganography detection — 13 % (4 ads)
- artifact analysis — 10 % (3 ads)
Top tools:
- X-Ways — 33 % (10 ads)
- EnCase — 30 % (9 ads)
- Cellebrite — 23 % (7 ads)
- FTK — 23 % (7 ads)
- Magnet Axiom — 13 % (4 ads)
- Axiom — 10 % (3 ads)
- Forensic Explorer — 10 % (3 ads)
- Nuix — 10 % (3 ads)
- Oxygen Forensic® — 10 % (3 ads)
- AWS — 7 % (2 ads)
Seniority: mid 73 % · senior 23 % · junior 3 %
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Digital Forensics Examiner | 5 |
| Digital Forensics Analyst | 2 |
| Computer Forensics Specialist (Expert) - Digital Media Forensics with Security Clearance | 1 |
| Computer Specialist - Network and Digital Forensics Examiner at Longeviti, LLC Washington DC | 1 |
| Cyber Forensic Investigator – DFIR & ESI Expert | 1 |
| Cyber Forensic Specialist | 1 |
| Cyber Forensics Investigations Specialist | 1 |
| Digital Forensic Analyst | 1 |
| Digital Forensic Analyst (TS/SCI)- Senior & Mid | 1 |
| Digital Forensics SME | 1 |
| Digital Forensics Systems Specialist | 1 |
| Digital Media Forensics Specialist - Expert | 1 |
| Digital Media Forensics Specialist - Senior | 1 |
| Expert Digital Media Forensics Team Support - USACIC with Security Clearance | 1 |
| Expert Network Forensics Cybersecurity Analyst | 1 |
| Forensic Analyst II | 1 |
| Junior Digital Forensic Analyst | 1 |
| Mid-Level Digital Forensic Analyst | 1 |
| Remote Cyber Forensics & Exploitation Expert | 1 |
| Senior Digital Forensic Analyst | 1 |
| Senior Digital Forensic Analyst Site in Arlington | 1 |
| Senior Digital Forensic Cyber Analyst; TS/SCI - Remote | 1 |
| Senior Digital Forensics Analyst - Onsite in Arlington | 1 |
| Senior Digital Forensics Analyst ( Python, Splunk, Arcsight) | 1 |
| TS/SCI Digital Forensics Specialist | CI Poly |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.