The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
77
-
108
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
-
Contract jobs citing Digital Forensics
4
0
3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester
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 Manchester.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
817
1,260
1,592
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester
88.80%
85.89%
90.35%
Number of daily rates quoted
566
827
1,175
10th Percentile
£307
£320
£313
25th Percentile
£400
£413
£413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£450
£500
£500
Median % change year-on-year
-10.00%
-
-
75th Percentile
£563
£588
£600
90th Percentile
£675
£688
£675
North West median daily rate
£460
£495
£500
% change year-on-year
-7.07%
-1.00%
+2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted
27
80
48
10th Percentile
£14.17
£12.49
£14.46
25th Percentile
£22.48
£13.97
£16.85
Median hourly rate
£60.00
£26.00
£22.50
Median % change year-on-year
+130.77%
+15.56%
+23.29%
75th Percentile
£74.38
£57.50
£38.75
90th Percentile
£86.20
£72.70
£66.00
North West median hourly rate
£32.00
£27.75
£30.27
% change year-on-year
+15.32%
-8.33%
+28.56%
Digital Forensics Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings citing Digital Forensics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
Digital Forensics Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Digital Forensics in Manchester.
Digital Forensics Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Forensics in Manchester over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.
Digital Forensics Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester
For the 6 months to 25 June 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Digital Forensics also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region with a requirement for Digital Forensics.
Digital Forensics Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:
