FTK Contract Job Trends in England

AccessData Forensic Toolkit (FTK)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring FTK skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 549 466 553
Rank change year-on-year -83 +87 +135
Contract jobs citing FTK 3 12 2
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.009% 0.047% 0.005%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.056% 0.31% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 0
10th Percentile £565 - -
25th Percentile £625 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £563 -
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% - -
75th Percentile £781 £600 -
90th Percentile £785 - -
UK median daily rate £750 £563 -
% change year-on-year +33.33% - -

All Systems Management Skills
England

FTK falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 5,329 3,855 4,628
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.23% 15.19% 12.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,692 2,524 3,373
10th Percentile £313 £313 £250
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £537 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.93% +2.33% -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 41 142
10th Percentile £18.65 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.17 £21.05 £20.00
Median hourly rate £53.25 £26.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +100.94% -33.75% -20.89%
75th Percentile £63.32 £63.25 £59.69
90th Percentile £77.63 £77.50 £76.50
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £25.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +111.76% -36.25% -20.00%

FTK
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

FTK job vacancy trend in England

FTK
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing FTK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing FTK

FTK
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FTK in England over the 6 months to 24 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for FTK in England

FTK
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing FTK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing FTK

FTK
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 FTK within the England region over the 6 months to 24 February 2026. 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
South East - 2 £763 -
London -54 1 £550 -2.22% 1
FTK
UK

FTK
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 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Google Workspace
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Tableau
General
1 1 (33.33%) Law
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Forensic Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Forensic Investigator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) IoT
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Mac OS
1 2 (66.67%) Unix
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Forensics
1 3 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 3 (100.00%) E-Discovery
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Resilience
2 2 (66.67%) Document Management
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Network Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Data Privacy
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (66.67%) CCSP
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) GCFA
1 2 (66.67%) GCFE
1 2 (66.67%) GCIH
1 2 (66.67%) GREM
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) EnCase
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) CrowdStrike
1 2 (66.67%) Darktrace
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Cellebrite
2 1 (33.33%) Nuix