E-Discovery Contract Job Trends in England

eDiscovery (Electronic Discovery)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring E-Discovery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 501 477 512
Rank change year-on-year -24 +35 +179
Contract jobs citing E-Discovery 40 23 33
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.13% 0.081% 0.091%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.092% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 11 13
10th Percentile £396 £413 £185
25th Percentile £422 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.81% -5.45% +57.14%
75th Percentile £587 £592 £815
90th Percentile £775 £600 £873
UK median daily rate £550 £520 £510
% change year-on-year +5.77% +1.96% +17.24%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 28,039 25,113 31,995
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.57% 88.74% 88.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,871 15,476 21,696
10th Percentile £304 £313 £306
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,770 825 1,406
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.38
25th Percentile £17.91 £20.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +25.00%
75th Percentile £56.99 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.14% +25.71%

E-Discovery
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

E-Discovery job vacancy trend in England

E-Discovery
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing E-Discovery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing E-Discovery

E-Discovery
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing E-Discovery in England over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for E-Discovery in England

E-Discovery
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing E-Discovery.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing E-Discovery

E-Discovery
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 E-Discovery within the England region over the 6 months to 31 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 -1 22 £525 -12.50% 11
South East - 8 £563 - 14
Yorkshire -40 7 £425 -18.27% 16
North of England -45 7 £425 -16.67% 22
South West -3 2 - - 6
E-Discovery
UK

E-Discovery
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 18 (45.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (27.50%) SharePoint
3 2 (5.00%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (15.00%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 26 (65.00%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (57.50%) Microsoft Purview
3 11 (27.50%) Entra ID
4 6 (15.00%) Azure
5 5 (12.50%) OneDrive
6 3 (7.50%) Google Workspace
7 2 (5.00%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (5.00%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (5.00%) ShareGate
8 1 (2.50%) Google Docs
8 1 (2.50%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.00%) SMTP
2 2 (5.00%) DKIM
2 2 (5.00%) DMARC
2 2 (5.00%) DNS
2 2 (5.00%) Firewall
3 1 (2.50%) Internet
3 1 (2.50%) Network Security
3 1 (2.50%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.50%) Tableau
General
1 16 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 14 (35.00%) Legal
3 8 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (12.50%) Law
5 3 (7.50%) Finance
6 2 (5.00%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.50%) Banking
7 1 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.50%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (22.50%) Architect
2 8 (20.00%) Microsoft 365 Architect
3 7 (17.50%) Consultant
4 6 (15.00%) Security Engineer
5 5 (12.50%) E-Discovery Specialist
5 5 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) Forensic Consultant
7 3 (7.50%) Senior
7 3 (7.50%) Senior Consultant
8 2 (5.00%) Azure Engineer
8 2 (5.00%) Azure Security Engineer
8 2 (5.00%) E-Discovery Manager
8 2 (5.00%) Exchange Architect
8 2 (5.00%) Security Consultant
8 2 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
9 1 (2.50%) Administrator
9 1 (2.50%) Management Consultant
9 1 (2.50%) Migration Consultant
9 1 (2.50%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (22.50%) Microsoft Graph
2 4 (10.00%) OAuth
2 4 (10.00%) OpenID
2 4 (10.00%) SAML
3 1 (2.50%) .NET
3 1 (2.50%) LDAP
3 1 (2.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (22.50%) BYOD
2 7 (17.50%) Management Information System
3 5 (12.50%) Security Posture
4 3 (7.50%) IoT
5 2 (5.00%) Cloud Native
5 2 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.50%) e-Learning
6 1 (2.50%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (2.50%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 8 (20.00%) Windows
2 3 (7.50%) Linux
2 3 (7.50%) Mac OS
2 3 (7.50%) Unix
3 2 (5.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.50%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.50%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (27.50%) Incident Response
2 10 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (25.00%) Information Governance
2 10 (25.00%) Migration
2 10 (25.00%) Records Management
2 10 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 9 (22.50%) Data Loss Prevention
3 9 (22.50%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 8 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 6 (15.00%) AI
5 6 (15.00%) High Availability
5 6 (15.00%) Identity Access Management
5 6 (15.00%) Risk Management
6 5 (12.50%) Case Management
6 5 (12.50%) CI/CD
6 5 (12.50%) Data Governance
6 5 (12.50%) Identity Management
6 5 (12.50%) Privileged Identity Management
6 5 (12.50%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 19 (47.50%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 13 (32.50%) Degree
1 13 (32.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (20.00%) CISSP
3 7 (17.50%) Security Cleared
4 6 (15.00%) SC Cleared
5 5 (12.50%) MCSA
5 5 (12.50%) MCSE
6 4 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (10.00%) CISM
7 2 (5.00%) Azure Certification
7 2 (5.00%) CCSP
7 2 (5.00%) GCFA
7 2 (5.00%) GCFE
7 2 (5.00%) GCIH
7 2 (5.00%) GREM
7 2 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (25.00%) GDPR
2 3 (7.50%) FINRA
2 3 (7.50%) MiFID
2 3 (7.50%) SOC 2
3 2 (5.00%) HIPAA
3 2 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.50%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.50%) EU AI Act
4 1 (2.50%) QA
4 1 (2.50%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (35.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (17.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (12.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (7.50%) EnCase
3 3 (7.50%) FTK
4 2 (5.00%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 33 (82.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.50%) Veritas
3 2 (5.00%) Commvault
3 2 (5.00%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (5.00%) Darktrace
4 1 (2.50%) Cellebrite
4 1 (2.50%) Google
4 1 (2.50%) Nuix