E-Discovery Contracts in London

eDiscovery (Electronic Discovery)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring E-Discovery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited E-Discovery over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 341 369 462
Rank change year-on-year +28 +93 +114
Contract jobs citing E-Discovery 12 26 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.095% 0.15% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.16% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 14 10
10th Percentile - £424 £498
25th Percentile £525 £528 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -12.31% +34.02%
75th Percentile £594 £644 £709
90th Percentile £619 £813 £850
England median daily rate £525 £575 £625
% change year-on-year -8.70% -8.00% +28.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £91.25
Median hourly rate - - £97.50
75th Percentile - - £103.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £97.50

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,594 15,775 24,564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.13% 88.57% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,860 11,304 17,662
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £438 £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 165 326 275
10th Percentile £16.10 £16.00 £18.63
25th Percentile £22.66 £20.00 £22.57
Median hourly rate £32.00 £28.50 £39.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.28% -26.92% +8.33%
75th Percentile £50.75 £46.77 £63.22
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.88 £77.30
England median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
% change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%

E-Discovery
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing E-Discovery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for E-Discovery in London

E-Discovery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing E-Discovery in London.

Daily rate trend for E-Discovery in London

E-Discovery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing E-Discovery in London.

Hourly rate trend for E-Discovery in London

E-Discovery
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 E-Discovery within the London region over the 6 months to 2 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 +5 4 £550 -2.65% 6
E-Discovery
England

E-Discovery
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (25.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Relativity
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 3 (25.00%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) EDRMS
General
1 5 (41.67%) Legal
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 3 (25.00%) Law
2 3 (25.00%) Marketing
2 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (16.67%) Military
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Senior
1 5 (41.67%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) E-Discovery Manager
3 2 (16.67%) E-Discovery Project Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Digital Media
2 3 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Digital Forensics
1 7 (58.33%) Forensic Analysis
1 7 (58.33%) QMS
1 7 (58.33%) Quality Management
1 7 (58.33%) Validation
2 6 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
3 3 (25.00%) Agile
3 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (25.00%) Data Extraction
4 2 (16.67%) Analytics
4 2 (16.67%) Data Analytics
4 2 (16.67%) Data Collection
4 2 (16.67%) Electronic Discovery Reference Model
4 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) EnCE
1 5 (41.67%) SC Cleared
1 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (58.33%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 6 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (41.67%) EnCase
1 5 (41.67%) FTK
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Cellebrite
1 5 (41.67%) Nuix
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft