Computer Forensics Contracts in England

Computer Forensics
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Computer Forensics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Computer Forensics over the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 502 528 582
Rank change year-on-year +26 +54 +198
Contract jobs citing Computer Forensics 4 5 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.015% 0.015% 0.056%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.016% 0.018% 0.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 7
10th Percentile £585 - £172
25th Percentile £675 £513 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £763 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +45.24% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £795 £538 -
90th Percentile £809 - £650
UK median daily rate £775 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +47.62% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £25.99 £26.25
Median hourly rate - £26.97 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year - -1.93% -
75th Percentile - £27.96 £29.38
90th Percentile - - £30.00
UK median hourly rate - £26.97 £27.50
% change year-on-year - -1.93% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Computer 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 25,042 28,353 38,569
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.78% 85.86% 89.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,940 18,160 26,873
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £404 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £663
90th Percentile £738 £756 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,470 1,457 1,373
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.16 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.61 £18.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +53.90%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.03 £41.90
% change year-on-year -40.16% +0.31% +52.36%

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
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Computer Forensics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Computer Forensics

Computer Forensics
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Forensics in England over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Forensics in England

Computer Forensics
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Computer Forensics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Computer Forensics

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 29 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +21 2 £681 - 1
South East - 2 £763 - 1
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Google Workspace
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Tableau
General
1 1 (25.00%) Law
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Consultant
1 3 (75.00%) Forensic Consultant
1 3 (75.00%) Senior
1 3 (75.00%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Forensic Investigator
2 1 (25.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) IoT
2 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Mac OS
1 3 (75.00%) Unix
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 4 (100.00%) E-Discovery
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 2 (50.00%) Document Management
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security
3 2 (50.00%) Network Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (25.00%) Data Privacy
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (50.00%) CCSP
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (50.00%) CISM
1 2 (50.00%) CISSP
1 2 (50.00%) GCFA
1 2 (50.00%) GCFE
1 2 (50.00%) GCIH
1 2 (50.00%) GREM
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) EnCase
1 3 (75.00%) FTK
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
1 2 (50.00%) Darktrace
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Cellebrite
2 1 (25.00%) Nuix