Forensic Consultant Contracts in Berkshire

Forensic Consultant
South East > Berkshire

The median Forensic Consultant daily rate in Berkshire is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 - 110
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Forensic Consultant 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.085% - 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.093% - 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £725 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - £800
75th Percentile £775 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £750 - £800

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,072 1,549 1,680
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.39% 91.49% 95.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 672 847 1,067
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £430 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £699 £700 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 82 58
10th Percentile £14.75 £21.43 £17.38
25th Percentile £18.48 £55.80 £36.42
Median hourly rate £34.80 £61.60 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year -43.51% +6.54% +122.38%
75th Percentile £69.06 £76.59 £72.25
90th Percentile £87.43 £96.75 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +122.22%

Forensic Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured Forensic Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Forensic Consultant in Berkshire

Forensic Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Forensic Consultant job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Forensic Consultant job vacancies in Berkshire

Forensic Consultant
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 Forensic Consultant within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 26 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 - 1 £750 - 2
Forensic Consultant
South East

Forensic Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 26 August 2025, Forensic Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Forensic Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) GCFA
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Forensics
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) E-Discovery
1 1 (100.00%) Google Workspace
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) GREM
1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) GCFE
1 1 (100.00%) FTK
1 1 (100.00%) EnCase
1 1 (100.00%) Darktrace

Forensic Consultant Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Google Workspace
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Forensics
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
1 1 (100.00%) E-Discovery
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) GCFA
1 1 (100.00%) GCFE
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) GREM
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) EnCase
1 1 (100.00%) FTK
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) Darktrace
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft