Digital Forensics Contracts in London

Digital Forensics
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 337 386 475
Rank change year-on-year +49 +89 +116
Contract jobs citing Digital Forensics 16 5 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.13% 0.028% 0.067%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.032% 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 14
10th Percentile £313 £415 -
25th Percentile £322 £438 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £638
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -21.57% +7.37%
75th Percentile £581 £588 £835
90th Percentile £608 £625 £846
England median daily rate £550 £500 £586
% change year-on-year +10.00% -14.68% +25.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.75 - -
Median hourly rate £54.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £54.50 £14.46 -
% change year-on-year +276.90% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Digital Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Forensics in London

Digital Forensics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Digital Forensics in London

Digital Forensics
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Digital Forensics in London

Digital Forensics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Digital Forensics in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
Central London - 4 £550 -
Digital Forensics
England

Digital Forensics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 6 (37.50%) Azure
2 4 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (18.75%) GCP
4 2 (12.50%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) DNS
1 4 (25.00%) HTTP
1 4 (25.00%) SMTP
1 4 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (18.75%) Firewall
General
1 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (18.75%) Finance
3 3 (18.75%) Law
3 3 (18.75%) Legal
4 2 (12.50%) Military
5 1 (6.25%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (6.25%) Police
5 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Analyst
2 6 (37.50%) Senior
3 5 (31.25%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 4 (25.00%) SOC Analyst
5 3 (18.75%) Security Analyst
6 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 1 (6.25%) Architect
7 1 (6.25%) Business Architect
7 1 (6.25%) Consultant
7 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 1 (6.25%) Security Consultant
7 1 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (43.75%) Digital Media
2 3 (18.75%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 3 (18.75%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (12.50%) Public Cloud
4 1 (6.25%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) SIEM
2 7 (43.75%) E-Discovery
2 7 (43.75%) Forensic Analysis
2 7 (43.75%) Incident Response
2 7 (43.75%) QMS
2 7 (43.75%) Quality Management
2 7 (43.75%) Security Operations
2 7 (43.75%) Validation
3 6 (37.50%) Strategic Planning
3 6 (37.50%) Threat Detection
4 5 (31.25%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (31.25%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 4 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 4 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (18.75%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (18.75%) Security Architecture
6 3 (18.75%) SOAR
6 3 (18.75%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 2 (12.50%) Cyber Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 6 (37.50%) PowerShell
1 6 (37.50%) Python
2 3 (18.75%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (6.25%) Bash
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) Security Cleared
2 6 (37.50%) CompTIA Security+
2 6 (37.50%) GCIH
2 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 5 (31.25%) Degree
3 5 (31.25%) EnCE
4 4 (25.00%) GCIA
5 3 (18.75%) CCNA
5 3 (18.75%) CCSP
5 3 (18.75%) CEH
5 3 (18.75%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (18.75%) CISSP
5 3 (18.75%) CompTIA CySA+
5 3 (18.75%) GCFA
5 3 (18.75%) GIAC
5 3 (18.75%) OSCP
6 2 (12.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
7 1 (6.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (43.75%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 6 (37.50%) QA
3 3 (18.75%) NIST
4 2 (12.50%) GDPR
4 2 (12.50%) HIPAA
4 2 (12.50%) NIST 800
5 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (6.25%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 5 (31.25%) EnCase
1 5 (31.25%) FTK
2 2 (12.50%) CSIRT
3 1 (6.25%) QRadar
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Cellebrite
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
1 5 (31.25%) Nuix
2 4 (25.00%) CrowdStrike
2 4 (25.00%) Google
3 2 (12.50%) Darktrace
4 1 (6.25%) LogRhythm
4 1 (6.25%) Splunk