Digital Forensics Contracts in the South East

Digital Forensics
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 214 260
Rank change year-on-year - +46 -
Contract jobs citing Digital Forensics 0 3 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East - 0.051% 0.039%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.057% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - £660 £323
25th Percentile - £713 £332
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £800 £355
Median % change year-on-year - +125.35% -
75th Percentile - - £369
90th Percentile - - £373
England median daily rate £500 £586 £488
% change year-on-year -14.68% +20.21% -11.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,729 5,219 6,940
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.98% 89.43% 89.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,757 3,621 4,692
10th Percentile £238 £250 £226
25th Percentile £400 £406 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £619 £588
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 432 221 286
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.25 £12.23
25th Percentile £18.20 £23.15 £16.15
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -11.76%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.00 £62.95
England median hourly rate £35.25 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.00% +56.25% -

Digital Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Digital Forensics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Forensics in the South East

Digital Forensics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Digital Forensics in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Digital Forensics in the South East