eDiscovery (Electronic Discovery)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for E-Discovery skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited E-Discovery over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 826 935 1052
Rank change year-on-year +109 +117 -189
Permanent jobs citing E-Discovery 70 35 180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.071% 0.033% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.083% 0.035% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 45 13 28
10th Percentile £34,500 £48,100 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £57,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,500 £57,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.65% -0.86% -27.50%
75th Percentile £112,500 £75,000 £67,813
90th Percentile £117,500 £85,000 £83,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £43,750
% change year-on-year - +2.86% +12.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

E-Discovery is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

E-Discovery
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing E-Discovery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for E-Discovery in the UK

E-Discovery
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing E-Discovery.

Salary trend for E-Discovery in the UK

E-Discovery
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing E-Discovery over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for E-Discovery in the UK

E-Discovery
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing E-Discovery within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +136 58 £72,500 +26.09% 28
London +162 45 £73,000 +4.29% 19
UK excluding London +15 20 £45,000 - 10
Work from Home +100 10 £115,000 +134.69% 38
South East +36 6 - -
Scotland - 5 £45,000 -
North of England +37 3 £42,500 +30.77% 4
Northern Ireland - 3 £30,000 -
North West +12 2 £52,500 +61.54% 3
South West - 2 - - 5
Yorkshire +79 1 £28,500 - 1
Midlands +8 1 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 - -

E-Discovery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (22.86%) SharePoint
2 15 (21.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (21.43%) SAS
3 3 (4.29%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 15 (21.43%) SPSS
2 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (7.14%) Relativity
2 2 (2.86%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 1 (1.43%) Ringtail
Cloud Services
1 27 (38.57%) Azure
1 27 (38.57%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (31.43%) Microsoft Purview
3 15 (21.43%) Azure Logic Apps
3 15 (21.43%) Azure Monitor
4 11 (15.71%) Dropbox
5 10 (14.29%) Entra ID
5 10 (14.29%) OneDrive
6 8 (11.43%) AWS
7 7 (10.00%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (8.57%) Power Platform
9 5 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (7.14%) PowerApps
10 3 (4.29%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (4.29%) Rubrik
11 2 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (2.86%) Power Automate
12 1 (1.43%) IaaS
12 1 (1.43%) PaaS
12 1 (1.43%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.14%) Firewall
2 3 (4.29%) DNS
2 3 (4.29%) Fibre Channel
2 3 (4.29%) Internet
2 3 (4.29%) iSCSI
2 3 (4.29%) LAN
2 3 (4.29%) SAN
2 3 (4.29%) VoIP
2 3 (4.29%) WAN
2 3 (4.29%) WebEx
3 1 (1.43%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.43%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.43%) VPN
3 1 (1.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (21.43%) Big Data
1 15 (21.43%) EDRMS
2 5 (7.14%) Metadata
3 3 (4.29%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.86%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.43%) MySQL
5 1 (1.43%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (11.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 8 (11.43%) Cypress.io
1 8 (11.43%) Jenkins
1 8 (11.43%) Selenium
1 8 (11.43%) WebDriver
General
1 32 (45.71%) Legal
2 26 (37.14%) Law
3 25 (35.71%) Finance
4 15 (21.43%) Social Skills
5 13 (18.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (17.14%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (11.43%) Financial Institution
8 3 (4.29%) Marketing
8 3 (4.29%) Military
8 3 (4.29%) Police
9 2 (2.86%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.43%) Advertising
10 1 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (22.86%) Lead
2 11 (15.71%) Analyst
3 6 (8.57%) Data Custodian
3 6 (8.57%) E-Discovery Specialist
3 6 (8.57%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
4 5 (7.14%) Cloud Specialist
5 4 (5.71%) Compliance Specialist
5 4 (5.71%) Consultant
5 4 (5.71%) IT Support
5 4 (5.71%) Security Compliance Specialist
5 4 (5.71%) Security Specialist
6 3 (4.29%) Business Manager
6 3 (4.29%) E-Discovery Analyst
6 3 (4.29%) IT Engineer
6 3 (4.29%) IT Support Engineer
6 3 (4.29%) Product Consultant
6 3 (4.29%) Resilience Manager
6 3 (4.29%) Support Engineer
7 2 (2.86%) E-Discovery Manager
7 2 (2.86%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (11.43%) Apache Thrift
1 8 (11.43%) JSON
1 8 (11.43%) React
1 8 (11.43%) REST
1 8 (11.43%) Web Services
2 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (2.86%) SPFx
3 1 (1.43%) Pyjs
Miscellaneous
1 15 (21.43%) Cybercrime
2 8 (11.43%) BYOD
3 7 (10.00%) Mobile App
4 4 (5.71%) Taxonomies
5 3 (4.29%) Blog
5 3 (4.29%) Data Centre
5 3 (4.29%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.29%) Product Ownership
5 3 (4.29%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.43%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.43%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.43%) Android
2 6 (8.57%) Windows
3 5 (7.14%) Windows Server
4 3 (4.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (50.00%) Analytics
2 21 (30.00%) Information Security
3 20 (28.57%) Process Improvement
4 19 (27.14%) Digital Forensics
5 17 (24.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (22.86%) Business Intelligence
6 16 (22.86%) Mentoring
7 15 (21.43%) Anti-Money Laundering
7 15 (21.43%) Data Analytics
7 15 (21.43%) Electronic Discovery Reference Model
7 15 (21.43%) Fintech
7 15 (21.43%) Log Analytics
7 15 (21.43%) SDLC
8 14 (20.00%) Agile
8 14 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (18.57%) API Integration
9 13 (18.57%) Risk Management
9 13 (18.57%) SDET
9 13 (18.57%) Software Testing
9 13 (18.57%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.43%) Java
1 8 (11.43%) JavaScript
1 8 (11.43%) PowerShell
2 4 (5.71%) SQL
3 2 (2.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (25.71%) Degree
2 2 (2.86%) CISM
2 2 (2.86%) CISSP
2 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (2.86%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.86%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.43%) CEH
3 1 (1.43%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (1.43%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.57%) GRC
2 5 (7.14%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.43%) GDPR
3 1 (1.43%) IASME
3 1 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.43%) NIST
3 1 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (18.57%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.29%) vSphere
4 2 (2.86%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (11.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 30 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 9 (12.86%) Apple
2 9 (12.86%) Nuix
3 6 (8.57%) VMware
4 5 (7.14%) Sophos
5 4 (5.71%) Intapp
6 3 (4.29%) 3PAR
6 3 (4.29%) Mitel
6 3 (4.29%) ShoreTel
7 2 (2.86%) Recommind
7 2 (2.86%) Spotify
7 2 (2.86%) Veeam
8 1 (1.43%) Adobe
8 1 (1.43%) Citrix
8 1 (1.43%) SAP
8 1 (1.43%) ServiceNow