Digital Forensics Contracts in Cheshire

Digital Forensics
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 51 55
Rank change year-on-year -4 +4 -
Contract jobs citing Digital Forensics 4 12 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.78% 2.22% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 2.42% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 1
10th Percentile £433 £543 -
25th Percentile £444 £571 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £586 £335
Median % change year-on-year -18.94% +74.93% -
75th Percentile £500 £615 £353
90th Percentile - £666 -
North West median daily rate £500 £586 £335
% change year-on-year -14.68% +74.93% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.25
Median hourly rate - - £22.50
75th Percentile - - £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate - - £22.50

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 436 495 442
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 84.82% 91.50% 85.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 334 254
10th Percentile £283 £266 £214
25th Percentile £401 £385 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £478 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% +6.11% +2.97%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £538
90th Percentile £628 £666 £631
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 22 25
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.16 £11.29
25th Percentile £16.67 £22.60 £16.25
Median hourly rate £26.66 £29.26 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% +19.43% -19.50%
75th Percentile £43.75 £35.00 £33.90
90th Percentile £45.00 £39.60 £61.30
North West median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -40.00% +66.67% +15.21%

Digital Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Digital Forensics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Forensics in Cheshire

Digital Forensics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Digital Forensics in Cheshire

Digital Forensics
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 23 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
Warrington +3 4 £475 -32.14%
Digital Forensics
North West

Digital Forensics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

General
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Forensic Manager
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Data Collection
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Internal Audit
2 1 (25.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 17025
1 4 (100.00%) ISO17020
2 2 (50.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland