GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence Contract Job Trends in the North of England

ACPO Good Practice Guide for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 198 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.024% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.25 - -
Median hourly rate £15.50 - -
75th Percentile £15.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £15.50 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of England

GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 673 504 769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 16.00% 12.30% 14.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 472 288 448
10th Percentile £281 £266 £265
25th Percentile £360 £363 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £483
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -1.55% -3.50%
75th Percentile £550 £570 £575
90th Percentile £642 £638 £636
England median daily rate £500 £513 £540
% change year-on-year -2.44% -5.09% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 26 41
10th Percentile £16.14 £11.88 £15.50
25th Percentile £22.14 £15.13 £17.14
Median hourly rate £25.00 £18.62 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.25% -13.38% -61.97%
75th Percentile £52.50 £25.92 £35.75
90th Percentile £68.10 £43.10 £75.00
England median hourly rate £31.50 £35.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -10.00% -6.67% +56.25%

GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
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 GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 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
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
England

GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 17025
1 1 (100.00%) ISO17020
1 1 (100.00%) QA