E-Discovery Contract Job Trends in the City of London

eDiscovery (Electronic Discovery)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring E-Discovery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 123 137
Rank change year-on-year -4 +14 -
Contract jobs citing E-Discovery 2 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.11% 0.15% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.16% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £533 -
25th Percentile £605 £544 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.09% - -
75th Percentile £615 £594 -
90th Percentile - £598 -
Central London median daily rate £610 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +6.09% +4.55% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

E-Discovery 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,650 1,897 2,284
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.76% 92.04% 89.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,167 1,158 1,637
10th Percentile £340 £363 £363
25th Percentile £424 £465 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £756 £788 £804
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 15 11
10th Percentile £19.98 £15.80 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.36 £22.00 £17.97
Median hourly rate £31.00 £42.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.06% +70.00% -41.86%
75th Percentile £43.33 £102.25 £42.38
90th Percentile £55.25 £127.30 £73.75
Central London median hourly rate £26.57 £35.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -24.09% +37.25% -37.04%

E-Discovery
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing E-Discovery relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

E-Discovery job vacancy trend in the City of London

E-Discovery
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing E-Discovery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing E-Discovery

E-Discovery
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing E-Discovery.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing E-Discovery

E-Discovery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (50.00%) Law
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) CIO
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth
1 1 (50.00%) OpenID
1 1 (50.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) BYOD
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) Document Management
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Principle of Least Privilege
2 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Privileged Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Records Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) HIPAA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft