Digital Forensics
South East > Berkshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Digital Forensics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Digital Forensics over the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 95 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing Digital Forensics | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire | 0.17% | - | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.18% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | - | - |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | - | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire
Digital Forensics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 1,088 | 1,443 | 1,551 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire | 91.89% | 86.15% | 89.24% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 664 | 759 | 983 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £313 | £311 |
| 25th Percentile | £420 | £450 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £521 | £550 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.36% | +4.76% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £638 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £700 | £700 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £520 | £518 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | +0.39% | +3.60% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 43 | 77 | 59 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.75 | £16.00 | £17.37 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.40 | £41.25 | £37.85 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.05 | £60.60 | £58.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -47.11% | +3.15% | +125.96% |
| 75th Percentile | £63.00 | £70.39 | £71.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £87.45 | £87.46 | £75.67 |
| South East median hourly rate | £24.00 | £57.35 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -58.15% | +14.70% | +86.12% |
Digital Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire
Job postings citing Digital Forensics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.
Digital Forensics
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Digital Forensics.
Digital Forensics
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Berkshire
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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 22 August 2025. 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 DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | - | 2 | £500 | - | 4 |
| Digital Forensics South East |
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Digital Forensics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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: