Computer Forensics Contracts in England

Computer Forensics
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Computer Forensics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Computer Forensics over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 527 647 793
Rank change year-on-year +120 +146 -187
Contract jobs citing Computer Forensics 14 14 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.038% 0.028% 0.008%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.044% 0.031% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 3
10th Percentile £349 £414 -
25th Percentile £397 £520 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% +2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £469 £800 £633
90th Percentile £496 £850 £687
UK median daily rate £438 £675 £538
% change year-on-year -35.19% +25.58% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.99 £26.25 £21.25
Median hourly rate £26.97 £27.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.93% +22.22% -
75th Percentile £27.96 £29.38 £23.75
90th Percentile - £29.75 -
UK median hourly rate £26.97 £27.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -1.93% +22.22% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Computer 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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,929 45,052 64,584
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.59% 90.19% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,948 31,615 45,896
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.04%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,243 1,590 1,753
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.99 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.33 £36.40 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -0.18% +49.47% +3.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

Computer Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Computer Forensics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Forensics in England

Computer Forensics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Computer Forensics in England.

Daily rate trend for Computer Forensics in England

Computer Forensics
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Forensics in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Forensics in England

Computer Forensics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Computer Forensics in England.

Hourly rate trend for Computer Forensics in England

Computer Forensics
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Forensics within the England region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Midlands +35 11 £438 +13.64% 2
West Midlands +29 11 £438 +13.64% 2
London +111 3 - - 4
Computer Forensics
UK

Computer Forensics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Google Docs
1 3 (21.43%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 11 (78.57%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) JIRA
General
1 11 (78.57%) Legal
2 6 (42.86%) Public Sector
3 3 (21.43%) Finance
3 3 (21.43%) Law
3 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (78.57%) Analyst
1 11 (78.57%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Junior
2 1 (7.14%) Junior Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Lead
Operating Systems
1 11 (78.57%) Linux
1 11 (78.57%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) Cybersecurity
1 11 (78.57%) Incident Management
1 11 (78.57%) Malware Reverse Engineering
1 11 (78.57%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 11 (78.57%) Purple Team
1 11 (78.57%) Reverse Engineering
1 11 (78.57%) Risk Management
1 11 (78.57%) SIEM
1 11 (78.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 11 (78.57%) Threat Analysis
1 11 (78.57%) Vulnerability Management
2 6 (42.86%) Line Management
2 6 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (21.43%) Open Source
3 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (78.57%) SC Cleared
1 11 (78.57%) Security Cleared
2 3 (21.43%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (78.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 11 (78.57%) GDPR
1 11 (78.57%) HIPAA
1 11 (78.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (78.57%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Google
1 3 (21.43%) Salesforce