Digital Forensics Contracts in England

Digital Forensics
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Digital Forensics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Digital Forensics over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 523 591 771
Rank change year-on-year +68 +180 -161
Contract jobs citing Digital Forensics 20 57 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.054% 0.11% 0.017%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.062% 0.13% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 32 8
10th Percentile £415 £451 £358
25th Percentile £438 £525 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £586 £469
Median % change year-on-year -14.68% +25.01% -14.77%
75th Percentile - £763 £700
90th Percentile £560 £835 £707
UK median daily rate £500 £586 £469
% change year-on-year -14.68% +25.01% -18.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 2
10th Percentile - - £23.75
25th Percentile £13.69 - £27.50
Median hourly rate £14.46 - £35.00
75th Percentile £15.23 - £42.50
90th Percentile - - £46.25
UK median hourly rate £14.46 - £35.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Digital Forensics is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,201 45,536 64,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.52% 90.24% 90.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,119 31,974 45,794
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.14%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £766 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,240 1,592 1,770
10th Percentile £12.91 £10.87 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.83 £37.50 £24.48
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% +53.20% +1.99%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -4.83% +49.20% -

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Digital Forensics in England

Digital Forensics
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Forensics in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Forensics in England

Digital Forensics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Digital Forensics in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Forensics within the England region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +34 7 £475 -34.48% 2
Midlands +30 7 £475 +26.67% 2
South West - 7 - - 3
London +94 5 £500 -21.57% 6
North of England +3 5 £500 -9.09% 23
North West -2 5 £500 -9.09% 19
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) AWS
1 1 (5.00%) Azure
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) DHCP
1 1 (5.00%) DNS
1 1 (5.00%) FTP
1 1 (5.00%) HTTP
1 1 (5.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (5.00%) tcpdump
1 1 (5.00%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Relational Database
General
1 7 (35.00%) Police
2 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Banking
3 1 (5.00%) Legal
3 1 (5.00%) Retail
3 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Data Technician
1 7 (35.00%) Forensic Technician
2 6 (30.00%) Forensic Manager
2 6 (30.00%) Technical Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Incident Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Business Data Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Data Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Data Business Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Forensic Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Forensic Data Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Full Stack Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Incident Handler
4 1 (5.00%) Incident Responder
4 1 (5.00%) Lead
4 1 (5.00%) Security Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 9 (45.00%) Driving Licence
2 7 (35.00%) Digital Media
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (5.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (5.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Android
1 1 (5.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (5.00%) Linux
1 1 (5.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Data Collection
2 4 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (20.00%) Incident Response
2 4 (20.00%) Internal Audit
2 4 (20.00%) Quality Management
2 4 (20.00%) Validation
2 4 (20.00%) Verification and Validation
3 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (15.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (10.00%) Cyber Intelligence
4 2 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (10.00%) SIEM
5 1 (5.00%) Advanced Persistent Threat
5 1 (5.00%) Application Security
5 1 (5.00%) Data Analysis
5 1 (5.00%) Data Interpretation
5 1 (5.00%) Forensic Analysis
5 1 (5.00%) Full Stack Development
5 1 (5.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (5.00%) Offensive Security
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) Python
2 2 (10.00%) Perl
2 2 (10.00%) SQL
3 1 (5.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) CITP
1 7 (35.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (30.00%) SC Cleared
2 6 (30.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) CISSP
3 2 (10.00%) GCFA
4 1 (5.00%) CCNA
4 1 (5.00%) CCNP
4 1 (5.00%) CCSP
4 1 (5.00%) CEH
4 1 (5.00%) CHFI
4 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.00%) Degree
4 1 (5.00%) EnCE
4 1 (5.00%) GCED
4 1 (5.00%) GCIA
4 1 (5.00%) GCIH
4 1 (5.00%) GIAC
4 1 (5.00%) GSNA
4 1 (5.00%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 7 (35.00%) ISO17020
3 5 (25.00%) QA
4 1 (5.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (5.00%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 7 (35.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco