E-Discovery Contract Job Trends in the North West

eDiscovery (Electronic Discovery)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West 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 156 117 -
Rank change year-on-year -39 - -
Contract jobs citing E-Discovery 4 7 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.14% 0.35% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.39% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 0
10th Percentile £430 £350 -
25th Percentile £451 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -
75th Percentile £510 £538 -
90th Percentile £519 £556 -
England median daily rate £534 £513 £563
% change year-on-year +4.20% -8.89% -6.25%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,490 1,813 2,474
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 85.04% 90.06% 86.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,570 1,122 1,611
10th Percentile £213 £276 £306
25th Percentile £363 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £656 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 115 265
10th Percentile £18.34 £16.14 £11.00
25th Percentile £25.00 £22.85 £13.73
Median hourly rate £45.00 £31.76 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +41.69% +41.16% -39.84%
75th Percentile £65.25 £59.08 £45.00
90th Percentile £75.87 £79.35 £54.20
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -9.72%

E-Discovery
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

E-Discovery job vacancy trend in the North West

E-Discovery
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing E-Discovery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing E-Discovery

E-Discovery
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 12 March 2026. 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
Manchester -20 4 £490 -2.00% 1
E-Discovery
England

E-Discovery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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