Digital Forensics Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Digital Forensics
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Digital Forensics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 181 142 140
Rank change year-on-year -39 -2 +109
Contract jobs citing Digital Forensics 4 25 58
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.099% 0.61% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.72% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 17 22
10th Percentile £159 £294 £468
25th Percentile £315 - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £294 £550
Median % change year-on-year +95.33% -46.48% -
75th Percentile £626 - £583
90th Percentile £657 - £624
England median daily rate £575 £294 £550
% change year-on-year +95.33% -46.48% +57.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,602 3,480 4,504
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.81% 84.32% 88.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,367 1,931 3,000
10th Percentile £263 £300 £276
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.60% - -
75th Percentile £575 £576 £600
90th Percentile £675 £669 £675
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 181 207
10th Percentile £14.13 £13.75 £15.74
25th Percentile £17.36 £16.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.63 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.34% +27.27% +30.95%
75th Percentile £37.56 £51.91 £46.18
90th Percentile £66.65 £70.00 £64.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +42.26%

Digital Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Digital Forensics job vacancy trend in the North of England

Digital Forensics
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Digital Forensics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Digital Forensics

Digital Forensics
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Forensics in the North of England over the 6 months to 3 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Forensics in the North of England

Digital Forensics
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Digital Forensics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Digital Forensics

Digital Forensics
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 3 October 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
North West -34 4 £575 +95.33%
Digital Forensics
England

Digital Forensics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (25.00%) FMCG
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 4 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 4 (100.00%) SOAR
1 4 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (25.00%) Malware Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Kusto Query Language
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft