E-Discovery Contract Job Trends in Manchester

eDiscovery (Electronic Discovery)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring E-Discovery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 80 -
Rank change year-on-year -20 - -
Contract jobs citing E-Discovery 4 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.27% 0.30% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £430 - -
25th Percentile £451 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -
75th Percentile £510 £542 -
90th Percentile £519 £567 -
North West median daily rate £490 £500 -
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,253 906 1,353
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 85.76% 91.15% 86.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 817 606 950
10th Percentile £300 £300 £313
25th Percentile £381 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £459 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.82% -8.25% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £675 £663
North West median daily rate £455 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -4.21% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 34 76
10th Percentile £19.75 £15.27 £12.45
25th Percentile £23.00 £20.50 £13.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £32.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.23% +25.00% -32.03%
75th Percentile £70.00 £54.25 £58.13
90th Percentile £79.20 £63.50 £72.50
North West median hourly rate £45.00 £31.76 £22.50
% change year-on-year +41.69% +41.16% -39.84%

E-Discovery
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

E-Discovery job vacancy trend in Manchester

E-Discovery
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

E-Discovery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 4 (100.00%) Legal
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 4 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 3 (75.00%) Information Governance
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (50.00%) Records Management
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft