Digital Forensics Contract Job Trends in England

Digital Forensics
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Digital Forensics 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 505 455 534
Rank change year-on-year -50 +79 +198
Contract jobs citing Digital Forensics 28 49 29
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.089% 0.17% 0.078%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.19% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 31 16
10th Percentile £362 - £438
25th Percentile £456 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £294 £500
Median % change year-on-year +95.33% -41.13% +42.86%
75th Percentile £784 £613 £578
90th Percentile £841 £788 £600
UK median daily rate £600 £294 £550
% change year-on-year +103.83% -46.48% +57.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £15.25 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £22.50 - -
75th Percentile £42.75 - -
90th Percentile £62.45 - -
UK median hourly rate £22.50 - -

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 27,932 25,643 33,123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.81% 88.51% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,758 15,859 22,544
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £544
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,818 849 1,407
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.68
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.75 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%
75th Percentile £54.56 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.90 £74.89 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.33
% change year-on-year -22.62% -24.99% +23.80%

Digital Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Digital Forensics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Digital Forensics job vacancy trend in England

Digital Forensics
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Digital Forensics
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Forensics in England over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Forensics in England

Digital Forensics
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Digital Forensics
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Digital Forensics in England over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 19 December 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 -10 11 £600 - 10
South East - 11 £625 - 11
North of England -69 5 £450 +52.87% 14
North West -48 3 £450 +52.87% 7
Yorkshire - 2 - - 7
Digital Forensics
UK

Digital Forensics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (10.71%) GCP
3 2 (7.14%) AWS
3 2 (7.14%) Azure
3 2 (7.14%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.86%) Network Security
2 3 (10.71%) DNS
2 3 (10.71%) HTTP
2 3 (10.71%) Internet
2 3 (10.71%) SMTP
2 3 (10.71%) TCP/IP
3 2 (7.14%) Wireshark
4 1 (3.57%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Fiddler
2 1 (3.57%) Burp Suite
2 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 12 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 8 (28.57%) Finance
3 7 (25.00%) Legal
4 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Law
4 2 (7.14%) Military
5 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (35.71%) Analyst
2 6 (21.43%) SOC Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) Consultant
3 4 (14.29%) Senior
4 3 (10.71%) Forensic Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) Forensic Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Project Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Security Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) Digital Project Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Incident Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Malware Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Security Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) SOC Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Data Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) Programme Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Security Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (21.43%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (14.29%) Digital Media
2 4 (14.29%) Driving Licence
2 4 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 3 (10.71%) IoT
3 3 (10.71%) Security Posture
4 2 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (3.57%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (3.57%) Insider Threat
5 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 11 (39.29%) Windows
2 10 (35.71%) Linux
3 3 (10.71%) Mac OS
3 3 (10.71%) Unix
4 1 (3.57%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (57.14%) Incident Response
2 13 (46.43%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (39.29%) SIEM
4 10 (35.71%) Security Operations
5 5 (17.86%) Computer Science
5 5 (17.86%) Malware Analysis
6 4 (14.29%) Computer Forensics
6 4 (14.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 4 (14.29%) E-Discovery
6 4 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence
7 3 (10.71%) Behavioural Analysis
7 3 (10.71%) Data Privacy
7 3 (10.71%) Data Protection
7 3 (10.71%) Forensic Analysis
7 3 (10.71%) Information Security
7 3 (10.71%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 3 (10.71%) Security Architecture
7 3 (10.71%) Strategic Planning
7 3 (10.71%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 3 (10.71%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (21.43%) PowerShell
1 6 (21.43%) Python
2 4 (14.29%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (10.71%) Bash
4 2 (7.14%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.57%) C
5 1 (3.57%) C++
Qualifications
1 14 (50.00%) Degree
2 9 (32.14%) CISSP
3 8 (28.57%) GCIH
4 5 (17.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 5 (17.86%) CCSP
4 5 (17.86%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (17.86%) GCFA
5 4 (14.29%) CEH
5 4 (14.29%) CompTIA CySA+
5 4 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
6 3 (10.71%) CCNA
6 3 (10.71%) GCIA
6 3 (10.71%) OSCP
6 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
7 2 (7.14%) CFCE
7 2 (7.14%) CISM
7 2 (7.14%) GCFE
7 2 (7.14%) GIAC
7 2 (7.14%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.86%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 4 (14.29%) NIST
3 3 (10.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (7.14%) GDPR
4 2 (7.14%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
4 2 (7.14%) HIPAA
4 2 (7.14%) ISO17020
4 2 (7.14%) QA
5 1 (3.57%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (3.57%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (10.71%) CSIRT
1 3 (10.71%) EnCase
1 3 (10.71%) FTK
2 1 (3.57%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (3.57%) Nmap
Vendors
1 9 (32.14%) Microsoft
2 8 (28.57%) CrowdStrike
3 5 (17.86%) Cellebrite
3 5 (17.86%) Darktrace
4 4 (14.29%) Google
4 4 (14.29%) Splunk
5 3 (10.71%) ArcSight
6 2 (7.14%) LogRhythm
7 1 (3.57%) Carbon Black
7 1 (3.57%) Intel
7 1 (3.57%) Nuix
7 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow