Digital Forensics Contracts in England

Digital Forensics
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Digital Forensics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Digital Forensics over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 467 522 596
Rank change year-on-year +55 +74 +174
Contract jobs citing Digital Forensics 18 20 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.074% 0.054% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.081% 0.062% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 32
10th Percentile £313 £415 £451
25th Percentile £325 £438 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £586
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -14.68% +25.01%
75th Percentile £575 - £763
90th Percentile £605 £560 £835
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £586
% change year-on-year +10.00% -14.68% +25.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.75 £13.69 -
Median hourly rate £54.50 £14.46 -
Median % change year-on-year +276.90% - -
75th Percentile £63.25 £15.23 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £54.50 £14.46 -
% change year-on-year +276.90% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Digital 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 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Digital Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Forensics in England

Digital Forensics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Digital Forensics in England

Digital Forensics
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Forensics in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Forensics in England

Digital Forensics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Digital Forensics in England

Digital 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 Digital Forensics within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +49 16 £550 +10.00% 25
South West +40 1 - - 4
South East - 1 £500 - 5
Digital Forensics
UK

Digital 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (38.89%) Azure
2 4 (22.22%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (16.67%) AWS
3 3 (16.67%) GCP
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) DNS
1 4 (22.22%) HTTP
1 4 (22.22%) SMTP
1 4 (22.22%) TCP/IP
2 3 (16.67%) Firewall
General
1 5 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (27.78%) Public Sector
2 4 (22.22%) Finance
2 4 (22.22%) Legal
3 3 (16.67%) Law
4 2 (11.11%) Military
5 1 (5.56%) Electronics
5 1 (5.56%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.56%) Marketing
5 1 (5.56%) Police
5 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Analyst
2 6 (33.33%) Senior
3 5 (27.78%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 5 (27.78%) SOC Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) Security Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) Architect
6 1 (5.56%) Business Architect
6 1 (5.56%) Consultant
6 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 1 (5.56%) Information Security Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Lead
6 1 (5.56%) Security Consultant
6 1 (5.56%) Security Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) SIEM Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) Digital Media
2 4 (22.22%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (22.22%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (16.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
4 2 (11.11%) Public Cloud
5 1 (5.56%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (5.56%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (5.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) SIEM
2 9 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 9 (50.00%) Security Operations
3 7 (38.89%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (38.89%) E-Discovery
3 7 (38.89%) Forensic Analysis
3 7 (38.89%) QMS
3 7 (38.89%) Quality Management
3 7 (38.89%) Validation
4 6 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
4 6 (33.33%) Threat Detection
5 5 (27.78%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 5 (27.78%) Threat Intelligence
5 5 (27.78%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (22.22%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 4 (22.22%) Security Architecture
7 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (16.67%) Security Monitoring
7 3 (16.67%) SOAR
7 3 (16.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 6 (33.33%) Python
2 3 (16.67%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (5.56%) Bash
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) Security Cleared
2 6 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
2 6 (33.33%) GCIH
2 6 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 5 (27.78%) Degree
3 5 (27.78%) EnCE
4 4 (22.22%) GCIA
5 3 (16.67%) CCNA
5 3 (16.67%) CCSP
5 3 (16.67%) CEH
5 3 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (16.67%) CISSP
5 3 (16.67%) CompTIA CySA+
5 3 (16.67%) GCFA
5 3 (16.67%) GIAC
5 3 (16.67%) OSCP
6 2 (11.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (5.56%) DV Cleared
7 1 (5.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (38.89%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 6 (33.33%) QA
3 3 (16.67%) NIST
4 2 (11.11%) GDPR
4 2 (11.11%) HIPAA
4 2 (11.11%) NIST 800
5 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (5.56%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 5 (27.78%) EnCase
1 5 (27.78%) FTK
2 2 (11.11%) CSIRT
3 1 (5.56%) QRadar
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 5 (27.78%) Cellebrite
2 5 (27.78%) CrowdStrike
2 5 (27.78%) Nuix
3 4 (22.22%) Google
4 2 (11.11%) Darktrace
4 2 (11.11%) Splunk
5 1 (5.56%) LogRhythm
5 1 (5.56%) SAP